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Unisan's expert eye garners top photography award
Building on past successes, Unisa student Sydney Seshibedi has been named the Sports Photographer of the Year 2019 by South African Breweries (SAB).
7th Unisa Decoloniality Summer School to interrogate power, knowledge and being
Unisa's College of Human Sciences is hosting its 7th Decoloniality Summer School which seeks to interrogate power, knowledge and being, and to find answers on what de-colonisation truly means for South Africa and Africa.
Eight cool Unisa achievements in 2019
Unisa proudly holds the title of Africa’s leading Open, Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) institution. Its reputation as the African university shaping futures in the service of humanity has seen it being recognised for many outstanding achievements over the years.
Unisa researcher exploring the universe through astronomy and astroparticle physics
South Africa is host to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, located in the Karoo, the place of birth for Lerothodi Lapula Leeuw, an astrophysics professor at Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies (CGS).
The best PhD Paper award goes to…
"My journey has just begun but soon my research will be able to assist organisations on a digital transformation journey with a modern leadership framework – I am convinced that my research will have a positive impact for the African Continent as well as the rest of the world," said Mr Mervyn Christoffels.
A potent mix for a power couple
It was chemistry that brought professors Ajay and Shivani Mishra together but it is "the chemistry beyond chemistry" that has propelled them and their careers ever since they completed their first joint research project.
Data mining guru strikes research gold
A veritable Ninja master at using data mining to solve complex problems, Dr Katherine Malan was recently honoured for her research excellence at the Unisa Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony.
Growing capacity for ODeL research
At a recent College of Law event, Prof Christine Ofulue from the National Open University of Nigeria stated that Unisa can develop an agenda through identifying fields that are relevant to the ODeL context.
He's the [ideas] man
A passion for research with a practical application resulting in innovation that benefits South Africa has seen Prof Lukas Snyman crowned as the top intellectual property creator at Unisa for 2010 to 2018 by the DST.
When life and art blur in the theatre
At this year's Research & Innovation awards ceremony, Dr Lida Krüger received the 2018 Senate Publications Committee Thesis Publication award for her thesis titled The actual versus the fictional in Betrayal, The real thing and Closer.
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From a domestic worker to an assistant director - against all odds!
In 2003, a then domestic worker, Ms Johannah Baloyi, turned a new leaf in life when she graduated with a BA degree in Political Science and Communication at Unisa. Sixteen years later, on 26 September 2019, Baloyi returned to Unisa to graduate with a degree in Bachelor of Arts (Health Science and Social Services), this time around as an Assistant Director at the Department of Labour.
At 91, inquisitive Conradie has become the oldest man to obtain a doctorate at Unisa
Don't take everything at face value; you have to question things, said 91-year-old Andries Conradie, who has become the oldest man to obtain his doctorate at Unisa.