Promoting African languages, Unisa’s School of Arts Director, Prof Mpho Ngoepe, dedicates his 2023 Comrades Marathon to bridging the gap in children’s literature and literacy. By supporting this initiative, you can help empower future generations to embrace their cultural heritage and contribute to a more linguistically diverse and inclusive society.
The Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Lecture is a significant event that showcases the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Unisa’s commitment to the African continent. Since its establishment, the TMF and Unisa have honoured the call made by African political leaders in 1963 to use 25 May to advance the continent’s goals.
Yet again giving effect to its 150th anniversary theme, Reclaiming Africa’s Intellectual Futures, Unisa recently partnered with SAPCO to extend advanced higher education support to all the country’s technical, vocational education and training colleges.
Launched by the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in Unisa’s 150th anniversary year, the new Centre of Excellence: Adaptation and Resilience is set to be globally recognised for providing innovative research, best practices, education, leadership, support, and training in the area of adaptation and resilience.
Chaired by Professor Puleng LenkaBula and co-hosted by Unisa and Higher Health, the Gender-Based Violence Technical Task Team recently met at the university to discuss a range of issues relating to a zero-tolerance approach by universities to sexual and gender-related misconduct.
Unisa’s best are showcasing their world-class and ground-breaking research at the 2023 Research and Innovation Week, an annual event forming part of Unisa’s drive towards attaining the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of the AU’s Agenda 2063.
Addressing the exclusion of TVET college graduates from the workforce through a unique platform connecting homeowners to skilled artisans has earned Noncedo Ngebulana top spot in the Innovation Challenge, hosted by Unisa’s Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation.
As Unisa marks 150 years of academic excellence, the institution’s 2023 Research and Innovation Week, to be held from 15 to 19 May, will feature some of the world-class, Africa-centred work emanating from the eight Unisa colleges, the Graduate School of Business Leadership, and the Thabo Mbeki School of Public and International Affairs.
Ask any 21st-century citizen what they consider the defining characteristic of contemporary society, and “uncertainty” will likely be part of the answer. Yet, aware of the potential within uncertainty, Unisa has incorporated the positive side of the concept – the opportunities it brings – into its chosen theme for the 2023 Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) Hybrid Conference.
Having received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research at Unisa’s recent Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony, Prof Puleng Segalo says that the award recognises her endless labour to contribute towards scientific knowledge production and grounding within communities.
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