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- Media Statement - Unisa Principal and Vice Chancellor's response to recent media reports about Unisa
- Unisa Council takes firm stance against sexual harassment and abuse of power
- Unisa Statement on Pretoria News article about a Unisa Professor and the university being sued by a Unisa student
- Unisa Statement on investigations into leaked examination question papers
- Statement by Unisa on the derogatory tweets issued by a Unisa lecturer towards Unisa students
- We have changed our application model to be open and continuous. This means that applications will remain open throughout the year.
Unisa is a leading contributor to the SA graduates pool
As the access to education crisis intensifies in South Africa, Unisa has opened its doors to a third of all higher education students in the country as well as students from more than 100 African countries.
#UnisaAgainstGBV
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a worldwide campaign to oppose violence against women and children. It aims to create awareness of the negative impact that violence and abuse have on women and children, and the social fabric of our society.
Unisa produces its first PhD graduate in Setswana
Unisa has produced its first PhD graduate in Setswana. Dr Justice Kobue Legodi encourages others to pursue their research through their indigenous languages, as it enriches their culture and language, amongst others.
Unisa changed our lives for the better
"Thank you for giving my father a permanent job," said Tshireletso Mafomane in a meeting with Prof Mandla Makhanya on 8 November 2019 at Unisa.
Unisa honours Kgosana
Unisa conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (honoris causa) posthumously on political activist and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) stalwart, the late Mr Philip Ata Kgosana, at a graduation ceremony on Tuesday 5 November 2019, at the Unisa Muckleneuk Campus.
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.