Alumni

Unisa women win at WiSA

Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi is the 2017 Women in Science Awards Distinguished Woman Researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences, with Prof Venitha Pillay as runner up in the same category. Read more

Fee burden headlines US stakeholder event

The Vice-Chancellor told New York stakeholders that Unisa received a fraction of the funding that a face-to-face university would get in government subsidy for each student at undergraduate level. Read more

Setting an example to #DefineTomorrow

Prof Mpho Ngoepe's research focuses upon archives and records management in relation to accountability, justice, and auditing. Read more

Actress Zetske van Pletzen shines on stage and screen

Zetske van Pletzen is South African acting royalty. She studied a general BA degree, with majors in Psychology and French and obtained her degree in March 2017. Read more

How happy are Unisa's alumni?

Unisa’s Bureau of Market Research (BMR) is again inviting all Unisa graduates to participate in the 2017 Alumni Happiness Index research. Read more

Obama, Bush, Soyinka, and now Matjila…

Unisa's Prof Daniel Matjila will give the International Perspectives Conference in the US a depth of understanding in how individuals can disprove and overcome stereotypes of all kinds. Read more

Changing times

The latest issue of YOUNISA, the magazine for Unisa students, alumni and friends, puts technology under the spotlight. There is also a collectible loose sleeve commemorating the inauguration of Unisa Chancellor Thabo Mbeki. Read more

“Education is an immediate equaliser,” says DHET’s Manana

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training graduated last night with a BA Honours in International Politics, and said that he loved every moment of being a Unisa student. Read more

Teeing off to support higher education

Golfers from the Western Cape came together in Fish Hoek for the second Unisa Shaping Futures Golf Challenge, held annually in the region. Read more

Tribute to a life spent researching education ‘at the margins’

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has conferred an honorary fellowship on Unisa’s Professor Veronica McKay, Executive Dean of the College of Education. Read more