2020-10-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa pilots proctoring tools for 2nd online exam
With an anticipated 1,7 million exams to be submitted and marked online, the university will be using tech services to authenticate and invigilate certain of the exit modules. This was announced at the opening of the 2020 Teaching and Learning Festival today.
2020-10-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Dept of Applied Management, Featured
Pharmaceutical manufacturing companies must handle returned drugs better
They should develop their current strategies to be more sustainable by considering factors such as the firm's green image, political and social responsibility, and the economy, and also follow the guidelines for recall or withdrawal of medicine and medical devices in South Africa, says Unisa's Mpho Sharon Makaleng.
2020-10-01 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept Business management, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Unisan humanitarian awarded honorary doctorate
Shamila Ramjawan has been recognised for her efforts to promote menstrual health and hygiene by the Global International Alliance, an organisation that works with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to make a difference in the world.
2020-09-24 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Featured, Corporate, Featured
What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town's drought
The Day Zero experience is not a once-off event. As long as climate change continues, there are many other day zeros on the way in many cities around the world.
#HeritageMonth #TourismMonth2020 #WeAreOpen
2020-09-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Caught flat-footed by a pandemic
The unpreparedness of governments and organisations around the world to deal with the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need for better decision-making, enhanced forecasting, improved planning and advanced risk management, argued speakers at a virtual webinar hosted by Unisa's College of Economic and Management Sciences.
2020-09-17 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Civic engagement vital in state procurement
"We as citizens should keep government on track and demand accountability for our tax rands," argued Prof Glenda Gray, president and CEO of SAMRC, during a CEMS virtual public lecture last month at Unisa.
2020-09-16 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Going viral in a chaotic world
The annual Consulting Psychology conference celebrated its 10th year of existence and this first virtual event presented new challenges, reports Prof Michelle May from Unisa's Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology.
2020-08-20 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept Business management, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
From postgrad student assistant to chair of department
Dr Nthabiseng Violet Moraka, a black feminist researcher who heads the Department of Business Management, attests to the opportunities the university gave her to complete her PhD at age 33 and become one of Unisa’s youngest CoDs.
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality
2020-07-27 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
It's time to rethink
In a lecture presented at the Iraqi-African Centre for Strategic Studies on 14 July 2020, Prof Joseph Chisasa, Chair of the Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking at Unisa, emphasised that the AU 10-year plan is no longer completely achievable by 2023 because of Covid-19.