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Unisa in 2026: A university committed to the future of Africa

Unisa's Official Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Academic Year marked a significant institutional moment by reaffirming the university's commitment to shaping Africa's intellectual trajectories through decolonial scholarship and grounding future scholarship in history, innovation and purpose.

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January 28, 2026 | Category: Corporate

The 7th Unisa International Voice Competition nears the finale

Unisa, through its Music Foundation, is proud to announce the semi-finalists in the 7th Unisa International Voice Competition, which is underway and will end on 31 January 2026.

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January 28, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa expands ways to hear student voices

At the recently held Council on Higher Education Audit Improvement Plan Student Voices Forum Workshop, which was hosted at the Unisa Durban Campus, students were assured that their opinions matter in enriching quality education at Unisa.

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January 27, 2026 | Category: Lead, Corporate

THE Rankings demonstrate Unisa's unceasingly enhanced academic agenda

In its 2026 subject rankings, Times Higher Education, the authoritative and globally referenced source of information on higher education, reveals that Unisa got ranked in ten subject areas globally, which reasserts the university's commitment to providing quality higher education.

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January 26, 2026 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Unisa to host the illustrious ACDE's 20th Anniversary Seminar

Unisa, in partnership with the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE), will host the ACDE's 20th Anniversary Seminar, marking a milestone of two decades of the council's leadership in strengthening open, distance and e-learning across the African continent.

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January 23, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa scholar honoured for reimagining Africa's archival future

Unisa recently held the inaugural Library and Information Services Symposium themed "Knowledge without borders: Unlocking the future through collaboration", bringing together academics, archivists, librarians, records managers and heritage custodians from across the globe to explore possible collaboration to advance Africa's archival future.

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January 23, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa 2026 registration gains momentum at the Sunnyside Campus

As students prepare for the 2026 academic year, the Unisa Sunnyside Campus has become a hive of activity as students receive hands-on support during the registration period, which commenced on 7 January 2026.

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January 23, 2026 | Category: College of Law, Featured, Corporate

CLAW participates in the 2025 BRICS Law Consortium Forum

Unisa's College of Law participated in the 2025 BRICS Law Consortium Forum, at which BRICS law schools signed a Memorandum of Intent, which concretises intentions to foster long-lasting and mutually beneficial working relationships.

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January 22, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Foregrounding vocal artistry excellence at Unisa's premier music competition

The 7th Unisa International Voice Competition has officially opened as one of the university's flagship music events, which featured enchanting performances by internationally acclaimed musicians Jasmine Chen and Musa Ngqungwana, offering audiences an inspiring and diverse vocal showcase, and a glimpse of what to anticipate in the competition.

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January 21, 2026 | Category: College of Education, College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Corporate

Unisa academics to lead Professional Board of Psychology at HPCSA

Unisa Professors Ramodungoane Tabane and Yaseen Ally have been appointed as Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Professional Board for Psychology, respectively, which is testament to Unisa's influence beyond academia into national regulatory governance, further reinforcing health studies as one of its ten catalytic niche areas.

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Upcoming events

27 October

International Conference on Coastal, Marine, and Maritime Research (COMMRE 2026)

Venue: Durban International Conference Centre (Durban ICC)
Event dates: 27 - 30 October 2026
Full day

24 February

Digital Technology Conference

Event dates: 24 - 26 February 2026
Full day