2022-11-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Impacting lives through water treatment research
In his quest to find solutions for the treatment of wastewater, acid mine drainage and surface water pollution, Unisa’s Prof Bhekie Mamba has been generating and imparting scientific knowledge to those who come after him in academia, as well as to the water industry and society.
2022-09-20 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Student exchange opens students’ eyes to international entrepreneurship trends
Unisa students promoted their research and innovation and participated in innovation and business plan competitions by presenting projects geared toward addressing some of Africa's societal and socio-economic challenges at three international universities.
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2022-09-20 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Receiving ASSAf membership is exhilarating, affirming and satisfying
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has honoured Unisa's Prof Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele) as a member, recognising her as one of the country's most outstanding and celebrated scholars.
2022-09-09 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Major boost for renewable energy research at Unisa
Prof Tonderayi Matambo has received two major grants for his ground-breaking research on the production of biogas, a renewable energy source that can be used to power vehicles, heat homes and generate electricity.
2022-09-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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A research champion second to none
The National Research Foundation has recognised Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi's commitment to opening new frontiers of scientific knowledge with its prestigious Special Recognition Award: Champion of Research Capacity Development and Transformation.
2022-09-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Digital education for society
As one of the keynote speakers at the 2022 Unisa ODeL Virtual Conference, Dr Martha Cleveland-Innes, a Professor of Open, Digital and Distance Education at Athabasca University in Canada, contributed to the collaborative exchange of ideas at the event by painting a clear picture of Researching community of inquiry design in open, digital and distance education.
2022-08-18 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Committed to serving Unisa and empowering researchers
When several distance education institutions – the University of South Africa, Technikon Southern Africa and the Vista Distance Education Campus – merged in 2004, Dr Thelma Louw knew that significant changes were on the horizon.
2022-08-10 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisan elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Dr Kaviyarasu Kasinathan has been elected as a Fellow by the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom. He continues to be an exceptional researcher committed to using his research to contribute to achieving sustainable development goals.
2022-08-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Advancing postgraduate research insights
As part of the 2nd Unisa Open Distance and eLearning (ODeL) Virtual Conference, the university held an ODeL Postgraduate Student Consortium on 4 August 2022, where students from various universities presented their current studies and exchanged insights.