2018-06-21 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Dept history, Corporate
Transforming and unsettling
Unisan Jane Carruthers has capped a distinguished academic career by receiving the 2018 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society for Environmental History for her critical contributions to the fields of environmental justice, national parks and preservation, and transnational environmental history.
2018-06-12 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news
Information, research, and communities interrelated
Macdonald Rammala, an emerging researcher from Unisa’s Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA), in the College of Law, attended the Fourth International Conference on New Directions in Multidisciplinary Research and Practice, held from 12 to 13 May 2018 at the Hilton Hotel, London.
2018-06-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, Corporate
Ethics and integrity pay off
Unisa’s Dr Retha Visagie, Manager of Research Integrity in the Research Support Directorate, has just walked off with the DST/SARIMA Award for Professional Excellence in Research Management.
2018-05-03 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Featured, Research news, Science, Student news, Corporate
Keeping Unisa’s research flag flying high!
Unisa wishes Bonisiwe Seshabela and Sebabatso Maifadi of CSET the best of luck at the FameLab SA National finals on 9 May.
2018-04-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, IDEAS, Corporate
Stepping on the (bio)gas
Congratulations to Ralph Muvhiiwa from IDEAS who will be doing his postdoctoral studies at Cranfield University in the UK from 1 May until 31 December 2018, supported by the Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Grant.
2018-04-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Corporate
Biogas is a winner at Unisa cook-off competition
“It was fast and safe, and worked like a stove, but quicker. The heat was not excessive but it was enough.” Young chefs from Elethu Themba Public School in Eikenhof near Lenasia are sold on the idea of converting their school kitchen to biogas.
2018-04-18 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Alumni, Corporate
African children and capacity building at Unisa's heart
“Africa has a rich cultural heritage that serves as a resource to shape the lives of African children,” says Unisa’s Prof Hasina Ebrahim, joint holder of the UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development.