2022-07-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa scholar secures seed fund to design pilot production plant
Prof Alex Kuvarega, thematic area leader for Nanostructured Materials at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, was recently recognised with a Half Million Rand Club award for being granted a seed fund to design an innovative pilot plant.
2022-07-18 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Towards a new social contract in ODeL
Set to deliver a keynote address at Unisa’s upcoming ODeL conference, Dr Martha Cleveland-Innes says that a collaborative and purposeful engagement approach may support transformative educational leadership in creating a new social contract for open and digital education in society.
2022-07-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Digital education research fundi to share expertise at Unisa
One of the most exciting aspects of research in ODeL is that there is still so much to be discovered. Providing illumination in this regard, the internationally renowned Prof Olaf Zawacki-Richter will unpack research gaps and tantalising opportunities in the field at the upcoming 2022 Unisa Open Distance and eLearning Conference.
2022-06-10 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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The African spirit is strong in this researcher
Prof Jan Maluleka, recipient of the Principal's Award for Excellence in Research, says that the knowledge that sustained our forefathers should be part of the solution to the African problems that we currently facing, and that research should link to traditional wisdom.
2022-06-09 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Research that contributes to solving health-related challenges
Researching real-time diagnostics of disease biomarkers and producing the next generation of electrochemistry researchers are just two arrows in the quiver of Prof Usisipho Feleni, who was honoured with the Principal’s Award for Excellence in Research at the 2022 Unisa Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony.
2022-05-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Innovator in the service of humanity earns a training opportunity in Switzerland
Mbuso Ngcongo, a Bachelor of Science in Computing student, is one of the winning innovators earmarked to attend a training programme in Switzerland, in September of this year.
2022-05-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Prof Segalo awarded for popularising science
Professor Puleng Segalo has received an award which affirms Unisa as an engaged university that, through its academics, addresses societal challenges by channelling skills, knowledge and experience into transformative networks for social change, and engaged scholarship.
2022-04-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Protecting and promoting children’s rights in SA schools
Professor Thenjiwe Meyiwa recently hosted the Fifth Asikhulume Roundtable series discussion with the theme “Promoting school children’s rights and identities: opportunities and challenges for social cohesion”, highlighting concerted efforts to protect children’s rights.
2022-04-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Outstanding Unisans in the run for coveted 'Science Oscars of South Africa'
No fewer than six academics have been announced as nominees, some in multiple categories, for the prestigious 2021/2022 NSTF-South32 Awards which recognise outstanding contributions to science, engineering and technology and innovation by individuals, teams and organisations in South Africa.