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2021-04-20 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Stellar NRF review feedback for Unisa researcher

NRF recognised Prof Norma Ruth Romm is an internationally known and respected sociology researcher, who has made a substantive contribution in research.

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2021-04-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Still making a mark in research even in retirement

A retired Unisa academic and researcher re-rated C2 by the NRF, Prof Ruth de Villiers believes that her present contributions to Unisa - through advancing growth in research and scholarship - are making the greatest impact yet.

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2021-04-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, NanoWS, Research news, Corporate

Head of iNanoWS celebrates C3-rating for outstanding body of research

Prof Thabo Nkambule, Head of the Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, is celebrating his NRF C-rating awarded owing to a body of impactful research. In this article, he shares his research interests and passion for mentoring upcoming scholars.

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2021-04-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Dept psychology, Research news, Corporate

Interrogating the factors that affect student success

The support recipe for student success is far more nuanced than generally assumed, as is borne out by the eye-opening research conducted by Dr Fortunate Silinda of Unisa's Department of Psychology.

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2021-04-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: Research news, College of Law, Featured, Dpt of Public, Constitutional and International Law, Corporate

Cutting-edge research on African issues acknowledged

In his academic journey from a proud Unisa alumnus to an esteemed academic at the institution, Prof Babatunde Fagbayibo, who has been re-rated as a C2 researcher by the NRF, says that one of the things he has learnt is the importance of critical, Afrocentric engagement.

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2021-04-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Thinking out of the box, Unisa researcher targets innovation in water treatment

Through his research Prof. Thabo Nkambule is targeting the challenge that rapid urbanisation has created by pushing up pollution and placing a strain on water treatment capacity

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2021-04-06 00:00:00.0 | Category: Research news, Corporate

‘Vaccine access’ offers hope for COVID-hit SA tourism

Speaking on Chinese TV, Unisa’s Prof. Nellie Swart unpacked the challenges faced by SA’s key tourism sector due to travel restrictions, and proposed a number of novel solutions.

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2021-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Reflecting, resisting and (re)imagining pandemics

Unisa's Institute for Gender Studies hosted a webinar commemorating International Women's Day that brought together distinguished gender scholars, gender workers and gender activists to share their work and how it has been challenged by Covid-19.

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2021-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Chemistry, Featured, Lead, Research news, Corporate

Making the all-important connection between academia and industry

Unisa scientist Dr Mark Smith has set his sights on establishing direct interaction between students and the chemical industry with his election as the Chairperson of the Central Division of the South Africa Chemical Institute.

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