2021-03-09 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
"The quest for women's equality is a marathon and each one of us have a lap to run"
Prof Judy van Biljon, the SARChI Chair in Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) at Unisa, was nominated by the CSIR for Gender STI's #WomenInLeadership Campaign, which celebrates women leaders in science, technology and innovation.
#WomenInLeadership, #IWD2021, #GenderSTI
2021-03-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Dept psychology, Corporate
Learning from the story of pioneering South African writer Sindiwe Magona
A literary icon, her autobiographies offer a way of understanding the country's brutal past in order to heal and move forward, writes Unisa’s Puleng Segalo in The Conversation.
2021-02-24 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Featured, Research news, Corporate
Masters of the (ODeL) universe
The official academic opening ceremony acknowledged 16 Unisans who have advanced excellence, innovation and leadership in Open Distance e-Learning by completing certificates of advanced studies in online teaching and learning at Germany's Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg.
2021-02-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Civil and Chemical, Corporate
The world needs science and science needs women
Meet Noluthando Kana, who is boosting those female numbers in STEM. She is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering, a fellow at the UNESCO-Unisa Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, and a reactor fuel engineering manager at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.
#WomenInScience
2021-02-18 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Featured, Dept psychology, Research news, Corporate
Psychology carries a dark past: how the discipline can be Africanised
Unisa’s Puleng Segalo and Julia Simango write in The Conversation that many societies on the continent still draw heavily on their traditional beliefs and cultural heritage and therefore it’s important to take these into consideration.
2021-02-13 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Featured, Research news, Corporate
Why the South African government should buy locally made vehicles for state use
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown’s ongoing devastating impact on the economy, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa recently called on South Africans to buy local goods
2021-02-13 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Rethinking higher education
Professor Puleng LenkaBula delivered her opening address as the new Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Unisa at the academic opening of the university on 12 February 2021. “The abnormal normal ushers in an opportunity, a new dawn, a new era in terms of how various institutions, including HE institutions, should be run.”
2021-01-28 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Featured, Research news, Corporate
How Unisa supply chain experts are tackling Africa’s malaria crisis
Unisa’s Professor Marcia Mkansi and PhD graduate Dr Oluka Nagitta recognise that at least part of the malaria problem is not medical but logistical by using their supply chain management expertise to bring much-needed visibility to the supply chain for anti-malarials and ACTs.
2021-01-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Life and Consumer Sciences, Lead, Featured, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Unisa and Mintek collaborate on rapid Covid-19 tests
In a major contribution by local researchers to provide home-grown solutions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Unisa's Dr Salerwe Mosebi is working with mineral research giant Mintek to develop rapid antigen-detecting and antibody-detecting tests with a remarkable 20-minute turnaround time.