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2019-04-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Sought-after fellowship for Unisa academic

Prof Paul Prinsloo of the College of Economic and Management Sciences recently became the first academic from Africa to be awarded a fellowship by the European Distance and E-Learning Network.

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2019-04-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Data mining guru strikes research gold

A veritable Ninja master at using data mining to solve complex problems, Dr Katherine Malan was recently honoured for her research excellence at the Unisa Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony.

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2019-04-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, Research news, College of Law, Featured, Corporate

Growing capacity for ODeL research

At a recent College of Law event, Prof Christine Ofulue from the National Open University of Nigeria stated that Unisa can develop an agenda through identifying fields that are relevant to the ODeL context.

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2019-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Grass-eating, petrol-gulping, Doom-spraying, selfie-taking in heaven...

Unisa's NRF Y2-rated researcher Dr Solomon Kgatle reflects on and critically engages with current developments in African Pentecostal Christianity.

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2019-04-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

When life and art blur in the theatre

At this year's Research & Innovation awards ceremony, Dr Lida Krüger received the 2018 Senate Publications Committee Thesis Publication award for her thesis titled The actual versus the fictional in Betrayal, The real thing and Closer.

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2019-04-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Research on theology of Brexit shows nostalgia for 'empire'

Britain's planned exit from the European Union is a political hot potato, but Brexit is as much about theology as it is about politics, says Unisa researcher Prof Anthony Reddie.

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2019-03-28 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan to head prestigious science publication

ASSAf has announced the appointment of Prof Jane Carruthers as Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science.

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2019-03-27 00:00:00.0 | Category: SBL, Corporate

Unisa SBL R&I Day spotlights online learning and research

ODeL expert Terry Anderson believes technology, in particular, is influencing the growth of online learning through elements such as cloud services, corporate partners, social media, access, equity, security and privacy.

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2019-03-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Good things come in twos

Chaka: Die nuwe Afrikaanse vertaling, by Chris Swanepoel, and Violence in schools: South Africa in an international context, by Clive Harber and Vusi Mncube, are the joint winners of the prestigious 2017 Hiddingh-Currie Award to be presented at the Research and Innovation gala event on 8 March 2019.

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