2018-10-03 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Corporate
Moral decline has huge social and economic costs for Africa
While human rights are a strong focus in the education systems of many African countries, little attention has been paid to ethics, says bioethics expert Prof Joseph-Mathews Mfutso-Bengo, one of the keynote speakers at this week’s 6th International Conference on Ethics Education.
2018-08-29 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Corporate
WISA finalist accolade for Ebrahim
Prof Hasina Ebrahim was named first runner-up in the category Distinguished Woman Scientist - Humanities and Social Sciences at the recent Women in Science Awards.
2018-08-24 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, Corporate
Unisa master's student wins prestigious WiSA award
Congratulations to Sikelelwa Ndaweni, a master’s student in the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit, who won the South African Woman in Science Awards Tata Africa Scholarships for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology for master’s students for 2018.
2018-08-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Corporate
Research integrity—a continental concern
A fact-finding team from Kenya’s Moi University visited Unisa to benchmark issues around research integrity and academic misconduct.
2018-07-24 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, Corporate
Improving reading and writing, one Bee at a time
"Visionary" Unisan Marcia Lebambo been chosen as one of News24’s 100 young Mandelas of the future.
2018-07-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, Corporate
More international recognition for Unisa scientist
Prof Ajay Mishra of the NanoWS Research Unit has been awarded chartered status by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the world’s leading chemistry community for advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.
2018-07-12 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Research news, Featured, Corporate
Passion for science makes him Madiba-like
Unisan Kabelo Pheeha been chosen as one of News24’s 100 young Mandelas of the future for his unbelievable efforts to make a difference in the lives of others and his persistence to achieve his dreams against all odds.
2018-06-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news
Less talk and more action on doing research
“You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down,” says a Bateke proverb—an attestation to the strategic revamp and approach of the sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Academy, formerly referred to as the Interdisciplinary Summer School.
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.