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2024-04-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisan appointed as vice-chairperson of SAMAREC

Tanya Coetzee, a Research Integrity and Ethics Officer in the Directorate of Research Support at Unisa, was recently appointed as a committee member and vice-chairperson of the South African Medical Association Research Ethics Committee for three years.

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2024-04-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Cultivating student entrepreneurship within Unisa’s innovation ecosystem

Unisa's Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation team of experts is building and investing in establishing new start-ups and efficiently skilling innovators to execute their roles on their entrepreneurial journey.

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2024-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Advocating for multimedia use for teaching and learning in ODeL institutions

As a multimedia design and production professional keen to understand the core business of an ODeL institution of higher learning, Dr Khanyisile Twabu's research showcases the significant role of multimedia in the delivery of instruction.

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2024-02-29 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Womanism and black theology of liberation

In exploring possible contours of dialogue between Black Theology of Liberation and Womanist Theology, Prof Fundiswa Kobo strives to liberate fragmented black humanity as a whole.

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2024-02-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

The best of both worlds: seasoned professional and highly rated academic

With extensive expertise in project management and project procurement, Prof Pantaleo MD Rwelamila of Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership is poised to make a positive impact on society by advancing knowledge and improving practices in project management, procurement and public-private collaborations.

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2024-01-31 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisan shines at FameLab SA competition

Ayesha Osman, a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering and lecturer in the Department of Civil and Chemical Engineering at Unisa, emerged as first runner-up at the hotly contested and highly prestigious 2023 FameLab SA competition.

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2024-01-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

A job turned into a career

What started as a mere task at a high school library has now become a lifetime career in librarianship, which plays a significant role in the Unisa library services for Dr Modiehi Winnie Rammutloa.

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2023-12-19 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Corporate

Prestigious ranking places Unisa in the top eight in SA

Unisa continues to make major strides in academic excellence, placing eighth among the top universities in South Africa in the latest QS World University Rankings based on factors such as academic reputation and international research network (Image credit: QS World University Rankings).

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2023-12-13 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, NanoWS, Research news, Corporate

A first for Africa as Unisa hosts two IWA conferences

From 3 to 8 December 2023, Unisa's College of Science, Engineering and Technology, in partnership with the Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, hosted two International Water Association specialist conferences back-to-back in celebration of Unisa's 150-year anniversary.

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