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2020-12-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Dept of Operations Management, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate

Unisa innovator wins another big award

Professor Marcia Mkansi, from the Department of Operations Management in the College of Economic and Management Sciences, claimed first prize in the medical category at this year’s Innovation Hub competition for the Gauteng Accelerator Programme.

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2020-12-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Corporate

Oil refinery blast is one more reason SA should take industrial risks seriously

The country needs to move away from a reliance on dirty industries, particularly fossil fuels. This will require introducing renewable energy industries that are clean, efficient, and safer for people and the environment, writes Professor Llewellyn Leonard of Unisa’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in The Conversation.

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2020-12-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Law, Corporate

Unisa conservation crime researcher named in world’s top 10

Professor Friedo Herbig from the Department of Criminology and Security Science knew he had a respectable research track record in his field but he had no idea just how world-class it actually was until he discovered he was listed as the eighth most-published wildlife crime scholar globally

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2020-12-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

These bright sparks are re-igniting service delivery

The Tshwane InterUniversity Innovation Challenge 2020 finally came to a spectacular close with an awards ceremony that saw Unisa students win prizes in three categories.
#UniVationAwards

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2020-12-04 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

Unisa doctoral footprint growing in Horn of Africa

The Ethiopia Regional Centre is proud to announce an increase in successful completion of PhD qualifications across all colleges. The trend of graduations, from 2011 to 2020, shows that this cohort currently accounts for a lion's share of the number of graduates.

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2020-12-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate

Our book is helping solve global challenges

A Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science publication, based on the 48th Annual SALCA Conference hosted by Unisa in 2019, is making researchers around the world take note.

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2020-12-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, Lead, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Join the Future at CGS

The new website for the College of Graduate Studies invites Unisa postgrads to become members of a research-focused college and users of a resourceful student-centred website. "We aspire to be unique and this website gives us that sense of uniqueness," says Prof Lindiwe Zungu, CGS Executive Dean.

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2020-12-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

The road to transform higher education

Unisa provides a platform for critical reflection and intellectual engagement in this year's Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair lecture, delivered by Prof Muxe Nkondo. "We need a just economy that integrates rural and urban communities... rethinking the role of universities of science and technology in redressing regional imbalances as part of the development of smart cities in rural areas."

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2020-12-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Play your part in curbing road tragedy

As the festive season looms, Prof Ashley van Niekerk from Unisa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences reminds South Africans that alcohol intoxication continues to be the leading factor of road accidents locally and globally. He says general vigilance is required for both daylight and night-time driving.
#ArriveAlive

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