2025-10-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisan honoured for international impact in the sustainability field
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences' Prof Vhahangwele Masindi was recently named the 2025 Emerging Sustainability Leader Award winner by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.
2025-10-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Reflecting on the Unisa catalytic niche areas' interconnectedness
Unisa's College of Graduate Studies hosted the Virtual Catalytic Niche Area Roundtables for postgraduate students and emerging researchers, empowering them to produce groundbreaking research that can transform societies.
2025-10-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Groundbreaking milestone as Unisa exceeds 100 patents granted
Unisa’s Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation has made tremendous progress in the promotion and support of innovative solutions and inventions from Unisa’s research and development activities, with more than a hundred patents granted for inventions that stem from its ongoing research and development efforts.
2025-10-06 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Tackling decolonisation and GBV in the African context through theology
As an ordained minister and theologian, Research Professor Elijah Baloyi is at the forefront of conducting research at Unisa that responds to societal problems that exist and are solved at grassroots level.
2025-10-03 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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A go-getter at heart and in spirit obtains PhD at 35
Dr Dakalo Monyai, a Unisa professional staff member with 15 years of experience in the teaching and learning environment, recently obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Psychology and People Management at the age of thirty-five.
2025-09-22 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa bags notable awards for research prowess
Sustaining high-level performance in research, Unisa has won two prestigious awards from the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association, in the Organisational Excellence in Research Management, and Early Career Excellence in Research Management categories.
2025-09-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Unisa scholar bags an extraordinary NRF rating
A first for Unisa, Dr Gwenneth Miller received a C2 NRF rating through the creative output route – a pathway made possible when the Department of Higher Education and Training began awarding accredited, subsidy-bearing units to universities for their creative outputs.
2025-09-10 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa and ATUPA recognise researchers for ingenuity and innovation
The university, in partnership with the Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa and the KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film Authority, recently celebrated distinguished scholars whose research and leadership have significantly impacted Africa’s knowledge and innovation arena.
2025-09-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Reassessing factors that exacerbate gender inequality
"The struggle for gender equality is far from over" - a common thread made during a panel discussion at the recent Unisa's Catalytic Niche Area Research Symposium that centred on the partnerships required to achieve gender equality.