2025-06-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Y2 NRF-rated young scholar pursues cutting-edge research to benefit society
As a young academic with unlimited potential, Dr Muthumuni Managa is making a mark in the scientific community to benefit society through ensuring access to safe and healthy drinking water, propelled by research.
2025-05-29 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisan in the home straight at the NSTF-South32 Awards
Prof Ndzondelelo Bingwa of the university’s Institute for Catalysis and Energy Solutions has advanced to the finalist stage in the Emerging Researcher category at this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards.
2025-05-29 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Research with impact – moving beyond bean-counting
The global and societal impact of the research conducted by Unisa’s master’s and doctoral students remains limited, noted Prof Tennysson Mgutshini in his welcome address on the first day of Unisa’s Research and Innovation Week.
2025-05-28 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Entrepreneurs shine during Unisa’s Start-Up Day
During the Unisa Research and Innovation Week, the Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation hosted a Start-Up Day which showcased 12 start-ups who participated in the inaugural Unisa Catalyst Programme.
2025-05-27 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, Corporate
Major Canadian research university visits Unisa with a view to collaboration
A delegation from Canada’s Carleton University, led by its President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wisdom Tettey, visited Unisa to explore potential areas of collaboration, expertise sharing, student exchange and mutuality.
2025-05-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa Press celebrates the launch of two books during Research and Innovation Week 2025
As part of Unisa’s 2025 Research and Innovation (R&I) Week, Unisa Press proudly hosted the launch of two compelling new books: Critical Thinking Skills for Students, by Dr Heather Goode, and African Languages Matter, by Professors Mampaka Mojapelo and Munzhedzi Mafela.
2025-05-20 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Artificial intelligence as an academic collaborator and challenger
At the opening of Unisa’s 2025 Research and Innovation Week, keynote speaker Prof Nyna Amin from the University of KwaZulu-Natal spoke on challenging the established frameworks in academia in order to lay a firm foundation to incorporate artificial intelligence in higher education.
2025-05-13 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa innovators making global waves in Switzerland
A Unisa delegation of staff and student innovators has set off to Switzerland for an international exchange programme to explore and connect with the country’s globally acclaimed innovation ecosystem.
2025-05-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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AI specialist to kick off Unisa’s Research and Innovation Week
Prof Nyna Amin, Interim Director of the Teaching and Learning Portfolio at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, will unpack Rewriting the Rules: AI as Academic Collaborator and Challenger during the formal opening of Unisa's Research and Innovation Week on 19 May 2025.