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:
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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.
2025-05-06 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa nominees gear up for the Science Oscars
Several Unisa academics have been nominated for the prestigious 2024/25 NSTF-South32 Awards. These awards recognise hard-working academics who are continuously engaged in pushing the boundaries of their respective fields (image credit: NSTF).
2025-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Sociologist advocates for transformation through humanising black people
Unisa's Prof Grace Khunou, the acting Executive Director of the Department of Leadership and Transformation, is at the forefront of facilitating and leading transformation and change.
2025-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa's Research Professor shines spotlight on nuclear sociopolitical factors in South Africa
Prof Jo-Ansie Van Wyk's research work on international politics and nuclear energy has developed into the establishment of the academic field Critical Nuclear Humanities, which delves into explaining and understanding nuclear necropolitics.