2025-03-11 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisan earns B NRF rating for research on improving AI robustness and reliability
Prof Katherine Malan earned a B NRF rating for her research on improving the robustness and reliability of artificial intelligence systems toward solving new tasks for society.
2025-03-11 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Celebrating a milestone: Unisan acknowledged as a research management professional
Carin Niemand, Acting Manager for Budgets and Grants in the Directorate of Research Support, was recently acknowledged as a Research Management Professional by the International Professional Recognition Council (IPRC).
2025-02-25 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Hat-trick of excellence as three Unisans scoop top medical research awards
The South African Medical Research Council has recognised the outstanding contributions to health research of Unisa’s Professors Zilungile Mkhize-Kwitshana, Lindiwe Zungu and Usisipho Feleni at its prestigious 11th Scientific Merit Awards (image credit: SAMRC).
2025-02-11 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Top NRF rating confirms the ongoing global intellectual significance of Black Theology
The South African National Research Foundation has awarded an A1 rating to Unisa Research Fellow and Professor Extraordinarius Anthony Reddie, the first Professor of Black Theology in the history of the University of Oxford and the inaugural Director of the Centre for Black Theology at that university.
2025-01-15 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Economist en route to promoting financial inclusion and stability in sub-Saharan Africa
Economist, Dr Moeti Godfrey Damane, is committed to using his research to drive positive change, both within the academic community and in the real world by influencing policies and practices.
2024-12-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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A call to end the violation of HIV-positive women's reproductive rights
Authored by a group of feminist scholars and activists, including Unisa's Prof Thenjiwe Meyiwa, a groundbreaking report exposes the deeply troubling practice of sterilisation that has violated the dignity, autonomy and reproductive rights of HIV-positive women in South Africa since 1997.
2024-12-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Unisa Innovation Festival 2024 ends on a high note
On the final day of a highly vibrant and successful festival, Innovation Challenge winners were announced and celebrated as exceptional talent dedicated to reclaiming Africa's intellectual futures.
2024-11-28 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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“A celebration of creativity, ambition, and the power of ideas”
The third day of the Unisa Innovation festival 2024 continued to see upbeat students showcasing their creative ideas to a panel of adjudicators and a live audience, with Professor Les Labuschagne describing them as bold concepts that promise to shape the future.