University of South Africa

After spending two-and-a-half days of fruitful engagements at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Unisa delegation headed to San Francisco to continue its mission of exploration and strategic engagements at Stanford…

On 1 December 2022, Bezalem Eshetu Yirdaw, a PhD student in the Department of Statistics at Unisa’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), was announced as one of the top 20 scientists awarded the 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO for…

The first ever World Science Forum (WSF) hosted in South Africa and on African soil was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 6 to 9 December 2022. The Forum brought together science researchers, professionals,…

Poverty and vulnerability reduction are urgent global concerns that have gained prominence in the wake of the recent health crisis. Indeed, the distributional effects of the crisis have proven to be very alarming, even for countries that…

The training, which culminated at the beginning of December, has left an indelible mark on academics. It aimed to build the academic competencies of staff to transition into a technology-mediated teaching and learning environment, which…

The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has moved programmes offered by Unisa's College of Accounting Sciences (CAS) from a previous rating of three to continued full accreditation. This means that SAICA has continued…

A recent First-Year Experience (FYE) survey, with over 6 200 respondents, reported that 81% of prospective Unisa students saw the institution as their university of first choice. This is the feedback received from students who…

Dr Walter Chambati, a research fellow working with the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Social Policy under the College of Graduate Studies at Unisa, recently presented his research on "Rural trade unions and the…

Giving context to the much-anticipated webinar, Dr Phasoane Mokgobu, Vice-Principal: Institutional Development, began with a quote from author Diane Kalen-Sukra, who said in her book Save Your City: How Toxic Culture Kills Community &…

The school is housed under the institution’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology. It has a dedicated communication and marketing team that shares all developments in various departments within the college. Professor Rendani…