With more people enrolling in universities, it is important to have efficient systems that can comfortably handle a huge number of students. For this reason, many institutions of higher education are going away from papers and creating online systems to increasing efficiency. University of South Africa (UNISA) is part of the trend, creating a portal … Read more
The management of the University of South Africa has released online the institution’s undergraduate and postgraduate prospectus in PDF for prospective students for the academic session. UNISA Prospectus contains the list of courses, admission requirements and all admission application information to guide you through the University of South Africa admission process. The University of South … Read more
The Unisa Library has acquired yet two more gems to add to its growing collection of books. The two books, Curing disease & defects: Both apparent and hidden and Qissat Dhul Qurnain: Tale of the Two Horned One, were translated and edited from the original Timbuktu manuscripts from Mali, and were donated to the library … Read more
Gawtum Rughoonundun Age and nationality are never obstacles, but rather opportunities for those who chose to study at Unisa. The 47-year-old Mauritian-born Gawtum Rughoonundun, who is one of many who have benefited from Unisa’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme, recently graduated with a Bachelor of Consumer Science. Rughoonundun was granted access to pursue his … Read more
The Purchasing Consortium of Southern Africa (PURCO SA) has presented a cheque to Unisa to the value of R897 537. This is part of PURCO SA’s commitment to give back to its university business partners a rebate amount based on the procurement actions they facilitated for and on behalf of the institution. Pictured at the cheque … Read more
The National Development Plan has set a target of 100 000 additional PhDs by 2030 to improve research and innovation capacity in South Africa. In order to reach this target, a total of 6 000 PhDs per annum needs to be produced. To live up to the NDP’s expectations, Unisa continues to play a significant role to … Read more
Inspired towards Science, Engineering and Technology (I-SET) proudly welcomes Dr Tanja Karp from Texas Tech University to Unisa. She will be part of the team until June , and was welcomed by Prof Isaac Osunmakinde, Director of the School of Computing, and Kabelo Pheeha, I-SET Facilitator. I-SET is a flagship community engagement project of the … Read more
The Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership’s (SBL) Prof Douglas Boateng, was recently honoured with a Lifetime Achiever Award at CEO Global’s “Titans Building Nations Awards”. Africa’s first Professor Extraordinaire in Supply and Value Chain Management, Boateng was recognised for his extraordinary contribution to regional, national and continental socio-economic development—especially with regard to the promotion … Read more
Recently appointed member and chairperson of the National Archives Advisory Council, Unisa’s Prof Pat Ngulube, from the College of Graduate Studies, has now been appointed a senior board member on the Board of the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA). MMIRA is a professional association created to promote the development of an international and interdisciplinary … Read more
Unisa researchers, Ethiopian researchers, and a representative from the African Union Commission, Charles Wangadya (far right) A research initiative to train researchers on the objectives of Agenda 2063 is opening doors between the African Union Commission (AUC) and Unisa, said Charles Wangadya of the commission’s Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Resource Mobilisation Directorate at the closing … Read more