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2020-10-19 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

At the proverbial fork in the road

The eighth virtual research seminar held by the UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa considered the issues involved in moving from challenges to opportunities and asked the question: What will become our "new normal" for teaching and learning in an ODL framework?

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2020-10-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Oh yes, he is unstoppable

His passion for using research as an instrument to solve daily problems and make a difference in people's lives has seen Dr Vhahangwele Masindi, a research fellow in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at Unisa, elected as one of the ten new 2020 South African Young Academy of Science members.

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2020-10-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

Where is the (OA) money?

Funding in open access scholarly publishing remains focused on journals at the expense of books, although in the northern hemisphere wider financial support is available, writes Hetta Pieterse from Unisa Press. Partnerships could benefit Africa in terms of resources sharing and collaboration.

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2020-10-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate

Keeping safe in cyberspace

Prof Elmarie Kritzinger from Unisa specialises in cyber-safety awareness. She has spent "Everyone should understand the impact and the consequences of their actions within cyberspace."

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2020-10-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: Research news, Corporate

A research degree is possible for all at Unisa

The university invests heavily in the research interests of its permanent specialist and support professional employees. Dr Sipho Makgopa is a Professional Research Group member who has struck academic gold, as he holds two master's degrees and managed to complete his PhD studies through the support services provided by the Professional Research Committee.

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2020-10-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate

Unisa researcher wins prestigious grant from WRC

Dr Hlengilizwe Nyoni, an instrument scientist and lab manager at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, has received R500 000 from the Water Research Commission, which will result in the development of an all-inclusive toolbox for water quality assessment relevant to addressing water-related socio-economic issues.

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2020-10-13 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Unisa SBL military programme a 'restoration of hope'

The Graduate School of Business Leadership is holding a four-day security cluster seminar that is bringing together veterans and officers to situate their research within broader transformation plans resolving socio-economic issues in South Africa.

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2020-10-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Fresh produce to accelerate postgrad support

Prof Tennyson Mgutshini has been appointed as Acting Director in the School of Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies. His wealth of knowledge and skills will be directed towards empowering thousands of Unisa master's and doctoral students to blossom into successful qualified professionals.

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2020-10-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, Department of Taxation, Lead, Corporate

Lunch and learn

The College of Accounting Sciences held a virtual brown-bag meeting in September, which took the form of an information session on the IBFD Tax Research Platform.

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