2020-07-09 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Internationally acclaimed researcher retires
Unisa hosted a virtual farewell for Prof Tilman Dedering, a valued member of staff, who dedicated 30 years of his academic career to the university. He joined the Department of History in the College of Human Sciences in 1990.
2020-07-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Corporate
Unisan makes her mark globally
Prof Adéle da Veiga from the School of Computing is very pleased to have authored part of a book that was chosen to be featured in the IGI Global K-12 Online Learning E-Book Collection. "It is a privilege to add the name of Unisa to the chapter and to represent Africa's leading open, distance, and e-learning institution in such a project."
2020-07-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Covid-19 presents new opportunities for CHS CE project
The Inside-out Outside-in team, who believe in facilitating processes where "outside" citizens can actively engage and collaborate with the "inside" correctional environment, see the pandemic as an opportunity to find new and meaningful ways of interacting safely with corrections community members.
2020-07-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Law, Featured, Corporate
Why does racism prevail? Leading scholars apply their minds
There are, scientifically, no human races. How did race come to have this power and this durability, asks Barney Pityana, Professor Emeritus of Law, Unisa.
2020-07-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Addressing the nation in rap and hip hop: Black lives do matter
The PhD research of Dr Vuyolwethu Seti from Unisa's Department of Communication Science in the College of Human Sciences has been used in a song by the Hopeville Art Movement.
2020-07-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
No stopping for CHS storytelling
Dr Jan Maluleka from Unisa's Department of Information Science says this vital CE project is an effort to compensate for the rise of child-headed households where youngsters miss the most important steps of their early development, and Covid-19 isn't slowing his team down.
2020-07-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Graduate Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate
Making a difference in spite of Covid-19
Unisa's Ethiopian Regional Learning Centre continues to ensure that students are provided with services by using all means at its disposal to overcome the challenges posed by the international health crisis.
2020-07-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Academic freedom is sacrosanct. But so is ethical responsibility
The active and uninhibited dissemination of knowledge is vital for the advancement of knowledge. Yet all within the academy need to know that academic freedom is not being invoked to protect those who engage in unethical conduct, says Prof Jimi Adesina, incumbent of the South African Research Chair in Social Policy, Unisa.
