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2021-06-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisan recognised as outstanding reviewer for Materials Research Express

Dr Kaviyarasu Kasinathan has been selected as Outstanding Reviewer for the journal Materials Research Express in recognition of the high quality and timeliness of his reviews during 2020.

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2021-06-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Talking science simply through FameLab

Master's student, Ginny Sasha Tito, rose to the challenge of communicating science to a general audience and took top honours at the Unisa heat of FameLab SA 2021.

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2021-06-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Ingenious response to student-supervisor interaction

Unisa's digital transformation journey has taken a major step forward with the launch of the Master's and Doctoral Students Supervision and Monitoring Dashboard by the College of Graduate Studies.

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2021-05-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Life and Consumer Sciences, Lead, Featured, Research news, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Reflecting on consumer decisions through the lens of a consumer scientist

Delivering her inaugural lecture, Professor Elizabeth Kempen unpacked the importance of consumer decision-making, an important area within the field of consumer science

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2021-05-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Resilience and passion result in quality research

For Prof Janet McIntyre, being an NRF-rated researcher provides encouragement, assists when applying for grants and contributes to raising the profile of the university.

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2021-05-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Featured, Research news, Dept biblical, Corporate

'Writing does not equal research'

Prof Christo Lombaard, rated C1 by the NRF, argues that if research does not make a new contribution, nor take cognisance of the newest publications, trends, insights and debates, it is per definition not research, but simply writing.

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2021-05-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Featured, Research news, Dept Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Globally impactful research recognised

Unisa’s Dr Sin-Yu Ho says her C2 NRF rating allows her to expand her research capacities in terms of research funding, and collaboration opportunities with domestic and international scholars.

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2021-05-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Decoloniality scholar grows in stature

Unisa's Prof Vuyisile Msila never ceases to grow as a researcher, and the NFR recently upgraded his rating to C2 in recognition of his research abilities.

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2021-05-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa’s international students profiled

Unisa recently conducted an analysis to understand who its international students are in order to better serve their needs.

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