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2019-02-13 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

MoU to boost SADC research

Unisa and the eSwatini Policy Analysis and Research Centre (ESEPARC) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly host public lecture series, seminars, workshops, and training.

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2019-01-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Dpt of Jurisprudence, Research news, College of Law, Featured, Corporate

Unisa academic’s research on biobanking now SA policy

Senior lecturer, Dr Safia Mahomed, is helping to ensure that biobanking in South Africa is approached in a way that respects and protects the rights of research participants.

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2019-01-23 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Featured, Corporate

Study delivers treasure trove of data on international students in Africa

A 30-month, multimillion-rand study on international distance education in Africa is drawing to a close, offering some fresh – and sometimes unexpected – insights into the study habits, challenges and attitudes of Unisa’s international students.

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2018-11-27 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Lead, Featured, Science, Corporate

Patent power! Unisa is serious about solar energy

Unisa Professor Lukas Snyman and his students have patented a solar thermal energy system that goes further than existing systems in collecting, storing and harnessing the sun’s rays for household heating. Self-sufficiency and significant savings for SA households are the likely benefits.

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2018-11-21 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

Nhamo appointed to AU high-level panel

The incumbent of the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at Unisa is one of four experts appointed to draw up the African Union Green Innovation Framework for a harmonised and integrated transition to a green economy.

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2018-11-06 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Corporate

SA tax compliance costs include the 'fear factor'

According to tax expert Prof Sharon Smulders of Unisa, people are afraid of SARS, some because they may be evaders but others because they are scared of making a mistake and consequently facing fines and penalties.

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2018-10-19 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Featured, Corporate

Unisa in forefront of energy research for Winter Olympics

The university has partnered with the Hebei University of Science and Technology in Shijiazhuang, China, to establish the International Joint Laboratory for New Energy. The two institutions will tackle certain major scientific projects demanded by Beijing 2022.

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2018-10-04 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Rising sea levels of little concern to some SA coastal property valuers

The ethics of climate change are in the spotlight at the Sixth International Conference in Ethics Education underway in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.

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2018-10-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

Moral decline has huge social and economic costs for Africa

While human rights are a strong focus in the education systems of many African countries, little attention has been paid to ethics, says bioethics expert Prof Joseph-Mathews Mfutso-Bengo, one of the keynote speakers at this week’s 6th International Conference on Ethics Education.

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