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2018-08-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Corporate

Unisa master's student wins prestigious WiSA award

Congratulations to Sikelelwa Ndaweni, a master’s student in the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit, who won the South African Woman in Science Awards Tata Africa Scholarships for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology for master’s students for 2018.

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2018-08-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: Research news, Corporate

Research integrity—a continental concern

A fact-finding team from Kenya’s Moi University visited Unisa to benchmark issues around research integrity and academic misconduct.

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2018-07-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Corporate

Improving reading and writing, one Bee at a time

"Visionary" Unisan Marcia Lebambo been chosen as one of News24’s 100 young Mandelas of the future.

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2018-07-23 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Corporate

More international recognition for Unisa scientist

Prof Ajay Mishra of the NanoWS Research Unit has been awarded chartered status by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the world’s leading chemistry community for advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.

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2018-07-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Research news, Featured, Corporate

Passion for science makes him Madiba-like

Unisan Kabelo Pheeha been chosen as one of News24’s 100 young Mandelas of the future for his unbelievable efforts to make a difference in the lives of others and his persistence to achieve his dreams against all odds.

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2018-06-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news

Less talk and more action on doing research

“You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down,” says a Bateke proverb—an attestation to the strategic revamp and approach of the sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Academy, formerly referred to as the Interdisciplinary Summer School.

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2018-06-21 00:00:00.0 | Category: Research news, Dept history, Corporate

Transforming and unsettling

Unisan Jane Carruthers has capped a distinguished academic career by receiving the 2018 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society for Environmental History for her critical contributions to the fields of environmental justice, national parks and preservation, and transnational environmental history.

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2018-06-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news

Information, research, and communities interrelated

Macdonald Rammala, an emerging researcher from Unisa’s Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA), in the College of Law, attended the Fourth International Conference on New Directions in Multidisciplinary Research and Practice, held from 12 to 13 May 2018 at the Hilton Hotel, London.

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2018-06-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Corporate

Ethics and integrity pay off

Unisa’s Dr Retha Visagie, Manager of Research Integrity in the Research Support Directorate, has just walked off with the DST/SARIMA Award for Professional Excellence in Research Management.

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