The inaugural lecture of Prof Veronica Ngole-Jeme, Department of Environmental Sciences, titled Soil matters, took place on 27 July 2017. The title of the lecture was informed by the desire to highlight the role of soil properties in the significance of soils. The lecture indicated how Ngole-Jeme was introduced to... Read more
Caption: A firm handshake seals the deal between Dr Moeketsi Mosola (City Manager) and Prof Mandla Makhanya (Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor). The City of Tshwane and Unisa, as a key institution of knowledge production in the City, have reached an agreement to resume their collaborative partnership that commenced in... Read more
A group of researchers from the Department of Decision Sciences is working on a one-million-euro project to improve the basis for software applications, especially in engineering and the applied sciences. Funded by the European Union, the huge project involves universities in eight European countries, as well as Japan, Korea,... Read more
Unisa, government MoU: education for inmates
ArchivesStudent outreachUnisaUniversities July 25, 2017
The formalisation of a fruitful and long-standing relationship—one that has produced thousands of graduates over decades—took place on 9 June 2017. Unisa and the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue to provide tertiary education for inmates in South Africa’s correctional facilities. The... Read more
Drumroll! And the ‘Science Oscars’ go to…
AchieversArchivesLatest newsUnisaUniversities July 12, 2017
Unisa’s Prof Diane Hildebrandt, director of the Material and Process Synthesis Research Unit (MaPS) and Prof Bhekie Mamba, executive dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) and director of the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Unit (NanoWS). The pair were fêted at the NSTF-South32 Awards last night... Read more
More than 1578 qualifications were conferred during the autumn graduation ceremonies held in East London from 19 to 20 May 2017 at the Abbotsford Christian Centre. Amongst the recipients was 77-year-old Eastern Cape jazz legend Retsi Pule, who graduated with a national diploma in Public Relations Management. Despite having... Read more
Unisa’s School of Computing (SoC) has proven once again that it is at the cutting edge of technology and research by acquiring equipment that measures a wide range of physiological indicators. Psychophysiology is an area of psychology that measures an individual’s bodily responses to reveal something about their mental state and... Read more
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