WSU and the government’s Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) bring to a close a project that has seen WSU bolster its academic profile by increasing research output, developing the curriculum and improving staff qualifications in the institution’s science, engineering and technology faculty. At the conclusion of the project... Read more
LTD head Prof Ndebele appointed to CHE national committee
Eastern CapeWalter Sisulu University February 6, 2020
A WSU academic executive is set to actively participate in the strengthening and tightening of the quality of teaching and learning in the country’s higher education sector following his appointment to the Council on Higher Education’s (CHE) National Standards and Reviews Committee (NSRC). WSU’s Learning and Teaching Development head,... Read more
WSU embarks on R180m refurbishment
Eastern CapeWalter Sisulu University December 31, 2019
Walter Sisulu University is refurbishing teaching and learning facilities on all its four campuses to costs in excess of R180 million for building construction, ICT, residence and student infrastructure development. As the year 2019 comes to an end, the bulk of the projects have reached completion stage. At the... Read more
Researcher’s memory loss cure breakthrough
ResearchWalter Sisulu University November 17, 2019
A new medical breakthrough by WSU’s pharmacognostic researcher, Dr Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye could help recover memory loss through a groundbreaking anti-aging drug discovery at the university. In her research study titled: “Metabolomic Profiling of Selected Medicinal Plants With Memory Enhancing And Related Potentials Using Direct Or Hyphenated Spectroscopic Methods”... Read more
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) alumni, Silindile Ngwane and Simamkele Ndabeni have developed an educational application called Sesyme that could save students thousands of rands in textbook costs. The duo launched the two-months-old co-learning mobile application at WSU’s Mthatha campus on 25 August 2019. Silindile said the struggle of not... Read more
The Walter Sisulu University (WSU) Directorate of Research Development (DRD), aims to create an enabling environment for staff and students to be empowered through research knowledge and skills. According to WSU acting research director, Dr Nomabandla Cishe, the University has a vision to focus on research and community partnership... Read more
