Leading change
AUC disability expert obtains doctorate at Unisa
Conducting research into an inclusive framework for ODeL contexts, Thomas Ongolo, a Disability Expert Advisor at the Africa Union Commission (AUC) who is visually impaired, recently obtained a PhD in Curriculum and Instructional Studies at Unisa. Read more
Minister calls for skills revolution
Delivering the fourth NDP Public Lecture at Unisa, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said that the country could not reach its full potential if it did not use every talent available. Read more
Widening access through open learning
In anticipation of the Open Learning Conference 2018, Prof Mpine Makoe looks at the latest local and international trends in the open learning movement. Read more
Unisa to take Mthatha back to the future
Unisa will build a service centre for its operations and for the benefit of the community in the Zimbane Village in Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape. Read more
SA youth disillusioned with democracy – Thuli Madonsela
Delivering the 2018 Unisa Founders Lecture, Prof Thuli Madonsela warned that especially young people in South Africa have come to take a dim view of democracy ‘They say that their parents fought for freedom; instead they got democracy,’ she said. Read more
Is decolonisation the answer to democratic policing?
In his inaugural lecture, Unisa’s Prof Doraval Govender critically evaluated the structure and functioning of SAPS, and took stock of the difficulties confronting police officers in their day-to-day policing activities. Read more
Changing the academy into a site of ecologies of knowledges and multilingualism
Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni tells Unisans more about his latest book, Epistemic freedom in Africa: Deprovincialisation and decolonisation. Read more
Multilingual HE is possible but will take great effort and commitment
The development of language technologies has reached the point where their use could be game changing, says Professor Laurette Pretorius, leader of a Unisa research team exploring sustainable multilingualism in South Africa. Read more
Across country a chance to advance
Unisa’s C2A programme crosses borders and boundaries to provide learning and empowerment programmes to rural and urban communities, government, and civil society. Read more
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. Read more