We are delighted and proud to announce that our Ms. Sedie Jane Masite, Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee of Council. Ms Masite was awarded the 2nd Runner up in the Category: Professional and Services Support by Standard Bank Top women for her Contribution to Gender Empowerment and Transformation journey in South Africa. The […]
Not surprisingly, deliberations at a recently concluded teaching and learning conference featured many papers that explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education across the world, with a particular focus on higher education. As university lecturers and teachers ourselves and as people who not only conduct research into teaching and learning but also teach […]
The faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the university of Zululand recently hosted a student Indaba. The theme of the conference was “critical thinking and social responsibility among students”. The purpose for this STUDENT INDABA was to look at critical thinking and discuss issues more especially in Social Sciences and humanities. The event was […]
Hard work begets recognition and great rewards. This message was apparent during the recent Dean’s Student Excellence Awards ceremony which was held by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at the Bon Hotel in Empangeni. Laughter, singing and dancing marked the overall mood throughout the glitzy affair as highfliers in the 2021 master’s, […]
The two-day international workshop on “Art of scientific writing” recently took place at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) KwaDlangezwa Campus. The Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, Professor Nokuthula Kunene, welcomed the attendees to the sensational event. The workshop was facilitated by Doctor M Jonathan, from Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico. This workshop […]
The University of Zululand’s Teaching and Learning Centre recently hosted a two-day Career Masterclass. On the first day, the workshop took place at the iconic King Bhekuzulu Hall, and on the second day at the Richard’s Bay campus. The Career Masterclass aimed to capacitate final-year undergraduate students with the current application tools to enter the […]
The Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand recently hosted a students’ assembly at KwaDlangezwa Campus. The imbizo was themed: “The Quality of an Education System Can Never Exceed the Quality of Its Teachers”. The Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning, Professor Samantha Govender specified that student assemblies are an opportunity for the faculty […]
Zoology, an exciting branch of biology, studies animal life, particularly how these animals interact with their environment. Marine biology, therefore, studies how animals that live in the ocean interact with their oceanic environment. Marine animals can be generally categorised into two groups; those that spend most of their life in the water column (for an […]
September, the annual celebration of South African Heritage Month is almost towards an end. The drafting of this ‘expert opinion’ (today September 24), which was accidentally requested from me by a colleague some weeks ago, coincides exactly with the celebration of Heritage Day, an important cog of heritage month. Most reading this opinion will recall […]
The University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law (FCAL) in collaboration with the UNIZULU Entrepreneurship Committee hosted the national Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW). This event took place at Ellis Park Sports Ground over a period of three days. On the first day of the event, Professor Unathi Kolanisi from the Department of […]
