On the second and the last day of the second International Anthropology and development Studies, the captivating keynote address was delivered by Dr Lindsay Marcom from Queens University and her presentation entitled “Decolonizing Post Secondary Education – Thoughts on Steps forward locally and globally.” Dr. Marcom, an associate professor and associate Dean who is now […]
Department of Science and Innovation South African Research Chairs Initiative and Centres of Excellence hosted a Strategic Institutional Engagement at University of Zululand (UNIZULU) . In continuing to develop the National System of Innovation (NSI) the Decidal plan (DP) highlighted the initiatives aimed at expanding and transforming the human resource base of the NSI and […]
In a remarkable feat of academic achievement, a team of distinguished researchers from the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) clinched one of the four coveted “Best Paper” accolade at the 10th Focus Conference 2023 held in The Capital Zimbali from 21- 25 August 2023. The paper, entitled “A review of the implications of artificial intelligence tools […]
I am Phiwokuhle Qwabe from Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal. I received my Bachelor of Education in Geography and Languages (English) in 2022. I have been appointed as a South African Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA). I will spend one academic year teaching IsiZulu at Yale University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world […]
“In a transforming society, the way we think about teaching economics needs to change.” The latter is a belief held by Mashapa Sekome, an Economics lecturer within the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law (FCAL). Sekome took it upon himself to start a massive community engagement (CE) project at UNIZULU, which […]
The Department of Anthropology and Development Studies under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting a two-day international conference from Thursday the 24th of August until Friday 25 August. The acting head of Department Dr Joyce Mdiniso, in her welcome address thanked everyone for joining. “This conference provides a platform to critically discuss […]
The Department of Anthropology and Development studies is gearing up for its second virtual international annual conference taking place from the 24 until the 25th August 2023. The theme for the conference is “Decolonizing the curriculum in the context of African thought “The two days long virtual conference will be the second conference hosted by […]
The much-loved and impactful Management, Business, Administration and Legal Initiatives (MBALI) Conference, which is synonymous with academic excellence and scholarship, commenced on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 at the Bon Hotel Waterfront in Richards Bay. MBALI is the brainchild of the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law (FCAL). It unites scholars together […]
Entrepreneurship is an essential practice, the necessity of which has been amplified by the volatile job market since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was the consensus during the inter-university student panel discussion which took place at the Appalachian, Zululand Entrepreneurship Development (AZED) Conference on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. The panel comprised four students […]
In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Department of Mathematical Sciences recently hosted the 2nd Girls in Control Workshop at its Science Centre. The goal of the Girls […]
