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The African college of excellence in the social and human sciences

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2025-09-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Setting eyes on the goal against the odds

The Department of Information Science concluded Women’s Month by spotlighting two inspirational women that recently graduated at Unisa, despite their socioeconomic challenges.

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2025-09-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa engaged scholarship project heads to parliament

The Skills Training for Translators and Editors Project led by Unisa’s Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, aims to enhance the capacity of novice and practising language practitioners alike, with the potential to also contribute to the academic project.

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2025-09-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Effectual partnership to advance public health knowledge

Unisa, in collaboration with Tshwane District Research Committee and sister universities around the Tshwane District, recently conducted research training workshops designed to equip healthcare workers in the district with extensive knowledge on public health.

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2025-08-27 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa project envisions a humanised and student-centred approach to health interventions

The university's College of Human Sciences recently workshopped a digital healthcare project to cater to Unisa students' health through innovative and forward-thinking design.

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2025-08-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan to lead SASCOC psychology working group

Dr Koketjo Tsebe, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, was recently appointed as Chairperson of the High-Performance Psychology Working Group of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee.

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2025-08-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa Art Gallery showcases transformative exhibition

"Place & Practice: Collective Voices from Ellis House" is a group exhibition that celebrates community-based art centre artists' socio-cultural impact and creative outputs, and depicts diverse perspectives and contemporary output methodologies.

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2025-07-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan’s research set to improve accident records management through AI

Dr Vanessa Neo Mathope’s ground-breaking doctoral research focused on developing a framework for integrating artificial intelligence into records management processes to support the claims management system at the Road Accident Fund.

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2025-07-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

A sense of belonging and excellence nurtured through collaboration

On a recent visit to the Department of Art and Music, Research Associate Professor Caroline van Niekerk shared knowledge from her extensive experience in academic publishing, highlighting its cyclical nature and the necessity of resilience when facing editors’ rejections.

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2025-06-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan’s doctorate inspires his community

Dr Sydney Maluleke says his accomplishment of a doctorate is a win for his family, who have been very supportive all these years, and an inspiration to the community of Muyexe.

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