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May 12, 2020 | Category:
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Ke a leboga Baoki - 'Re lebogile tshegetso ya gago
The Unisa Department of Health Studies, in the College of Human Sciences, will in solidarity join millions of people worldwide to celebrate nurses and this International Nurses Day, 12 May 2020.
May 05, 2020 | Category:
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Lays of lockdown
Unisans from the College of Human Sciences have been creative during quarantine. Dr Christopher Jeffery from the Department of Art created an entire song using everyday household items.
May 04, 2020 | Category:
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From security guard to social worker
Another Unisa graduate shapes his future through open, distance and e-learning: When the coronavirus restrictions are eased, Tinyiko 'Lucky' Maluleke plans to register with the South African Council for Social Services Professions then begin looking for his dream job.
April 30, 2020 | Category:
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Manage your mental wellbeing during lockdown
April is Stress Awareness Month and Unisa's Dr Nikki Themistocleous from the College of Human Sciences talks about this in the context of COVID-19.
April 28, 2020 | Category:
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Getting your research message across
The COVID-19 national lockdown has demonstrated the tremendous need of citizens for reliable, credible information. Platforms such as The Conversation are crucial in translating the results of research into something that is understandable and accessible.
April 16, 2020 | Category:
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Lockdown blues: The end of ritual as we know it, again
Like a thief in the night, the COVID-19 pandemic entered our lives.
So write Unisa's Puleng Segalo and Natalia Molebatsi, together with Thembela Vokwana of the University of Fort Hare, concluding that there are signs of an altered future (socially, culturally and technologically).
April 15, 2020 | Category:
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Unisa Political Sciences alumnus to head IAPSS research committee
Ian Fleming-Zhou is thrilled to apply the knowledge and skills gained through his studies with the university to thrive in his new international position.
April 15, 2020 | Category:
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High COVID-19 GBV statistics are no surprise
According to Prof Nokuthula Mazibuko, Head of the Unisa Institute for Gender Studies, such numbers were expected once the lockdown was imposed as these were already alarmingly high in South Africa.
April 15, 2020 | Category:
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Focus on kindness towards yourself and others
Dr Nikki Themistocleous from Unisa's Department of Psychology says while we are all experiencing extraordinary circumstances, it is important to understand that we are all experiencing these in different ways.