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November 06, 2017 | Category: News

Research is the backbone of social work

Research is the backbone of social work knowledge and practice. Hence, doctoral education is one of the main sources of knowledge production in universities. However, discussions are limited on the dissemination and implementation of knowledge generated through doctoral research.

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November 02, 2017 | Category: Lead, Featured, Research news, News, Alumni, Corporate

Everything happens for a reason, including prison

Unisa lecturer and PhD student Mbongiseni Mdakane says studying psychology is a way to heal the 10 years he spent in a cell.

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October 31, 2017 | Category: Lead, Featured, News, Corporate

Stats indicate more than 91 000 child brides in SA

A joint initiative between Unisa’s Gender Institute, the TMALI, and the AU aims not only to foster conversations and dialogue on the importance of African girls’ rights to equal education and their fundamental freedoms but also to create opportunities for change.

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October 25, 2017 | Category: Lead, Featured, News, Corporate

Is this how the coalition cookie crumbles?

Last night's Unisa-Sowetan Dialogue asked whether SA is experiencing ordinary growing pains or whether this is the beginning of the end for coalition and collaboration politics in the country.

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October 24, 2017 | Category: Lead, Featured, News, Alumni, Corporate

Thato went from an orphanage to Unisa’s graduation stage

Do not be defined by your circumstances but instead define your tomorrow, says Thato Amarath Senne, who was awarded his BA in Environmental Management last week.

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October 24, 2017 | Category: News, Corporate

Break the stigma, break the silence

Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, Gauteng Health MEC, told Unisans that 16.5% of South Africans suffer from common mental disorders like depression and anxiety. “We are ill and we don’t even recognise that we are.”

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October 20, 2017 | Category: Lead, News, Corporate

Unisa hosts National Spelling BEE finale

The National Spelling BEE finale hosted by the College of Human Sciences together with the Department of Basic Education was won by Tshegofatso Morapedi Letlotlo from Limpopo.

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October 20, 2017 | Category: Lead, Featured, Events, News, Corporate

Tell your own stories

On the 40th anniversary of Black Wednesday, the seventh Percy Qoboza Memorial Lecture, hosted by the National Press Club and Unisa’s Department of Communication Science, was delivered by his son, Vusi Qoboza.

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October 19, 2017 | Category: Dept sociology, News

Interrogating issues that students face on sexual diversity

The Department of Sociology in the College of Human Sciences hosted a Student Dialogue on sexual diversity and curriculum integration looking at issues that students face on campus.

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