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November 19, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate
Unisa produces its first PhD graduate in Setswana
Unisa has produced its first PhD graduate in Setswana. Dr Justice Kobue Legodi encourages others to pursue their research through their indigenous languages, as it enriches their culture and language, amongst others.
October 10, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, #YOUNISA, Corporate
From a domestic worker to an assistant director - against all odds!
In 2003, a then domestic worker, Ms Johannah Baloyi, turned a new leaf in life when she graduated with a BA degree in Political Science and Communication at Unisa. Sixteen years later, on 26 September 2019, Baloyi returned to Unisa to graduate with a degree in Bachelor of Arts (Health Science and Social Services), this time around as an Assistant Director at the Department of Labour.
September 17, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Dept development, Corporate
Unisa trains young tourism ambassadors in Johannesburg
The Department of Development Studies (College of Human Sciences) and the Chance to Advance Programme collaborated with the City of Johannesburg to enhance the skills of 60 unemployed youth to function as tourism ambassadors.
September 04, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Traumatic challenges in schools: Pregnancy, bullying and murder
A recent workshop within the College of Human Sciences focused on some of the challenges facing teachers in counselling, including suicide, stress, bullying and lack of respect from learners.
August 26, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate
Unisan ranked among SA’s Top 5 Women in Science
Unisa’s Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi is a finalist in the 2019 Standard Bank Top Women Awards.
July 02, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Decolonise art history
Using examples of artworks by Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck - two famous Flemish artists of the seventeenth century - Unisa's Prof Bernadette Van Haute explores the ways in which artists visualised intercultural encounters.
May 31, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, KZN, Corporate
Ugu Deputy Mayor Mthiyane now a proud Unisan
Citing the achievement as one of her life’s biggest milestones, the Deputy Mayor of the Ugu District Municipality, Councillor Phumlile Happiness Mthiyane, recently graduated at Unisa.
