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2025-03-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Geography, Corporate

Unpacking crime through geography

In his highly anticipated inaugural lecture at Unisa, Prof Peter Schmitz of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences shed light on the fascinating intersection of geography and forensic science.

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2025-02-04 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa leads an Afrocentric workshop initiative across three cities

In a groundbreaking effort to embed African philosophies and traditions into an academic workshop design, Prof Ashley Gunter of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and his team have successfully implemented a workshop model in Nairobi, Johannesburg and East London, spanning five days of intensive engagement.

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2024-11-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Featured, Corporate

Inhlanyelo Hub launches fashion design startup programme

The exciting Bosadi Fashion Design Business Startup Programme integrates fashion design with a business startup focus, and also offers entrepreneurship training and incubation resources to foster business growth.

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2024-09-29 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

In pursuit of using natural medicine to treat disease

A young scholar in pursuit of changing lives through research, Kabelo Mokgalaboni is currently involved in research focusing on medicine that uses plants and traditional vegetables that are freely available in rural areas due to their proven efficacy.

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2024-09-20 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Experimental farm takes Unisa’s agricultural research and training to the next level

The university’s newly acquired farm will be a research and training hub presenting students in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences with access to facilities that support advanced research and entrepreneurship, and provide hands-on experience in agricultural techniques.

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2024-07-18 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa and Inqaba Biotec unveil groundbreaking DNA research platform

This first of-its-kind breakthrough signifies a major leap forward in bolstering the university's catalytic niche areas focusing on science and technology, and in addition, unlocks more insights into health, agriculture and environmental research.

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2024-06-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Pioneering Agriculture and Environmental Enterprise Innovation Summit hosted by Unisa

Hosted by the university's College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, the impactful summit brought together distinguished leaders and stakeholders from the agricultural and environmental sectors and marked a significant step towards fostering collaboration and innovation.

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2024-06-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa expo ignites interest in agricultural and environmental careers

Excitement filled the air when Unisa's Gauteng Region Counselling and Career Development Unit, in collaboration with the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, recently hosted a career expo which sought to inspire and educate learners about the myriad of career opportunities in the agriculture and environmental sectors.

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