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College of Human Sciences

The African college of excellence in the social and human sciences

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2022-07-11 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Dept Psychology

New Academic Making Her Mark in the Department of Psychology of Education

She promises to be an asset to the Department with her exposure and interest in the fields of Marriage and Counselling, Assessment in Psychotherapy, as well as Family therapy with Migrant Families.

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2022-07-08 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Dept linguistics, Corporate

Scholars get recognised for promoting multilingualism

Unisa scholars walked away victorious at the 2021-2022 PanSALB Multilingualism Awards for their excellence in promoting and preserving South African official languages.

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2022-07-04 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Extraordinary scholar uses her proven track record to uplift other researchers

Driven by the passion to support and develop researchers, especially women in her field, Unisa’s Prof Jeanette Maritz has been acknowledged for her outstanding leadership in research by receiving the Women in Research: Research Leadership Award at the Research and Innovation Ceremony.

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2022-07-04 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Consciousness researcher celebrated with an NRF rating

Prof Pieter Craffert's high-impact research into fascinating topics such as near-death or out-of-body experiences, and ecstatic spirit or possession experiences, has been recognised through a coveted NRF B3 rating.

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2022-07-04 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

A passion for social and energy justice gained scholar prominent membership

Unisan Prof Ashley van Niekerk was recognised at the recent Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony for his accomplishment of membership of the Academy of Science of South Africa

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2022-06-23 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Exploring structural and spiritual inequalities through research

Prof Fundiswa Kobo from Unisa's College of Human Sciences was presented with the Emerging Researcher Award at the 2022 Unisa Research and Innovation Awards ceremony. She is committed to exploring structural and spiritual inequalities, especially gender exploitation, through her research.

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2022-06-21 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Cultural memory maestro's B3 rating celebrated

Prof Kgomotso Masemola's NRF B3 rating, which recognises his outstanding research performance and impact, was celebrated at the 2022 Unisa Research and Innovation Awards. As Executive Dean of the College of Human Sciences, he is known for advocating academic excellence and leading by example.

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2022-06-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Research news, Corporate

The African spirit is strong in this researcher

Prof Jan Maluleka, recipient of the Principal's Award for Excellence in Research, says that the knowledge that sustained our forefathers should be part of the solution to the African problems that we currently facing, and that research should link to traditional wisdom.

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2022-06-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Strengthening digital transformation for Unisa students

Unisa's Phindiwe Kamolane and Prof Zethu Nkosi share behind-the-scenes stories of their journey through the first two years of moving entirely to online examinations.

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