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2019-04-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

When life and art blur in the theatre

At this year's Research & Innovation awards ceremony, Dr Lida Krüger received the 2018 Senate Publications Committee Thesis Publication award for her thesis titled The actual versus the fictional in Betrayal, The real thing and Closer.

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2019-04-01 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Research on theology of Brexit shows nostalgia for 'empire'

Britain's planned exit from the European Union is a political hot potato, but Brexit is as much about theology as it is about politics, says Unisa researcher Prof Anthony Reddie.

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2019-03-28 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan to head prestigious science publication

ASSAf has announced the appointment of Prof Jane Carruthers as Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science.

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2019-03-27 00:00:00.0 | Category: SBL, Corporate

Unisa SBL R&I Day spotlights online learning and research

ODeL expert Terry Anderson believes technology, in particular, is influencing the growth of online learning through elements such as cloud services, corporate partners, social media, access, equity, security and privacy.

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2019-03-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Good things come in twos

Chaka: Die nuwe Afrikaanse vertaling, by Chris Swanepoel, and Violence in schools: South Africa in an international context, by Clive Harber and Vusi Mncube, are the joint winners of the prestigious 2017 Hiddingh-Currie Award to be presented at the Research and Innovation gala event on 8 March 2019.

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2019-02-22 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Featured, Corporate

Macdonald's on a mission to revive traditional dispute mechanisms

The emerging researcher at Unisa's Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa says there is a place for customary law in South Africa.

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2019-02-13 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

MoU to boost SADC research

Unisa and the eSwatini Policy Analysis and Research Centre (ESEPARC) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly host public lecture series, seminars, workshops, and training.

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2019-01-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Dpt of Jurisprudence, Research news, College of Law, Featured, Corporate

Unisa academic’s research on biobanking now SA policy

Senior lecturer, Dr Safia Mahomed, is helping to ensure that biobanking in South Africa is approached in a way that respects and protects the rights of research participants.

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2019-01-23 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Research news, Featured, Corporate

Study delivers treasure trove of data on international students in Africa

A 30-month, multimillion-rand study on international distance education in Africa is drawing to a close, offering some fresh – and sometimes unexpected – insights into the study habits, challenges and attitudes of Unisa’s international students.

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