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2026-03-06 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, College of Graduate Sciences, Featured, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

How AI is reshaping postgraduate supervision

Research by two Unisans shows that artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how students learn, write and conduct research, and postgraduate supervision is no exception.

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2026-03-05 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa and ILRI sign landmark MoU to advance Africa's genomic leadership

The university has strengthened its continental research footprint through the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, paving the way for collaboration in livestock landscape genomics, biodiversity sequencing and bioinformatics.

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2026-03-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa earns top-level certification for grant management

Trusted and funder-ready, the university has been awarded Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) Platinum Certification – the highest level of certification – by the Global Grant Community and the African Academy of Science.

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2026-03-03 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa Press celebrates global research reach with new partnership

The largest university press in Africa recently announced that it is partnering with ResearchGate, the world's largest professional network for researchers. This will connect Unisa's vibrant research community with millions of scholars around the world.

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2026-02-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Building innovation capability across borders

Unisa's Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation is strengthening innovation capacity at the University of Zambia through a growing strategic collaboration.

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2026-02-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

A theology of spatial justice in relation to land in South Africa

A desire to dig deeper on a land claim process has led Dr Ntandoyenkosi Mlambo, a senior lecturer in Church History at Unisa, to examine historical spatial practices in three selected denominations, along with their role in shaping a theology of spatial justice.

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2026-02-20 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Lead, Featured, Featured, Dept Mathematical education, Research news, Corporate

National leader in mathematics education aims to improve outcomes

Witnessing first-hand how learners struggle, not because of a lack of ability but because of how mathematics is taught and assessed, Prof Masilo France Machaba's research focus is on mathematics teaching and learning, with particular emphasis on conceptual understanding.

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2026-02-17 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa PhD student selected for prestigious UN programme

Based on her doctoral research into the cancer-healing properties of herbal compounds, the College of Science, Engineering and Technology's Kamogelo Mmereke has been selected to participate in the prestigious United Nations International Project Programme.

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2026-02-17 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Research news, Corporate

Project positions Unisa at the forefront of aviation-led development

Unisa has launched the Aerotropolis Project, a bold new initiative that is set to reshape how airports drive economic growth, skills development and sustainable urban planning across South Africa and the continent.

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