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The transformative power of coaching: One journey, many milestones

While helping first-year and first-generation students navigate the challenges of university life, Molebogeng Touto was quietly fighting her own battles as a postgraduate student. Her journey from Student Success Coach to honours graduate shows how supporting others can also transform the person doing the coaching.Read more

Supporting success: How Unisa’s PRG helped Babalwa Ramncwana take the next step in her academic journey

For Unisa senior records officer and PhD candidate Babalwa Ramncwana, postgraduate success has been shaped by determination, professional experience and the support of the university’s Professional Research Group.Read more

From Geology to Rock Engineering: Unisa alumnus graduates cum laude while championing safer mining

Grace Molomo’s journey from geology graduate to rock engineering researcher has been shaped by perseverance, motherhood and a determination to make South African mines safer. Now a proud Unisa alumna, she has graduated with a master’s degree in engineering cum laude and is setting her sights on a PhD.Read more

Skills for a shared future: Preparing young people for an AI-driven world of work

What skills will young people need to build successful careers in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence? Unisa’s UNEVOC Centre and Vhembe TVET College brought students, educators and industry leaders together to explore why technical expertise alone is no longer enough, and why adaptability, creativity, digital skills and lifelong learning will be essential for the future.Read more

Reasserting Traditional Leadership: Unisa seminar explores the future of African indigenous justice

What role should traditional leadership play in South Africa’s justice system and policymaking? A Lekgotla la Batho seminar at Unisa’s Mthatha Regional Service Centre brought scholars, traditional leaders and community representatives together to examine how African indigenous knowledge can help reshape dispute resolution and traditional courts.Read more

Unisa SBL brings energy leaders together to ask: Can South Africa keep the lights on?

South Africa has gone more than 450 consecutive days without load shedding, but what will it take to make that progress last? Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership brought together key government and Eskom leaders to unpack the turnaround and the leadership decisions shaping the country’s energy future.Read more

PhD-to-book: Unisa equips talented postgrads to take the leap

Headed by Dr Meiya Nthoesane, Director, the Unisa Press team has embarked on an exciting initiative to assist academic researchers to reframe their doctoral theses as books, thus enabling them to reach a wider readership and establish themselves globally as authorities in their fields of endeavour.Read more

Unisa law students take on Africa’s leading human rights moot court competition

Two Unisa LLB students represented the university at the 35th Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Côte d’Ivoire, putting their legal knowledge, advocacy skills and determination to the test alongside some of the continent’s brightest young legal minds.Read more

Unisa students embrace digital library resources, call for more hands-on support

Unisa students at the Mbombela Regional Centre are embracing the University’s digital library, but say they need more hands-on training to turn a wealth of online resources into stronger research, better assignments and greater academic success.Read more