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2026-06-09 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Gender and sexuality viewed through the lens of decolonial inquiry

Unisa's Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies hosted a dynamic seminar and lecture during Research and Innovation Week that brought together internationally renowned scholarship, interdisciplinary research and critical engagement with questions of race, gender, sexuality, religion and decoloniality.

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2026-05-27 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisan receives prestigious information science award

Dr Joseph Ngoaketsi recently received the 27th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations Excellence Award in the Capacity Development category on behalf of Unisa's Department of Information Science in the College of Human Sciences.

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2026-05-27 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa and ATNS advance aviation museum initiative

The university’s College of Human Sciences continues to strengthen its commitment to engaged scholarship, heritage preservation and innovation through its strategic collaboration with Air Traffic and Navigation Services on the development of a Hybrid Aviation Museum.

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2026-05-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa hosts esteemed Hungarian academics

The university recently had the honour of hosting two academics from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary as part of the Erasmus+ exchange mobility programme of the European Union.

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2026-05-21 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa prepares to present the 2026 Marine and Ocean Photography Competition

The Marine and Ocean Photography Competition team from the College of Human Sciences recently embarked on a site visit to various districts in KwaZulu-Natal in preparation for the upcoming competition which will be held in Durban from 27 to 29 August 2026.

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2026-05-20 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa Art Gallery commemorates Africa Month with African ReUnion exhibition

Recently launched, an exciting new exhibition celebrates African creativity, memory, scholarship and futurity.

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2026-05-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa lecture calls for a return to feminism as a lived, embodied practice

The university's Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies recently successfully hosted acclaimed scholar-activist Jessica Horn as part of its third annual lecture series, titled "Embodied African feminism: Transformative knowledge, justice and liberatory futures".

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2026-05-06 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Unisa and Zallywood launch theology short learning programmes

Unisa and Zallywood Media Group recently joined forces to launch theology short learning programmes, aimed at empowering the church to fulfil its missional mandates.

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2026-04-23 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa ceremony marks milestone in arts education

The university's Department of Art and Music and the Gauteng Department of Education recently celebrated 107 educators who completed a massive open online course (MOOC) in Visual Arts and Music, designed to strengthen professional practice and support curriculum delivery in schools.

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