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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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2026-02-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Institute for Corporate Citizenship, Research news, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Unisa partners with Standard Bank to strengthen climate change research

As climate-related disasters intensify across Southern Africa, a new partnership between Standard Bank and the University of South Africa is set to strengthen research, policy influence and community resilience in response to climate change-induced loss and damage.

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2025-12-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Unisa hosts international experts at applied research conference

The 4th International Conference on Applied Research and Engineering brought together professional engineers, technologists, academics and postgraduate students to forge collective solutions towards common global challenges using the power of materials science and engineering.

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2025-12-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Science Campus hosts successful international conference

The recent International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Research brought together academics, students and professionals from across the world.

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2025-12-02 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, College of Education, Lead, Featured, Featured, Featured, Corporate

Unisans gain membership of prestigious science academies

Recently, four leading Unisa researchers were inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa and the South African Young Academy of Science for their outstanding scientific contributions designed to benefit society at large.

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