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2024-08-19 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

From trials to triumph: The inspiring odyssey of Unisa’s cum laude twins

Cape Town twins, Tamsin and Tarynne van Oordt, recently graduated with honours, proudly walking the stage to receive their Bachelor of Education (Foundation Phase) degrees at the end of an arduous journey with numerous setbacks.

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2024-08-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

Erratum: Tateni

Please read this clarification regarding the use of the name 'Tateni' in a number of articles published by Unisa.

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2024-07-19 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Alumni

"I owe everything to Unisa and my late supervisor's priceless mentoring"

These are the words of Dr Stefani Chabwera, as he paid tribute to his late doctoral supervisor, Dr Truelove Mkhwanazi from the College of Education, who passed away before he graduated.

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2024-06-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, Dept Mathematical education

Meet the youngest NRF Y2-rated Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in South Africa

A trailblazer at 31, the College of Education's Prof Hlamulo Mbhiza holds a number of firsts and was also recipient of the 2023 Principal’s Award for Research Excellence.

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2024-06-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

Determination, dedication and development: the three Ds that brought academic success

Take the income from a small business, add NSFAS support, and mix with laser-like focus on objectives. The result, in the case of new graduate Justice Maluleka, is a passport to a promising future in the form of a BA in Education from Unisa.

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2024-06-19 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

"My journey as a 28-year-old PhD student and educator"

Speaking on Future Club Radio during Youth Month, Carlo Daniels, a dedicated lecturer and academic at Unisa, shared his unique journey and passion for promoting education as a tool for personal growth and societal change.

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2024-06-18 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

A response to the reading crisis: Enhancing language teaching by integrating technology

The most recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study revealed that 81% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa could not read for meaning in any language. Because of this, the EFAL engaged scholarship team from the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies in CEDU recently offered in-service training over three days for intermediate and senior phase teachers.

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2024-05-30 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

Unisa strengthens partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning

In his meeting with the university's executive management team, Prof Peter Scott, President of the Commonwealth of Learning, emphasised the importance of deepening and strengthening collaborative bonds with open and distance eLearning institutions such as Unisa.

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2024-05-22 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Education, Featured, Corporate

Petrol attendant becomes first graduate in the family

Unisa has, for 150 years, made access to education possible for all. Access to education through Unisa continues to be a fundamental tool for development and increased prosperity for many. This is particularly true in the case of Masutane Othilia Sebetha, a 38-year-old wife, mother of three, firstborn and a breadwinner who is the first to graduate in her family.

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