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	The [[University of South Africa]] is a South African correspondence University.		The [[University of South Africa]] is a South African correspondence University.

−	It is best known today by its acronym, [[UNISA]] (or [[Unisa]], pronounced ''you-nee-sah'').	+	It is best known today by its acronym, [[UNISA]] (also written [[Unisa]], both pronounced ''you-nee-sah'').

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	The [[University of South Africa]] is a South African correspondence University.		The [[University of South Africa]] is a South African correspondence University.

−	It is best known today by its acronym, ([[UNISA]] (or [[Unisa]], ~~and~~ pronounced ''you-nee-sah''.	+	It is best known today by its acronym, [[UNISA]] (or [[Unisa]], pronounced ''you-nee-sah'').

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−	The [[University of South Africa]] ([[UNISA]], pronounced ''you-nee-sah''~~) is a South African correspondence University~~.	+	The [[University of South Africa]] is a South African correspondence University.
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		+	It is best known today by its acronym, ([[UNISA]] (or [[Unisa]], and pronounced ''you-nee-sah''.
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	== Origins and growth==		== Origins and growth==

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 == Origins and growth==
-Originally founded as the [[University of the Cape of Good Hope]], it was renamed the [[University of South Africa]] in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament.
+Originally founded as the '''[[University of the Cape of Good Hope]]''', it was renamed the [[University of South Africa]] in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament.
 Modelled on the University of London, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates.  Initially an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities, it became the incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended.

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 == Origins and growth==
-Originally founded as the [[University of the Cape of Good Hope]], it was renamed the [[University of South Africa]] in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament.[1] Modelled on the University of London, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates.  Initially an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities, it became the incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended.
+Modelled on the University of London, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates.  Initially an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities, it became the incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended.
 In 1946, it was given a new role as a distance education university and today it offers certificate, diploma and degree courses up to doctoral level.
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 In this guise it evolved into the largest university on the African continent and one of the world's mega universities.  By 2014 it had a headcount of was over 300,000 students, attracting a third of all higher education students in South Africa, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide.
-[[UNISA]] was one of the key models for the creation of Open University in England.
+[[UNISA]] was one of the key models looked at in the creation of Open University in England.
 == Sources ==

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-The [[University of South Africa]] ([[UNISA]], pronounced ''you-nee-sah'') is a correspondence University and the largest university on the African continent.
+The [[University of South Africa]] ([[UNISA]], pronounced ''you-nee-sah'') is a South African correspondence University.
-Originally founded as the [[University of the Cape of Good Hope]], igt was renamed the [[University of South Africa]] in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament.[1] Modelled on the University of London, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates. It was one of the models for the Open University in England.
+In 1946, it was given a new role as a distance education university and today it offers certificate, diploma and degree courses up to doctoral level.
-In 2014 the university headcount of was over 300,000 students, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa.
+In this guise it evolved into the largest university on the African continent and one of the world's mega universities.  By 2014 it had a headcount of was over 300,000 students, attracting a third of all higher education students in South Africa, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide.
-A number of other institutions developed under its aegis, including
+[[UNISA]] was one of the key models for the creation of Open University in England.
 == Sources ==

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-The University of South Africa (UNISA, pronounced ''you-nee-sah'') is the largest university on the African continent and attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. The university has a student headcount of over 300,000 students, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities.
+The [[University of South Africa]] ([[UNISA]], pronounced ''you-nee-sah'') is a correspondence University and the largest university on the African continent. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa.
 == Sources ==
-''Wikipedia'' (2014) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_South_Africa]