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Metals in bird eggs a source of concern in Orange River catchment area
2017-03-29 The heron that laid the golden egg? Scientists from the North-West University (NWU) have found several metals and metalloids in bird eggs in the catchment area of the Orange River which could pose a potential health risk to humans. Prof Henk Bouwman from…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/4th-food-security-and-safety-fss-seminar
4th Food Security and Safety (FSS) Seminar
2024-04-02 You are cordially invited to the 4th Food Security and Safety (FSS) seminar by Prof. Damian C. Onwudiwe of the NWU Department of Chemistry. Topic: Copper sulphide nanoparticles as a facile system in water treatment. More…http://www.nwu.ac.za/institutional-office/announcements-2024
Announcements 2024
2025-01-24 [accordion] Important information regarding the 2025 registration process 2 December 2024 The University Management Committee approved a staggered approach for the 2025 registration period. Please see the registration dates. Happy birthday Prof.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-lebo-seru-has-big-dreams-nanotechnology
Prof Lebo Seru has big dreams for nanotechnology
2022-10-24 There is nothing small about Prof Lebogang Katata-Seru’s ideas. She is currently working at North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng as an associate professor in analytical chemistry and director for the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences. She…http://news.nwu.ac.za/canoe-champ-chris-crushing-it
Canoe champ Chris is crushing it
2023-05-31 Chris Prinsloo was but five years old when his family uprooted from Belville in Cape Town to the United Kingdom, then back to the heart of KwaZulu-Natal a few years after, before settling in the Paarl, back in the province where it all started. His father’…http://news.nwu.ac.za/personality-could-be-key-indicator-performance-workplace
Personality could be the key indicator for performance in the workplace
2020-12-08 Prof Ankebe Kruger, counselling psychologist from the Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing in the Centre for Health and Human Performance, recently launched a research project among staff members in the Faculty of Health Sciences across all three campuses of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/unveiling-world-class-laboratory-boost-south-africas-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-capability
Unveiling of world-class laboratory to boost South Africa's pharmaceutical manufacturing capability
2021-11-25 South Africa is set to save billions of rands it currently spends on importing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with the launch of the API Technology Innovation Cluster. APIs are the biologically active components used to make finished…http://news.nwu.ac.za/woman-engineering-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-launches-exciting-initiative
Woman in Engineering – NWU launches exciting initiative
2019-05-09 As we see ourselves in a modern world where the evolution and development of technology enjoy first priority, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering initiated a one-of-a-kind problem-solving and smart-manufacturing competition…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/biological-sciences/biological-sciences-honours-aquatic-ecosystem-health
School of Biological Sciences - Honours - Aquatic Ecosystem Health
2022-02-04 School of Biological Sciences - Honours - Aquatic Ecosystem Health Research topics in Aquatic Ecosystem Health Algae research: water quality and purification Diatoms and desmids:…http://law.nwu.ac.za/af/external-funded-projects/eksterne-projekte
Eksterne Projekte
2023-10-30 "Transboundary Protection of Biodiversity (TraProBio)" Justus Liebig University en die Fakulteit Regte NWU (Potchefstroom Kampus) KAS/NWU "Risks Posed to Protecting the Right to Food and Food Security" Konferensie Oktober 2013 KAS/NWU "…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-uncertainty-dominoes-are-falling-one-one-economy
Covid-19, the virus of uncertainty: the dominoes are falling one by one in the economy
2020-05-14 The Covid-19 virus is causing unprecedented uncertainty on a global scale. An economist from the North-West University (NWU) says the impact of the pandemic is expected to be greater than that of the Spanish flu of a century ago. According to Prof Danie…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/healthcare-systems-engineering
Healthcare Systems Engineering
2025-09-19 Overview Healthcare Systems Engineering at the NWU bridges engineering and healthcare. It originated with Dr. Maria van Zyl, whose doctoral research in the Netherlands focused on waiting in healthcare services. From this foundation, a…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/international-iwrm-summer-school-enhancing-innovative-approaches-watershed-management
International IWRM Summer School: Enhancing Innovative Approaches for Watershed Management
2023-08-17 A call for all postgraduate students at field of water resource engineering, integrative water resource management, integrated sanitation management, civil engineering, environment science, geoinformatics/geoinformatics, agriculture and fisheries,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/russian-students-further-their-research-nwu
Russian students to further their research at the NWU
2018-08-07 Dr Dimitri Bessarabov, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) director of the DST HySA Infrastructure Centre of Competence in Hydrogen production, storage, reticulation and safety codes and standards, recently welcomed two Russian students who will be…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/research-projects
Research Projects
2025-03-01 The WRG is involved in various research projects which span across all three legs: Ecology, Ecotoxicology, and Parasitology 2025 project updates coming soon! For more information on our ongoing projects, please click on the links below…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/cen/about-us
Facilities
2023-07-24 Visit the "Contact us" page for an interactive video of all our facilities. Esté Vorster Research Facility The Esté Vorster Research Facility is a ten-bed research facility with a fully equipped research kitchen, cold room, dining room, TV-room…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/practicalities
Practicalities
2019-10-21 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: #78848E; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } 2nd Southern African Regional Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-law-celebrates-bill-rights-and-convention-rights-child
Faculty of Law celebrates Bill of Rights and Convention on the Rights of the Child
2019-02-19 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law will host several events throughout 2019 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The first of these exciting…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-business-wins-major-prize
NWU student business wins major prize
2018-02-19 Two students from the North-West University (NWU) recently achieved second place with their own business in the category for green technology in the national Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) competition. Kgaugelo Maripane and Mzwakhe Sifuba, co-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-noble-boys-victorious-even-defeat