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Qhubekela Phambili project brings hope to the unemployed
2018-05-07 Prof Roland Blonk from Tillberg University in the Netherlands recently met with researchers from the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. Together with the NWU’s unemployment research threesome,…Faculty of Engineering brings industrial innovation to Delmas
2018-05-24 Innovation is heading to Delmas and the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is at the helm. The German-based conglomerate Siemens, in conjunction with Eskom, approached Hasan Darwish, an industrial engineer at the Faculty of…Social entrepreneur looks to the future
2018-06-11 Did you know that there are only 6 000 days to 2035? Why is this relevant or significant you may ask? These questions were posed by Dr Wendy Luhabe, renowned social entrepreneur, pioneer in the economic empowerment of women and thought leader, during her…HCS 2018: industry experts debate human capital management
2018-07-19 The most important asset for any company is not something palpable. It is not equipment, infrastructure, data or even intellectual property. No. The most valuable asset of any business is the people (human capital). In a world where business leaders are…Public lecture examines completion rate of SA’s postgraduate students
2018-08-15 A number of South Africa’s postgraduate students are studying part time and have a lower completion rate as compared to their international counterparts. Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-chancellor for…NWU parasitologist awarded for research excellence
2018-10-04 Edward Netherlands is an inspiring researcher who is continuously challenging the boundaries of existing scientific knowledge. His most recent accolade vests him as one of the country’s most productive and innovative young male researchers. During the…New jacket for NWU intervention programme
2018-11-08 What started out as an intervention programme to provide academic aid to Grade 12 learners struggling with accounting has grown into one of the North-West University’s (NWU’S) flagship community engagement projects. And come 2019, this successful…NWU Stalwart honored by the IFIP
2019-11-22 Dr Lynette Drevin, Associate professor and subject chair at the School of Computer Science and Information Systems at the North West University (NWU) was awarded an IFIP Service Award during the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)…NWU appoints medical specialists
2020-01-16 The North-West University’s (NWU's) Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) is expanding their expertise in the field of psychology, neurology and biokinetics. This multidisciplinary team applies leading scientific expertise to optimise the…Uncharted waters await two NWU researchers
2019-07-22 Two North-West University (NWU) researchers will navigate uncharted waters with their research, using fourth-generation cultural-historical activity theories (CHAT) to find solutions to the complex educational problems confronting South Africa. Prof Elsa…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/must
About MUST Deep Learning
2025-02-10 MUST Deep Learning is a research group within the Faculty of Engineering at NWU. We perform basic and applied research in machine learning, with an emphasis on the theory and application of deep learning. Our theoretical work focuses on some of the central…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/nuclear-engineering
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2023-12-28 What is Nuclear Engineering? Nuclear engineering is the science that studies the optimal design, construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of nuclear power plants. Where is Nuclear Engineering headed? While nuclear engineering started off as…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/community-music
Community Music
2024-07-16 Prof Janelize Morelli Community Music is an emergent discipline in music studies. Musicing practices are as diverse as the peoples of the Earth. Therefore, it is difficult to create one coherent definition of community music. In general,…BRICS sponsors NWU visit to study Russian coal technology
2020-02-06 Water is a scarce commodity in drought-stricken South Africa. One area where water can be saved is in the processing of coal, which traditionally uses large amounts of water. Keeping this in mind, two engineers from the North-West University’s (NWU)…Mobile science laboratory to bring science to life for North West learners
2020-03-06 On Thursday, 5 March 2020, the Sasol Foundation donated a mobile science laboratory to the North-West University (NWU) that will deliver practical science education to thousands of learners around the North West Province. When fully utilised, this state-…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/yuhl-headman
Mr Yuhl Headman
2025-03-23 Administrative Assistant Conservatory (K1), office G09 tel. +27 18 299-4917 yuhl.headman@nwu.ac.za Blog posts 2024-11-20 Knowing Me, Knowing You — profile Yuhl N. Headman was born in Cape Town, Kwalanga. He…https://news.nwu.ac.za/struggles-and-shifting-realities-informal-traders-during-covid-19-offer-lessons-future-crises
Struggles and shifting realities of informal traders during Covid-19 offer lessons for future crises
2025-06-20 By Gofaone Motsamai When South Africa went into lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic impact was immediate. Informal traders – those who operate without formal registration or protection – were among the most affected. With no income,…Speaking Latin
2022-08-19 Why speak Latin? Well, why not? As William Wallace's uncle Argyle remarks in the 1995 hit movie Braveheart, "You don't speak Latin? Well, that's something we shall have to remedy, isn't it." The school of…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/numiq/caring-presence-nursing-0
Caring presence in nursing
2020-12-15 The purpose of the Caring presence in nursing project is to gain a deeper understanding of Presence, and its impact in nursing - for nurses and patients, as well as to create awareness on caring presence in nursing. Post-graduate students…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-environmental-sciences-and-management/environmental-microbiology-and-agricultural