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2018-10-01 Professor Karl Wirth Karl Wirth is an associate professor of geology and has been teaching at Macalester College for more than 25 years. His education work focuses on metacognition, self-assessment, motivation, and undergraduate research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-humanities-celebrates-community-engagement-showcase
Faculty of Humanities celebrates community engagement at showcase
2025-09-12 “Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu. Community engagement is about people meeting people and sharing knowledge. It is done to touch lives, strengthen human…http://law.nwu.ac.za/af/node/29335
Prof Anél du Plessis is presenting a Public Lecture
2018-06-27 Prof Anel du Plessis bied op 26 Junie 2018 'n publieke lesing aan wat deur die Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (Potsdam) en die Freie Universitat, Berlyn aangebied word. Die lesing is getiteld: "Domestication of the Paris Agreement in South…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-strengthens-global-ties-and-gathers-insight-ahead-new-medical-school-launch
NWU strengthens global ties and gathers insight ahead of new medical school launch
2025-06-12 On 10 June 2025, Prof Bismark Tyobeka, principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), arrived in Curitiba, Brazil, alongside a delegation of senior academic staff to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NWU and the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/telit-sa-makes-learning-fun-and-educational
TELIT-SA makes learning fun and educational
2017-11-10 Your brain thrives on curiosity. Research on inquisitive learning reveals that utilising board games within an educational setting promotes the process of brain development. The reason for this is simple: curiosity makes learning more effective and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-continues-impressive-performance-rankings
NWU continues impressive performance in rankings
2022-02-22 The North-West University (NWU) has cemented its place among the cream of the crop of local and international universities in various global rankings in 2021 and is continuing its impressive ranking performance this year. Times Higher Education (THE) Young…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-years-carnival-%25E2%2580%2593-celebrating-new-friendships-and-cultures
First Years Carnival – celebrating new friendships and cultures
2022-08-19 The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU Vaal) hosted a very successful annual First Year Carnival on 11 February 2017. The festivity was themed: ‘Love, look what you made me do’, which complemented…http://news.nwu.ac.za/community-outreach-2017-%25E2%2580%2593-first-year-students-give-their-time-and-hearts
Community Outreach 2017 – first-year students give their time and hearts
2022-08-19 For some people, volunteering and community service are an optional extra; something you do when you have time and additional resources at your disposal. This is not the case on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University. Picture this:…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-rises-phoenix
NWU Business School: Rises like a phoenix
2022-04-29 Academia’s “best kept secret” is rising like a phoenix after the pandemic. The prestigious North-West University (NWU) Business School held a Brag & Brand function in Potchefstroom on Monday, 26 April that was attended by lecturers, staff and alumni.…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/healthethics/hrec-other-ethics-resources
Other Ethics Resources
2024-06-18 NWU Ethics Resources Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Adherence Regulations – Dean HS NWU Code of Conduct for Researchers NWU Research Ethics Policy NWU Rules for Ethics Committees NWU Confidentiality Agreement NWU Transport Indemnity form…http://news.nwu.ac.za/jan-pieterse-%25E2%2580%2593-master-many-trades
Jan Pieterse – a master of many trades
2017-05-16 Jan Melchior Pieterse is a born achiever – and the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark bears testament to this. On 11 May 2017, Jan not only received a BCom degree in entrepreneurship and business…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/occupational-hygiene/study-occupational-hygiene
Study Occupational Hygiene
2024-03-27 [accordion collapsed] What is Occupational Hygiene? Occupational Hygiene is the discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ali-bacher-he-should-know
Ali Bacher, he should know
2022-08-24 He may be small in posture, but everybody knows he has an enormous spirit. Dr Ali Bacher, South Africa’s most famous cricket administrator, who at the age of 80 still enjoys global standing, this week visited the North-West University (NWU) to share enough…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/unlocking-health-human-performance
Unlocking health & human performance
2025-05-15 Prof Pieter Kruger is a HCPC and HPCSA registered consultant psychologist and professor of clinical psychology. He has been working in the public and private sectors since 2002. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Health & Human Performance…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/research-publications
Research & Publications
2025-03-13 Featured CHPE Research – Heymans, Y., Pool, J., Koch, R., Bisschoff, C., Christmals, C., Ebrahim, B., & Olivier, J. (2022). Second-year health students’ perspectives on developing open educational resources. In J. Olivier, C. Du Toit-Brits, A.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-get-practical-perspective-safety-management
NWU students get a practical perspective on safety management
2022-10-31 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Management Sciences, in partnership with ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), recently hosted a guest lecture for undergraduate BCom safety management students and lecturers at the Vanderbijlpark Campus. Mr…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-triumphs-continental-conference
NWU student triumphs at continental conference
2025-08-15 Master’s-degree student Sibongile Dlaba’s innovative research on healthcare incident reporting won her an award at the 5th African Nursing Conference. “Being named the winner of the Best Oral Presentation award at a continental conference was an incredibly…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/boxing/boxing
Boxing
2024-06-14 Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined length of time in a boxing ring. Boxing is also present at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/be-buddy-not-bully-urges-nwu-campaign