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High-school learners learn more about the consequences of climate change
2023-07-04 Learners from the StudyXpress High School in Potchefstroom got the opportunity to see for themselves what types of pollution and climate change enforcers are found in their environment. The group of learners and a science teacher recently visited the North-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/brics-network-university-seminar-build-strengthen-partnerships
BRICS Network University Seminar to build, strengthen partnerships
2023-07-04 The North-West University (NWU) will be hosting the 2023 BRICS Network University Seminar from 5 to 6 July on the NWU’s Potchefstroom Campus. BRICS is an acronym denoting the various global partnerships between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pitso-oor-beleidsonsekerheid-en-die-pad-vorentoe-vir-die-ekonomie
Pitso oor beleidsonsekerheid en die pad vorentoe vir die ekonomie
2023-07-05 Prof Raymond Parsons het tydens die vierde Pitso vir 2023 die Beleidsonsekerheidsindeks van die NWU Besigheidskool vir die tweede kwartaal bespreek. Dit het ’n insiggewende bespreking oor die implikasies daarvan vir die ekonomie aan die gang gesit. Die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pitso-policy-uncertainty-and-way-forward-economy
Pitso on policy uncertainty and the way forward for the economy
2023-07-05 During the fourth Pitso for 2023, Prof Raymond Parsons shared the Policy Uncertainty Index of the NWU Business School for the second quarter, which sparked an insightful discussion on its implications for the economy. The experts delved into the current…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bodybuilding-team-claims-fifth-ussa-championship-title
Bodybuilding team claims fifth USSA championship title
2023-07-05 The bodybuilding team from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus once again emerged victorious in the national University Sports South Africa (USSA) championship for 2023. This is the fifth time the team scooped the top spot, despite…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ntokozo-represent-south-africa-brazilian-summer-school
Ntokozo to represent South Africa at Brazilian summer school
2023-07-06 North-West University PhD candidate Ntokozo Happy Msiza is one of only four young people that have been selected to represent South Africa at an agricultural summer school at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. The summer school will take place from 21…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/seminaar-van-die-brics-network-universiteit-ondersoek-dringende-uitdagings
Seminaar van die BRICS Network-universiteit ondersoek dringende uitdagings
2023-07-06 Klimaatsverandering, toegang tot tegnologie, energie en sosio-ekonomiese struikelblokke is maar net ’n paar van die kritieke uitdagings wat die mensdom tans in die gesig staar. Afgevaardigdes van die BRICS*-nasies het persoonlik en virtueel by die 2023-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/brics-network-university-seminar-explores-pressing-challenges
BRICS Network University seminar explores pressing challenges
2023-07-06 Climate change, access to technology, energy and socioeconomic hurdles are just some of the critical challenges humanity is currently facing. Delegates from the BRICS* nations converged in person or virtually on the 2023 BRICS Network University seminar to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/students-celebrate-youth-month-style
Students celebrate Youth Month in style
2023-07-06 By Sandile Mahlangu With the country having commemorated Youth Month last month, some North-West University (NWU) students celebrated the event differently this year. Four students from the university got an opportunity to embrace being a young person in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ses-stroop-vir-tennisster-johann
Ses–stroop vir tennisster Johann
2023-07-06 Dit is nou 148 jaar gelede sedert die Fransman Pierre Babolat natuurlike derms – dié van ’n bees – geneem het om snare vir ’n tennisraket te maak. Nou gebruik die topgekeurde manlike tennisspeler by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) sy Babolet Pure Drive-raket…http://news.nwu.ac.za/six-love-tennis-star-johann
Six–love for tennis star Johann
2023-07-06 It has been 148 years since Frenchman Pierre Babolat took natural gut–derived from cow intestine – to make tennis racket strings. Now, the top-ranked male tennis player at the North-West University (NWU) is using his Babolet Pure Drive racket to run opponents…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lecturers-unpack-entrepreneurial-learning
Lecturers unpack entrepreneurial learning
2023-07-07 By Menziwa Msibi Academics from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), recently participated in an Entrepreneurial Learning Workshop and Employability Task Team (EEETT).…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/rachael-veroorsaak-groot-golwe-die-oop-water
Rachael veroorsaak groot golwe in die oop water
2023-07-07 As jou knieë lam word as jy daaraan dink dat jy 10 km moet stap, dink net hoe jou arms sal kla as jy daardie afstand moet swem. Vir Rachael Humphries is dit maar net nog ’n dag in haar waterkantoor. Trouens, hierdie BA-student in Gesondheidswetenskappe aan…http://news.nwu.ac.za/rachael-making-open-water-waves
Rachael is making open water waves
2023-07-07 If your knees start trembling at the thought of walking 10 km, imagine how your arms would protest if you had to swim it. For Rachael Humphries, it is another day at the aquatic office. In fact, this Bachelor of Health Sciences student at the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-donates-thought-provoking-artwork-nwu-library
Alumnus donates thought-provoking artwork to NWU Library
2024-09-05 Retired professor Jan Buscop donated 4 paintings to NWU and these artworks will be hosted in the library. More about retired professor Jan Buscop Prof Buscop was born in the Netherlands and emigrated in 1978 to South Africa. He completed his PhD at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/discourse-explores-equal-and-quality-education-rural-areas-0
Discourse explores equal and quality education in rural areas
2023-07-10 The research unit for Education and Human Rights in Diversity (Edu-HRight) recently organised a significant discourse in collaboration with the Legal Perspectives, Governance and Democracy research subarea and the Education Law subject group at the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-receives-prestigious-botany-award
Academic receives prestigious botany award
2023-07-10 North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Oladapo Aremu recently received the Economic Botany Excellence Award (EBEA) at the joint conference of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) and the Society of Ethnobiology at Emory University Atlanta, Georgia, United…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-employees-create-safe-and-conducive-environment
Empowering employees to create a safe and conducive environment
2023-07-12 The North-West University’s (NWU's) Safety, Health and Environment department recently organised a comprehensive two-day training workshop to enhance workplace safety and promote a culture of health and wellbeing. The workshop’s aim was to equip permanent…http://news.nwu.ac.za/programme-will-boost-female-leadership-higher-education
Programme will boost female leadership in higher education
2023-07-14 The North-West University's (NWU’s) People and Culture division will be launching a Women in Leadership Programme on 25 August 2023 at the Riverside Sun Hotel in Vanderbijlpark. This programme is part of the NWU’s strategic initiatives led by the principal…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-uj-externship-highlights-career-possibilities-digital-humanities