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Project launched in MASCCOM Training Centre
2020-10-16 We are living in times in which we are required to support our learners to acquire new ways of learning and the competencies needed for them to enter and be successful in their studies and careers in engineering. These are challenging times in which we…https://news.nwu.ac.za/economic-recovery-plan-should-have-said-more-about-implementation-and-timelines
Economic recovery plan should have said more about implementation and timelines
2020-10-16 While there are positive features to the latest economic reconstruction and recovery plan, it needed to say much more about implementation processes and timelines, says North-West University (NWU) Business School economist, Prof Raymond Parsons. “The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/different-guise-great-event
A different guise, a great event
2020-10-19 It was an event as unique as it was entertaining. It was peculiar and inventive. It was a blast. On Sunday, 18 October 2020, the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus hosted one of three simultaneous legs of the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon –…https://news.nwu.ac.za/breast-cancer-forever
Breast cancer is forever
2020-10-20 The month of October marks breast cancer awareness month – also known as Pinktober. This is an annual campaign to increase awareness of this dreaded and dark disease – ironically, at the time of the year when most trees here are blossoming and beautifully…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/haal-die-meeste-uit-medisinale-plantekstrakte-met-nanotegnologie
Haal die meeste uit medisinale plantekstrakte met nanotegnologie
2021-04-28 ’n Gegradueerde van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) bring eeue oue kennis van plante en die jongste nanotegnologie bymekaar om die meeste uit plantekstrakte te haal.Volgens ’n nasionale nanotegnologie-inisiatief van die Verenigde State is nanotegnologie tans…https://news.nwu.ac.za/getting-most-out-medicinal-plant-extracts-nanotechnology
Getting the most out of medicinal plant extracts with nanotechnology
2020-10-21 A North-West University (NWU) graduate is bringing together age-old plant knowledge and the latest nanotechnology to make the most of medicinal plant extracts. According to a United States National Nanotechnology Initiative, nanotechnology is currently…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/projek-oor-vloektaal-lewer-wetenskaplike-kennis
Projek oor vloektaal lewer wetenskaplike kennis
2021-04-28 “Myns insiens het dit besonder goed gegaan met die projek. Nie net is die tegnologie en infrastruktuur daargestel vir goeie navorsing in die komende jare nie, maar ons het ook ’n groot klomp geregistreerde gebruikers gekry.”So sê prof Gerhard van Huyssteen…https://news.nwu.ac.za/project-swearing-produces-scientific-knowledge
Project on swearing produces scientific knowledge
2020-10-21 “To my mind, the project has progressed exceptionally well. Not only have technology and infrastructure been established for sound research in the years ahead, but we have also gained a large number of registered users.” These are the words of Prof Gerhard…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pre-tsd-en-die-covid-19-onsekerheid
Pre-TSD en die Covid-19-onsekerheid
2021-04-28 Die impak van die Covid-19-epidemie op ons geestesgesondheid kan nie onderskat word nie. Vanuit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief het maande van harde inperking die manier verander waarop ons leef, die manier waarop ons werk en selfs die manier hoe ons…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-neonatal-expert-paves-way-forward
NWU neonatal expert paves the way forward
2020-04-30 When it comes to midwifery, neonatal care and nursing research, the name of North-West University’s Prof Welma Lubbe is the first that comes to mind. As a dedicated researcher and founder of Little Steps – a research-based parenting website – Prof Lubbe…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-runs-1-100-laps-help-alleviate-hunger
Prof runs 1 100 laps to help alleviate hunger
2020-04-30 On the morning of 24 April, Prof Dewald van Niekerk, laced up his running shoes and started running around his house in Potchefstroom. The time was 10:30. When he finally stopped to unlace his shoes, twenty-four hours and ten minutes later, he’d circled…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-launches-campaign-support-students-amid-covid-19
NWU launches campaign to support students amid Covid-19
2020-05-04 As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt and affect our lives in the most unprecedented and unpredictable ways, the North-West University has launched the NWU Covid-19 Response Fund. “The objectives of the fund are to support the students with…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/digitale-aanbieding-voorspel-%25E2%2580%2599n-opwindende-nuwe-pad-vir-die-nwu-se-ondernemende-vroue-program
Digitale aanbieding voorspel ’n opwindende nuwe pad vir die NWU se Ondernemende Vroue-program
2020-05-04 Eienaars van klein besighede is op baie dinge voorbereid, maar die Covid-19-pandemie laat ons nie net onseker oor hoe om in hierdie vreemde tye te oorleef nie, maar het ook ’n ongekende verskuiwing gebring in die manier waarop ons sake doen. Entrepreneurs…https://news.nwu.ac.za/going-digital-exciting-new-journey-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-enterprising-women-programme
Going digital an exciting new journey for NWU’s Enterprising Women Programme
2020-05-04 Small business owners are prepared for many things, but the Covid‑19 pandemic is not only leaving us uncertain about how to cope in these strange times, but has also resulted in an unprecedented shift in the way that we do business. Entrepreneurs may be…https://news.nwu.ac.za/brand-new-qualification-mechatronic-engineering-nwu
Brand new qualification in Mechatronic Engineering for the NWU
2020-05-04 The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is proud to announce that we will be adding a brand new engineering qualification to our existing range of programmes. The Bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering programme has been approved by the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/now-time-when-you-can-help
Now is the time when YOU can help!
2020-05-04 Join Cobuntu and fight Covid-19 through ubuntu. The North-West University (NWU) and the North West Department of Health are joining hands with the private sector and individuals in the fight against the coronavirus, and we need your help! Today, as we…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-tinotenda-meester-van-die-basketbalbaan
NWU se Tinotenda: meester van die basketbalbaan
2020-05-07 Tinotenda Chirara het op die vroeë ouderdom van 10 jaar verlief geraak … op basketbal. Vandat hy destyds in 2006 aan die sport bekendgestel is, het hy die basketbalbaan oorheers, en sy doelwitte een doel op ’n keer bereik. Hierdie 24-jarige tweedejaar-BA…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-tinotenda-master-basketball-court
NWU’s Tinotenda: master of the basketball court
2020-05-07 At the tender age of 10, Tinotenda Chirara fell in love … with basketball. Ever since his introduction to the sport way back in 2006, he has taken the court by storm, conquering his goals one hoop at a time. This 24-year-old second-year BA student at the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-writes-about-experiences-african-migrants-european-countries
NWU academic writes about experiences of African migrants in European countries
2020-05-07 North-West University (NWU) academic and a research professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the campus in Mahikeng, Prof Erhabor Idemudia, has co-authored a book with Prof Klaus Boehnke from Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. The book titled…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-brand-stores-prove-charity-does-indeed-begin-home