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NWU’s corporate publications earn applause for excellence
2023-11-30 The staff newsletter of the North-West University (NWU) recently entered the international arena when it scooped an Award of Excellence at the Silver Quill awards ceremony of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Africa Region. The…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/numiq/access
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2024-08-02 Promotion of access to health care WHY IS THE PROGRAMME NEEDED? Poor access to healthcare services is predominantly reported in the African developing countries. Negative attitude towards women and adolescence seeking Choice of…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/compres/test
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2019-08-15 Overview The Faculty of Health Sciences of the North-West University directs its programmes and activities towards the pursuit of relevant knowledge and innovation in health sciences in order to promote and improve the health of the population of…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/focus-area-human-metabolomics/news
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2021-10-21 NWU's Open Educational Resource (OER) Fellowship 2021 Dr Aurelia Alvina Williams was awarded the NWU’s OER Fellowship. The fellowship was announced 31 May 2021 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kqi5pVhSo8 Her team includes:…http://news.nwu.ac.za/project-team-wants-all-university-students-have-access-indigenous-african-languages-0
Project team wants all university students to have access to indigenous African languages
2021-08-11 University students who have a mother tongue other than English should not be at a disadvantage compared to those who do speak English at home. This is why it is important to level the language playing field. The North-West University (NWU) is one of four…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-cape-town-ruling-tourism-roost
This is why Cape Town is ruling the tourism roost
2023-09-28 Ensuring tourists feel safe – and are safe – plays an integral role in ensuring Cape Town and the Western Cape’s success as a tourist destination. Other cities and regions would be wise to follow Cape Town and the Western Cape’s tourism blueprint.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-change-accelerating-gender-equality-higher-education
Empowering change: accelerating gender equality in higher education
2024-05-22 Excitement is in the air as the National Community of Practitioners (NCOP) #universitiesagainstGBVF gears up for its 5th Bi-Annual Conference, set to take place from 1 to 3 July 2024 at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus. The theme…http://news.nwu.ac.za/disappointing-unemployment-figures-reinforce-urgency-higher-job-rich-growth
Disappointing unemployment figures reinforce urgency for higher, job-rich growth
2024-08-14 Not unexpectedly, the latest unemployment figures for the second quarter of 2024 rose to 33,5% against the background of previous weak economic data that negatively influenced job creation. In commenting on the release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-africa-research-team-hart/epidemiology-and-preventive-science
Epidemiology and preventive science
2023-12-05 Overview The aim of this sub-theme in HART is to ultimately drive policy change based on rigorous evidence and cutting-edge research to promote cardiovascular health in South Africa. This sub-theme, Epidemiology and preventive science hosts some of HART's…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/centre-text-technology/navorsing-en-kundigheid
Navorsing en kundigheid
2021-09-28 NAVORSING EN KUNDIGHEID Die Sentrum vir Tekstegnologie (CTexT) is op 1 Junie 2004 as ’n selfstandige eenheid sonder winsbejag van die Navorsingseenheid: Tale en Literatuur in die Suid-Afrikaanse Konteks in die Fakulteit Lettere en Wysbegeerte…http://news.nwu.ac.za/student-business-competition-business-ideas-can-change-world
Student Business Competition: business ideas that can change the world
2017-09-21 The ripple effect created by entrepreneurship can be seen and experienced in the change it brings about in lives and the livelihoods of communities in which entrepreneurs operate. One such a community is the student cohort of the North-West University’s (…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/musa/johanita-burger
Johanita R. Burger
2026-05-04 Johanita Burger obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Practice in 2012 at North-West University (NWU). She is a professor of Pharmacy Practice at the School of Pharmacy at NWU, where she leads the MPharm in Pharmacy Practice with Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology programme within the research focus area Medicine Usage in South Africa (MUSA). She…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-postdoctoral-fellow-attend-prestigious-msca-master-class-norway
NWU postdoctoral fellow to attend prestigious MSCA master class in Norway
2019-03-19 Dr Isabella Bonati, an international postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Theology, will soon join a group of preselected researchers in Oslo, Norway, to attend the annual master class for applicants to the prestigious…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-innovations-impress-abroad
NWU’s innovations impress abroad
2019-03-29 Two staff members from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) subject group Psychology recently rubbed shoulders with scholars in the innovation space in London. Dr Petro Erasmus and Irene Tsele were selected to be part of the South African cohort of 14…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-its-kind-nwu-and-south-africa
A first of its kind for NWU and South Africa
2017-11-13 The Department of Science and Technology (DST), together with the North West University’s (NWU’s) Preclinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP) is breaking new grounds. With more than 980 organisations and institutions having earned accreditation from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-advocates-paternity-leave
NWU researcher advocates paternity leave
2020-04-14 South Africa’s employment history has very little written about employed fathers compared to records about working mothers. However, fathers have been out in the workplace, away from home, longer than mothers have. During the apartheid era, the migrant…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-fatherhood-project-rebuilds-family-bonds-prison
NWU’s fatherhood project rebuilds family bonds from prison
2024-10-21 An award-winning programme of the North-West University (NWU) is changing the lives of imprisoned men and their children by coaching and supporting them to be better fathers. Launched in 2015 at the Potchefstroom Remand Detention Facility, the fatherhood…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-ttis-empowers-agro-processors-and-emerging-farmers
NWU TTIS empowers agro-processors and emerging farmers
2024-10-22 The Food Resilience Unit in the Department of Social Development at the City of Johannesburg recently partnered with Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) at the North-West University (NWU) to host an Intellectual Property (IP) Awareness Workshop…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-expertise-puts-rural-womens-mental-health-spotlight
North-West University expertise puts rural women’s mental health in the spotlight
2025-04-22 They are too often forgotten and relegated to an afterthought – their plight unheard, their future uncertain. They are the women in South Africa’s low- and middle-income communities who suffer from perinatal mental health issues, and the North-West University…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-librarians-bring-expertise-information-literacy