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The NWU highlights its readiness for the 2026 academic year during visit by deputy minister
2026-02-06 The North-West University (NWU) recently hosted the deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, and officials from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), along with representatives from the National Student Financial…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/solar-car/world-solar-challenge
World Solar Challenge
2017-01-17 The NWU Solar Car Team and our futuristic mobile, the Sirius X25 has made history by becoming the first African team to ever cross the finish line of the World Solar Challenge. We completed the…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/c2ktoets
C2K_toets
2026-02-16 Care2Kids resources Download our Brochures Information on neuroprotective-development Information on Care2Kids Complete our Application Forms Application form and client-guide (Potchefstroom) Background…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/health-sciences/virtual-tours-research-and-innovation
Virtual tours - Research and Innovation
2024-11-19 Explore Research and Innovation activities in the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Faculty of Health Sciences strives to make its impact on and relevance in health indispensable. The Faculty aims to train health practitioners, researchers and…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pure-and-applied-analytics-paa/workshop-videos
Workshop videos
2021-11-16 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } StatCon 2021 On-line Workshop 19 November, 2021 – 9 December, 2021…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/nwu-desmond-tutu-school-medicine/nwu-school-medicine-newsletter-issue-2
NWU School of Medicine newsletter - Issue 2
2025-06-04 Issue 2 April 2025 Exciting progress is underway at the NWU School of Medicine! In this edition, we share key updates on our journey, including a personal message, exciting curriculum plans for 2025, and the latest developments on our new medical school…http://education.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/rife
RIFE
2017-02-28 Vision : The vision of RIFE is to become a unit "of excellence" within the next 10 years with the aim of producing basic and applied scientifically evidence-based reading literacy research which will function as a tool for teacher and learner…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/covid19
Covid-19 and the Tourism Industry
2024-08-21 Treescovidsml, The COVID-19 pandemic may be considered as the most significant disruptive event for human travel since the Second World War. The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill, and tourism has been one of the worst affected of all major…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni/alumni-awards-recipients-2025
Alumni Awards Recipients 2025
2025-11-24 The North-West University (NWU) honoured ten remarkable professionals at its prestigious biennial Alumni Excellence Awards ceremony held in Pretoria on 30 October 2025. Through the Alumni Excellence Awards, the NWU recognises exceptional alumni whose work…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/research-team-2017
Research team 2017
2018-05-18 Professors Director: Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management Prof. Nico Smit nico.smit@nwu.ac.za…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/covid-19-home
COVID-19 Home
2025-11-07 At the NWU Faculty of Engineering we change the world for the better. We do this, first, by educating and developing exceptional engineers who can and want to change the world and, secondly, by finding answers to current and future real-life challenges…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-enactus-runners-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-2nd-universities-business-challenge
NWU Enactus runners-up in SA’s 2nd Universities Business Challenge
2019-02-28 The Enactus student chapter of the North-West University (NWU) is making its impact felt nationally, and if their performance in 2018 was anything to go by, then the stage is set for an exciting new year. The chapter ended 2018 on a high after being…http://news.nwu.ac.za/golden-key-welcomes-new-academic-achievers-0
Golden Key welcomes new academic achievers
2022-10-05 The recent new member recognition ceremony of the Golden Key International Honour Society saw a total of 250 students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark being welcomed into the fold. In her address, Dr Elmie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-optentia-hosts-vlir-uos
NWU Optentia hosts VLIR-UOS
2017-06-05 Optentia, a research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently hosted Mr Christophe Goossens, programme officer for the Flemish Inter-university Council for University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS) Over the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-medical-specialists
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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/year-running-start-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-linda-du-plessis
The year is off to a running start – Prof Linda du Plessis
2022-08-19 “The year is certainly off to a running start. January is already something of the past, our registration process went well and our classes commenced successful and without any incidents or disruptions.” This is the message from Prof Linda du Plessis,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/getting-constitution-work-street-traders
Getting the Constitution to work for street traders
2021-06-23 While the informal economy is lifting hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty, several municipal by-laws hinder the growth of their businesses, and – to some extent – allow for the violation of their rights. A researcher from the North-West University…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-examines-multilingual-online-responses-court-arrest-defence-lawyer-meyiwa-murder-case
NWU academic examines multilingual online responses on the in-court arrest of defence lawyer in Meyiwa murder case
2022-08-22 North-West University (NWU) academic in the Indigenous Language Media in Africa research entity Prof Gilbert Motsaathebe recently presented a seminar titled “Multilingual online responses on the ‘Hollywood-style’ arrest of a defence lawyer in a high-profile…http://news.nwu.ac.za/what-needs-be-done-ensure-ecd-coding-and-robotics-curriculum-succeeds
What needs to be done to ensure ECD coding and robotics curriculum succeeds
2022-08-15 An early childhood education specialist at the North-West University (NWU) has welcomed the recently published, first-ever draft curriculum for teaching coding and robotics from Grades R to 3. However, she emphasises that some hard work lies ahead if the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/professor-marius-smit-embarks-new-horizons