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NWU Career Centre hosts first virtual fair with resounding success
2020-08-11 The North-West University (NWU) Career Centre hosted its first Virtual Career Fair on 5August 2020 with great success. A total of 39 companies joined the fair to showcase and share 172 career opportunities with NWU students. This event attracted a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-first-host-disciplinary-hearings-online
NWU first to host disciplinary hearings online
2020-08-13 The Covid-19 pandemic has forced courts and institutions across South Africa to embrace digital platforms with unprecedented haste – also for legal proceedings. Taking the lead, the North-West University (NWU) is one of the first institutions in the country…http://news.nwu.ac.za/women-should-embrace-their-potential-and-not-doubt-themselves
Women should embrace their potential and not doubt themselves
2020-08-14 After 17 years of well-earned experience at Lonmin Marikana Mining Operations and the South African Police Service, Boitumelo Mosikare (45) is no stranger to the security sector. She has now been seconded to act for a two-month period as senior manager of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hysa-nwu
HySA at the NWU
2020-08-17 During the presentation of the budget vote of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) in the National Assembly on 24 July 2020, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, highlighted a number of flagship projects,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-campaigning-assist-young-girls
NWU student campaigning to assist young girls
2020-08-17 Carol Olerato Manyaapelo, a final-year political science student and member of the Student Campus Council on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, is running a campaign to empower girls as part of Women’s month. The campaign, “Bleed free”,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sa%25E2%2580%2599s-lockdown-exit-strategy-level-2-good-news-country
SA’s lockdown exit strategy to level 2 is good news for the country
2020-08-18 The widely expected and welcome decision announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to move South Africa’s lockdown down to Level 2 is good news for the country, says NWU Business School economist Prof Raymond Parsons. According to him, the prolonged lockdown…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-business-and-global-economy-possible-solutions
Covid-19, business and global economy: possible solutions
2020-08-18 While there is no way to tell exactly what the economic damage from the global Covid-19 pandemic will be, there is widespread agreement among economists that it will have severe negative impacts on the global economy. Economics professor from the North-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/not-miss-looking-leadership-legitimacy-during-radical-change
Not to miss: Looking at leadership legitimacy during radical change
2020-08-19 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities will be hosting an online presentation on leadership legitimacy during radical change on 6 October 2020. Prof Linda du Plessis, vice-principal and deputy vice-chancellor for planning and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/times-higher-education-ranks-nwu-among-top-6-universities-sa
Times Higher Education ranks NWU among top 6 universities in SA
2020-09-03 The latest rankings of world universities by Times Higher Education (THE) are another feather in the cap for the North-West University (NWU). The NWU has had consistent good showings in rankings by various international ranking agencies this year. This…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-takes-gender-and-language-awareness-online
NWU takes gender and language awareness online
2020-09-03 The North-West University (NWU) is proud to promote inclusivity by raising awareness and addressing crucial issues in society. Inclusivity and engaged awareness of current affairs are important building blocks towards excellence at the NWU. This year,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-heads-sa-core-team-fight-against-neuromuscular-diseases
NWU heads SA core team in fight against neuromuscular diseases
2020-09-05 The social and economic impact of neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) is staggering. These diseases, which include motor neuron disease and muscular dystrophies, can cause premature death or lifelong disability and are believed to affect one in every 400 people…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-advances-environmental-justice
NWU academic advances environmental justice
2020-09-05 Environmental justice, writes North-West University (NWU) senior lecturer and researcher Dr Kesolofetse Lefenya, entails social transformation directed towards meeting basic human needs and enhancing the quality of life, environmental protection and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/preventing-better-treating-substance-abuse
Preventing is better than treating substance abuse
2020-09-05 Prevention is better than cure, and the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Leepile Sehularo is at the forefront of seeking solutions to adolescent substance abuse through prevention programmes. Illegal substance use among adolescent learners is a global…http://news.nwu.ac.za/abduction-and-forced-marriage-still-happen-south-africa
Abduction and forced marriage still happen in South Africa
2020-09-05 Even in 21st century South Africa, a constitutional democracy, forced marriage is a reality for some young girls. Ukuthwala, the customary practice where girls under the age of 18 years are abducted and married off to older men, still occurs in the rural…http://news.nwu.ac.za/space-law-specialist-lands-top-fellowship
Space law specialist lands top fellowship
2020-09-05 Prof Wian Erlank of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Law Faculty has been awarded a prestigious research fellowship by an internationally renowned foundation. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation focuses on sponsoring scientists and scholars across all…http://news.nwu.ac.za/looking-gender-dynamics-and-support-systems-during-pandemic
Looking into gender dynamics and support systems during a pandemic
2020-09-07 The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), hosted the fifth research webinar of a seven-part series on 3 September 2020. With the theme “Gender Dynamic and Support Systems”, the webinar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/chhp-%25E2%2580%2593-we-are-cloning-expertise
CHHP – we are cloning expertise!
2020-09-07 In the short life of the Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the North-West University (NWU) it has already become known as one of the most exceptional centres that tertiary-education institutions have to offer. One of the factors that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-indigenous-languages-during-heritage-month
Celebrating indigenous languages during Heritage Month
2020-09-07 As South Africa celebrate Heritage Month, North-West University (NWU) academic and acting director for the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Dr Motheo Koitsiwe, says there is a need for the country to celebrate its own indigenous languages. “It is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/innovative-lecturing-approach-during-lockdown
Innovative lecturing approach during lockdown
2020-09-08 Planning is everything. It may be time-consuming, but it is well worth the effort. So says Meelan Roopa, lecturer in Business Engineering and Design in the Faculty of Engineering, sharing his story about teaching and learning during the lockdown period…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trade-hosts-economic-development-master-class-event