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Don’t miss the NWU Career Centre’s virtual fairs in March
2021-02-15 With social distancing as the new normal, and digital engagement the norm, the North-West University (NWU) Career Centre will continue on its innovative path by hosting four virtual career fairs in March. On 9 March the Accounting Virtual Fair will kick…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-service-information-just-app-away-senior-citizens
Social service information is just an app away for senior citizens
2018-10-26 On a dusty street of a village in the North West Province a group of 12-year-olds are cheering each other on as they play kgati, an indigenous game using a skipping rope. As the game intensifies one of them hears her grandmother shouting from the kitchen,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-researchers-receive-accolades
NWU’s researchers receive accolades
2018-11-01 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Theology’s researchers are leading the pack when it comes to awards for excellence and productivity. The faculty took top honours at the vice-chancellor’s Research and Innovation Excellence Awards, winning…http://news.nwu.ac.za/wihan-lubbe-proteas-fold
Wihan Lubbe in Proteas fold
2021-05-10 Memorable exploits on the cricket pitch can take many forms. A sublimely timed cover drive to bring up a century in the most trying of circumstances, a catch that defies the laws of physics, or an over bowled with such venom and resolve that the opposition is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/no-limitations-quadriplegic-brandon
No limitations for quadriplegic Brandon
2022-04-06 Bertie Jacobs There are 23 metres between the bridge and the water of the Vaal River just outside Bothaville. The fall lasted just more than two seconds. Those two seconds on 8 August 2020 changed Brandon Moolman’s life irrevocably. Before he – and his…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-dard-sign-mou
NWU and DARD sign MoU
2023-02-14 On 27 January 2023 the North-West University (NWU) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), representing the Potchefstroom College of Agriculture and the Taung Agricultural College, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the NWU'…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tazmin-brits-blitz
The Tazmin Brits blitz
2024-06-04 She has been here, in this situation, many times before. She knows pressure – it has been a companion for most of her life. Tazmin Brits stares down the wicket, her focus is pinned on the bowler storming in with the intent of breaking bails, or the batter’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-achieves-hat-trick-three-finalists-run-science-oscars
NWU achieves hat-trick with three finalists in run for “Science Oscars”
2024-06-05 The North-West University (NWU) boasts three finalists in this year’s prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards. The university had a strong showing in the run-up to the awards, receiving eight nominations in the various categories. The NSTF-South 32 Awards is the…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-OER
Open Educational Resources (OER)
2026-04-22 A key aspect promoted and researched by the Chair is Open Educational Resources (OER). OER was defined by UNESCO (2019) at the General Conference meeting in Paris in November 2019 as "learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/africas-hurdle-queen-driven-self-belief
Africa’s hurdle queen is driven by self-belief
2026-06-23 Rogail Joseph discovered her love for athletics in the streets of Rodewal in Worcester, and has always believed that she could achieve anything. Now, as a South African 400 m hurdler and Olympic semi-finalist, it is her dedication and self-confidence that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dynamite-comes-small-packages
Dynamite comes in small packages
2026-06-25 When the North-West University (NWU) Soccer Institute celebrated its promotion to the Motsepe Foundation Championship earlier this year, much of the attention was on the players and coaches who made history on the field. Behind the scenes, however, was a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/green-art-competition-%25E2%2580%2593-taking-recycling-next-level
Green Art Competition – taking recycling to the next level
2017-09-06 There is more than one way to go green and do your bit to save the environment. In fact, what is old is now considered new and the business of upcycling – that is to reinvent waste by giving it a new purpose as opposed to merely recycling it – has become…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ewp-gala-showdown-celebrate-female-entrepreneurs
EWP gala showdown to celebrate female entrepreneurs
2017-09-11 A lot can happen in five years, and the coordinators and the participants of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Enterprising Women Programme (EWP) can attest to this. This year marks the fifth anniversary of this flagship entrepreneurial short programme…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/geexpo-2019-give-maths-science-and-it-try
GeeXpo 2019: give maths, science and IT a try
2019-06-03 The countdown to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) GeeXpo has begun, and schools across central South Africa are invited to take part in the annual mathematics, science and information technology expo. This year’s rendition of GeeXpo will see the…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-alumna-named-first-burke-scholar
NWU alumna named as first Burke scholar
2018-05-28 The inaugural Burke Scholarship, aimed at advancing democracy by developing promising young journalists, has been awarded to Khethokuhle Ayanda Mthethwa, from Tsakane, Gauteng. Ayanda is an alumna of the North-West University (NWU) and obtained her BA…http://news.nwu.ac.za/public-lecture-examines-completion-rate-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-postgraduate-students