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NWU Nursing brings fight against gender-based violence to communities
2020-10-01 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing will be conducting a gender-based violence (GBV) public health awareness campaign in five identified villages around Mahikeng. Nursing students and lecturers, together with the local South African…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/marlene-se-onwrikbare-veggees
Marlene se onwrikbare veggees
2020-10-02 Dit is baie opwindend om ’n universiteitstudent te wees, maar dit is ook op soveel vlakke baie uitdagend: om ’n loopbaan te beplan, jou tyd te bestuur, en, vir Marlene Taylor, om uit te vind dat sy nierstene het. Die 23-jarige Marlene Taylor kom van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/marlene%25E2%2580%2599s-undying-fighting-spirit
Marlene’s undying fighting spirit
2020-10-02 It’s exciting to be a university student, but it is also very challenging on so many levels: figuring out a career, managing your time, and, for Marlene Taylor, finding out that she has kidney stones. The 23-year-old Marlene Taylor is from Vanderbijlpark…https://news.nwu.ac.za/raconteur-covid-19-nwu-way
RACONTEUR: Covid-19 the NWU Way
2020-10-05 The North-West University (NWU) Gallery is currently hosting the “RACONTEUR: Covid-19 the NWU Way” art exhibition. This noteworthy exhibition will run until 11 October and includes the works of 11 NWU alumni and lecturers. According to gallery curator,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/centre-excellence-carbon-based-fuels-hosts-symposium-renewable-and-sustainable-energy
Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels hosts symposium in renewable and sustainable energy
2020-10-05 The Renewable Energy Postgraduate Symposium (REPS) is an annual event hosted by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies at Stellenbosch University for postgraduate students working in any of the fields of renewable and sustainable energy.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/trade-takes-international-collaboration-next-level
TRADE takes international collaboration to the next level
2020-10-06 The TRADE research focus area at the North-West University (NWU) hosted an online world tour to take international collaboration to the next level in the time of Covid-19. Prof Danie Meyer, a development economist and director of TRADE, says the event,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/presentation-looks-leadership-legitimacy-during-radical-change
Presentation looks at leadership legitimacy during radical change
2020-10-07 The Optentia research focus area in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities hosted an online presentation on leadership legitimacy during radical change on 6 October 2020. Prof Linda du Plessis, vice-principal and deputy vice-chancellor…https://news.nwu.ac.za/get-ready-nwu-student-entrepreneurship-week
Get ready for the NWU Student Entrepreneurship Week!
2020-10-08 With South Africa’s unemployment rate currently at 30,1%, the North-West University (NWU) is dedicated to ensuring that its students are a step ahead. From 12 to 16 October 2020 the NWU will host a virtual Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW). This event…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-boasts-one-absa-gradstar-top-10-achievers
NWU boasts one of ABSA GradStar top 10 achievers
2020-10-08 North-West University (NWU) student Zuko Mrwetyana was announced one of the ABSA GradStar 2020 top 10 achievers on 23 September 2020. The ABSA GradStar Awards is an annual programme aimed at recognising the Top 100 university students across South Africa…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-appointed-acting-high-court-judge
NWU lecturer appointed as acting High Court judge
2020-10-09 Mr Mandla Motha, a part-time lecturer at the North-West University’s Faculty of Law on the Vanderbijlpark Campus, was recently appointed as an acting judge of the North Gauteng High Court. Mandla was born in Soweto and spent three years in Durban, but…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-recipient-prestigious-oppenheimer-fellowship
NWU academic is recipient of prestigious Oppenheimer Fellowship
2020-10-09 North-West University (NWU) professor Abiodun Salawu recently received a fellowship under the prestigious Oppenheimer Fund, and will be spending time at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The Oppenheimer Fund awards grants for academic…https://news.nwu.ac.za/heroes-return-cape-town-marathon
Heroes return for Cape Town Marathon
2020-10-13 Perseverance in the time of an epidemic. Undaunted in a time of doubt. In trying times we live vicariously through our heroes. Their accomplishments are our triumphs. That is why we watch them, why we root for them, why we celebrate them. These heroes are…https://news.nwu.ac.za/moyo-metallurgist-weave-her-magic-mechanical-engineering
Moyo the metallurgist to weave her magic at Mechanical Engineering
2020-10-14 The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is excited to announce that a very special woman is joining the faculty’s ranks. Dr Fortunate Moyo, a metallurgist, will ply her trade at the School of Mechanical Engineering, where her ample…https://news.nwu.ac.za/smarketing-putting-your-money-where-your-nose
Smarketing: Putting your money where your nose is
2020-10-14 Marketers and retailers are finding increasingly ingenious ways to lure prospective buyers to their products. And, according to Dr Roland Goldberg, a senior lecturer in marketing at the North-West University (NWU), your wallet is more closely connected to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/project-launched-masccom-training-centre
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