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Inaugural PhD Seminar
2026-02-10 PhD Seminar, PhD Seminar Programme, Tuesday 3 March 2026, Time Programme 9:00-9:15 Introductions: Facilitators Welcome from the Conference Co-chairs (Prof Liandi van den Berg, and Prof Brendon Knott), the WASM Executive Committee (Prof Ruth Crabtree), and the Scientific Program Committee Chair (Prof Karen…, , Call for PhD Seminar applicants for the 5th WASM Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 – 6 March 2026, The WASM 2026 PhD Student Seminar is a one-day international seminar, taking place on 3 March 2026, prior to the WASM 2026 Cape Town Conference. The seminar aims to gather doctoral students in the field of sport management from all over the world for mutual…http://education.nwu.ac.za/research-and-innovation/research-ethics-committee-education
Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Education (EduREC)
2026-02-06 The Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Education (EduREC) provides operational management of the research ethics process in this Faculty All research must have ethical clearance. Apart from the research done by MEd and PhD students, research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-drug-discoveries-are-triple-offensive-against-malaria-and-tb
New drug discoveries are a triple offensive against malaria and TB
2019-05-28 Researchers from three South African universities are unleashing the power of oxygen in a triple-drug treatment strategy against disease-causing parasites and bacteria. Oxygen is the key to life – and that applies as much to parasites and bacteria that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/should-2021-south-african-local-government-elections-be-synchronised
Should the 2021 South African local government elections be synchronised?
2021-06-07 Should this year’s local government elections be postponed and run together with the provincial and national elections as a single event in 2024? This question is currently being discussed widely and was also the main question during a webinar hosted by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-and-fulbright-scholarship-holder-shares-his-tricks-trade
NWU researcher and Fulbright Scholarship holder shares his tricks of the trade
2021-08-13 To get a Fulbright research scholarship is easier than he anticipated, says North-West University (NWU) academic Dr George van Zijl, who recently returned from a research visit to the University of Florida in the United States of America (USA). This…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-virus-variants-and-their-impact-vaccines
Covid-19 virus variants and their impact on vaccines
2021-08-17 North-West University (NWU) academic Dr Hazel Tumelo Mufhandu presented a public lecture on Covid-19 virus variants and their impact on vaccines as part of a National Science Week webinar series on 2 August 2021. This year the National Science Week theme…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-donors-beseeched-help-address-current-inadequate-funding-structure-support-postgraduate-studies
NWU donors beseeched to help address the current inadequate funding structure to support postgraduate studies
2022-10-07 There is an urgent need to address the problem of inadequate funding for postgraduate studies in South Africa. This was the recurring consensus during the recent North-West University (NWU) donor event held in Sandton, Johannesburg. Speakers included Dr…http://education.nwu.ac.za/ssasea/meet-our-presenters-leadership-development-and-employability-youth-and-elderly
Meet our presenters - Leadership development and employability of youth and elderly
2020-12-03 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: #A2B644; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } Katarzyna Chmela-Jones Exploring project-based learning in…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/physics
Physics
2025-10-15 Physics attempts to summarise phenomena in nature according to scientific laws. Such laws are formulated to provide us with knowledge of the physical world. Physics, together with the subjects Chemistry and various divisions of Mathematics, form the basis…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-partner-consortium-launches-ventilator-design-competition-students
NWU’s partner consortium launches ventilator design competition for students
2021-05-25 For many Covid-19 patients who experience breathing problems, the difference between life and death is access to working ventilators. During the Covid-19 pandemic, news reports have often highlighted the shortage of this lifesaving equipment and its related…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researchers-academic-article-among-top-cited
NWU researcher’s academic article among top cited
2022-05-03 Phenyo Mokgothu An academic article published by Prof Teboho Mosikari, an academic from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Economic Sciences, is among the top-cited articles by Wiley, a multinational publishing company that specialises in…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/nuclear-engineering/post-graduate-diploma-nuclear-science-and-technology
Post Graduate Diploma in Nuclear Science and Technology
2026-04-10 We would love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have. --> In the past, our Master's degrees followed a structured format (Option-B), encompassing all theoretical nuclear engineering modules along with a research mini-dissertation.…http://www.nwu.ac.za/af/research-and-innovation
Navorsing en Innovasie
2026-05-21 Die intensivering van ons navorsing- en innovasie-aktiwiteit is die sleutel tot die verwerkliking van ons droom om aan te beweeg vanaf ’n gebalanseerde onderrig- en leer-universiteit na ’n meer navorsingsintensiewe instelling. Ons streef daarna…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-media-now-field-serious-research
Social media now a field for serious research
2020-04-23 While some people might think the social media field is purely for popular consumption, it has become a separate field of study for research in its own right. Prof Wian Erlank of the Faculty of Law at the North-West University (NWU) says much has been…http://news.nwu.ac.za/action-based-research-brings-positive-environmental-change
Action-based research brings positive environmental change
2018-05-23 Climate change is not something that happens at a distance, to other regions and other people, but is a phenomenon that has an impact on everyone, everywhere. This is a lesson that grade 7 learners are being exposed to through a research project involving…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-wins-big-2018-pendoring-awards
NWU wins big at 2018 Pendoring Awards
2018-11-16 Graphic Design students from the North-West University (NWU) showcased their brilliance yet again when they walked away with 10 awards and the top accolade of Overall Winner in the student category during the recent Pendoring Awards on 1 November 2018.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-declares-its-position-decolonisation
NWU declares its position on decolonisation
2018-11-26 Students brandishing posters and occupying buildings; flames licking at the foundations of buildings and, more figuratively, at the foundations of higher education. This imagery tells us that higher education in South Africa will never be the same. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/conference-inspires-researchers
Conference inspires researchers
2019-02-14 Research can be a solitary activity and there’s nothing like contact with like-minded scholars to motivate and energise a researcher. The benefits of interacting with fellow researchers were clearly in evidence at the first North-West University (NWU)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-%25E2%2580%2598flips-script%25E2%2580%2599-frog-parasites-kzn