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NWU proactively addresses SA’s skills deficit
2017-09-21 Is mathematics keeping you up at night? Are you worried that your mathematics results are going to prevent you from realising your dream to study further after completing your school career? If so, the Bridging The Mathematical Gap (BTMG) learning programme…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-brings-industrial-innovation-delmas
Faculty of Engineering brings industrial innovation to Delmas
2018-05-24 Innovation is heading to Delmas and the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is at the helm. The German-based conglomerate Siemens, in conjunction with Eskom, approached Hasan Darwish, an industrial engineer at the Faculty of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/proper-treatment-could-prevent-children-dying-malnutrition
Proper treatment could prevent children dying from malnutrition
2018-04-17 Nutrition researchers at the Centre of Excellence for Nutrition (CEN) of the North-West University (NWU) are doing important research on the treatment effects of severe acute malnutrition in Sub-Sahara Africa. Their findings will be used by the World…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-must-have-impact-communities
Research must have an impact in communities
2018-11-23 It is important for the North-West University (NWU) to focus on critical community challenges in research – this makes research more relevant and useful to the community. The emphasis has shifted increasingly from research of academic interest to research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation-programme-north-west-university
Registration and Orientation programme at the North-West University
2019-01-17 Like in the past, the North-West University (NWU) will again in 2019 be bursting at the seam with first-year students. Just over 52 000 applications were received for the 2019 academic year, of which just more than 16 600 prospective students were…http://news.nwu.ac.za/adv-thuli-madonsela-awarded-nwu-honorary-doctorate
Adv Thuli Madonsela awarded NWU honorary doctorate
2019-05-17 On 23 May 2019, the North-West University (NWU) rewarded an experienced and well-respected individual in the field of law for the enormous role she has played in promoting democracy in South Africa, with the promotion of good governance and accountability…http://news.nwu.ac.za/woman-engineering-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-launches-exciting-initiative
Woman in Engineering – NWU launches exciting initiative
2019-05-09 As we see ourselves in a modern world where the evolution and development of technology enjoy first priority, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering initiated a one-of-a-kind problem-solving and smart-manufacturing competition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-invests-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-community-oriented-primary-health-care
NWU invests in SA’s community-oriented primary health care
2019-07-18 The North-West University (NWU) in partnership with the University of Pretoria will be training community health workers (CHWs) and staff from the North West Provincial Department of Health on community-oriented primary care (COPC). The NWU’s Africa Unit…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-sciences-rubik%25E2%2580%2599s-cube-humanity-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-herman-van-der-merwe
Social sciences the Rubik’s Cube of humanity – Prof Herman van der Merwe
2017-03-29 Did you know that it took the Hungarian inventor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik one month to master his own mechanical puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube? With 42 Quintillion possibilities but only a few correct solutions, the Rubik’s Cube is the epitome of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vincent-kheswa-%25E2%2580%2593-there-room-grow-outside-box
Vincent Kheswa – there is room to grow outside the box
2017-04-04 Life outside the proverbial box is bliss. And best of all: experiencing life to the fullest beats being a mere spectator. This is according to Vincent Kheswa, an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU) whose life’s journey bears testament of not only the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/constitutional-commissioner-address-nwu-social-sciences-conference
Constitutional Commissioner to address NWU Social Sciences Conference
2017-03-17 Bernedette Muthien, internationally known South African expert on issues of gender equity, nonviolence, and gender-based violence, will act as keynote speaker during the 8th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS) – a collaboration between the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-nominated-2017-woman-year-awards
NWU alumna nominated for 2017 Woman of the Year Awards
2017-03-03 A woman is often referred to as a full circle: within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. When you look at the calibre of finalists for the 2017 rendition of the Woman Of Stature (WOS): Woman of the Year Awards, these words indeed ring true.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-highlights-importance-blood-pressure-awareness
NWU highlights importance of blood pressure awareness
2017-05-05 The North-West University (NWU) has joined the worldwide campaign to raise blood pressure awareness with a series of screenings at its campuses and in surrounding communities in May as part of the largest screening campaign ever. May marks International…http://news.nwu.ac.za/leadership-summit-leadership-habits-complex-times
Leadership Summit: leadership habits for complex times
2017-05-09 When faced with complex challenges or unclear outcomes, there is sometimes a tendency amongst business leaders to convince themselves that they are smart enough, work hard enough, or only need to make use of the best management tools available to overcome…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-rector-shares-lessons-learned-feesmustfall
NWU rector shares lessons learned from #Feesmustfall
2017-04-26 Prof Linda du Plessis, acting rector of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently acted as key note speaker at the 2017 PMR Awards ceremony held at the Riverside Hotel in Vanderbijlpark. Prof Du Plessis gave the audience,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/auther-community-based-research-difference
AUTHeR: Community-based research with a difference
2017-11-08 The research activities of the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom are focused on bio-psychosocial health and specifically on preventing illness, maintaining and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/female-entrepreneurs-paving-way-others-follow
Female entrepreneurs paving the way for others to follow
2017-11-15 Next year will mark the sixth rendition of the very successful Enterprising Women Programme as hosted by the North-West University’s (NWU’s) bhive Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) in Vanderbijlpark. What started out as a short learning programme with…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researchers-pinpoint-growth-factors-female-entrepreneurs
NWU researchers pinpoint growth factors for female entrepreneurs
2019-08-27 Gone are the days that entrepreneurship was viewed as for men only. Recent years have seen a rise in the number of female entrepreneurs, indicating the realisation that women are a major source of economic growth. Despite the popular allure of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/smart-station-nwu-will-monitor-air-quality-and-weather
Smart station at NWU will monitor air quality and weather
2019-10-08 Vanderbijlpark, a pollution hotspot, has been chosen as the location for a state-of-the-art observation station that will monitor both the weather and air quality. This multi-million-rand development will see the North-West University (NWU) becoming the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hypertension-clouding-joys-childhood