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Gender Awareness Week
2024-04-02 Gender Awareness Week (GAW) has become an integral part of the university’s strategy of promoting diversity and inclusivity among students, staff and other stakeholders at NWU. The activities, sessions and presentations that take place fosters…http://www.nwu.ac.za/university-calendar/april
University Calendar - April
2026-04-16 Legend MC - Mahikeng Campus PC - Potchefstroom Campus VC - Vanderbijlpark Campus M - Masters degree PhD/D - Doctoral degree UDL - Unit for Distance Learning HDA - Higher Degrees Administration FHS - Faculty of Health Sciences…http://www.nwu.ac.za/university-calendar/october
University Calendar - October
2026-06-10 Legend MC - Mahikeng Campus PC - Potchefstroom Campus VC - Vanderbijlpark Campus M - Masters degree PhD/D - Doctoral degree UDL - Unit for Distance Learning HDA - Higher Degrees Administration FHS - Faculty of Health Sciences…http://www.nwu.ac.za/governance-and-management/council-committees
Council Committees
2026-03-16 All committees of Council function under a mandate of strategic or financial importance to the NWU. They are chaired by persons with the requisite knowledge, skills and experience, and operate under clear terms of reference. Code of Conduct for…http://news.nwu.ac.za/spotlight-service-delivering-during-lockdown
Spotlight on service delivering during lockdown
2020-04-29 Countries the world over are faced with overcoming a united threat in the form of the global Covid-19 pandemic. More often than not, the most vulnerable are the communities in developing countries, especially those relying on government to meet their…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-assists-family-after-devastating-fire
Faculty assists family after devastating fire
2020-06-24 The staff at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) have opened their hearts to a family who lost nearly all their possessions in a devastating house fire in Mahikeng. The fire, which occurred during the last…http://news.nwu.ac.za/making-difference-one-chess-piece-time
Making a difference one chess piece at a time
2020-06-30 Daniel Asiwe, a North-West University (NWU) final-year industrial psychology and labour relations student, recently hosted a successful online chess tournament for a great cause. The chess tournament aimed to create awareness about women and children who…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-perseveres-during-pandemic
NWU Soccer Institute perseveres during the pandemic
2020-07-23 The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to ripple through the world’s health, educational, financial and commercial institutions, and the sports environment is no different. The nonstop entertainment ardent fans of university sports have come to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/investigating-role-african-medicine-during-pandemic
Investigating the role of African medicine during a pandemic
2020-08-07 The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) hosted its inaugural research webinar on 6 August 2020. This inaugural webinar is the first of a seven-part series aimed at unpacking Covid-19…http://news.nwu.ac.za/what-will-determine-credibility-latest-medium-term-budget-policy-statement-mtbps
What will determine the credibility of the latest Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)?
2020-10-29 According to Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School, the difficulties and dilemmas facing Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni in the latest MTBPS must be acknowledged, and the credibility of the latest fiscal…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-discusses-programmes%25E2%2580%2599-pros-and-cons-new-teachers
NWU discusses programmes’ pros and cons for new teachers
2018-03-22 The student chapter of the Faculty of Education on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng hosted a public dialogue on 20 March 2018. The title of the dialogue, delivered by Dr Andrew Mutsvangwa, a senior lecturer in the faculty, was “BEd…http://news.nwu.ac.za/formalised-curiosity-faculty-theology
Formalised curiosity at the Faculty of Theology
2018-04-26 “Research is formalised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose,” said the American novelist Zora Neale Hurston. It is a sentiment that rings as true today as it did all those many decades ago. It is also a maxim that the Faculty of Theology at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/uarm-delivers-five-master%25E2%2580%2599s-graduandi-during-autumn-graduation-ceremony
UARM delivers five master’s graduandi during Autumn Graduation Ceremony
2018-05-22 The Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark saw the Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) celebrate the graduation of five MARM graduates. These graduates represent the third cohort of MARM alumni since…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/retha-bloem
Retha Bloem
2021-09-22 Retha Bloem is a social worker with a 25 year academic research history. As a graduate from the University of Pretoria, born in 1968, she obtained her B.SW, BA (Hons) industrial Sociology, (cum laude) Magister Atrium,(cum laude) Masters of Social work (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-linda-du-plessis-appointed-nwu-vice-principal
Prof Linda du Plessis appointed as NWU vice-principal
2019-01-29 In the second quarter of 2018, women accounted for 43,8% of the total workforce, but only 32% of all managers. Setting the example and standing shoulder to shoulder with her male counterparts in the higher education sector, is Prof Linda du Plessis, who…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-teachers-tomorrow
Empowering the teachers of tomorrow
2019-04-08 There are three types of teachers: the teacher who makes things happen, the teacher who watches others make it happen and the teacher who wonders what happened! The North-West University’s (NWU’s) teachers of the future – who are training to be teachers…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sowask-celebrates-international-social-work-day
SOWASK celebrates International Social Work Day
2019-04-08 “We are embracing human relationships and promoting Ubuntu and diversity in and around the campus.” This is how Tracy Mkwanazi, junior lecturer in social work and guardian of the Social Work Student Association (SOWASK) on the North-West University’s (NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-mafikeng-campus-student-publishes-novel