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NWU and Sasol Foundation celebrate postgrad excellence
2018-11-02 Fuelled by their thirst for knowledge, five North-West University (NWU) students took part in the Sasol Foundation’s Postgraduate Science Fellowship Programme. The NWU and Sasol recently celebrated their achievements on 25 October 2018 during the Sasol…http://news.nwu.ac.za/administrator-scores-behind-scenes
Administrator scores behind the scenes
2018-11-05 The stars of sport are more often than not found on the sports field, but not. He makes his moves behind the scenes. After being among the first graduates with a Diploma in Sports Science from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute back in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-connects-rural-students-brighter-future
NWU connects rural students with a brighter future
2018-11-07 For rural young people, no internet connection means no future. Unless the North-West University (NWU) brings the infrastructure to them. Most South African universities and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) rely on online application…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-wellness-promotes-healthy-lifestyle
NWU Wellness promotes a healthy lifestyle
2018-11-28 Engaging co-workers in a healthy physical competition is a great way to encourage wellness. Some of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) staff recently took part in a Pedometer Challenge as part of encouraging a healthy lifestyle. This challenge was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mahikeng-cat-population-under-spotlight
Mahikeng cat population under the spotlight
2019-02-21 Author Robert A Heinlein wrote: “How we behave towards cats here below determines our status in heaven.” It is in this spirit that students and staff of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng are asked to donate funds to ensure healthy cat…http://news.nwu.ac.za/transforming-professionals-leaders
Transforming professionals into leaders
2019-02-20 Sweet sixteen and still growing. It has been 16 years since the inception of the African Nutrition Leadership programme (ANLP), and this year it promises to be even bigger and better. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre of Excellence for Nutrition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pmrafrica-awards-nwu-excellence-higher-education
PMR.africa awards NWU for excellence in higher education
2019-03-18 The North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark has done it again! The campus has, for the eighth consecutive year, been awarded the Professional Management Review’s (PMR) Diamond Arrow Award for excellence in higher education within the Sedibeng…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-engineering-innovation-brings-relief-cyclone-stricken-mozambique
NWU’s engineering innovation brings relief to cyclone-stricken Mozambique
2019-04-09 The catastrophic Cyclone Idai was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the southern hemisphere as a whole. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage when it hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi earlier in March, leaving…http://news.nwu.ac.za/water-friendly-cowpea-plant-packed-potential
Water-friendly cowpea plant is packed with potential
2019-04-15 In a country that is struggling with water supply, the North-West University (NWU) has found a cowpea plant that does not require a lot of water compared to other field crops. This particular cowpea is indigenous to the Southern African region and the NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni-shines-international-cima-examination
NWU alumni shines in international CIMA examination
2019-04-23 Two members of the North-West University’s (NWU) alumni fraternity, Arnu van Wyk and Dedre Uys, have received nationwide acclaim after being ranked among the South African Top 15 students for the November 2018 CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management…http://news.nwu.ac.za/public-lecture-calls-africanisation-instead-decolonisation
Public lecture calls for Africanisation instead of decolonisation
2019-06-10 “Universities have become ‘sons of decolonisation struggles’.” This is how Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni argued during a recent public lecture hosted on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. This lecture formed part of a series of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-walks-away-science-oscar
NWU academic walks away with a Science Oscar
2019-07-02 Prof Elvis Fosso-Kankeu from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering walked away with the Engineering Research Capacity Development Award at the recent NSTF-South32 Awards. The national NSTF-South32 Awards are the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-workshop-investigate-work-music-social-and-restorative-intervention
Optentia workshop to investigate the work of music as social and restorative intervention
2017-03-07 The Optentia Research Focus Area on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) will welcome Dr Carina Venter from Oxford University in England on 22 March this year. Dr Venter will be hosting a workshop entitled: Ambiguous…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-nwu-scientist-rub-shoulders-nobel-prize-winners
Young NWU scientist rub shoulders with Nobel Prize winners
2017-04-18 Few scientific events are more prestigious than those where Nobel Prize winners share their knowledge. Retha Peach, a doctoral student from the North-West University (NWU), is being given the rare opportunity to attend a gathering where 31 Nobel laureates…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-symbolic-product-brand-personality-receives-local-and-global-acclaim
Study on symbolic product brand personality receives local and global acclaim
2017-05-24 When it comes to research regarding marketing management, consumer behaviour and branding, the expert that comes to mind is the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Dr Re-An Müller. As part of his doctoral degree, Re-An developed and validated a symbolic-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/advocate-inspires-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-young-legal-eagles
Advocate inspires NWU’s young legal eagles
2017-10-13 On 11 September 2017 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng hosted renowned practicing advocate, Carol-Ann Myburg, at a jurisprudence dialogue titled “Dynamics of Legal Practice with specific reference to the role of Advocates”. Organised…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-transport-and-logistics-graduates-0
NWU honours Transport and Logistics graduates
2017-10-26 Transport Economics and Logistics Management on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng honoured the BCom Transport Economics and Logistics Management graduates at a gala dinner on 24 October 2017 at the Mmabatho Palms Hotel and Resort. As…http://news.nwu.ac.za/protea-star-appointed-nwu-coach
Protea star appointed NWU coach
2017-11-06 Former Protea star and North-West University (NWU) stalwart, Elsunet du Plessis, has been appointed as the new NWU netball coach starting on 1 January 2018. Elsunet takes over the Potchefstroom-based team’s reins from Dorette Badenhorst. “After an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/siya-metane-%25E2%2580%2593-heart-music-and-head-business
Siya Metane – a heart for music and a head for business
2018-08-07 If the name Siya Metane – aka Slikour – sounds familiar, you will be excused for remembering him only as a member of Skwatta Kamp, the seven member hip-hop group that set airways alight in the late nineties. Today, Siya, is an entrepreneur of note with a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-pesa-hosts-land-reform-seminar