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Welcome, 2024 first-year students!
2024-03-01 The North-West University (NWU) officially welcomed its first-year students to its three campuses on 10 February 2024. The event was marked by a live-streamed address by the principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Bismark Tyobeka. The address, delivered from…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/wasm-2026/inaugural-phd-seminar
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://news.nwu.ac.za/five-inaugural-lectures-five-months-nwu-health-sciences
Five inaugural lectures in five months at NWU Health Sciences
2017-11-01 An inaugural lecture is an once-in-a-lifetime experience for an academic, but at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences, five of these unique events have taken place in the space of just five months. Between May and September 2017…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pssa-2025/welcome-note
Welcome note
2025-06-04 Welcome! It is my great pleasure to invite you, on behalf of the Faculty of Health Sciences at North-West University, to join us for the Physiology Society of Southern Africa Conference 2025, taking place from 24 to 27 August 2025 at the beautiful…http://news.nwu.ac.za/icil2019-highlighting-importance-information-literacy-all-spheres-life
ICIL2019: highlighting the importance of information literacy in all spheres of life
2019-10-02 “We have been offering media and information literacy modules since the turn of the new millennium, but the question remains if we are indeed impacting and enabling the level of information literacy among our constituencies.” This was the question raised…http://news.nwu.ac.za/commemorating-international-womens-day
Commemorating International Women’s Day
2023-03-10 Women around the globe continue to face challenges in accessing decent work opportunities and gender equality, while contending with gender-based violence and a myriad of other exclusionary practices. This was the recurring theme during International Women…http://news.nwu.ac.za/language-awareness-week-shines-light-multilingualism
Language Awareness Week shines a light on multilingualism
2024-09-05 By Loveness Hulwane The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Languages and Language Directorate, in partnership with the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), recently organised a Language Awareness Week across the university’s three campuses.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-health-sciences-host-one-day-engaged-scholarship-impact-indaba
Faculty of Health Sciences to host one-day Engaged Scholarship Impact Indaba
2024-07-15 On 18 July the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences will host the Engaged Scholarship Impact Indaba, a dynamic one-day event dedicated to exploring the intersections of academic research, community engagement and societal impact.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-experts-address-south-africas-parole-problem
NWU experts address South Africa’s parole problem
2025-09-26 ‘Recidivism’ is not a word commonly heard in everyday conversation, yet it carries enormous weight in the South African context. The term refers to the tendency of offenders to commit further crimes, and it was a central theme at the National Summit on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-work-students-build-global-perspective-through-coil-collaboration
Social work students build global perspective through COIL collaboration
2026-02-04 A group of North-West University (NWU) social work students recently participated in an international Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) programme aimed at strengthening ethical, intercultural and professional competence in social work…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-finds-its-permanent-home-nwu
SADiLaR finds its permanent home at the NWU
2024-11-21 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) will be celebrating the official opening of its building at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus on Friday, 22 November 2024. The event will also see the launch of SADiLaR’s Five-…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/chhp/more-about-us
More about us
2019-08-13 Who we are We are experts in health and human performance. At our core is our ability to take our leading scientific expertise and apply it with excellence to all our diverse services, clients and students. This means that understanding human…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dire-need-research-improve-child-literacy
Dire need for research to improve child literacy
2020-02-21 It is no secret that language development is a critical part of a child’s overall development. Sadly, the lack of this development and the terrible effects this may have on one’s life are often overlooked. Prof Leenta Grobler, leader of the Medical…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/covid-19-home
COVID-19 Home
2025-11-07 At the NWU Faculty of Engineering we change the world for the better. We do this, first, by educating and developing exceptional engineers who can and want to change the world and, secondly, by finding answers to current and future real-life challenges…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/zoology/frequently-asked-questions-faq
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
2024-08-01 [accordion collapsed] What career opportunities are there? Some possible career options related to Zoology are: Conservationist Ecologist Entomologist Environmental consultant Geneticist Laboratory technician Marine biologist Museum…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/school-biological-sciences/plantkunde-publikasies
Plantkunde Publikasies
2016-09-19 Publikasies deur Plantkunde Personeel vir 2014-2015 1. Botha M, Siebert SJ, Van den Berg J, Maliba BG, Ellis S. 2015. Plant and arthropod diversity patterns of maize agro-ecosystems in two grassy biomes of South Africa. Biodiversity and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-takes-lead-digitising-establishing-11-national-languages
SADiLaR takes the lead in digitising establishing 11 national languages
2020-03-16 Digitising South Africa’s 11 official languages could go a long way towards creating a truly multilingual society. Various projects are currently in progress at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), located at the North-West…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/health-promotion-wellbeing-activation
Health Promotion & Wellbeing Activation
2023-06-12 Overview Health in South Africa is best understood within a historical context of health inequalities and a quadruple disease burden. With a small, unaffordable, but highly skilled private healthcare sector and a large public healthcare system that…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/german
German
2021-11-08 Available on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses German is the language of scientists, inventors, philosophers, composers, artists, poets and authors. More than 100 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to German-speaking individuals who…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dr-bismark-tyobeka-south-africas-nuclear-future