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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING COVID-19
2024-06-07 This year has most certainly been the definition of Annus Horribilis, and for the school’s Community Engagement portfolio, it has also been a challenging time. Around 90% of the school’s planned projects for the year had to be placed on ice for the time being…https://www.nwu.ac.za/event/nwu-virtual-fun-runwalk
NWU Virtual Fun Run/Walk
2020-06-17 Running fanatics, who felt that last month’s 5KM fun run was too easy for them will be happy to know that the NWU is hosting another Virtual Run/Walk with two additional distances. Members of the public can now choose to take part in 5KM, 10KM…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-competition-inspires-youth-find-innovative-solutions
NWU competition inspires youth to find innovative solutions
2022-03-04 The North-West University’s annual Modiragatsi innovation competition that gives high-school learners between the ages of 15 and 18 the opportunity to become the next generation of problem solvers is back and it is even bigger and better this year. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/research-gives-insight-generation-ys-finance-and-banking-behaviour
Research gives insight into Generation Y’s finance and banking behaviour
2024-02-27 When it comes to money, Millennials – also known as Generation Ys* – have mixed feelings. On the one hand, they have a positive attitude to personal financial planning. On the other, they may be more inclined to indulge in discretionary spending, leading to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hybrid-workers-need-rekindle-human-connection
Hybrid workers need to rekindle the human connection
2025-06-10 The academic workplace is no longer defined by shared offices and hallway conversations. As hybrid work becomes the norm, one researcher argues that the shift may be eroding the very ties that keep academic communities functioning. “Academics are often…https://www.nwu.ac.za/raceweek2021
Race Awareness Week 2021
2021-05-03 In South Africa, participation in the economy is linked inextricably to a purpose of University education: to meet needs in the market place, to create and fill employment, and to achieve through the massification of our higher education system, a…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/health-professions-education-hped-scientific-committee
Health Professions Education (HPEd) Scientific Committee
2025-03-27 Overview The Health Professions Education (HPEd) Scientific Committee is the quality control for health professions education research, especially the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research, conducted within the North-West University (NWU) and…https://www.nwu.ac.za/gender-based-violence-awareness-campaign
Gender-based violence awareness campaign
2019-03-07 AIM: To create awareness on gender based violence for students and staff at the NWU Potchefstroom campus so that we can have a safe Campus Gender based violence (GBV) continues to be a problem in South Africa and the North-West University is no…VS-Project-Newsroom
2020-09-16 News: Prof Christa Rautenbach has been appointed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Adv Michael Masutha, as an advisory committee member in the South African Law Reform Commission: Project 144. The project is titled "…Varsity Netball: Must-win for NWU
2018-09-21 The North-West University’s Varsity Netball team is looking to end the group stages of this years’ tournament on the same high as how they started. Coach Elsunet du Plessis’ team beat UJ 77-27 in their opening match and have since won four out of their six…https://news.nwu.ac.za/pitch-your-business-empowering-young-entrepreneurs
Pitch Your Business: empowering young entrepreneurs
2023-12-08 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and bhive Enterprise Development Centre collaborated with I AM Youth, Radio Pulpit, Radio Cape Pulpit and TBN Africa to offer an entrepreneurial training and development programme…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-curro-esports-indaba-2024
NWU hosts Curro Esports Indaba 2024
2024-03-15 Curro is the leading independent school network that offers a range of options for parents who are looking for independent schooling, and the North-West University (NWU) had the privilege of hosting the second Curro esports Indaba, which ran from Thursday, 29…International econometrics expert to deliver keynote address at Social Sciences Conference
2017-03-03 The North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU Vaal) is joining hands with the Social Sciences Research Society in Turkey to host the 8th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS) later this year. The conference will take place in…Constructive journalism as a tool to build strong societies
2018-04-20 Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of…Stage is set for SEW 2018
2018-08-15 With the 2018 rendition of the Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW2018) just a week away, the stage is set for a full programme on the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark. The project, which is run in conjunction with the Department of…Former president tells NWU there is hope
2019-12-06 “I am not ‘moedeloos’ (in despair). I haven’t lost hope for the future but I am deeply concerned about where we are at the moment.” These are the words of former president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former chancellor of the North-West University (NWU…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/firstyearregistration2024
First-year registration 2024
2024-02-08 [accordion] It all starts here We can't wait for your new journey to start, and we are working around the clock to get your final acceptance letters. You will hear from us shortly, but while you wait, you can work through the Faculty of Humanities First-…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/philosophy/short-learning-programme-philosophy2
Short Learning Programme in Philosophy
2022-09-05 Information regarding the programme for the Certificate in Philosophy in 2021. [accordion collapsed] Why a short course in Philosophy? A need was identified for a short course in philosophy for those who didn’t have philosophy as a major in their…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-nwu-fellowship-promotes-open-educational-resources
New NWU fellowship promotes open educational resources
2021-06-10 The sharing of knowledge resources is a growing global trend, and the North-West University (NWU) has embarked on a unique South African initiative to promote the creation and use of original open educational resources. The recently launched NWU Open…https://library.nwu.ac.za/icil-2022-speakers