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The NWU has a spring in its North Carolina State University step
2025-03-26 Spring is in the air here in the USA where a large delegation from the North-West University (NWU) is visiting North Carolina State University (NCSU). The trees on their beautiful main campus are coated with colourful emerging…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/pharmacy/hannlie-hamman
Hannlie Hamman
2026-05-05 Hannlie is a senior lecturer at the School of Pharmacy. She has 14 year experience in the pharmaceutical industry where she held a Quality Assurance Management position at a multinational medicine manufacturer. Her research focus on the comparison of excipients regarding their physical properties, compactability and compressibility.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/student-wins-vc-medal-research-deep-learning-space-weather
Student wins VC Medal with research on deep learning in space weather
2022-05-03 Jacques Beukes of the MUST Deep Learning research group at the Faculty of Engineering is the 2021 winner of a North-West University (NWU) Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for his dissertation “Interpretability of deep neural networks for SYM-H prediction”. Eight vice-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/frontline-staff-members-honoured-nwu
Frontline staff members honoured by the NWU
2022-06-03 During the month of May, then acting vice-chancellor Prof Linda du Plessis hosted multi-campus events to thank the frontline staff members for working hard during the registration period amidst Covid-19 challenges. Acknowledging the staff contributions at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-we-need-re-evaluate-stem-education
Why we need to re-evaluate STEM education
2026-05-25 Science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Together they are called STEM fields, and they drive the systems that power modern civilisation, from healthcare and infrastructure to energy, food security and communication. Even our growing dependence…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacen/prof-richard-haynes
Prof Richard Haynes
2021-11-30 Richard K. Haynes received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Western Australia, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and then at Imperial College, London. After academic appointments in the Chemistry Department at Monash University, Melbourne, and in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the …http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/verbruikerswetenskappe/toets1212
Toets1212
2025-08-18 What does a degree in Consumer Sciences entail? The composition of the South African consumers’ population who gained access to the market environment has changed during the past few years. The role of the consumer scientist is to address the needs of…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/master-arts-graphic-design
Master of Arts in Graphic Design
2022-08-19 What is History of Art and Visual Studies? History of Art and Visual Studies makes an important contribution towards developing insight into the visual arts as emerging from and reflecting different historical and geographic contexts. It gives…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/consumer-sciences/navorsingsprojekte
Navorsingsprojekte
2026-06-03 Nagraadse projekte wat onlangs deur PhD-studente voltooi is: Botha, E. 2023. A consumer infant vaccination decision model in South Africa. Promotor: Prof. D. van der Merwe; mede-promotors: Prof. R.J. Burnett en Prof. P. Bester. Dreyer, H. 2023. Towards…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/optentia-gaan-stats-camp-suid-afrika-aanbied
Optentia gaan Stats Camp Suid-Afrika aanbied
2019-02-14 Wat navorsing betref, is die bevindings net so sterk soos die ontleding van die data. As ’n navorser die statistiese ontleding goed doen, sal die navorsing tot voordeel van die samelewing wees. Indien nie, is ’n geleentheid verlore. Die Noordwes-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-10-student-entrepreneurs-battle-it-out-during-grand-finale
Top 10 student entrepreneurs to battle it out during grand finale
2017-09-20 On 6 October 2017 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark will be applauding yet another student go-getter: The NWU Vanderbijlpark Top Entrepreneur. Over the course of the second semester a total of 30 students – representative of all…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-raymond-parsons-awarded-honorary-doctorate-nwu
Prof Raymond Parsons awarded an honorary doctorate by the NWU
2025-04-22 On Thursday, 28 November the North-West University (NWU) conferred an honorary doctorate on the renowned economist Prof Raymond Parsons. The honorary doctorate was awarded in recognition of the exceptional contribution Prof Parsons has made to the country…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrate-africa-day-honouring-feminine-leadership-hero
NWU celebrate Africa Day by honouring feminine leadership hero
2019-05-21 On 25 May 1963, Africa made history with the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor to the African Union (AU). This day, now known as Africa Day, celebrates and acknowledges the successes of the OAU (now the AU) since its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-race-awareness-week
NWU celebrates Race Awareness Week
2021-05-18 Race Awareness Week (RAW) is a week-long annual event at the North-West University (NWU), dedicated to raising awareness on the current discussions around race in South African society. The goal is to open discussions on history, current events and how we can…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-stood-solidarity-against-gbvf-honouring-purple-silence
NWU students stood in solidarity against GBVF honouring Purple Silence
2025-11-26 On Friday, 21 November, South African women silenced the nation in a powerful stand against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). Across the country, purple settled over campuses and streets alike—a quiet but unyielding promise that every story of fear,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-play-host-acclaimed-historian-and-decolonial-expert
NWU to play host to acclaimed historian and decolonial expert
2019-02-14 The subject group History in the North-West University’s (NWU) School of Social Sciences will play host to Prof Sabelo Ndlovu Gatsheni from UNISA during the month of May. During his visit to the NWU’s campus in Vanderbijlpark, Prof Gatsheni will deliver a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/come-and-experience-racial-differences-through-eye-technology
Come and experience racial differences through the eye of technology
2019-04-15 The North-West University recently launched an initiative to put racial differences among staff and students under the spotlight and to emphasise the importance of understanding these differences. Organisers of the event feel that confronting race at a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-ranked-amongst-top-200-african-young-leaders
Alumnus ranked amongst top 200 African young leaders
2018-10-25 Eric Ntumba is a man on a mission: to bring change to the African continent. And he is doing so by continually refining his leadership skills and by taking a firm stand on issues that affect the continent. This proud alumnus of the North-West University (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-must-have-impact-communities