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NWU hosts impactful nutrition leadership training in Malawi
2024-09-04 The North-West University (NWU) is dedicated to playing an impactful role on the African continent in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. A prime example of this is the African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP) of the Centre of…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/voices-empowerment-take-centre-stage-womens-month-event
Voices of empowerment take centre stage at Women’s Month event
2025-08-28 By Nikelo Mehlomakulu The bold march by 20 000 women against apartheid laws in 1956 is still reverberating today. That march was the inspiration behind the Women’s Month event that the North-West University’s School of Governance hosted at the Mahikeng…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://commerce.nwu.ac.za/business/news
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2026-02-10 Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism – the Role of Business in South Africa , a must have for your book collection! This book by Prof Raymond Parsons offers new perspectives on many of the decisions and events that have shaped the country’s recent economic history…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/research
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BPhil in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
2026-03-19 The BPhil in Philosophy, Politics and Economics aims to examine and understand human problems relating to existence, knowledge, power, values and economics. These three aspects of our lives – philosophy, politics and economics – are integrally…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-takes-gender-and-language-awareness-online
NWU takes gender and language awareness online
2020-09-03 The North-West University (NWU) is proud to promote inclusivity by raising awareness and addressing crucial issues in society. Inclusivity and engaged awareness of current affairs are important building blocks towards excellence at the NWU. This year,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-puk-choir-enchants-audiences-europe
NWU Puk Choir enchants audiences in Europe
2017-08-14 The NWU Puk Choir charmed audiences with their exceptional singing talent during the recent 54th International Choir Competition in Spittal, Austria, and as a result received the prize as the audience’s favourite choir. This choir also outrivalled…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%25E2%2580%2599s-high-performance-institute-global-destination
NWU’s High Performance Institute is a global destination
2019-04-18 Excellence begets excellence. For the North-West University’s (NWU’s) High Performance Institute (HPI) in Potchefstroom, that cannot be truer. Since its inception, the HPI has played host to a multitude of sportsmen and women from the province, the country…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-host-second-stats-camp-south-africa
Optentia to host second Stats Camp South Africa
2020-01-20 During 2019 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area made history by hosting the first-ever Stats Camp South Africa. In 2020 they will yet again step into the fore and present this internationally recognised educational event. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-obtains-funding-alexander-von-humboldt-foundation
NWU academic obtains funding from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2020-03-03 Prof Erhabor Idemudia, a research professor in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities, recently obtained funding in the form of a subsidy from the Germany based Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for research equipment. Prof Idemudia,…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://news.nwu.ac.za/mafikeng-campus-bolsters-relations-government
Mafikeng Campus bolsters relations with government
2017-03-13 Dr Miranda Mgijima, director for internationalisation on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently played host to Mr Richard Ndaba from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) seeking to foster good working relations…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-shares-water-monitoring-research-canada
NWU lecturer shares water monitoring research in Canada
2017-06-20 Drought, record-breaking storms, pollution and global warming. No-one can argue that the environment is not facing challenges. This is why the PhD study of Irene Muller, a lecturer at the School of Education on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/expert/prof-shani-le-roux
Prof Shani Le Roux
2022-10-31 Prof Le Roux is an Associate Professor in the field of Human Physiology, appointed at the North-West University since February 2014. She teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students and performs research as part of the Hypertension in Africa…http://news.nwu.ac.za/comrades-hero-adele-show-her-mettle-india