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Teaching Practice Support Services

2025-03-25
[accordion collapsed] Practical teaching experience stands as a cornerstone in the journey of teacher training, serving as a vital component that bridges the theoretical knowledge acquired through coursework with the real-world complexities of the…
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TPRAC Lecturers

2025-03-25
[accordion collapsed] Important Page Links Contact Layout Link to WISL Link to Staff LMS site Student Non-Negotiable Rules T-Prac(WIL) Manual Student Workbooks PR26 Finances Accommodation MC & VC - Mrs Karabelo van Zyl Accommodation PC - Ms…
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Part-time Staff

2025-03-26
  Dr Thinus Boshoff Classical guitar   Mr Chris de Bruyn Arts Management   Ms Magdalena de Vries Orchestral percussion   Ms Titi Luzipo CCM Voice Ms Kgalalelo Mofolo Uhadi   Mr Mpho Molikeng…
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African Music

2025-03-25
  Ms Thandeka Mfinyongo Knowledge of indigenous African music is useful for all tertiary-level music students, irrespective of their chosen field of specialization. This is the case especially because exposure to African music introduces…
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Arts Management

2025-03-25
  Mr Chris de Bruyn   Two modules in Arts Management are compulsory in the BA Music & Society programme, and available as electives in the BMus programme. These modules are also available to other students at the university who are…

NWU dean delivers public lecture on chemistry

2017-06-08
Professor Helen Drummond, the executive dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, recently delivered a public lecture titled “Competence in Chemistry: Component Steps to Skills and…

The curriculum as contested space within the SA higher education sector

2017-06-08
“In the South African context, when we consider the curriculum as a contested space, the following may come to mind: #RhodesMustFall, #ScienceMustFall and #DecolonisteTheCurriculum. I would however like to share a broader perspective and focus on how…

Second South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion: ‘Everyone has the right to education’

2017-06-09
The Second South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion was recently held at the Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark. The Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark and the Faculty of…

NWU staff thanked for about 3 700 service years

2017-06-09
Nearly 3 700 years! That is the number of service years for which staff of the North-West University (NWU) campus in Potchefstroom and at the Institutional Office were recently honoured. During the events the staff were thanked for their hard work,…

NWU Nursing Science students donate posters to the ES le Grange School

2017-06-09
Second-year Community Nursing students at the North-West University (NWU) campus in Potchefstroom recently reached out again to learners of the ES le Grange School. The students held health-education sessions with the learners where they focused on,…

Visiting Canadian academic presents lecture about trust

2017-06-12
Prof Catherine Kwantes, a visiting professor from the University of Windsor in Canada, presented a public lecture on 8 June 2017 at the North-West University’s campus in Mahikeng. The topic of the lecture was “Trust in Context: Societal and Organisational…

Inclusive education: team work between researchers, teachers and government

2017-06-12
During the first day of the Second South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion in Vanderbijlpark, it quickly became clear that the goal of inclusive education in South Africa calls for cooperation across the educational spectrum. Dr Moses…

Crowns, confidence and charisma - Miss & Mr NWU Vaal 2017

2017-06-12
If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark the annual Miss and Mr NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence…

NWU South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion: All teachers can teach all children

2017-06-12
The second South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion was recently hosted by the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark and the Faculty of Education Sciences on the NWU’s campus in…

Jongklomp wen internasionale innoveringstoekenning vir robotikaprojek

2017-06-13
Drie elfjarige kinders van Vanderbijlpark – Izabelle Bothma, Ewald Harmse en Wilmar Pretorius – het ’n robot ontwerp wat reddingspanne kan help om iemand te vind wat onder die sneeu toegeval is. Hulle vindingrykheid het vir hulle die innoveringstoekenning…

Youngsters win international Innovation Award for robotics project

2017-06-13
Three 11-year old youngsters from Vanderbijlpark – Izabelle Bothma, Ewald Harmse and Wilmar Pretorius – designed a robot that will be able to assist rescuers in finding individuals trapped under snow. Their ingenuity earned them the Innovation Award at the…

Hulpverlening aan Knysna en ander storm geteisterde gebiede

2017-06-13
Lede van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampusgemeenskap in Vanderbijlpark word aangemoedig om nie-bederfbare produkte, toiletware, komberse en water te versamel ter ondersteuning van die slagoffers van die onlangse brandkrisis in die Tuinroete. Dié…

Assistance to Knysna and other storm stricken areas

2017-06-13
Members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus community in Vanderbijlpark are opening their hearts to assist victims of the devastating fires in the Southern Cape. Staff members are rallying behind national relief efforts by donating non-…

NWU nursing students cares for the community

2017-06-13
Nursing students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently reached out to a local school as part of their community care initiative. The students reached out to CN Lekalake Middle School in Unit 5, Mahikeng, to donate sanitary…

Qatar Airways ban the sign of things to come

2017-06-13
Terrorism is the biggest threat facing the international tourism sector. This is according to Prof Melville Saayman of the research unit TREES (Tourism Research in Economic Environs and Society) at the North-West University (NWU). On June 5, Saudi Arabia…