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Olive Stumke
2021-03-24 I have experience in lecturing accounting and auditing. I aim to involve students in such a way that they understand the topics being lectured rather than to memorise facts. In my quest to instil life-long learning, I do research on how to integrate basic IT…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/compres/center-child-youth-and-family-studies
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2024-02-27 What CCYF Offers A Research Master’s degree that gives a systematic understanding of knowledge, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of the social work discipline, field of study or area of professional practice. This degree offers the…Articles Published 2014
2024-06-07 Athanasopoulos, G., Deng, M., Li, G. & Song, H. 2014. Modelling substitution between domestic and outbound tourism in Australia: A system-of-equations approach. Tourism Management, 45,159-170. Botha, K., Slabbert, E. & Viviers, P. 2014. Towards a…Postgraduate Bursaries
2025-02-07 FEMS Faculty Bursary, Part-time and full-time students: Faculty Bursary, How to apply: Download the application form Submit your completed application form to Lowell.modise@nwu.ac.za Ensure applications reach us no later than 30 April 2024 Closing date: 30 April 2024https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/pharmacen-webinar-possibilities-confocal-microscopy
Pharmacen Webinar: The Possibilities of Confocal Microscopy
2022-03-30 Dear Staff and Students, you are hereby invited to attend a webinar via a TEAMS presentation on the Possibilities of Confocal microscopy. Through this presentation, our Specialist, Soné Hendriks, will show examples of how confocal microscopy can be used in…Bursaries
2023-08-02 Honours bursaries How to apply: 1. Download our brochure here . 2. Download our application form Honours bursaries here. 3. Submit your completed application form to Jana Jacobs . 4. Ensure applications reach us no later than 18 August 2023. , Closing date: 18 August 2023https://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/inaugural-lectures-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-2024
Inaugural Lectures: Natural and Agricultural Sciences 2024
2024-11-14 Prof Sithandiwe Mazibuko-Mbeje Type 2 diabetes a silent killer: addressing insulin resistance and obesity (read more) × Prof Sithandiwe Mazibuko-Mbeje Type 2 diabetes a silent killer: addressing insulin resistance and obesity…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sa-needs-more-strenuous-efforts-break-out-%25E2%2580%2598low-growth-trap%25E2%2580%2599
SA needs more strenuous efforts to break out of ‘low growth trap’
2018-09-06 According to renowned economist Prof Raymond Parsons from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School, South Africa will need to make much more strenuous efforts to break out of the ‘low growth trap’ into which a recession has now pushed it. He…https://news.nwu.ac.za/make-sure-cosmetics-are-safe-use
Make sure cosmetics are safe to use
2018-11-22 A large number of cosmetic products that are produced by micro and small businesses in Africa have not been cosmetically tested. This increases the chances of using a cosmetic product that has the potential to do more harm than good. The Department of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-intervention-aims-reduce-first-year-panic
Faculty intervention aims to reduce first-year panic
2019-05-06 It is true: being a first-year student at university is one of the most exciting and stressful transitions you may ever experience! It is therefore only natural that you might find yourself feeling overwhelmed with your new surroundings, the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/keeping-lights
Keeping the lights on
2021-06-21 As a strategy to deal with the electricity supply crisis in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 10 June 2021 that the limit for self-generation of electricity is being moved from 1MW to 100MW. This policy change will allow the private sector…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-highlights-link-between-obesity-and-academic-performance
Study highlights the link between obesity and academic performance
2021-03-24 While most people are aware of the health risks associated with children being overweight or obese, they do not know about the academic consequences that come with these conditions. Deidré van Staden, a North-West University (NWU) master’s degree graduate,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-leads-way-transport-economics-and-logistics-management
NWU leads the way in transport economics and logistics management
2019-10-30 With Transport Month almost at an end, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Karen Visser, a lecturer in transport economics, explains why this is such an important field and how the university is building the workforce of South Africa. How it all started…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-awaits-thandi-hlotshana
The world awaits Thandi Hlotshana
2019-10-16 Thandi Hlotshana is about to see the world. Hailing from the East Rand, the bubbly 23-year old who is a final-year BA student in industrial psychology and labour relations at the North-West University (NWU) has been awarded the Abe Baily Bursary – one of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/healthcare-supercharged
Healthcare, supercharged!
2019-11-22 After two successful years of the Starfish project, presented by the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing, some 50 professionals and workers in the healthcare sector recently attended a function in Potchefstroom to reflect on the year that has…https://news.nwu.ac.za/calamity-showcases-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-resolve
Calamity showcases NWU’s resolve
2020-02-12 When it comes to RAG festival memories, 2020 would surely stand out, as it marked the first time in 53 years that there was no float parade through the streets of Potchefstroom. You would think it would be all doom and gloom, right? However, the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/study-road-ahead-accident-free
In this study the road ahead is accident-free
2022-02-22 Have you ever imagined a society that is free of road accidents? A road environment where cars can connect and communicate to aid in your decision-making abilities on the road? Well, this is, among other things, what Dr Thulani Phakathi, a recent PhD graduate…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-tsunami-cant-be-stopped
NWU Soccer Institute: A tsunami that can’t be stopped
2023-03-22 Some call them the purple army, others call them the noble boys, but officially known as the North-West University (NWU) Eagles, the team’s on-field performance in the 2023 ABC Motsepe League is like a tsunami that can’t be stopped. With one game left to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/recalibrating-teacher-training-african-higher-education
Recalibrating teacher training in African higher education
2023-05-11 Three North-West University (NWU) academics, Dr Sifiso Sibanda, Prof Gideon van Tonder and Prof Washington Dudu are the proud editors of the book Recalibrating teacher training in African higher education institutions: A Focus on 21st-century pedagogical…https://news.nwu.ac.za/impact-nutrition-project-continues-through-leadership-development