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Celebrating tourism month: Why tourism matters for economic growth

2024-09-26
The North-West University (NWU) is celebrating Tourism Month, and when it comes to tourism experts in the country, the NWU’s research unit Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society (TREES) has distinguished itself as a leader in its field. In our…

https://news.nwu.ac.za/universal-access-transport-call-inclusivity-amidst-south-africas-inequalities

Universal access to transport: A call for inclusivity amidst South Africa’s inequalities

2024-10-11
As South Africans celebrate Transport Month in October, we should broaden our focus beyond infrastructure and modernisation to the more nuanced and pressing issue of universal access to transport. This annual observance is a time to reflect on how transport…

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Industry expert translates operational theory into real-world practice

2025-04-24
In a dynamic step towards bridging the gap between academic learning and real-world industry practice, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted an enriching guest lecture…

NWU’s top researchers are a hard act to follow

2017-11-01
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences again took top honours at this year’s Excellence in Research Awards on 27 October. The faculty won the titles of Most Productive Senior Researcher and Most Productive Junior…

Economic and Management Sciences Senior Registration

2024-03-04
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NWU Optentia hosts VLIR-UOS

2017-06-05
Optentia, a research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently hosted Mr Christophe Goossens, programme officer for the Flemish Inter-university Council for University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS) Over the…

https://news.nwu.ac.za/dr-rassie-erasmus-delivers-guest-lecture

Dr Rassie Erasmus delivers guest lecture

2025-02-27
He has a recipe for success, and he knows how to collect the trophies. One of South Africa’s favourite sons, Dr Rassie Erasmus, was a welcome sight back at the North-West University (NWU) when he delivered his first guest lecture since being awarded an…

NWU researcher awarded for her fight towards better health for people in Africa

2019-01-29
Prof Alta Schutte, a biomedical scientist and research professor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), has become a familiar name in the international sphere of biomedical research of high blood pressure or…

Inclusive education: developing support for all learners’ learning needs

2018-07-23
The Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently hosted a conference entitled “Developing Support for the learning needs of ALL learners”. The conference was sponsored by Mark Hayter from Edtechink…

Faculty intervention successfully reduces first-year panic

2019-10-29
It is true: to be a first-year student at university can be one of the most exciting, but also the most stressful times in a young adult’s life. It is therefore natural that you might feel overwhelmed by your new surroundings, the responsibilities…

Leopards Lair 2019: Melanie wins big by fighting period poverty

2019-11-11
Melanie Pieterse is a young entrepreneur on a mission. As the winner of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Leopards Lair competition, this final-year student in industrial engineering not only impress as a start-up fempreneur, she is also actively…

NWU hosts stimulating debate on decolonising the curriculum

2019-11-25
The student unrests around fee increases and free higher education in recent years created deep fissures in the South African higher education environment. One of the issues that was raised was a debate around decolonising the curriculum. With this in…

NWU hosts training course on measurement of hazardous chemicals in workplaces

2019-11-25
Occupational hygiene is the art and science dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, communication and control of environmental hazards in or arising from workplaces that can result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of…

NWU student brings hope to community cattle farmers

2020-01-30
A North-West University (NWU) PhD student has spent the last six years studying how the occurrence of reproductive conditions in cows can be prevented, thereby improving the fortunes of communal cattle farmers. Keitiretse Molefe will graduate at the campus…

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Teacher education project launches in Italy

2025-06-20
Florence, the Italian city made famous by Renaissance artists such as Michaelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, is also a modern-day hub for leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. In May this year, the city ushered in a new…

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Documentary video

2020-07-24
Documentary video Documentary video is a specialist field focusing on planning, executing and polishing audio-visual narratives with a factual character. Planning – or preproduction, does not only entail writing stories, but also production…

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Chantelle Gray

2022-10-31
Chantelle Gray is a contemporary Continental philosopher whose interests span critical algorithm studies, queer theory, experimental music studies, cognitive studies, decolonisation, environmental studies, animal liberation, anarchism and Continental…

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