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Varsity Netball: Must-win for NWU
2018-09-21 The North-West University’s Varsity Netball team is looking to end the group stages of this years’ tournament on the same high as how they started. Coach Elsunet du Plessis’ team beat UJ 77-27 in their opening match and have since won four out of their six…African Amphibian Conservation Research Group - Prof Che's M.Sc.
2018-03-01 Prof Che's M.Sc. Candidates Nadine Lee Lepart Position: MSc. student Expertise: Amphibian health Office: …https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/articles-published-2022
Articles published in 2022
2023-05-17 Badenhorst, J., Pienaar, A.E., Gerber, B. 2021. Effect of the Growth Spurt on Training of Strength and Power During Mid-Adolescence in Boys. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 35(8)/2193–2204. Doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003916…https://news.nwu.ac.za/top-sports-psychologist-behind-sas-olympic-campaign
Top sports psychologist behind SA’s Olympic campaign
2021-07-21 There is no greater athletics stage than the Olympic Games, and there are few sports events with such a colourful history. For every glorious Game filled with dramatic, rich memories, there are also the Games that were accompanied by terrible heartache.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/exotic-pollen-attacks-are-rise-causing-serious-allergies
Exotic pollen attacks are on the rise, causing serious allergies
2023-09-29 As winter ended and spring entered with sunny pleasantness, thousands of “attackers” sprang into action to plague the part of the population that suffers from allergies and hay fever. According to Prof Frank Neumann, subject chair for geology and soil…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-raises-global-visibility-poland-italy
SADiLaR raises global visibility from Poland to Italy
2024-07-17 Prof Menno van Zaanen, professor in digital humanities at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU), recently spent a productive two weeks at the University of Gdańsk in Poland to conduct teaching…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ai-revolution-hits-nwu-here-what-you-need-know
The AI revolution hits the NWU: Here is what you need to know
2025-02-07 As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to play an increasingly important and prominent role in our lives, the North-West University (NWU) has established the NWU AI Hub to serve as a coordinator and facilitator for all things AI at the NWU. No sphere of…https://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/inaugural-lectures-education
Inaugural Lectures: Education
2023-08-24 Prof Marius Smit The symphony of seeds and harvest – harmonising the law, policy and interventions to cultivate quality education (read more) × The symphony of seeds and harvest – harmonising the law, policy and interventions to…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/paa/3MC-Course/Participants
3MC Course on Anticancer Drug Modeling: Participants
2022-05-22 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Anticancer Drugs 2-3…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/vacancies
Vacancies
2021-01-19 The university subscribes to and applies the principles of the Employment Equity Act, and is committed to transformation. All applications will be considered and vacancies at the NWU (all three campuses and the Institutional Office) will be advertised at…https://commerce.nwu.ac.za/bhive-enterprise-development-centre/step-programme
STEP programme
2025-02-24 STEP programme, WANT TO LEARN HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND GAIN REAL EXPERIENCE?, Join the STEP Programme now , What is STEP?, STEP (Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion) is entrepreneurship training for young adults. STEP develops young people’s skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue an entrepreneurial career. In the training, students will work in teams to develop…, Programme duration, 13 weekly training sessions of 3 hours each, followed by implementation to apply the concepts to each team's business. , What is expected of you., Actively participate and attend all sessions Engage in running your own group business outside of class , Deadline for applications, 24 February 2025, 12:00 , STEP champions per campus, Vanderbijlpark kampus: Johann.Landsberg@nwu.ac.za Potchefstroom kampus: lerato.mdaka@nwu.ac.za Mahikeng kampus: Njabulo.xulu@nwu.ac.za STEPRegistration
2024-06-19 Registration HRIC 2023 , Registrations now open!, Registrations, including welcoming function (Tuesday evening, 30 May 2023), Professional Development Workshops (Wednesday, 31 May 2023), game drive and safari dinner (Thursday, 1 June 2023), will open 1 July 2022. Full registration: $480 (R8 500) Accompanying…Dierkunde
2024-08-15 Wat is Dierkunde? Dierkunde is die wetenskaplike studie van diere, insluitend hul klassifikasie, fisiologie, gedrag en verspreiding in hul natuurlike habitatte. Dit sluit verskeie aspekte van dierebiologie in, wat wissel van molekulêre biologie en…https://www.nwu.ac.za/tn/content/dates-home-page-setswana
Ditlha
2025-02-19 .js-quickedit-page-title.page-header { display: none; } 2024 2024 University Calendar (published 1 December 2023) 2024 Framework for Academic Calendar (updated 16 November 2023) 2025 Ditiragalo tsa NWU 2025 Framework for Academic Calendar (…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation/welcome-fhs-first-years
Welcome Message
2024-12-03 "It is certainly one of the most enriching tasks to make a contribution to the health of fellow human beings." Executive Dean's word of welcome: Dear First Year Student, welcome to the Faculty of Health Sciences! Thank you for choosing a field in health…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sa%25E2%2580%2599s-lockdown-exit-strategy-level-2-good-news-country
SA’s lockdown exit strategy to level 2 is good news for the country
2020-08-18 The widely expected and welcome decision announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to move South Africa’s lockdown down to Level 2 is good news for the country, says NWU Business School economist Prof Raymond Parsons. According to him, the prolonged lockdown…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-indigenous-knowledge-systems-centre-explores-ways-assist-indigenous-communities
NWU Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre explores ways to assist indigenous communities with commercialisation
2021-09-16 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre, in collaboration with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the NWU Technology Transfer and Innovation Support office, hosted a hybrid lekgotla on 14 September 2021 to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/why-invention-and-innovation-are-not-same
Why invention and innovation are not the same
2022-02-21 Invention and innovation are two separate concepts, and the difference is important, especially to aspiring entrepreneurs. This was one of the key messages to emerge from an entrepreneurship workshop for women, titled “The entrepreneurial woman – building an…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hat-trick-nicosmiti-third-living-species-takes-his-name
Hat trick for ‘nicosmiti’ as a third living species takes his name
2022-11-03 In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet asks the age-old question: ‘What’s in a name?’ In the case of North-West University researcher Prof Nico Smit, the answer is clear ― his name is synonymous with expert contributions in the field of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-co-hosts-inaugural-annual-moses-kotane-lecture