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Starry-eyed youths ready for the big leap
2022-02-25 More than a thousand maths and science learners from high schools in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark have had a front row seat and experienced – first-hand – the wonders of the universe. They attended a lecture series presented by extraordinary…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-student-entrepreneurship-week-great-success
First Student Entrepreneurship Week a great success
2017-08-18 All indications are that the recent national Student Entrepreneurship Week – as coordinated by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) – was a great success. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, students from all…http://news.nwu.ac.za/department-science-and-technology-sponsors-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-mobile-science-lab
Department of Science and Technology sponsors NWU’s mobile science lab
2018-05-02 The Department of Science and Technology (DST), through the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA), recently sponsored a mobile science laboratory for the Science Centre on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/international-research-collaboration-examines-microbial-ecosystem-active-fault-zone-sa
International research collaboration examines microbial ecosystem of active fault zone in SA
2018-06-14 The North-West University’s Centre for Water Science and Management (CWSM) recently joined an international research team that will focus on the microbial ecosystem of an active fault zone in South Africa. This collaboration follows after the appointment…http://news.nwu.ac.za/teacher-education-inclusion-all-stakeholders-join-hands
Teacher Education for Inclusion: All stakeholders join hands
2017-03-08 The Optentia research focus area on the Vanderbijlpark Campus and the Faculty of Education Sciences on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) is hosting the 2nd Bi-Annual Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion in collaboration…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-selected-science-today-candidate
NWU Student selected as Science Today candidate
2022-08-19 A PhD student from the Department of Biological Science at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Theodora Ekwomadu, was selected as one of the Science Today 2016 candidates. Science Today, formerly Science Voices, is a science-writing…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/raymond-parsons
Raymond Whitmore Knighton Parsons
2020-11-23 Professor Raymond Parsons is a professor at the NWU School of Business & Governance and a Special Policy Advisor to Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). Until recently he was the Deputy CEO of BUSA. He has also lectured at the Department of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-animal-health-and-mahikeng-spca-provide-rabies-vaccinations
NWU Animal Health and Mahikeng SPCA provide rabies vaccinations
2022-08-15 Ontiretse Motingwa The subject group Animal Health on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, in collaboration with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Mahikeng, recently visited the Lekaleng village close to the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sabpp-honours-students
SABPP honours students
2023-05-24 The South African Board for People Practices (SABPP) recently honoured students who successfully registered as members of the board’s student chapter during a ceremony held at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus. The SABPP is the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tottenham-tourism-saga-right-idea-wrong-focus
Tottenham tourism saga: Right idea, wrong focus
2023-02-02 A proposed three-year deal by the Department of Tourism and SA Tourism to sponsor English Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur has caused widespread consternation and has received plenty of condemnation in what many deem an ill-thought venture. According to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/grade-10-seth-learners-explore-occupational-hygiene-hands-nwu
Grade 10 SETH learners explore occupational hygiene hands-on at the NWU
2025-04-24 On 10 April 2025, a group of Grade 10 learners from the SETH Academy at Hoërskool Ferdinand Postma visited the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) for an exciting hands-on experience in occupational hygiene. The session, hosted by…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-enterprises/about-nwu-enterprises
About NWU Enterprises
2024-10-11 Our vision is to become a thriving, growing nexus of impactful commercially focused research, consulting, commercial services and innovating companies from the NWU. To enable this vision, we will be an enabling driving cog in the wheel of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/are-you-prepared-publish-your-social-media-post-billboard
Are you prepared to publish your social media post on a billboard?
2020-12-07 Do not publish anything on social media if you are not willing to see it on a billboard next to a busy highway. Doing the “billboard test” when engaging with social media is sound advice from Emma Sadleir, a leading expert on social media law and founder…http://law.nwu.ac.za/finance-trade-and-innovation/fti-project-upcoming-events
FTI Project Upcoming Events
2024-03-11 Upcoming Events [tabs] 2024 1st Annual International Banking, Competition & Corporate Law (BCCL) Conference Conference dates: 22-24 May 2024 Venue: Mercure…http://www.nwu.ac.za/campaigns
NWU Campaigns
2026-07-10 Beyond Boundaries, Beyond ExpectationAt the North-West University (NWU), we believe curiosity isn’t something you outgrow.It’s something you grow into.In the spotlight Applications for the 2027 academic year are openSelection courses close on 30 June.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-log-standing-nwu-vanderbijlpark-soccer
Top of the log standing for NWU Vanderbijlpark soccer
2018-04-11 The men’s soccer team of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is having a dream season. Not only is the team on the verge of being promoted to the SAFA Gauteng ABC Motsepe League for the 2018/2019 season, but the team is also…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-wins-waste-project
NWU student wins with waste project
2019-05-06 Boitshepo Gopane, an MSc microbiology student at the North-West University’s campus in Mahikeng recently won an award at the Black Women in Science (BWIS) conference. Boitshepo and her group, the Eazi Waste Group, walked away with the award for best idea…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-social-work-month
Celebrating Social Work Month
2024-03-22 As we commemorate Social Worker Month in March, Prof Retha Bloem, a research director at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) research focus area Community Psychosocial Research (COMPRES) acknowledges the significant influence and unwavering commitment of…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/international-indigenous-astronomy-conference
International Indigenous Astronomy Conference
2022-01-17 The conference aims to contribute to the understanding of the value of indigenous astronomy, advocacy and communication programmes, improved research methodologies, epistemologies and philosophies. Other outcomes include the launch of the international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/graderingsagentskappe-besing-die-nwu-se-lof