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Registration Information - Senior students
2024-01-29 Welcome to this virtual orientation. Below you will find interactive presentations help students from each of our qualifications with the registration process. NB! If you were accepted for the contact program, you need to attend in-person classes as…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/international-diatom-symposium
International Diatom Symposium
2025-05-29 3-8 August 2025 The International Society for Diatom Research and the North-West University will host the International Diatom Symposium at the Skukuza Rest Camp in the heart of the Kruger National Park from 3-8 August 2025. South Africa is a welcoming…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/7bigtc2023/gap/workshop
GAP Workshop
2023-08-08 Home Venue & Accommodation Speakers GAP Workshop Committees Programme Abstract Submission Registration Important Dates Contact Us The GAP (Groups, Algorithms and Programming) Workshop will be held in conjunction with the 7BIGTC in…https://www.nwu.ac.za/gender-awareness-week
Gender Awareness Week
2024-04-02 Gender Awareness Week (GAW) has become an integral part of the university’s strategy of promoting diversity and inclusivity among students, staff and other stakeholders at NWU. The activities, sessions and presentations that take place fosters…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/doen-nou-aansoek-om-2022-die-nwu-te-studeer
Doen nou aansoek om in 2022 by die NWU te studeer
2021-05-20 Aan die begin van elke jaar skarrel duisende studente van regoor die land rond om plek by die verskeie instellings vir hoër onderrig te soek. Deur die vorige jaar al betyds aansoek te doen wanneer die aansoeke oopmaak, kan studente en hulle ouers seker maak…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/phasrec/gepubliseerde-artikels
Gepubliseerde Artikels
2021-05-12 [accordion collapsed] Artikels gepubliseer in 2020 Bonnema, J., Coetzee, D., Lennox, A. 2020. Effect of a three-month HOPSports Brain Breaks® intervention programme on the attitudes of Grade 6 learners towards physical activities and…Vera Roos
2022-08-19 As a second generation social gerontologist in the African context, my research focuses on older individuals and their relationships with people and space (place). Relationships are viewed from an interactional approach, as continuous reciprocal actions and…NWU’s astrophysicists help unlock secrets of the universe
2019-05-27 The high-energy astrophysics group at the Centre for Space Research at the North-West University (NWU) is playing an important role in key science programmes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that will be built in Chile. The final agreements between…https://news.nwu.ac.za/valuable-collaboration-equips-entrepreneurs-future
Valuable collaboration equips entrepreneurs of the future
2023-09-01 In a proactive move to address the pressing issue of high unemployment rates among South African youth in general and Bachelor in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (BIKS) graduates in particular, the Innovation Hub in partnership with the North-West University’s (…NWU students get hands-on experience on the running of a game farm
2019-09-19 On 11 September 2019, 16 students from the North-West University (NWU) found themselves sitting on a deck, watching the sunrise over a hill covered in lush vegetation. As the crisp fresh air filled their lungs, Piet Botma, manager of Hillcrest Game Estates…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/social-transformation/sociology
Sociology
2025-05-12 Sociology provides invaluable insights about the continuous interplay and reciprocal influence between society’s historical and existing social structures and individual agency. It helps us to understand human behaviour and identify constructive and…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/research-publications
Research & Publications
2025-03-13 Featured CHPE Research – Heymans, Y., Pool, J., Koch, R., Bisschoff, C., Christmals, C., Ebrahim, B., & Olivier, J. (2022). Second-year health students’ perspectives on developing open educational resources. In J. Olivier, C. Du Toit-Brits, A.…Alumni
2024-06-07 Alumni, Die NWU Skool vir Besigheid en Korporatiewe Bestuur se MBA is geakkrediteer deur die Association of MBAs (AMBA). Vir ons beteken hierdie meer internasionale geloofwaardigheid en prestige – vir ons studente die waarborg dat hul sake-opleiding sal voldoen aan…https://news.nwu.ac.za/largest-frog-more-100-years-discovered-africa
Largest frog in more than 100 years discovered in Africa
2024-04-11 A new species of African bullfrog has been discovered in northeastern Namibia, southern Angola, southwestern Zambia and northwestern Botswana. It is the largest frog species discovered in more than 100 years. The largest specimen found is 210 millimetres…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-expertise-puts-rural-womens-mental-health-spotlight
North-West University expertise puts rural women’s mental health in the spotlight
2025-04-22 They are too often forgotten and relegated to an afterthought – their plight unheard, their future uncertain. They are the women in South Africa’s low- and middle-income communities who suffer from perinatal mental health issues, and the North-West University…NWU and Norway declare war on microplastics
2019-03-05 Bags and products made from plastic components have made life easier, but this lifestyle of luxury and convenience comes at the cost of our oceans and marine wildlife. Researchers from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Unit for Environmental Sciences…https://law.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-law-justice-and-sustainability/language-law-colloquium
Language & Law Colloquium
2022-03-31 NWU Faculty of Law – Justice in Practice Language & Law Colloquium Tuesday, 22 March, 2022 Welcome and health check and Official Opening - Video link Dr Natasha Ravyse NWU, Vanderbijlpark Campus, South Africa Co-Project Leader: Justice in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/african-economies-should-adapt-global-challenges-amid-us-china-tariff-wars
African economies should adapt to global challenges amid US-China tariff wars
2025-04-17 In a timely Pitso webinar hosted on Friday, 11 April, the North-West University (NWU) Business School featured distinguished panellists who discussed the vulnerable status of African economies caught in the crossfire of escalating international tariff wars.…https://library.nwu.ac.za/research-journal-publishing