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2025-11-07 New ethics applications Please use the following templates and sent completed ethics applications to ENG-REC@NWU.ac.za. The ENG-REC ethics application form will guide researchers on which supporting documents to submit together with an ethics application.…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/philosophy/essay-competition
Essay Competition
2025-05-08 Congratulations to the winners of the School of Philosophy's annual Essay Competition! The winners in the two categories are: Undergraduate First Price - Francinah Mokgotho Essay title: "The role of the individual in an African…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-add-subjects-already-congested-school-curriculum-when-redesign-entire-curriculum-needed
Why add subjects to an already congested school curriculum, when a redesign of the entire curriculum is needed?
2022-05-03 The word “digital” has a strong presence in virtually every sector these days, along with outcries for re-skilling and up-skilling of the workforce with digital literacy and skills for them to remain relevant for the future world of work. The Covid-19…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-unpacks-inclusion-gender-and-violence-memory-sam-mbatha
NWU unpacks inclusion, gender and violence in memory of Sam Mbatha
2022-03-24 Phenyo Mokgothu The North-West University (NWU) hosted an online seminar on human rights, mental health, hate speech, and gender-based violence on 22 March 2022 in honour and in memory of the late Sam Mbatha. Sam, an NWU digital marketer and member of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-discover-two-new-species-bushveld-arum-lilies
Researchers discover two new species of bushveld arum lilies
2024-03-01 If you think you have seen arum lilies in all their beautiful shapes, sizes and colours, you are in for a surprise: two new species were recently discovered in the Sekhukhuneland bushveld where these plants grow naturally and spectacularly. Researchers…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu_whatsapp_rules
Rules and Guidelines for using WhatsApp and similar platforms for official NWU business
2021-08-26 Rules for using WhatsApp groups for official NWU business (Approved by the University Management Committee on 21 July 2021) Introduction Due to various circumstances at the NWU, it is imperative for the NWU to establish a set of rules for the use of…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/healthethics/researchintegrity
Research Integrity
2019-06-03 The pressure to deliver research outputs can create feelings of despair and lead to non-compliance, vilation of good research practice and research misconduct and therefor it is of the utmost importance that we debate issues such as…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni/alumni-awards-recipient-prof-johan-van-der-vyver
Alumni Awards Recipient: Prof Johan van der Vyver
2021-12-07 Prof Johan van der Vyver: an academic ahead of his time Four decades ago, he introduced the first human rights course taught at a South African university and provoked the ire of the government for criticising the country’s…http://www.nwu.ac.za/gender-and-language-awareness-weeks-speaker-biographies
Gender and Language Awareness weeks - Speaker Biographies
2020-09-30 Gender and Language Awareness weeks Speaker biographies Monday, 28 September (14:00 – 16:00) Lecture: Exploring critical terminology – Gender, law and language [accordion collapsed] Host:…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experiencing-distance
Experiencing the distance.
2020-06-19 Who could have guessed that distance education would be the compass of 2020! This is not only the alley for students and lecturers alike, but it opened up new horizons with unending possibilities and ongoing potential in the world of technological…http://news.nwu.ac.za/maintaining-healthy-relationships
Maintaining healthy relationships
2020-12-08 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Employee Relations and Wellness division recently hosted a webinar aimed at educating staff and students on how to maintain healthy relationships. Dr Shanaaz Hoosain, a senior lecturer in social work at the University…http://news.nwu.ac.za/child-health-enjoys-massive-interest-%25E2%2580%2593-national-conference
Child health enjoys massive interest – national conference
2019-12-03 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom recently hosted a very successful Child Health Priorities Conference, which attracted some 260 delegates, and even the likes of South Africa’s First Lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe. Under the theme “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-experts-top-eight-economic-indicators-2018
NWU experts: top eight economic indicators for 2018
2018-03-13 Will 2018 be a better year for South Africa’s economy? This is the question on all South Africans’ lips. In an effort to provide answers, Prof Danie Meyer and Caro Janse van Rensburg – academics from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/liezl-back-and-stronger-ever
Liezl is back and stronger than ever
2021-09-29 She is back. But different. She is no longer the same Liezl Gouws. Japan has changed her. It happened about 100 km away from the shadow of Mount Fuji and its snow-capped crown. Every drop of sweat was exchanged for wisdom and experience. Liezl (23)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-now-mba-home-adriaan-strauss
NWU now the MBA home of Adriaan Strauss
2022-02-07 He was the 56th Springbok captain. A tenacious workhorse whose blonde head was visible everywhere on the field. A mobile hooker with enough torque to dig up an entire rugby field for a full 80 minutes. A leader. At the start of the Allister Coetzee era as…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-virtual-excursions-inspire-super-professionals
NWU’s virtual excursions inspire super professionals
2021-08-24 The Faculty of Education at the North-West University (NWU) believes it requires more than just an ordinary teacher to make an impactful contribution in the education sector ― it takes a super teacher to cultivate, motivate and educate South Africa’s young…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-designers-receive-loerie-and-pendoring-awards
NWU designers receive Loerie and Pendoring awards
2022-11-11 The talent and creativity of students and graduates of the Graphic Design subject group at the North-West University (NWU) have earned them recognition at the recent international Loerie Awards and national Pendoring Awards events. The NWU’s students and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/innovative-solutions-take-stage-scsis-honours-project-presentation-day-0
Innovative solutions take the stage at SCSIS Honours Project Presentation Day
2024-10-22 The School of Computer Science and Information Systems (SCSIS) at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University held its annual Honours Project Presentation Day on 10 October 2024 at The Roots venue in Potchefstroom. The event showcased the innovative…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-women-leadership
Empowering women in leadership
2024-10-01 The North-West University recently hosted an empowering Women Conference across all three of its campuses. Women leaders holding positions from peromnes levels 2 to 6, as well as upcoming women leaders from peromnes levels 7 to 8, participated in the hybrid…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-medical-school-named-nwu-desmond-tutu-school-medicine