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NWU creates awareness on World Diabetes Day
2017-11-21 With 318 million people globally being at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) saw the need to create awareness on World Diabetes Day*. AUTHeR together with…https://www.nwu.ac.za/tn/nwu/index_t.html
Amogelesegang mo Yunibesiting ya Bokono-Bophirima (NWU)
2025-05-05 Temoso ya tsietso le go pimpa.block-title { font-size: 28px; } .carousel-inner > .item > a > img, .carousel-inner > .item > img { width: 100%; } h4 a { color: white; } h4 a:hover { color: lightblue; } .eventmargin{ margin-top:15px…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/neville-robertson
Neville Robertson
2024-04-02 Neville Robertson is a HPCSA registered counselling psychologist. He is currently a PhD student at the North West University in Potchefstroom, where he also obtained his Masters in Research Psychology and Masters in Counselling Psychology. Currently, he is an associate counselling psychologist at the Centre for Health & Human Performance and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/people-and-culture-take-their-show-road
People and culture take their show on the road
2023-03-16 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) People and Culture division recently hosted a "People and Culture and Employee Wellness Roadshow" on the university’s three campuses. NWU employees were assisted with and received information on People and Culture matters…https://news.nwu.ac.za/exploring-active-learning-new-book-paves-way-self-directed-learning-4ir
Exploring active learning: New book paves the way for self-directed learning in the 4IR
2023-10-05 As the world undergoes rapid technological and societal transformations, educational institutions face the urgent need to reimagine their teaching and learning methodologies. In the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), an online open-access book…https://news.nwu.ac.za/swip-project-brings-isindebele-wikipedias-main-platform
SWiP project brings isiNdebele to Wikipedia’s main platform
2024-11-29 The SADiLaR-Wikipedia-PanSALB (SWiP) project is an important collaborative project that has seen key partners coming together to drive the digital ascent of isiNdebele, one of the low-resource languages in the country. This collaborative initiative by the…LEOPARDS LAIR BUSINESS COMPETITION
2024-06-07 Students from the North-West University (NWU) pulled out all the stops at the recent annual Leopards Lair business competition. Heading-up the competition is the NWU’s bhive Enterprise Development Centre in collaboration with the NWU’s Technology Transfer…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/focus-area-human-metabolomics/news
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2021-10-21 NWU's Open Educational Resource (OER) Fellowship 2021 Dr Aurelia Alvina Williams was awarded the NWU’s OER Fellowship. The fellowship was announced 31 May 2021 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kqi5pVhSo8 Her team includes: Chandr…https://news.nwu.ac.za/having-conversation-about-plagiarism
Having a conversation about plagiarism
2018-11-01 Falsification, misrepresentation of another’s work as your own and knowingly helping others cheat or plagiarise are all forms of academic dishonesty. In the university environment this is a very serious offense and may very well result in expulsion or…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cancer-not-death-sentence-%25E2%2580%2593-you-can-live-life-fullest
Cancer is not a death sentence – you can live life to the fullest
2019-10-07 With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, Prof Welma Lubbe from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing shares her story on surviving breast cancer and why awareness campaigns are necessary. At the age of 41, and with no family…https://www.nwu.ac.za/event/world-hypertension-day-2021
World Hypertension Day 2021
2021-05-12 The World Hypertension Day is an annual global awareness initiative to inform the public about the risks of hypertension (high blood pressure). In addition, May Measurement Month (MMM) is an annual global screening campaign initiated by the…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/social-work/ngeniswengeni-henrietta-ntombela
Ngeniswe(Ngeni) Henrietta Ntombela
2017-08-22 Postgraduate research supervision & External examiner: I have joined NWU in January 2017, coming from another university I have supervised postgraduate students and also conducted article writing workshops for Masters and PHDs, with former Research Fellow Prof Herman Strydom. I have been the external examiner for a number of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-wows-keep-female-students-class-%25E2%2580%2593-women%25E2%2580%2599s-day-2018
Faculty wows to keep female students in class – Women’s Day 2018
2018-08-08 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education on the campus in Vanderbijlpark is hard at work to ensure that no young lady need to skip class because of her period and a lack of sanitary products. This is according to Dr Elize Küng, acting…https://news.nwu.ac.za/botswana-urges-fellow-african-nations-bolster-regional-trade
Botswana urges fellow African nations to bolster regional trade
2025-03-06 Despite its vast resources and production capacity, Africa remains heavily reliant on external markets. This state of affairs has prompted Botswana to raise the alarm about low levels of intra-African trade. “It's disheartening that Africa is still unable to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/digital-footprint-crucial-indigenous-language-preservation
Digital footprint crucial for indigenous language preservation
2024-02-23 “The work that is being done by SWiP is highly commendable. The key message of today’s meeting for me is the importance of preserving our languages. As a Zulu speaker, it is crucial that isiZulu does not die.” These are the words of Tholakele Nkwanyana, a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cooperation-universal-law
Cooperation: A universal law
2020-04-06 The North-West University prides itself as being not only one of the top-ranking universities in the country, but in Africa as well. In addition to that, the university boast numerous international partnerships that puts it on the forefront of our forward…https://news.nwu.ac.za/write-it-free-multilingual-programme-support-students-academic-writing
Write It: a free multilingual programme to support students with academic writing
2023-02-02 Academic writing is key to academic success, but getting it right is not easy, particularly for students who are learning in a second or third language. This is where the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) makes a difference.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/social-work-students-collaborate-internationally
Social work students collaborate internationally
2025-02-13 In an era where global collaboration is becoming increasingly essential, the North-West University (NWU) is taking commendable steps to broaden its international footprint. First-year social work students are already reaping the benefits of participating in a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-art-day-tradition-and-technology
World Art Day: Tradition and technology
2024-04-16 As the world marks World Art Day 2024 on 15 April, Othusitse Maunatlala, an academic in the School of Communication at the North-West University (NWU), shares insights on the significance of art. World Art Day is an international celebration of the fine arts…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/child-youth-and-family-studies/lizane-wilson