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Solar Telescope Observatory
2026-04-13 The NWU Solar Telescope Observatory is a ground-based solar observing facility of the North-West University. The facility supports solar observations for research, student training, and public engagement, and forms part of the Centre’s growing activities in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trial-century-determine-who-controls-ais-future
Trial of the century to determine who controls AI’s future
2026-04-22 It is the battle of the billionaires as two of the most powerful heavyweights in the tech industry will step into the ring on Monday 27 April in Oakland, California, when Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman goes to trial. The stakes for the future of…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/social-transformation/history
History
2025-05-12 History involves the study of the past and how we narrate and debate the past, as well as the impact of the past on the present. As one of the oldest university disciplines, history has shaped debates around the origins and genealogies of nationalism,…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/digital-humanities-webinar-series-where-humanities-and-technology-meet-tutorbots-and-future
The Digital Humanities Webinar Series - Where Humanities and Technology Meet: Tutorbots and the Future of Language Learning
2026-04-09 The Centre for Digital Humanities cordially invites you to a webinar, presented by Prof Mariska Nel. This webinar examines Adaptive AI and immediate feedback, asking how fast formative responses from a tutorbot could change…http://news.nwu.ac.za/munnik-finishes-seventh-world-indoor-championships
Munnik finishes seventh at the World Indoor Championships
2026-03-27 Middle-distance runner Luan Munnik, competing in his first World Indoor Championships in Poland, finished seventh in the men’s 3000 m final heat on Saturday 21 March, achieving a personal best time of 7:37.94. The NWU star rose to the occasion and showed no…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/creative-writing
Creative Writing
2025-05-28 Available on the Potchefstroom Campus [accordion collapsed] What is Creative Writing? Creative Writing entails the writing of creative texts such as short stories, poems, children’s stories and drama texts. It is a fully fledged…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/community-music
Community Music
2024-07-16 Prof Janelize Morelli Community Music is an emergent discipline in music studies. Musicing practices are as diverse as the peoples of the Earth. Therefore, it is difficult to create one coherent definition of community music. In…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/understanding-and-processing-complex-settings/our-research
Our research
2022-08-19 [accordion collapsed] Overview Research in UPSET is organised in three subprogrammes, and in these subprogrammes, in various research projects. The subprogramme Applied Linguistics is led by Prof Susan Coetzee-van Rooy, and…http://education.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-self-directed-learning/2025-conference-announcements
2025 Conference Announcements
2026-04-22 8th International Self-Directed Learning Conference Call The Research Unit Self-Directed Learning of the North-West University is pleased to announce the 8th International Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Conference. Date: 5 - 7 November 2025…http://law.nwu.ac.za/af/fakulteit-regte-omgewingsverandering/arie-trouwborst
Arie Trouwborst
2024-05-09 Bio Arie Trouwborst Associate professor of environmental law at Tilburg University, interested in understanding and improving the contribution of (international and European) law to the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of biodiversity. Received an LLM (2001) and PhD (2006) from Utrecht University. Authored various books and numerous…http://www.nwu.ac.za/coronavirus
Coronavirus
2022-11-21 The North-West University’s (NWU) stance on the vaccination of students against Covid-19 Taking the current variant and its severity into consideration, and the advice from medical experts, we have adopted a non-mandatory vaccination requirement…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-leads-agriculture-enterprise-and-women-empowerment
NWU alumnus leads with agriculture enterprise and women empowerment
2022-03-11 According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), approximate 70% of the South African population rely directly on agriculture as a means of living. North-West University (NWU) alumnus and livestock farmer Ipeleng Kwadi hails from Brits in North West, and…http://law.nwu.ac.za/postgraduate-studies/structured-llm-estate-law
Structured LLM in Estate Law
2026-01-30 Programme name LLM in Estate Law Programme code 6CM P01, R801P Campus Potchefstroom (English) Delivery mode Contact Programme leader Prof Mitzi Wiese Introduction The LLM in…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-environmental-sciences-and-management/integrated-pest-management
Integrated Pest Management
2026-03-05 Sub-programme leader: Prof Oriel Thekisoe (oriel.thekisoe@nwu.ac.za) [accordion] Strategic Aim and Mission The vision of the group is to be a leader in integrated pest management (IPM) research in South Africa as well as to become a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/romeo-boasts-podium-finish-zaventilatorchallenge
Romeo boasts a podium finish in #ZAVentilatorChallenge
2020-05-12 Across the globe, a major concern in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has been a shortage of medical equipment, particularly ventilators. As the number of confirmed cases increase on a daily basis in South Africa, the private and public sectors are…http://news.nwu.ac.za/house-proudfoot-built
The House that Proudfoot Built
2020-06-08 The Yankee Stadium was known as the House that Ruth Built, after legendary slugger Babe Ruth, and the United Center in Chicago is synonymous with Michael Jordan’s exploits during the 1980s and 1990s. Can it be said that the North-West University’s Rugby…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ramaphosa%25E2%2580%2599s-additional-anti-covid-19-economic-package-substantial-raft
Ramaphosa’s additional anti-Covid-19 economic package is a substantial raft
2020-04-22 ‘President Cyril Ramaphosa’s additional economic support package to address the fallout on the economy from Covid-19 represents a highly substantial raft of measures designed to assist distressed businesses, households and individuals, adding up to about…http://news.nwu.ac.za/gender-based-violence-%25E2%2580%2593-help-needed-victims
Gender-based violence – help is needed for the victims
2020-09-10 Over the past five months there have been numerous stories in the media about victims being harassed, attacked and even murdered by their intimate partners. According to Statistics SA, the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa is five…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-nuclear-programme-gets-international-green-light