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2021-08-10 2016 The 2016 Sasol Solar Challenge got off to a rocky start for the North-West University. After a freak accident during the time trials, the team managed to fix their solar car just in time for the start of the race on the 24th of September. Not only…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ai-teaching-us-wrong-lessons-about-happiness
AI is teaching us the wrong lessons about happiness
2026-05-29 Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming more than a tool. Increasingly, people are turning to AI for advice, companionship and emotional reassurance. Chatbots are helping users navigate personal challenges, offering encouragement and, in many cases,…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/paa/3MC-Course-CM
3MC Course on Climate Modeling
2026-06-09 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } Postgraduate Course: Waves in the Atmosphere and Oceans 12-16 December 2022,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-excellence-community-engagement
NWU honours excellence in community engagement
2021-04-12 Thirteen academics from the North-West University (NWU) received recognition for their excellence in community engagement. They were honoured during the NWU’s Excellence in Community Engagement (CE) Awards Ceremony that took place on 31 March. The vice-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hart-nwu-promotes-healthy-blood-pressure
HART at NWU promotes healthy blood pressure
2022-05-04 Blood is the life-giving substance that flows through our veins, but if the pressure in our veins becomes too high it can be detrimental to our health. This is why the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/latest-news
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2026-04-17 [accordion] 🌦️ Invitation to Apply for Research Positions in Weather Radar Science Research Collaboration: North-West University (NWU) & South African Weather Service (SAWS) The NWU–SAWS Weather Radar Research Collaboration invites passionate…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/space-research/physics-in-application
Physics in Application
2017-01-04 Innovative Astro Tegnologies: Low Noise Amplifiers A novel Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) technique for radio telescopes (such as the planned SKA), that has lower noise over much broader bandwidths and at higher temperatures than…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/african-amphibian-conservation-research-group/aacrg-prof-louis-h
African Amphibian Conservation Research Group - Prof Louis' Hons.
2018-03-01 Prof Louis' Honours Candidates Marita Burger Position: Hons. student Expertise: Biodiversity & Conservation ecology Office: …http://www.nwu.ac.za/donors/donor-newsletters
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2026-05-12 "Since my appointment as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), I have attended engagements with various internal and external stakeholders. During these engagements, it became evident that the university needs the financial…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/sasuf2018
SASUF Research and Innovation Week
2018-05-15 SASUF Workshop: Cimate change, natural resources and sustainability of the Research and Innovation week – Air quality in South Africa Details: Place: North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Building G5, Room G07 …http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/ndt-project-tourism-sector-demand-and-supply
NDT project: Tourism sector demand and supply
2025-07-24 Towards the end of 2020, South Africa's National Department of Tourism (NDT) opened a call for bids from South African higher education and research institutions to form part of the national department's research panel. The bid submitted by Prof Elmarie…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/sgi/what-we-do
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2017-03-15 What are Serious Games? Areas of impact Serious Games refers to a broad spectrum of applications from basic Adobe Flash animations to immersive and code-driven 3D environments (games) where users interface with large volumes of data…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/tjoptjop-app
TjopTjop App
2020-07-08 TjopTjop is a mobile app developed to assist schools, businesses, and other institutions to easily collect and store health screening information from students, pupils, staff and clients. It saves time and effort at the screening stations, makes stored…http://law.nwu.ac.za/p-per/volume-19-2016
Volume 19, 2016
2018-03-13 Vol 19 (2016) EDITORIAL When PER (acronym for the Afrikaans journal title Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regstydskrif, but also suggesting the Latin connotations of causation, durability and facilitation) first…http://news.nwu.ac.za/teachers-without-borders-inspire-new-generation-scientists
Teachers without Borders inspire a new generation of scientists
2020-08-04 The year 2020 will probably be remembered in history books for the Coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic that brought the entire world to a standstill. Suddenly many people learned about viruses, and how they differ from bacteria. The unseen world of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/catching-killers-%25E2%2580%2593-elmarie-uses-science-psychological-profiling
Catching killers – Elmarie uses the science of psychological profiling
2019-02-18 Since 2007, Peter Dashboy Khoza, have kidnapped several young girls between the ages of eight and 14, and took them to the bushes in the Phalaborwa, Tembisa and Soweto areas. Here he raped and sexually and physically assaulted them, before he left them to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/principals-northern-cape-benefit-unique-diploma
Principals in Northern Cape to benefit from unique diploma
2021-05-14 The Faculty of Education of the North-West University (NWU) was selected as the preferred provider for presenting a unique Advanced Diploma in Education to school leaders in the Northern Cape. The School of Professional Studies in Education in the faculty…http://news.nwu.ac.za/archive-kindness-proves-all-not-lost
Archive of Kindness proves all is not lost
2021-09-01 Even though the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the ugly side of the country, including some unpalatable acts of thievery, it has also revealed another side of South Africans – generosity and kindness. In her book, Archive of Kindness, North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-golightly-problem-based-learning-foster-self-directed-learning-geography-education
Prof Golightly on problem-based learning to foster self-directed learning in Geography education
2022-09-16 During his inaugural lecture, Prof Aubrey Golightly discussed the influence of problem-based learning (PBL) on students’ self-directed learning (SDL) skills, and looked at PBL as a means to foster SDL in Geography education. SDL is a process during which…http://news.nwu.ac.za/student-entrepreneurs-win-big-leopards-lairr-2024-final