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NWU celebrates a second biosphere reserve for North West
2018-10-22 This is the Marico Biosphere – 44 000 hectares of supreme Africa landscape. An ecosystem that the North-West University (NWU) helped preserve. Hundreds of community members and officials from the NWU and provincial government celebrated the launch of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-sasol-foundation-celebrate-postgrad-excellence
NWU and Sasol Foundation celebrate postgrad excellence
2018-11-02 Fuelled by their thirst for knowledge, five North-West University (NWU) students took part in the Sasol Foundation’s Postgraduate Science Fellowship Programme. The NWU and Sasol recently celebrated their achievements on 25 October 2018 during the Sasol…http://news.nwu.ac.za/administrator-scores-behind-scenes
Administrator scores behind the scenes
2018-11-05 The stars of sport are more often than not found on the sports field, but not. He makes his moves behind the scenes. After being among the first graduates with a Diploma in Sports Science from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute back in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-connects-rural-students-brighter-future
NWU connects rural students with a brighter future
2018-11-07 For rural young people, no internet connection means no future. Unless the North-West University (NWU) brings the infrastructure to them. Most South African universities and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) rely on online application…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-wellness-promotes-healthy-lifestyle
NWU Wellness promotes a healthy lifestyle
2018-11-28 Engaging co-workers in a healthy physical competition is a great way to encourage wellness. Some of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) staff recently took part in a Pedometer Challenge as part of encouraging a healthy lifestyle. This challenge was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mahikeng-cat-population-under-spotlight
Mahikeng cat population under the spotlight
2019-02-21 Author Robert A Heinlein wrote: “How we behave towards cats here below determines our status in heaven.” It is in this spirit that students and staff of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng are asked to donate funds to ensure healthy cat…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-survive-school-aged-children
How to survive school-aged children
2019-03-08 Guiding a child through the rough patches along life’s road – and surviving it yourself – can be daunting. The Institute of Psychology & Wellbeing (IPW) at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom invites you to attend their…http://news.nwu.ac.za/transforming-professionals-leaders
Transforming professionals into leaders
2019-02-20 Sweet sixteen and still growing. It has been 16 years since the inception of the African Nutrition Leadership programme (ANLP), and this year it promises to be even bigger and better. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre of Excellence for Nutrition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pmrafrica-awards-nwu-excellence-higher-education
PMR.africa awards NWU for excellence in higher education
2019-03-18 The North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark has done it again! The campus has, for the eighth consecutive year, been awarded the Professional Management Review’s (PMR) Diamond Arrow Award for excellence in higher education within the Sedibeng…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-footprint-expands-malaysia
NWU’s footprint expands to Malaysia
2019-04-05 In another first for the North-West University (NWU), the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently co-hosted the inaugural International Conference on Management and Development Economics with the University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/water-friendly-cowpea-plant-packed-potential
Water-friendly cowpea plant is packed with potential
2019-04-15 In a country that is struggling with water supply, the North-West University (NWU) has found a cowpea plant that does not require a lot of water compared to other field crops. This particular cowpea is indigenous to the Southern African region and the NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni-shines-international-cima-examination
NWU alumni shines in international CIMA examination
2019-04-23 Two members of the North-West University’s (NWU) alumni fraternity, Arnu van Wyk and Dedre Uys, have received nationwide acclaim after being ranked among the South African Top 15 students for the November 2018 CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management…http://news.nwu.ac.za/public-lecture-calls-africanisation-instead-decolonisation
Public lecture calls for Africanisation instead of decolonisation
2019-06-10 “Universities have become ‘sons of decolonisation struggles’.” This is how Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni argued during a recent public lecture hosted on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. This lecture formed part of a series of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-believes-being-ambassador-nwu-brand
Alumnus believes in being an ambassador for the NWU brand
2019-06-12 North-West University (NWU) alumnus and former Student Representative Council president Mr Mpho Mfolwe is living the NWU brand through his key diplomatic role in his country, Botswana. Mpho sees his career – wherever he is deployed – as an opportunity to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-walks-away-science-oscar
NWU academic walks away with a Science Oscar
2019-07-02 Prof Elvis Fosso-Kankeu from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering walked away with the Engineering Research Capacity Development Award at the recent NSTF-South32 Awards. The national NSTF-South32 Awards are the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-provincial-government-forge-better-working-relations
NWU and provincial government forge better working relations
2019-06-27 As North West premier Prof Job Mokgoro steps to the podium to deliver his State of the Province Address (SOPA) in Mahikeng on Friday, 28 June, he will do so armed with valuable suggestions from the province’s academics and other professionals. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-workshop-investigate-work-music-social-and-restorative-intervention
Optentia workshop to investigate the work of music as social and restorative intervention
2017-03-07 The Optentia Research Focus Area on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) will welcome Dr Carina Venter from Oxford University in England on 22 March this year. Dr Venter will be hosting a workshop entitled: Ambiguous…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-nwu-scientist-rub-shoulders-nobel-prize-winners
Young NWU scientist rub shoulders with Nobel Prize winners
2017-04-18 Few scientific events are more prestigious than those where Nobel Prize winners share their knowledge. Retha Peach, a doctoral student from the North-West University (NWU), is being given the rare opportunity to attend a gathering where 31 Nobel laureates…http://news.nwu.ac.za/musa-one-africa%25E2%2580%2599s-youngest-female-phd-graduates
Musa is one of Africa’s youngest female PhD graduates
2017-04-26 The North-West University (NWU) has produced one of Africa’s youngest female PhD graduates. Musawenkosi “Musa” Saurombe received her PhD in Industrial Psychology at the university`s campus in Mahikeng on 25 April 2017. At 23, she is one of the youngest…http://news.nwu.ac.za/unique-study-focuses-purchase-behaviour-female-generation-y-students