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Action-based research brings positive environmental change
2018-05-23 Climate change is not something that happens at a distance, to other regions and other people, but is a phenomenon that has an impact on everyone, everywhere. This is a lesson that grade 7 learners are being exposed to through a research project involving…http://news.nwu.ac.za/green-coal-fuel-future
"Green coal": fuel of the future
2018-05-25 Coal in its traditional form might soon be a relic of the past, but ground-breaking research by the North-West University (NWU) is showing how a face-lift to this fossil fuel has numerous safe, green possibilities. A revolutionary process to manufacture “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/constructive-journalism-tool-build-strong-societies
Constructive journalism as a tool to build strong societies
2018-04-20 Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-first-africa-lead-global-hypertension-society
Researcher is first in Africa to lead global hypertension society
2018-10-25 Normal heart rates range from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Anything above that means blood is racing at an alarming speed through your veins. One person whose blood is pumping with passion in the fight against a deadly health condition, hypertension, is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/gr8-success-%25E2%2580%2593-serious-game-teaching-soft-skills
Gr8 Success! – a serious game for teaching soft skills
2018-10-26 Meet Faith Sibiya and Carl Thomson. They are two typical varsity students. Faith is an eccentric foot-dragger and always finds an excuse to do that really important assignment… tomorrow. Carl, on the other hand, is an inattentive fusspot. In less than six…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-monica-ferreira-receives-honorary-doctorate-nwu
Prof Monica Ferreira receives an honorary doctorate from the NWU
2019-05-17 The North-West University (NWU) honoured Prof Monica Ferreira with an honorary doctorate on 22 May 2019 as the most prominent first-generation exponent of research on and the development of a policy on ageing in Africa. She was nominated by the Faculty of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/international-econometrics-expert-deliver-keynote-address-social-sciences-conference
International econometrics expert to deliver keynote address at Social Sciences Conference
2017-03-03 The North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU Vaal) is joining hands with the Social Sciences Research Society in Turkey to host the 8th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS) later this year. The conference will take place in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-produces-first-indigenous-knowledge-systems-graduates-africa
NWU produces first Indigenous Knowledge Systems graduates in Africa
2017-05-03 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng produced its first group of graduates who graduated with a Bachelor in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (BIKS) degree during the recent autumn graduation ceremony. This group is also the first BIKS…http://news.nwu.ac.za/desert-adventure-bears-fruit-alumni-couple
Desert adventure bears fruit for alumni couple
2017-06-01 There are few things as romantic as poems and ballads, but in the case of CJ and Marietha van Zyl, a straightforward study guide was all Cupid needed to make their hearts beat faster. What followed was a student romance that later developed into marriage…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-prof-acting-judge-high-court
NWU Prof acting as judge in High Court
2017-10-09 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Elmarie van der Schyff of the Faculty of Law was appointed to serve as acting judge in the Gauteng division of the High Court of South Africa from 9 October to 17 November 2017. This is another outstanding…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tim-takes-women%25E2%2580%2599s-game-forward
Tim takes the women’s game forward
2017-11-14 He believes in the intangible, and that conviction transcends all earthly confines. He often turn his Bible to Hebrews 11 verse 1, for there he finds the motto he lives by. “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see…http://news.nwu.ac.za/degrees-should-be-more-mere-licences-hope
Degrees should be more than mere licences to hope
2019-08-28 Michelle Groenewald is an academic on a mission to make an impact. As an economics lecturer at the North-West University (NWU), she believes that curriculum reform should be a leadership priority for all role-players in higher education. During the recent…http://news.nwu.ac.za/taking-nursing-leadership-next-level
Taking nursing leadership to the next level
2019-11-12 Nursing is a career that chooses you, not the other way round. It demands nothing less than passion and selfless, hard work. Fortunately most nurses are an example of this kind of dedication, but research shows that there is an urgent lack of skills…http://news.nwu.ac.za/former-president-tells-nwu-there-hope
Former president tells NWU there is hope
2019-12-06 “I am not ‘moedeloos’ (in despair). I haven’t lost hope for the future but I am deeply concerned about where we are at the moment.” These are the words of former president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former chancellor of the North-West University (NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/modern-equipment-takes-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-sport-science-new-level
Modern equipment takes the NWU’s sport science to a new level
2020-03-23 Have you ever wondered where the iconic Superman goes to maintain his excellent physique? It is quite probably to the sport science division of the new Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) of the North-West University (NWU). Especially now that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/universities-must-do-more-accommodate-risks
Universities must do more to accommodate risks
2017-03-08 In what is being described as required reading for all South African university vice-chancellors and risk managers – especially in light of increasing intimidation and violent disruptions of lectures, seminars, talks by scholars, Senate and Council meetings…http://news.nwu.ac.za/crowns-confidence-and-charisma-miss-mr-nwu-vaal-2017
Crowns, confidence and charisma - Miss & Mr NWU Vaal 2017
2017-06-12 If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark the annual Miss and Mr NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dothraki-and-other-sub-cultural-languages-%25E2%2580%2593-focus-unique-phd-study
Dothraki and other sub-cultural languages – the focus of a unique PhD study
2017-06-23 “Me zisosh disse”. It is just a flesh wound. This would certainly be good news if you were wounded and one of the native speakers of the language used in this sentence. It is Dothraki and it is the fantasy language that was created for the television series…http://news.nwu.ac.za/newly-elected-vanderbijlpark-student-campus-council-takes-office
Newly elected Vanderbijlpark Student Campus Council takes to office
2018-09-06 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark boasts a newly elected group of student leaders. During a recent congratulatory ceremony, members of the Campus Management Committee made use of the opportunity to meet the new representatives…http://news.nwu.ac.za/its-time-put-environmental-regulations-work