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2024-08-01 [accordion collapsed] What career opportunities are there? Some possible career options related to Zoology are: Conservationist Ecologist Entomologist Environmental consultant Geneticist Laboratory technician Marine biologist Museum…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-business-and-global-economy-possible-solutions
Covid-19, business and global economy: possible solutions
2020-08-18 While there is no way to tell exactly what the economic damage from the global Covid-19 pandemic will be, there is widespread agreement among economists that it will have severe negative impacts on the global economy. Economics professor from the North-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/theology-world
Theology for the world
2021-09-22 Diversity is the bedrock of the North-West University (NWU) and faith is a pillar of strength for many within the NWU and to billions of people around the globe. The Faculty of Theology has again shown that diversity and faith go well together by producing…http://news.nwu.ac.za/antimicrobial-resistance-threatens-africas-future-sasuf-2023
Antimicrobial resistance threatens Africa’s future (SASUF 2023)
2023-03-30 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a huge threat to Africa’s and, by extension, the world’s health care systems and should be addressed with haste. This according to Prof Carlos Bezuidenhout, director of the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/exotic-pollen-attacks-are-rise-causing-serious-allergies
Exotic pollen attacks are on the rise, causing serious allergies
2023-09-29 As winter ended and spring entered with sunny pleasantness, thousands of “attackers” sprang into action to plague the part of the population that suffers from allergies and hay fever. According to Prof Frank Neumann, subject chair for geology and soil…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pssa2025-old
PSSA2025
2025-06-04 Physiology Society of Southern Africa Congress 2025 Hosted by the North-West University 24-27 August 2025 Important dates Call for Abstracts: 20 May 2025 Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2025…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-shines-2017-pendoring-awards
NWU shines at 2017 Pendoring Awards
2017-11-22 The North-West University (NWU’s) name was held high at the recent Pendoring Awards in Johannesburg, with four wins in this annual competition that recognises the best efforts in promoting and stimulating advertising in all of South Africa’s indigenous…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-human-metabolomics/acylcarnitine-profiling
Acylcarnitine Profiling
2023-02-17 [accordion collapsed] Quantitative Acylcarnitine – Urine Test: Quantitative Acylcarnitine Profile URINE Mnemonic: PCARNu NHRPL Tariff code…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nicos-sailing-team-cruises-its-way-national-championships
Nico’s sailing team cruises its way to national championships
2023-02-14 North-West University (NWU) senior IT technician Nico Kroucamp is brimming with pride as his sailing team, Albatross, won three regattas in the last three months. The three regattas the four-member team won, were the SA Sailing 75th Anniversary Regatta,…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni/alumni-awards-recipient-andries-w-coetzee
Alumni Awards Recipient: Andries W Coetzee
2021-11-26 Andries W Coetzee: Ambassador for Africa and Afrikaans in global academia In Patagonia in Argentina, the influence of Afrikaans can still be heard in the speech of Spanish-Afrikaans individuals who have spoken mainly Spanish for four decades or…http://news.nwu.ac.za/just-more-month-left-applications-missing-middle-fee-adjustment-grant
Just more than a month left for applications for the Missing Middle Fee Adjustment Grant
2022-08-19 The first closing date for applications for the Missing Middle Fee Adjustment Grant is on 28 February 2017, leaving students with just more than a month to go. In light of the national development around fees at universities, the NWU - via the Office of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-female-basketballers-blaze-trail
NWU female basketballers blaze a trail
2021-11-26 Over the past few years the North-West University’s (NWU) Vanderbijlpark Campus female basketball team has made ground-breaking strides within the sporting fraternity. Not only did the team walk away with Team of the Year award at the recent Sedibeng Women…http://news.nwu.ac.za/government-must-stop-confusing-paperwork-performance
Government must stop confusing paperwork with performance
2026-07-01 The Governing Body Foundation national report on the administrative load of public-school principals should force a national conversation about the administrative burden placed on schools and public institutions.When did paperwork become more important than…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trade-takes-international-collaboration-next-level
TRADE takes international collaboration to the next level
2020-10-06 The TRADE research focus area at the North-West University (NWU) hosted an online world tour to take international collaboration to the next level in the time of Covid-19. Prof Danie Meyer, a development economist and director of TRADE, says the event,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/screening-birth-can-spare-babies-and-parents-much-pain
Screening at birth can spare babies and parents much pain
2018-02-23 Newborn screening (NBS) is internationally recognised as essential in preventive healthcare practices. It involves the testing of newborn babies for treatable genetic conditions or inborn errors of metabolism that may not be apparent at birth. All newborn…http://education.nwu.ac.za/teaching-practice-support-services/tprac-lecturers
TPRAC Lecturers
2026-01-26 [accordion collapsed] Important Page Links Contact Layout Link to WISL Link to Staff LMS site Student Non-Negotiable Rules T-Prac(WIL) Manual Student Workbooks PR26 Finances Accommodation MC & VC - Karabelo van Zyl…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mduduzi-mccoy-sithole-player-soccer-administrator
Mduduzi Mccoy Sithole: From player to soccer administrator
2024-07-19 Mduduzi Mccoy Sithole, currently an administrator at the North-West University (NWU) Soccer Institute, has transitioned from playing for South Africa’s junior teams – Orlando Pirates FC and Kaizer Chiefs FC – to a significant role in soccer administration…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/chpc-2019-travel-information