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NWU and University of Venda host an IKS Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Webinar
2021-07-07 The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the University of Venda (UNIVEN) and Indigenous Terrain, recently co-hosted an Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Webinar series. This first collaborative student-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-joins-move-health
NWU joins in the move for health
2021-06-03 Over the years there has been a significant increase in the number of people who suffer from lifestyle diseases. This is mostly due to unhealthy eating, alcohol intake, smoking and a lack of physical activity. To this end, the Africa Unit for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-scoops-another-pmr-award
NWU scoops another PMR award
2022-02-01 The North-West University (NWU) was recently recognised for being the highest rated institution for higher education at the prestigious 2022 PMR.africa Awards. During the award ceremony at the Ingwe Guest Lodge in Vanderbijlpark, the NWU scooped a Diamond…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-ramorola-aiming-optimise-technology-use-classrooms
Prof Ramorola, aiming to optimise technology use in classrooms
2022-08-31 As an expert in computer-integrated education and digital learning, Prof Mmankoko Ziphorah Ramorola firmly believes that, since learners in the 21st century are technology-savvy, they absolutely cannot be taught in the same way as learners before them.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ensuring-access-education-our-imperative
Ensuring access to education is our imperative
2023-08-24 How do we go about breaking the prevailing cycle of economic disparities and a lack of social cohesion, while promoting active citizenship, innovation and development as well as human capital development? By ensuring access to quality education for as many of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-finalist-mg-200-young-south-africans
Academic a finalist in M&G 200 Young South Africans
2024-07-04 Dr Monray Williams, a senior lecturer in the subject group Biochemistry at the North-West University (NWU), has been announced a finalist in the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans for 2024 in the Science, Technology, and Innovation category. This…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pure-and-applied-analytics-paa/invited-talks
Invited Talks
2020-11-18 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } StatCon 2020 On-line Workshop 9 November, 2020 – 2 December, 2020 …https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/microbiology/world-hepatitis-day
World Hepatitis Day
2022-07-22 [accordion] What is World Hepatitis Day? World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes places every year on 28 July bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. In 2022…Busy year for NWU Vanderbijlpark alumni
2018-03-13 At the heart of the North-West University (NWU) lies a distinctive spirit of a meaningful shared sense of belonging. Add to this the pride and loyalty of the members of the extended university community and you understand why year-on-year graduates go out…‘The internet never forgets’, social media specialist tells NWU
2017-05-17 The NWU’s student discipline and compliance department hosted Emma Sadleir, renowned social media law specialist, as part of the university’s human rights awareness campaign on its campus in Potchefstroom on 16 May. Emma was the keynote speaker on the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-prof-christa-rautenbach-chancellors-medal
NWU honours Prof Christa Rautenbach with the Chancellor’s Medal
2025-06-06 Her transformative leadership through her editorship of the Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal stands as a beacon of achievement in the vision and mission of the North-West University (NWU) to be a pre-eminent university in Africa. Her achievements in legal…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/numiq/caring-presence-nursing
Caring presence in nursing
2024-08-02 PRESENCE IN NURSING Slowing down to a pace of care, connection, and attunement AIM To explore and Cultivate Presence in Various Nursing Contexts Research Focus Conducting research on presence in nursing education, geriatric care…https://news.nwu.ac.za/three-new-extraordinary-professors-join-nwus-self-directed-learning-research-unit
Three new extraordinary professors join NWU’s Self-Directed Learning research unit
2021-11-08 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education recently announced the appointment of three extraordinary professors who will be collaborating and doing research within the Self-Directed Learning research unit. They are Prof Ann Haley MacKenzie (…https://education.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-self-directed-learning/testsdl
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2025-04-15 LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS: 2024 Title of research projects Participants Reflective practice in action: Disrupting the 'apprenticeship of observation' of student teachers in Work Integrated Learning through…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/piano-competition
MANSH-NWU International Piano Competition
2022-11-07 20–28 January 2023 • NWU School of Music & Conservatory • Potchefstroom, South Africa The organisers regret to announce that the MANSH-NWU International Piano Competition had to be cancelled indefinitely due to circumstances beyond their…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/UBMI/OTMA2020/Participants
OTMA Workshop: Participants
2022-08-26 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } Operator Theory and Matrix Analysis Workshop In honor of Gilbert Groenewald's 65th birthday 17-18…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-prematurity-day-2020-%25E2%2580%2593-turn-awareness-action
World Prematurity Day 2020 – turn awareness into action
2020-11-06 For the past 10 years every 17 November is observed as World Prematurity Day. This day aims to highlight and raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. In South Africa 15% of all births, which…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-steps-better-lives-young-people
NWU lecturer steps up to better the lives of young people
2021-08-02 For North-West University (NWU) lecturer, Prof Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks, giving back to his former school and the community he grew up in is an opportunity to come full circle with his own young self and those who gave to him. Growing up, life was not a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-book-highlights-migrants-mental-health-challenges
New book highlights migrants’ mental health challenges
2021-01-29 Horrific scenes of migrants who have perished on the high seas while in search of a better life is a too-familiar sight on television screens, online and in newspaper pages. Extreme hunger, repressive governments and ethnic and religious conflicts are cited…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-annual-lecture-academic-freedom