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Building brighter futures: the inaugural SASS programme strives to empower tomorrow’s leaders
2024-03-06 The Higher Education and Leadership Management (HELM) organisation launched the Student Affairs and Student Success (SASS) programme earlier this year at the Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre in Benoni, Johannesburg. SASS is a national leadership…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-health-sciences-host-one-day-engaged-scholarship-impact-indaba
Faculty of Health Sciences to host one-day Engaged Scholarship Impact Indaba
2024-07-15 On 18 July the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences will host the Engaged Scholarship Impact Indaba, a dynamic one-day event dedicated to exploring the intersections of academic research, community engagement and societal impact.…http://library.nwu.ac.za/research-evaluation
Research Support Services
2025-08-22 ROSS Home Research Support Services: Ethical Clearance & Funder Requirements Academic Writing Researcher Ethics Conducting Literature Review Copyright Services Reference Management Research Data Management (RDM) Writing Up & Publishing Journal…, Research Evaluation, Researchers are increasingly required to report on the impact of their work in evaluating the quality of research. Bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science play a crucial role in this process by providing quantitative data and metrics that…, Tools to Track and Showcase Research Performance, These bibliometrics tools produce reports on author profiles, Journal impact factors and quartiles , article-level metrics such as usage (citation counts, downloads, HTML views, abstract views), captures (bookmarks), mentions (blog posts, e-comments,…, Altmetrics (Alternative metrics), Altmetric Explorer is a web-based tool that tracks, monitors, and analyses scholarly research outputs' online attention and impact. This tool is designed to help researchers, institutions, publishers, and funders understand and visualise the broader impact of…, Connect your NWU Profiles to ORCID, The NWU Repositories (Boloka and DaYta Ya Rona) provide research profiles for researchers. These profiles typically include information about the researcher's publications, datasets, and sometimes other scholarly outputs. These profiles help increase the…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering-research-ethics-committee/ethics-training
Ethics training
2025-08-27 Research ethics training of researchers (Principal investigators, supervisors/promoters, co-supervisors/co-promotors, Master’s and PhD students and other research team members) has become a requirement of the Department of Health and the National Health…http://news.nwu.ac.za/link-between-industrial-engineering-and-agricultural-sector
The link between industrial engineering and the agricultural sector
2021-04-16 The agricultural industry is facing numerous and significant challenges. To remain competitive and sustainable, it needs to find ways to constantly improve. Industrial engineering can address a number of the challenges faced by the…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/information-session-intellectual-property
Information session: Intellectual Property
2020-06-09 If you undertake research, you also need to understand Intellectual Property (IP)! The Technology Transfer and Innovation Support Office is hosting a webinar to help researchers, whether academics, postgraduate students or postdoctoral fellows,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/space-biology-will-be-first-africa
Space biology will be a first for Africa
2023-11-23 It will be a first for Africa: One innovative step by the North-West University (NWU) and one giant leap by the continent. The NWU’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences is set to launch the research area SpaceBiology@NWU. According to one of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/electricity-tariff-increase-will-inevitably-cause-cost-doing-business-rise
Electricity tariff increase will inevitably cause the cost of doing business to rise
2025-01-31 Although it is still painful for business and consumers, the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to allow a much lower increase of 12,7% in Eskom tariffs, instead of the 36% previously sought by Eskom, is a significant outcome…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/telit-sa-news/purple-blood-poem-kezell-klinck
Purple Blood: A poem by Kezell Klinck
2024-06-07 By:Kezell Klinck I’m a future shaper I’m their motivator Carefully selected by the Creator Changing them to be greater Hungry eyes are staring Exchanging discussions Oh so caring My blood dyed purple For I am your teacher Did not study to be a preacher My…http://www.nwu.ac.za/announcements-archive-2019
Announcements archive 2019
2020-01-27 .blou{ background-color:#00889c; color:#ffffff; margin-bottom: 20px;} Announcements 2019 Confirmed incident of bacterial meningitis at NWU Potch 22 October 2019 On Monday, 21 October 2019 a fourth-year student on the North-West…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/inaugural-lectures-humanities-2023-0
Inaugural Lectures: Humanities 2023
2024-03-11 Prof Johan Zaaiman Is phronesis an answer to “74,6% of sociology is bunk”? (read more) × Is phronesis an answer to “74,6% of sociology is bunk”? By Prof Johan Zaaiman “74,6% of sociology is bunk” is a metaphor for the…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/inaugural-lectures-humanities-2023
Inaugural Lectures: Humanities 2023
2024-03-11 Prof Johan Zaaiman Is phronesis an answer to “74,6% of sociology is bunk”? (read more) × Is phronesis an answer to “74,6% of sociology is bunk”? By Prof Johan Zaaiman “74,6% of sociology is bunk” is a metaphor for the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-expert-sheds-light-competitive-intelligence-sport
NWU expert sheds light on competitive intelligence in sport
2018-11-01 Competitive intelligence lends a helping hand to your aspirations by equipping you with information that will assist in the quest to put an athlete on the podium. This is according to Dr Liandi van den Berg, an expert in sport management at the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/finnish-academic-review-school-wide-positive-behaviour-support-and-interventions
Finnish academic to review school-wide positive behaviour support and interventions
2018-09-12 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area in Vanderbijlpark will be hosting Prof Hannu Savolainen from the Department of Education at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. During his visit, he will deliver a lecture on School-Wide…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-teaches-high-school-learners-more-about-geographic-mapping
NWU teaches high school learners more about geographic mapping
2022-07-07 The subject group Geography on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus recently hosted 44 Grade 11 and 12 learners from the Tiego Tawana High School to teach them more about the Geographic Information System (GIS) software application. GIS is a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-finds-unpaved-roads-increase-air-pollution
Study finds that unpaved roads increase air pollution
2022-05-23 The burning of fossil fuels and industrial emissions are among the major sources of air pollution in South Africa. However, there are other sources that are found in residential areas, for example unpaved roads, of which there are plenty in low-income…http://news.nwu.ac.za/warmest-congratulations-nwu-eagles
Warmest congratulations to the NWU Eagles
2023-04-24 It has been a week since you were crowned Varsity Cup champions and I still struggle to find words for how proud I am of you. What a wonderful achievement. You took on the best university rugby teams and players in the country and you came out on top. But…http://news.nwu.ac.za/public-lecture-urges-renewed-commitment-preserving-indigenous-languages
Public lecture urges renewed commitment to preserving indigenous languages
2025-04-04 By Gofaone Motsamai and Phenyo Mokgothu In a world wired for global communication, local languages are falling silent. This was the stark message during a recent public lecture hosted at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, where…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-masters-degree-student-explores-cultural-competence-and-healthcare-interactions-belgium
NWU master's-degree student explores cultural competence and healthcare interactions in Belgium
2025-04-24 The Faculty of Health Sciences values global learning experiences that shape well-rounded professionals. One of our master’s-degree nursing students, Zwothe Muthabeni, recently had the opportunity to participate in an international nursing internship in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/students-triumph-national-physics-conference