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NWU is doing its part to eliminate a silent killer
2019-05-21 Raised blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor responsible for mortality worldwide. Despite this, the majority of people with hypertension are unaware of suffering from it, are untreated, or are on treatment but don’t control the illness.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/supercharging-their-careers-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-way
Supercharging their careers – the NWU way!
2020-01-30 The end of January saw the start of many aspiring MBA students’ journey to success when the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School once again hosted a very successful Summer Study School in Potchefstroom. An exciting and insightful five-day…http://news.nwu.ac.za/rare-diseases-day-2020-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-chm-forefront-preventative-healthcare
Rare Diseases Day 2020: NWU’s CHM at the forefront of preventative healthcare
2020-03-06 Did you know that in South Africa, there are approximately three million people living with a rare disease? This means that one in every 16 people are directly affected by a rare disease. The Centre of Human Metabolomics (CHM) at the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/its-all-systems-go-nwu-prepares-institutional-audit
It’s all systems go as NWU prepares for institutional audit
2021-09-02 Preparations are well under way for one of the most important upcoming events in the academic life of the North-West University (NWU): the external institutional audit that will be conducted in August 2022. The NWU’s institutional audit is part of a series…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-competition-inspires-youth-find-innovative-solutions
NWU competition inspires youth to find innovative solutions
2022-03-04 The North-West University’s annual Modiragatsi innovation competition that gives high-school learners between the ages of 15 and 18 the opportunity to become the next generation of problem solvers is back and it is even bigger and better this year. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-african-tourism-how-we-get-back-our-feet
South African tourism: This is how we get back on our feet
2023-09-18 The Covid-19 pandemic has left an indelible scar on the face of South Africa’s tourism sector, and although cosmetic touch-ups have restored some of its previous splendour, some extensive surgery is still required to get it back to rude health. According…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/book-launch-relational-caring-soft-voice-transforming-society-andries-baart-and-guus-timmerman
Book Launch - Relational Caring: A Soft Voice in Transforming Society by Andries Baart and Guus Timmerman
2025-04-16 You are cordially invited to a Book Launch: Relational Caring: A Soft Voice in Transforming Society by Andries Baart and Guus Timmerman. [accordion] Authors: Andries Baart studied andragology, specialized as a practical theologian and obtained…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/student-wen-visekanseliersmedalje-met-navorsing-oor-ruimteweer
Student wen Visekanseliersmedalje met navorsing oor ruimteweer
2022-04-28 Jacques Beukes van die MUST-diepleernavorsingsgroep by die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese is die 2021-wenner van ’n Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Visekanseliersmedalje vir sy verhandeling “Interpretability of deep neural networks for SYM-H prediction”. Agt…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/pharmacy-practice/rianda-joubert
Rianda Joubert
2026-04-22 I am a registered pharmacist and senior lecturer at the North-West University (NWU). After obtaining my B.Pharm degree in 2004, I enrolled for the degree Master of Pharmacy in Pharmacy Practice at the NWU. My M.Pharm examined the prescribing patterns and cost of anti-diabetic medication in the private healthcare sector of South Africa, with…http://news.nwu.ac.za/life-goes-death-happens-loss-and-grief-time-covid-19
Life goes on, death happens: loss and grief in a time of Covid-19
2020-04-20 Across the world the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our assumptive worlds drastically, yet life continues to happen. Babies are born, people develop health conditions that are not related to Covid-19, others reach milestone birthdays, while others die. Dr…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/scs/effect
Manual
2018-01-29 Table of contents PREFACE (Download document) CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Background (Download document) 1.1 Practical significance 1.2 When are effect size indices necessary? 1.3 Requirements for good effect size…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-language-resources-four-south-african-nguni-languages
New language resources for the four South African Nguni languages
2022-07-20 Better technology tools are on the way for South Africa’s four Nguni languages. Research being done at the Centre for Text Technology (CTexT®) at the North-West University (NWU) is helping to fill in the missing links about how these languages are being used…http://www.nwu.ac.za/raceweek2021
Race Awareness Week 2021
2021-05-03 In South Africa, participation in the economy is linked inextricably to a purpose of University education: to meet needs in the market place, to create and fill employment, and to achieve through the massification of our higher education system, a…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/laboratory-infectious-diseases/publications
Publications
2018-03-05 Prof Du Toit Loots’ publications (last 5 years) I. Olivier, D.T. Loots. 2012. A metabolomics approach to characterise and identify various Mycobacterium species. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 88: 419-426. Impact factor 2.2…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-market-day-%25E2%2580%2593-igniting-spark-entrepreneurship
NWU Market Day – igniting the spark of entrepreneurship
2020-01-28 The North-West University (NWU) is serious about entrepreneurship and as such boasts several entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at empowering staff, students and the broader community to become financially independent. The latest initiative comes in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/collaboration-servian-researchers-focus-nuclear-science-advancements
Collaboration with Servian researchers to focus on nuclear science advancements
2024-03-01 A delegation of academics and researchers from the University of Novi Sad in Serbia, led by Prof Jovana Nikolov and Dr Andrej Vraničar, visited the North-West University's Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology (CARST) from 20 to 24 February.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-ttis-hosts-international-technology-transfer-experts
NWU TTIS hosts international technology transfer experts
2026-02-10 Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) hosted a high-level engagement focused on testing an institutional capability framework (ICF) being developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The ICF provides a structured way for…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-keep-fourth-estate-ablaze
The North-West University keep the Fourth Estate ablaze
2024-07-31 You do not pick fights with people who buy ink in barrels. This saying used to ring true when printed newspapers ruled the news roost. But, with bandwidth having replaced the aforementioned barrels, is there still a future for journalists in the traditional…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-nursing-launches-school-based-cardiovascular-healthcare-programme