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3MC School 2024: Travel
2024-02-12 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } 3MC Presents: African Mathematical School on Quantitative Biology: Applications in…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/paa/3MC-Conference-2024/Travel
3MC Conference 2024: Travel
2024-02-12 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } 3MC Presents: International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Life…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/gender-awareness-week-2021
Gender Awareness Week 2021
2024-04-02 Inclusivity and an appreciation for our differences make the North-West University (NWU) a family that strives for excellence. That is why the NWU is hosting Gender Awareness Week (GAW) from 6 to 13 August 2021. Gender awareness and art […http://www.nwu.ac.za/university-calendar/september
University Calendar - September
2025-08-11 Legend MC - Mahikeng Campus PC - Potchefstroom Campus VC - Vanderbijlpark Campus M - Masters degree PhD/D - Doctoral degree UDL - Unit for Distance Learning HDA - Higher Degrees Administration FHS - Faculty of Health Sciences…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-reaches-out-itsoseng-women%25E2%2580%2599s-project
NWU Engineering reaches out to Itsoseng Women’s Project
2020-08-04 The Faculty of Engineering, in partnership with Dr Melinda du Toit from the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), reached out to the Itsoseng Women’s Project in Drieziek extension, Orange Farm township to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-earns-associate-professorship-only-30
NWU academic earns associate professorship at only 30
2017-12-11 As a child growing up in Lusaka, Zambia, school was not something that Prof Ilyayambwa Mwanawina from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark was fond of. He jokes about trying to avoid school from since he was in preschool. “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-puts-common-good-first
NWU puts Common Good First
2019-11-19 “Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that’s really what matters.” This powerful quote by Reid Hoffman perfectly sums up the main idea behind the Common Good First campaign. This campaign was conceived as a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-host-first-ever-science-behind-sport-day
NWU alumna to host first-ever Science behind Sport Day
2017-06-27 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks in a language everyone understands. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.” These powerful…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-innovators-can-now-use-digital-storytelling-share-their-solutions
Social innovators can now use digital storytelling to share their solutions
2022-03-11 Thanks to the launch of the Digital Storytelling Hub of the North-West University (NWU), social innovators now have a brand-new platform where they can share solutions to their communities’ challenges. Funding received from the European Union programme…http://news.nwu.ac.za/increased-fuel-costs-are-not-merely-increased-fuel-costs
Increased fuel costs are not merely increased fuel costs
2022-10-27 Like load-shedding, fuel price hikes in South Africa are so frequent that we have become desensitised to them. When a hike is announced, we hear of it and go about our daily lives. However, increases in fuel prices have an impact on more than just the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-mels-working-towards-prevention-future-cardiovascular-disease
Prof Mels working towards the prevention of future cardiovascular disease
2022-09-06 Following the completion of Prof Carina Mels’s postgraduate studies in biochemistry, she was offered the opportunity to start a lab at the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), which she accepted, knowing that she had plenty of lab experience from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-scc-provides-support-less-fortunate
NWU SCC provides support to the less fortunate
2022-08-25 Oldrin Masowa It took five days, long working hours and no shortage of commitment but, thanks to the Student Campus Council (SCC) of the North-West University (NWU), less fortunate individuals of Potchefstroom can now protect themselves - to some extent -…http://news.nwu.ac.za/stimulating-expert-dialogues-across-our-borders
Stimulating expert dialogues across our borders
2022-09-01 The Business School of the North-West University (NWU) proudly launched its first formal African outreach initiative on 11 August in Gaborone, Botswana. Some 80 delegates from the Botswana government, the formal business sector and staff from various…http://news.nwu.ac.za/more-corruption-fighting-forensic-accountants-are-way
More corruption-fighting forensic accountants are on the way
2022-05-31 The battle against the scourge of fraud and corruption plaguing South Africa is raging and the country needs a brave new generation of forensic accountants ― of whom there is currently a dire shortage ― if it wants to win the fight. Disadvantaged youth are…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-wins-award-slogan-against-anti-gender-based-violence
NWU academic wins award for a slogan against Anti-Gender Based Violence
2023-02-02 Senior Lecturer and Chartered Accountant in the School of Accounting Sciences within the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Mr. Kurt Naicker, has recently won the award for the best slogan against Anti-Gender Based Violence. His slogan that was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-its-kind-colloquium-focuses-health-sciences-and-sustainable-community-partnerships
First-of-its-kind colloquium focuses on health sciences and sustainable community partnerships
2023-10-10 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its first Community Engagement Colloquium on the Vanderbijlpark Campus on 2 and 3 October. The purpose of this colloquium - titled "Health sciences and partnerships for sustainable…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-national-interests-changing-brics-landscape-seven-tests
South Africa’s national interests in the changing BRICS landscape ― seven tests
2023-08-29 “The watershed 15th BRICS Summit that took place in Johannesburg had, to its credit, several runs on the scoreboard by the time it concluded last week.” Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says while the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/orchids-everywhere-library-celebrates-spring-award-winning-botanical-art
Orchids everywhere as library celebrates spring with award-winning botanical art
2024-09-19 Spring starts in September, and in honour of the new season, a special exhibition of amazing art is adorning the walls of the Ferdinand Postma Library on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU). Artworks of flowers are everywhere. Not…http://news.nwu.ac.za/global-warming-places-africas-wildlife-peril
Global warming places Africa’s wildlife in peril
2025-07-21 Drought, intensified by global warming and compounded by human action, has taken a devastating toll on wildlife across Africa and the Amazon between 2023 and 2025. According to a sobering new United Nations report, animal populations are being ravaged not…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vice-chancellors-science-day-empowering-young-minds