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Green Bubbles RISE
The most relevant internationally funded research project is the Green Bubbles project, an European Union (EU)-funded project under Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE actions (see also NWU news article on: http://news.nwu.ac.za/buoyant-nwu-pools-expertise-sustainable-diving-tourism). The project was a consortium of partners from countries including Italy,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/ndt-project-tourism-sector-demand-and-supply
NDT project: Tourism sector demand and supply
Towards the end of 2020, South Africa's National Department of Tourism (NDT) opened a call for bids from South African higher education and research institutions to form part of the national department's research panel. The bid submitted by Prof Elmarie Slabbert (Director of TREES) and Dr Tafadzwa Matiza (Senior Lecturer in TREES) under the…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/pubulished-research-outputs
Pubulished research outputs
Over several years, TREES has established itself as a leading tourism research entity that is contributing to alleviating the scarce skills in tourism research in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa (through post-graduate studies), as well as growing the field of knowledge through published research. Three programmes have been identified to form…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/our-staff
Our Staff
, STAFF The following staff form part of TREES Prof Elmarie Slabbert (Research Director) Elmarie.slabbert@nwu.ac.za Prof Martinette Kruger Martinette.kruger@nwu.ac.za Prof Serena Lucrezi Serena.lucrezi@nwu.ac.za Prof Armand Viljoen Adam.viljoen@nwu.ac.za Prof Tafadzwa Matiza Tafadzwa.matiza@nwu.ac.za Dr Michael Chambwe Michael.Chambwe@nwu.ac.za …http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE/research
Research
TRADE Research, Research Focuses, Guided by national priorities and the research strengths of our members, TRADE has identified and implemented the following five sub-research fields, supported by ongoing special projects: This multidisciplinary research area focuses on the structural and human dimensions of economic development, with strong emphasis on both macroeconomic and…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE/PG_Studies
Postgraduate Studies
TRADE postgrad , Programmes, MCom in International Trade MCom in Economics MSc in Agricultural Economics PhD in International Trade PhD in Economics PhD in Agricultural Economics , Entry requirements, MCom and MSc: The Master's degree programme is demanding from both an academic and time perspective and should not be entered into lightly. To be admitted to the Magister Comercii (MCom) or the Magister Scientiae (MSc) programme at the North-West University, you will need the following: A BA Honours, BSc Honours or BCom Honours degree (or a…, How to apply, Please prepare a focused research outline to submit with your application. The research outline (not exceeding 350 words) should consist of: Your name and the proposed title of your dissertation/thesis. A short background on your choice of topic, a statement of the research problem, and the associated research question(s) that you intend to answer…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/directors-welcoming
DIRECTORS WELCOMING
As Faculty of Economic Management Sciences (F-EMS), we believe that we have a significant contribution to make in the social, economic and educational development of both our internal and external communities. We further believe that this contribution should be mutually beneficial. In other words, both the faculty and its students on the one hand…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/grade-12-focus-day-programme
GRADE 12 FOCUS DAY PROGRAMME
On the 06 th of March, it was ‘Grade 12 Focus Day Programme’ whereby several schools from around Mahikeng and Mmabatho were invited to Mahikeng Campus. The purpose of this event was to mobilise high school learners to consider NWU as the university of their choice in future. The Tourism Society was invited to take part and market the School of…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/assist-student-campaign
ASSIST A STUDENT CAMPAIGN
COVID-19 pandemic left a lot of South Africans unemployed. One of BA Honours Tourism Management students ended up in a vulnerable and financially stranded situation after the parent was on unpaid leave due to lockdown regulations. As a result, the parent was unable to send money to support the student, with either transport fare, accommodation,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/microsoft-teams-training
MICROSOFT TEAMS TRAINING
Mrs Matilda Kutumela went out of her way to teach her colleagues to install and to administer the Microsoft Teams app, as part of CE teaching and learning initiative. The Teams tutorial was provided to colleagues via skype on the 10 th Of September 2020. The Teams tutorial was conducted to assist School of Tourism Mahikeng staff in familiarising…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/womans-month-digital-card
WOMAN'S MONTH DIGITAL CARD
To acknowledge students’ determination during the 1 st semester of the COVID-19 period and instill an act of appreciation towards women who generally impacted positively on the Tourism students’ studies during that time, School of Tourism Management in Mahikeng designed a digital Womens’ month card and sent out to students, who also passed to…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/community-engagement-during-covid-19
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING COVID-19
This year has most certainly been the definition of Annus Horribilis, and for the school’s Community Engagement portfolio, it has also been a challenging time. Around 90% of the school’s planned projects for the year had to be placed on ice for the time being or postponed to next year due to the situation we are currently facing with the pandemic…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/empowering-through-motivation
EMPOWERING THROUGH MOTIVATION
The School for Accounting Sciences has run numerous community engagement projects, that had an immense impact on the students and the community at large. Some projects include: -Financial management and personal finance videos to the public - Online campaign on how to excel during online learning - Online SME Tax information videos - Student…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/support-old-age-home
SUPPORT TO AN OLD AGE HOME
On Saturday, 18 July 2020, our colleagues from the North-West University Potchefstroom campus from FEMS visited the SAVF Ons Hulde Old age home in Potchefstroom. This initiative was as part of community engagement project at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). The purpose of this community…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/nourishing-meal-needy
NOURISHING MEAL TO THE NEEDY
What started out as a project to donate one small pack of lentil soup and red heart beans project ended up as a hamper donation to the needy. Initially, this project was aimed to give each needy family a small package of beans in order to give a warm and nourishing soup to the needy. As we were taking in donations some people decided to donate…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/epitome-servant-leaders