NWU Optentia hosts VLIR-UOS
Optentia, a research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently hosted Mr Christophe Goossens, programme officer for the Flemish Inter-university Council for University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS) Over the past four years Optentia received funding from VLIR-UOS to run the Experiences in…
NWU students stand up for animals
Chocolate, vanilla, caramel, blueberry: all the flavours imaginable! A group of BEd Foundation Phase students on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark took to the kitchen to promote their passion for animals. The group of ladies, under the leadership of third-year student Monique Welgemoed, sold cupcakes on campus in a…
NSG chief director address students on challenges of public service delivery
The first-year public management students on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently had the privilege of being addressed by Ms Milly Daweti, chief director at the National School of Government (NSG). Ms Daweti’s visit follows after an invitation from Mr Kagiso Pooe, a lecturer in the School of Basic Sciences, as…
NWU student documents Khoi-San medicinal practices
Simangaliso Lesley Mashego from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, documented the indigenous medicinal expertise of the Khoi-San community in the Northern Cape as part of the final-year research component of his Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge Science (BIKS) degree. Simangaliso is part of the research group Seboka that…
NWU one of top five innovative universities in SA
A bibliometrical* company, Clarivate Analytics, recently published a report that lists the North-West University (NWU) as one of the top five innovative universities in South Africa. The report, A focus on the top 5 innovative universities in South Africa, examined universities and how their contributions are distributed across the total…
GeeXpo 2017: It’s time to change your attitude about maths and IT
Did you know that a bad attitude towards mathematics can literally cost you the opportunity to further your studies after completing high school? Trues bob! Researchers have found that hard work and good study habits were the most important factors in improving your maths ability over time and hence – contrary to popular believe – there are no…
Idea generation: an entrepreneur’s first step towards success
Are you dreaming of starting your own business venture? Do you have an idea which you think has business potential? If so, the Idea Generation Workshop – hosted by the bhive Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark – will suit you like a glove. Ask any vested entrepreneur and he/she…
Enterprising Women Programme to be extended to northern Free State
Entrepreneurship is more than just a buzzword: it is perceived to be one of the most significant economic and social developments in the world at present. Excitingly enough, more and more women are stepping up to own and run businesses in numbers that would have been hard to imagine a few decades ago. International research estimates that…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/inaugural-lecture-prof-rodwell-makombe-making-sense-second-republic-zimbabwe-through-laughter
Inaugural Lecture of Prof Rodwell Makombe: Making Sense of the Second Republic in Zimbabwe Through Laughter
The Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof Dumi Moyo cordially invites you to the Inaugural Lecture of Prof Rodwell Makombe. Theme: Making sense of the Second Republic in Zimbabwe through laughter: the poetics and politics of resistance after Mugabe. Abstract: The fall of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s long-time strongman, through…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/call-abstracts-social-sciences-international-research-conference-save-date