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NWU Leadership Summit reaches 5th year pinnacle
In just more than a month, the North-West University (NWU) will host the 5th annual Leadership Summit. The event – which takes places in collaboration with the MIKS Foundation – will take place on 13 August 2019. The theme for this year’s summit is leadership in times of crisis and the guest speakers will focus on how to position the South…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/kansa-relay-life-2019-ons-staan-saam
KANSA Relay for Life 2019: ons staan saam!
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark gaan op 28 en 29 September weer eens die gasheer vir die streek se KANSA Relay for Life-gebeurtenis in die Vanderbijlpark wees. Die kampus en die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) gaan hierdie jaar vir die sewende agtereenvolgende jaar hande vat om diegene wat kanker oorleef…http://news.nwu.ac.za/cansa-relay-life-2019-we-are-all-together
CANSA Relay for Life 2019: we are all in this together!
On 28 and 29 September 2019 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark will once again play host to the regional CANSA Relay for Life event in the Vanderbijlpark. This year will see the campus and the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) taking hands for the seventh year running to celebrate cancer survivors, remember…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-residence-chapter-makes-going-green-their-business
NWU Residence Chapter makes going green their business
How can universities encourage students and staff to think green, act green, and become green leaders? The Residence Chapter of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng showed their (green) mettle when they received an honorary award for the Best Creative Programme during the 8th Annual Green Campuses Conference held from 30…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lifetime-achievement-award-nwu-stalwart
Lifetime achievement award for NWU stalwart
With more than 42 years of experience in the academic sphere it is no surprise that Prof Susan Visser, former director of the School of Accounting Sciences, dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and acting vice-rector for research at the North-West University (NWU), has left a lasting impression with internal and external…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-waarheid-oor-uraanblootstelling-suid-afrika-sal-jou-hare-laat-rys
Die waarheid oor uraanblootstelling in Suid-Afrika sal jou hare laat rys
’n Nuwe internasionale navorsingsprojek wat fokus op die blootstelling van mense aan uraan in Suid-Afrikaanse goudmyngebiede, het bevind dat inwoners wat in en naby goudmyngebiede woon, aan verhoogde omgewingsvlakke van uraan blootgestel word. Die uraan vind uiteindelik sy pad na die menslike liggaam en het skadelike gesondheidstoestande tot…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hair-raising-truth-about-uranium-exposure-south-africa
Hair-raising truth about uranium exposure in South Africa
A novel international research project focusing on human exposure to uranium in South African gold mining areas, has concluded that residents living in and near gold mining areas are exposed to elevated environmental levels of uranium. The latter eventually finds its way into the human body giving way to adverse health effects. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/alumni-kantoor-betrek-gegradueerdes-deur-loopbaanontwikkelingsondersteuning
Alumni-kantoor betrek gegradueerdes deur loopbaanontwikkelingsondersteuning
Getrou aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se sorgsaamheidsetiek gaan die Alumni-kantoor, in samewerking met die Loopbaansentrum, op Woensdag 7 Augustus ’n loopbaanbemagtigingsdag vir lede van die alumnigroep op die kampus in Vanderbijlpark aanbied. Die doel van die dag is om aan gegradueerde werksoekers die geleentheid te bied om ’n…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumni-office-engages-graduates-through-career-development-support
Alumni Office engages graduates through career development support
True to the North-West University’s (NWU) ethic of care, the Alumni Office on the campus in Vanderbijlpark, together with the Career Centre, will host a Career Empowerment Day for members of the alumni fraternity on Wednesday, 7 August 2019. The aim of the day will be to afford graduate jobseekers the opportunity to attend a CV writing and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-neem-die-voortou-met-internasionale-konferensie-oor-inligtinggeletterdheid
NWU neem die voortou met internasionale konferensie oor inligtinggeletterdheid
In sy poging om bekend te staan as ’n internasionale universiteit wat vir betrokke vakkundigheid onderskei word, gaan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) in September die 2019-weergawe van die Internasionale Konferensie oor Inligtingsgeletterdheid (ICIL) aanbied. Die tema van hierdie jaar se konferensie is “Inligtingsgeletterdheid oor alle sfere…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-takes-lead-international-conference-information-literacy
NWU takes the lead with international conference on information literacy
In its endeavor to be known as an international university distinguished for engaged scholarship, the North-West University (NWU) will host the 2019 rendition of the International Conference on Information Literacy (ICIL) in September. The theme of this year’s conference is “Information literacy in all spheres of life”. The event will see…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-intellectual-property
NWU celebrates intellectual property
When it comes to your creativity and talent, you have certain rights. Every year the Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) Office at the North-West University (NWU) celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, and this year on 13 May was no different. Under the banner of “Going for Gold – IP and Sport”, the High Performance…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/poca-nie-genoeg-om-bendegeweld-hok-te-slaan-nie
POCA is nie genoeg om bendegeweld hok te slaan nie
Daar moet meer gedoen word om die invloed van bendeaktiwiteite teen te werk, aangesien wetgewing teen bendes nie die mas opkom nie. Volgens dr Delano van der Linde van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Regte, is wetgewing soos die wet op die voorkoming van georganiseerde misdaad (POCA) nie in staat om die manier waarop bendes optree…http://news.nwu.ac.za/poca-not-enough-curb-gang-violence
POCA not enough to curb gang violence
More should be done to curb the influence of gang activities as anti-gang legislation is not up to the task. According to Dr Delano van der Linde from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law, legislation such as the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) fails to disrupt the way gangs operate and to distinguish between gang…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hunting-multi-billion-rand-business
Hunting is a multi-billion Rand business
Hunting as a revenue sector in South Africa is worth billions, with local hunters spending approximately R11,6 billion per year. This is according to a recent study conducted by Prof Peet van der Merwe and the late Prof Melville Saayman from Tourism, Research and Environment and Economics Society (TREES) at the North-West University (NWU).…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-cabinet-may-be-positive-economic-message-business-and-markets
New cabinet may be a positive economic message for business and markets
“Given the inevitable balance of political forces driving the shape and size of the new cabinet, the broad economic message emerging from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reconfigured and leaner cabinet is potentially a very positive one for business and the markets.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, well-known economist and academic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geexpo-2019-gee-wiskunde-wetenskap-en-it-%25E2%2580%2599n-kans
GeeXpo 2019: gee wiskunde, wetenskap en IT ’n kans
Die aftelling na die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se GeeXpo het begin, en skole regoor sentraal-Suid-Afrika word genooi om aan die jaarlikse ekspo vir wiskunde, wetenskap en inligtingstegnologie deel te neem. Hierdie jaar se GeeXpo word vir die sewende agtereenvolgende jaar deur die Fakulteit Natuur- en Landbouwetenskappe op die NWU se kampus…http://news.nwu.ac.za/geexpo-2019-give-maths-science-and-it-try
GeeXpo 2019: give maths, science and IT a try
The countdown to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) GeeXpo has begun, and schools across central South Africa are invited to take part in the annual mathematics, science and information technology expo. This year’s rendition of GeeXpo will see the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the NWU’s campus in Vanderbijlpark host the much…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nagraadse-studente-loer-agter-die-skerms-van-toegepaste-mikro-ekonomie
Nagraadse studente loer agter die skerms van toegepaste mikro-ekonomie
Jy kan nie tydens ’n akademiese lesing leer hoe om fiets te ry nie, dus is daar altyd ’n behoefte aan praktiese sowel as professionele ervaring. Só sê Jacques de Jongh, ’n lektor in die Skool vir Ekonomiese Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark. Jacques is van mening dat akademiese leer saam met…http://news.nwu.ac.za/postgraduate-students-peek-behind-curtain-applied-microeconomics