Prestige Lecture: Open Pedagogy and Metaliteracy
NWU in collaboration with UNESCO provides students with an opportunity to engage deeply in their own learning. The metaliteracy framework provides scaffolding that encourages student success. This lecture will delve into how metaliteracy and open pedagogy can work hand-in-hand. Register to join Find out more about our…
Grant Application Workshop
Masters and PhD grant applicants learn more about the how, what and when of applications for funding (projects and research) We will look into the information needed, how to analyse the opportunity and how to prepare your application. This will include: Eligibility criteria Team forming / collaboration Call structure Budget…
Inclusion, gender and violence in the new century seminar
In memory of our late colleague and friend, Sam Junior Mbatha, the NWU cordially welcomes you to an online seminar on human rights, mental health, hate speech, and gender-based violence. Register here Please note that the link to the seminar will only be received by registered individuals.
INVITATION - LAUNCH OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT CLUSTER
The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Cluster, a joint initiative between the government, academia and industry, aims to promote the manufacturing of APIs in South Africa and to stimulate the growth of the country's bioeconomy. RSVP by 7 March 2022 to - Liezl-Marie Scholtz Register here Programme
Virtual Seminar: Utilisation of indigenous and indigenised genetic resources for improved food and nutrition value chains
Virtual Seminar by Prof Michael Wolday Bairu Biography: Prof MW Bairu has a PhD in Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology (UKZN), a MSc in Biotechnology (University of KwaZulu-Natal, UKZN) and BSc in Agricultural Plant Sciences (Alemaya University, Ethiopia). In a career spanning over 25 years, Prof Bairu worked across all sectors…
NORTH WEST ON WELLNESS (NoW!): Strategic planning and ceremony
Join us for the 2022 strategic planning session and ceremony for the North West on Wellness (NoW!) initiative. It is important for us as a collective team to plan our goals for the year, discuss best practices for monitoring our successes in NoW!, and brainstorm the public image for NoW! It is also important that we celebrate our victories and…
Invitation - CIPC IP and Startup Webinar
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), in collaboration with the North West University invites students across all faculties to a virtual workshop on Intellectual Property (IP). Register here Join virtual workshop here
Announcements - 2021
.blou{ background-color:#00889c; color:#ffffff; margin-bottom: 20px;} Announcements [accordion collapsed] Relocation of the Leopard statue: Mahikeng Campus In 2017, the University Management identified a need to have a public artwork that would be placed across the three campuses of the university to demonstrate the NWU's unitary…
Faculty of Law - Language & Law Colloquium
In the spirit of cross-disciplinary research, Justice in Practice (Faculty of Law, NWU) cordially invites you to attend their very first Language & Law Colloquium. We have the privilege of presenting top academics from South Africa, Australia, and the USA. Programme Register here (Please register on or before 21 March…
15th International Conference of the South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS)
The conference theme for 2022 is: Consumer Sciences at a distance: creating social and economic value. In addition to presenting your own research, we also welcome the presentation of research proposals and research-in-progress, as well as best practice in teaching and learning, community engagement and entrepreneurship. Research…
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - Public Lecture: Chemistry and Society
Click here to attend the public lecture Meeting ID: 922 360 5304 | Passcode: 895810
A costly inflection point- European politics and business in the Russia Ukraine war
The Russia-Ukraine war of 2022 represents an inflection point in Western politics and business. This lecture will discuss the political and security dimensions of the war, the responses by Western governments, and how Western businesses are responding to the various challenges. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 942 1316 1243 Passcode…
FAQ's
[accordion collapsed] What is the email system called? Sometimes people refer to this as Microsoft (MS) Outlook and sometimes to MS Exchange. To clarify this: NWU is using the MS Outlook client and the mail is on a server that is called the Exchange Server. So, for the NWU we are using Outlook. Which email address will I use…
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Welcome The NWU is committed to functioning as a unitary, integrated, multi-campus university that enables equity, redress and globally competitive teaching and research across all three of our campuses. Our core activities, teaching-learning and research, are intertwined with community engagement and innovation in our eight faculties, most…
Pitso 2022:3 || The draft Labour Migration Policy: Are quotas good or bad for job creation?
The proposed National Labour Migration Policy and Employment Services Amendment Bill will introduce quotas on the total number of documented foreign nationals with work visas that can be employed in major economic sectors (e.g. agriculture, hospitality, tourism and construction). Public comment is invited until the end of May. In this Pitso…
Public Lecture: FATF, its standards and their impact on South African law and compliance practices
Guest Speaker: Prof Louis de Koker, La Trobe University, Australia Teams link Registration is free Programme Chair: Dr Neels Kilian 08:00 – 08:10 – Welcome Address (Prof Mitzi Wiese) 08:10 – 08: 20 – Introduction of the Speaker (Prof Howard Chitimira) 08:20 – 09: 30 – FATF,…