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Noordwes-Universiteit vereer sy uitmuntende navorsers
Die NWU het op 3 Desember 2020 sy allerbeste navorsers en innoveerders tydens ’n virtuele toekenningsaand vereer. Talle van die uitmuntende personeellede het by die geleentheid erkenning vir hulle uitnemendheid in navorsing in 2019 ontvang, waarby navorsers met nuwe NNS-graderings ingesluit is. Die wenners van die visekanseliersmedalje vir die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-honours-its-outstanding-researchers
North-West University honours its outstanding researchers
The NWU honoured the best of its best researchers and innovators during a virtual awards evening on 3 December 2020. Many outstanding staff members were acknowledged at the event for achieving excellence in research during 2019, including researchers with new NRF ratings. The winners of the vice-chancellor’s medal for the best master’…https://news.nwu.ac.za/industrial-engineering-students-take-part-inchainge-global-student-challenge-2020-2021
Industrial engineering students take part in the Inchainge Global Student Challenge 2020–2021
A team of four third-year Industrial Engineering students, Hendrik Rossouw, Nondumiso Bhengu, Ryno Aust and Carolien Müller, have been invited to participate in the global qualification round (GQR) of the Inchainge Global Student Challenge 2020–2021. This team is very enthusiastic and excited because they will be participating in an…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-belangrikheid-van-ondersteuning
Die belangrikheid van ondersteuning
Dit neem ’n slagoffer van geslagsgebaseerde geweld gemiddeld sewe pogings voordat hulle ’n toksiese verhouding verlaat. Dit raak egter makliker vir ’n slagoffer om die moed bymekaar te skraap om uiteindelik pad te gee – en weg te bly – as hulle ondersteuning van familie en vriende ontvang. Tebello Mabusela, ’n dosent aan die Skool vir…https://news.nwu.ac.za/importance-support
The importance of support
On average it takes a gender-based-violence victim seven attempts before they leave a toxic relationship. It becomes easier for a victim to sum up the courage to finally walk out – and stay away – when they receive support from family and friends. Tebello Mabusela, a lecturer at the School of Psychosocial Health of the North-West University (NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sal-jy-jou-plasings-op-sosiale-media-ook-op-n-reklamebord-uitbasuin
Sal jy jou plasings op sosiale media ook op ’n reklamebord uitbasuin?
Moenie enigiets op sosiale media publiseer as jy nie gewillig is om dit op ’n reklamebord langs ’n snelweg te sien nie. Die doen van die “reklamebordtoets” wanneer jy by sosiale media betrokke is, is goeie raad van Emma Sadleir, ’n voorste kundige oor sosialemediareg en stigter van die Digital Law Company, wat instellings en groepe oor die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/are-you-prepared-publish-your-social-media-post-billboard
Are you prepared to publish your social media post on a billboard?
Do not publish anything on social media if you are not willing to see it on a billboard next to a busy highway. Doing the “billboard test” when engaging with social media is sound advice from Emma Sadleir, a leading expert on social media law and founder of the Digital Law Company, which advises institutions and groups on the risks and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/cfam-papprojek-deur-rotary-international-vereer
CFAM-papprojek deur Rotary International vereer
Miljoene Suid-Afrikaners het gely onder die impak van die nasionale inperkingsregulasies wat as gevolg van die koronaviruspandemie ingestel is. ’n Plaaslike Potchefstroomse ingenieursmaatskappy, CFAM Technologies, wat ’n newemaatskappy van die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese van die Noordwes-Universiteit is, het die bul by die horings gepak om te…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cfam-porridge-project-rewarded-rotary-international
CFAM Porridge Project rewarded by Rotary International
Millions of South Africans suffered under the impact of the national lockdown regulations introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic. A local Potchefstroom engineering company, CFAM Technologies, which is a spin-off company of the Faculty of Engineering of the North-West University, grabbed the bull by the horns to ensure that residents in and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/maintaining-healthy-relationships
Maintaining healthy relationships
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Employee Relations and Wellness division recently hosted a webinar aimed at educating staff and students on how to maintain healthy relationships. Dr Shanaaz Hoosain, a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Cape Town, and Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, author and the United Nation’s special rapporteur on…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/persoonlikheid-kan-die-sleutelaanwyser-vir-prestasie-die-werkplek-wees
Persoonlikheid kan die sleutelaanwyser vir prestasie in die werkplek wees
Prof Ankebe Kruger, voorligtingsielkundige by die Instituut vir Sielkunde en Welstand in die Sentrum vir Gesondheid en Menslike Prestasie, het onlangs ’n navorsingsprojek onder personeellede in die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe regoor al drie kampusse van die die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) geloods om deelnemers se persoonlikheid, hulle neiging…https://news.nwu.ac.za/personality-could-be-key-indicator-performance-workplace
Personality could be the key indicator for performance in the workplace
Prof Ankebe Kruger, counselling psychologist from the Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing in the Centre for Health and Human Performance, recently launched a research project among staff members in the Faculty of Health Sciences across all three campuses of the North-West University (NWU) to investigate participants’ personality, their tendency…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/wat-n-inspirasie
Wat ʼn inspirasie!
Dr. Marli Dercksen is onlangs deur die Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge met ʼn spesiale Inspirasievrou-toekenning vir haar werk in metaboliese siektes vereer. Kom vind saam meer uit oor dié merkwaardige vrou. Vertel ons bietjie wanneer jy gebore is en waar jy grootgeword het? Ek is in 1980 in Vereeniging in die Vaaldriehoek gebore…https://news.nwu.ac.za/what-inspiration
What an inspiration!
Dr. Marli Dercksen was recently honoured with a special Woman Inspiration award for her work in metabolic diseases by the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Societies (FAK). Lets find out more about this remarkable woman. Tell us a bit about when you were born and where you grew up? I was born in Vereeniging in the Vaal Triangle in 1980. I…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-career-centre-save-these-dates
NWU Career Centre: Save these dates
With more than 2 000 students attending the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Virtual Career Fairs in 2020, the Career Centre promises to pull out all the stops in 2021. The centre will be hosting four virtual career fairs in March 2021. On 9 March the Accounting Virtual Fair will kick off, followed by the General Virtual Fair on 11 March, the Law…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/innovation-hub-gee-erkenning-aan-nwu-presteerders
Innovation Hub gee erkenning aan NWU-presteerders
Twee tegnologieprojekte het onlangs erkenning ontvang tydens hierdie jaar se Innovation Hub GAP-toekennings, wat op 10 Desember 2020 gehou is. Die Innovation Hub, die innovasie-agentskap van Gauteng, is ’n volfiliaal van die Gautengse Groei- en Ontwikkelingsagentskap. Dit is deur die Gautengse provinsiale regering deur middel van sy…https://news.nwu.ac.za/innovation-hub-applauds-nwu-achievers
Innovation Hub applauds NWU achievers
Two technology projects recently received honours at this year’s Innovation Hub GAP awards that were held on 10 December 2020. The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of Gauteng is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. It was established by the Gauteng Provincial Government through its Department of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/suid-afrika-post-2020-covid-19-en-die-ekonomie-deel-1
Suid-Afrika post-2020: Covid-19 en die ekonomie (deel 1)
Die jaar 2020 sal onthou word as een van ongekende onsekerheid, en dit lyk asof 2021 glad nie ’n tree agteruit gaan staan nie. Prof Raymond Parsons van die Besigheidskool by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gee vir ons ’n vooruitskouing van wat die nuwe jaar vir die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie sowel as verbruikers gaan inhou. Hierdie is die eerste van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africa-post-2020-covid-19-and-economy-part-1
South Africa post-2020: Covid-19 and the economy (part 1)
The year 2020 will be remembered as one of unprecedented uncertainty, and 2021 looks set to not buck its predecessor’s trend. Prof Raymond Parsons from the Business School at the North-West University (NWU) looks ahead at what the new year will hold for the South African economy and consumers alike. This is the first part of a series of articles…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/suid-afrika-post-2020-covid-19-en-die-ekonomie-deel-2