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Ondersteuning en leiding van die NWU-gemeenskap maak graderingsreis makliker
Die vakgroep Inligtingstelsels aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het in prof Joshua Chukwuere sy eerste Y2-gegradeerde van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS) gekry. Hy is in inligtingstelsels, en spesifiek in ontluikende en digitale tegnologieë, aan die NWU opgelei. Prof Chukwuere is ’n medeprofessor in die navorsingsfokusarea bekend as…https://news.nwu.ac.za/support-and-guidance-nwu-community-eased-rating-journey
Support and guidance from the NWU community eased rating journey
The subject group Information Systems at the North-West University (NWU) has its first National Research Foundation (NRF) Y2-rated researcher in Prof Joshua Chukwuere. He is an NWU-grown scholar in information systems, specifically emerging and digital technologies. Prof Chukwuere is an associate professor in the research focus area known as…https://news.nwu.ac.za/pad-way-project-benefit-community
Pad the Way project to benefit the community
The GoAllOut Organisation student chapter at the North-West University (NWU) has initiated a community service project called Pad the Way. The goals of the Pad the Way project are to increase awareness of the importance of personal hygiene for women, combat period poverty, and to encourage government leaders to make it mandatory for all schools…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pad-way-projek-ten-bate-van-die-gemeenskap
Pad the Way-projek ten bate van die gemeenskap
Die GoAllOut-organisasie se studente-afdeling by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het ’n gemeenskapsdiensprojek, genaamd Pad the Way, geïnisieer. Die doelwitte van die Pad the Way-projek is om ’n bewustheid te kweek vir die belangrikheid van persoonlike higiëne vir vroue, om menstruasie-armoede hok te slaan, en om regeringsleiers aan te moedig om…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/van-ideevorming-tot-kommersialisering-dit-nwu-navorsing-wat-n-impak-maak
Van ideevorming tot kommersialisering – dit is NWU-navorsing wat ’n impak maak
Die Tegnologie-oordrag en Innovasie-ondersteuningskantoor (TOIO-kantoor) by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) help innoveerders en entrepreneurs om hulle drome te bewaarheid. Toe ’n derdejaar-BCom-student, Irene Nompini Tsele, haar idee vir ’n kosmetiekonderneming gekry het, het sy glad nie geweet dat ’n vennootskap met die universiteit se TOIO-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ideation-commercialisation-impactful-nwu-research
From ideation to commercialisation – that is impactful NWU research
The Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) office at the North-West University (NWU) is helping innovators and entrepreneurs to realise their dreams. When a third-year BCom student, Irene Nompini Tsele, conceived her idea for a cosmetics business, little did she know that partnering with the university’s TTIS office would one day make…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-south-africas-premier-tennis-hub
NWU is South Africa’s premier tennis hub
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus can now rightly be called South Africa’s go-to tennis destination with the official opening of its clay court precinct on Friday, 28 April 2023. These five new courts are supplemented by 10 hard courts and two grass courts to make the NWU Africa’s undisputed leader in providing…https://news.nwu.ac.za/young-guns-emulate-champion-big-brothers
Young Guns emulate champion big brothers
There is no such thing as too much of a good thing, especially not when rugby at the North-West University (NWU) is concerned. Not in the slightest. On Monday, 24 April 2023 the NWU Eagles (Young Guns) were crowned the Varsity Cup Young Guns champions after beating Maties 27-26 in Stellenbosch. By doing so, the fledglings emulated their older…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-player-named-top-north-west-abc-motsepe-player
NWU Soccer Institute player named top North West ABC Motsepe player
The North-West University (NWU) is celebrating the recent announcement that one of their football players, Heaven Prince Julius Sereetsi, has been named the best player of the North West ABC Motsepe league. Heaven, an NWU Soccer Institute attacking winger, has been recognised for his outstanding performances throughout the league season. He has…https://news.nwu.ac.za/gift-students-and-staff-hungary-may
GIFT students and staff off to Hungary in May
Several lecturers from the Global, Innovative, Forefront, Talent (GIFT) Management research niche area in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (FEMS) will soon depart for Hungary, courtesy of funding received from the European Union’s Erasmus funding programme. According to Prof Anna-Marie Pelser,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/snail-day-raises-awareness-schistosomiasis-and-river-health
Snail Day raises awareness of schistosomiasis and river health
The North-West University (NWU) Water Research Group (WRG) and the University of Limpopo (UL) recently hosted a Snail Day community workshop, sponsored by the Water Research Commission (WRC). According to Dr Lizaan de Necker, principal investigator from the NWU, this formed part of their project that focuses on the distribution of schistosomiasis…https://news.nwu.ac.za/academics-look-science-and-faith
Academics look at science and faith
Two North-West University (NWU) academics, Prof Frikkie van Niekerk and Prof Nico Vorster, are the proud editors of the transdisciplinary book titled Science and Faith in Dialogue. It is published in open access format by AOSIS Scholarly Books. Prof van Niekerk was the main editor and also contributed a book chapter, and Prof Vorster…https://news.nwu.ac.za/best-diplomats-conference-opens-new-doors-opportunity
Best Diplomats Conference opens new doors of opportunity
North-West University (NWU) student Oscar Mosenogi, who has been selected as one of the World Changers Candidates Ambassadors, was given the opportunity to speak at the Best Diplomats Conference that took place in Thailand. This conference was organised by Best Diplomats, a New York-based international organisation focusing on training and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nuwe-boek-ondersoek-hoer-onderwys-die-lig-van-n-pandemie
Nuwe boek ondersoek hoër onderwys in die lig van ’n pandemie
Die Covid-19-pandemie het verwoesting agtergelaat en die hoëronderwyssektor is nie gespaar nie. Dit is die gevolgtrekking waartoe ’n nuwe boek, getiteld Higher Education in the Face of a Global Pandemic, gekom het. Die mederedakteurs daarvan was prof Petronella Jonck van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) en prof Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis van die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/new-book-investigates-higher-education-face-pandemic
New book investigates higher education in the face of a pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic left nothing but devastation in its wake, and the higher-education sector was not spared. This is the conclusion drawn in a new book titled Higher Education in the Face of a Global Pandemic, co-edited by Prof Petronella Jonck from the North-West University (NWU) and Prof Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis from the University of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/revolutionising-agriculture-industrial-engineering-efficient-farms
Revolutionising agriculture: industrial engineering for efficient farms
Prof Rojanette Coetzee, an academic at the North-West University’s (NWU's) Faculty of Engineering, recently established a research forum that will use industrial engineering methods to help farmers. Assisted by research assistants Herme Nel and Jorinda Marais, the Industrial Engineering in Agriculture (IE@Agri) Forum aims to apply industrial…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bbp-groeisyfers-vir-die-eerste-kwartaal-van-2023
BBP-groeisyfers vir die eerste kwartaal van 2023
Volgens prof Raymond Parsons van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool is die goeie nuus dat die BBP-groei van 0,4% in die eerste kwartaal van 2023, ná die hersiene -1,1%-groei in die vierde kwartaal van 2022, die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie in staat gestel het om ’n tegniese resessie – met ander woorde twee agtereenvolgende kwartale van…https://news.nwu.ac.za/dp-growth-figures-first-quarter-2023
DP growth figures for the first quarter of 2023
According to Prof Raymond Parsons from the North-West University (NWU) Business School, the good news is that GDP growth of 0,4% in the first quarter of 2023, following on the revised -1,1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2022, has enabled the South African economy to avoid a technical recession – in other words, two consecutive quarters of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-becomes-first-family-bag-phd
NWU lecturer becomes first in family to bag a PhD
The recent autumn graduations at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus brought a momentous achievement for one employee in particular – Dr Bonelwa Sidumo. Dr Sidumo, a statistics lecturer and emerging researcher, received her PhD in operational research. The 33-year-old was born and bred in Centane, a rural town in the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/adele-and-tete-gunning-comrades-gold