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Project launched in MASCCOM Training Centre
We are living in times in which we are required to support our learners to acquire new ways of learning and the competencies needed for them to enter and be successful in their studies and careers in engineering. These are challenging times in which we need to empower learners for the “new normal” to study and work in the Fourth Industrial…https://news.nwu.ac.za/economic-recovery-plan-should-have-said-more-about-implementation-and-timelines
Economic recovery plan should have said more about implementation and timelines
While there are positive features to the latest economic reconstruction and recovery plan, it needed to say much more about implementation processes and timelines, says North-West University (NWU) Business School economist, Prof Raymond Parsons. “The fact that the long-awaited economic reconstruction and recovery plan announced on 15 October…https://news.nwu.ac.za/different-guise-great-event
A different guise, a great event
It was an event as unique as it was entertaining. It was peculiar and inventive. It was a blast. On Sunday, 18 October 2020, the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus hosted one of three simultaneous legs of the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon – Elite Invitational, with the men’s overall winner, Edward Mothibi, running on the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/breast-cancer-forever
Breast cancer is forever
The month of October marks breast cancer awareness month – also known as Pinktober. This is an annual campaign to increase awareness of this dreaded and dark disease – ironically, at the time of the year when most trees here are blossoming and beautifully covered in pink. Cancer is often a very lonely and emotional battle to fight, but it does…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/haal-die-meeste-uit-medisinale-plantekstrakte-met-nanotegnologie
Haal die meeste uit medisinale plantekstrakte met nanotegnologie
’n Gegradueerde van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) bring eeue oue kennis van plante en die jongste nanotegnologie bymekaar om die meeste uit plantekstrakte te haal.Volgens ’n nasionale nanotegnologie-inisiatief van die Verenigde State is nanotegnologie tans besig om ’n omwenteling in die tegnologie- en bedryfsektore teweeg te bring. Dit sluit…https://news.nwu.ac.za/getting-most-out-medicinal-plant-extracts-nanotechnology
Getting the most out of medicinal plant extracts with nanotechnology
A North-West University (NWU) graduate is bringing together age-old plant knowledge and the latest nanotechnology to make the most of medicinal plant extracts. According to a United States National Nanotechnology Initiative, nanotechnology is currently revolutionising the technology and industrial sectors. These include information technology,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/projek-oor-vloektaal-lewer-wetenskaplike-kennis
Projek oor vloektaal lewer wetenskaplike kennis
“Myns insiens het dit besonder goed gegaan met die projek. Nie net is die tegnologie en infrastruktuur daargestel vir goeie navorsing in die komende jare nie, maar ons het ook ’n groot klomp geregistreerde gebruikers gekry.”So sê prof Gerhard van Huyssteen, professor van Afrikaanse en Nederlandse Taalkunde by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), ʼn…https://news.nwu.ac.za/project-swearing-produces-scientific-knowledge
Project on swearing produces scientific knowledge
“To my mind, the project has progressed exceptionally well. Not only have technology and infrastructure been established for sound research in the years ahead, but we have also gained a large number of registered users.” These are the words of Prof Gerhard van Huyssteen, professor in Afrikaans and Dutch Linguistics at the North-West University…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pre-tsd-en-die-covid-19-onsekerheid
Pre-TSD en die Covid-19-onsekerheid
Die impak van die Covid-19-epidemie op ons geestesgesondheid kan nie onderskat word nie. Vanuit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief het maande van harde inperking die manier verander waarop ons leef, die manier waarop ons werk en selfs die manier hoe ons funksioneer. Op sielkundige vlak kon ons nie heelhuids daarvan afkom nie. ’n Nuwe studie deur…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-neonatal-expert-paves-way-forward
NWU neonatal expert paves the way forward
When it comes to midwifery, neonatal care and nursing research, the name of North-West University’s Prof Welma Lubbe is the first that comes to mind. As a dedicated researcher and founder of Little Steps – a research-based parenting website – Prof Lubbe was recently appointed for a third term (of five years each) as the South African…https://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-runs-1-100-laps-help-alleviate-hunger
Prof runs 1 100 laps to help alleviate hunger
On the morning of 24 April, Prof Dewald van Niekerk, laced up his running shoes and started running around his house in Potchefstroom. The time was 10:30. When he finally stopped to unlace his shoes, twenty-four hours and ten minutes later, he’d circled his house 1 100 times to clock a distance of 110km. Dewald, together with hundreds of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-launches-campaign-support-students-amid-covid-19
NWU launches campaign to support students amid Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt and affect our lives in the most unprecedented and unpredictable ways, the North-West University has launched the NWU Covid-19 Response Fund. “The objectives of the fund are to support the students with laptops/devices; and offer support to staff, students and the communities around our campuses…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/digitale-aanbieding-voorspel-%25E2%2580%2599n-opwindende-nuwe-pad-vir-die-nwu-se-ondernemende-vroue-program
Digitale aanbieding voorspel ’n opwindende nuwe pad vir die NWU se Ondernemende Vroue-program
Eienaars van klein besighede is op baie dinge voorbereid, maar die Covid-19-pandemie laat ons nie net onseker oor hoe om in hierdie vreemde tye te oorleef nie, maar het ook ’n ongekende verskuiwing gebring in die manier waarop ons sake doen. Entrepreneurs kan begin wonder hoe om relevant te bly vir hulle kliënte en hoe om voor te berei vir ’n…https://news.nwu.ac.za/going-digital-exciting-new-journey-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-enterprising-women-programme
Going digital an exciting new journey for NWU’s Enterprising Women Programme
Small business owners are prepared for many things, but the Covid‑19 pandemic is not only leaving us uncertain about how to cope in these strange times, but has also resulted in an unprecedented shift in the way that we do business. Entrepreneurs may be wondering how to stay relevant to their customers and how to prepare for a post‑crisis…https://news.nwu.ac.za/brand-new-qualification-mechatronic-engineering-nwu
Brand new qualification in Mechatronic Engineering for the NWU
The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is proud to announce that we will be adding a brand new engineering qualification to our existing range of programmes. The Bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering programme has been approved by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and will allow graduates to compete…https://news.nwu.ac.za/now-time-when-you-can-help
Now is the time when YOU can help!
Join Cobuntu and fight Covid-19 through ubuntu. The North-West University (NWU) and the North West Department of Health are joining hands with the private sector and individuals in the fight against the coronavirus, and we need your help! Today, as we launch this Cobuntu initiative, we aim to give the public greater access to personal…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-tinotenda-meester-van-die-basketbalbaan
NWU se Tinotenda: meester van die basketbalbaan
Tinotenda Chirara het op die vroeë ouderdom van 10 jaar verlief geraak … op basketbal. Vandat hy destyds in 2006 aan die sport bekendgestel is, het hy die basketbalbaan oorheers, en sy doelwitte een doel op ’n keer bereik. Hierdie 24-jarige tweedejaar-BA-student op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark is ’n moderne…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-tinotenda-master-basketball-court
NWU’s Tinotenda: master of the basketball court
At the tender age of 10, Tinotenda Chirara fell in love … with basketball. Ever since his introduction to the sport way back in 2006, he has taken the court by storm, conquering his goals one hoop at a time. This 24-year-old second-year BA student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is a modern-day Renaissance Man.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-writes-about-experiences-african-migrants-european-countries
NWU academic writes about experiences of African migrants in European countries
North-West University (NWU) academic and a research professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the campus in Mahikeng, Prof Erhabor Idemudia, has co-authored a book with Prof Klaus Boehnke from Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. The book titled Psychosocial Experiences of African Migrants in Six European Countries: A Mixed Method Study was…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-brand-stores-prove-charity-does-indeed-begin-home