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The last door is closing on our schoolchildren
• By Dr Marelize Vergottini, senior lecturer in Social Work at the North-West University (NWU).South Africa is not simply facing a teacher shortage. It is witnessing the erosion of the entire system of care that should surround a school, and teachers are being crushed beneath the weight of everything falling through the gaps. We are losing…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-pukyong-national-university-strengthen-ties-through-new-agreements
NWU and Pukyong National University strengthen ties through new agreements
The North-West University (NWU) and Pukyong National University (PKNU) in Busan, South Korea, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and a student exchange agreement aimed at advancing academic cooperation and international mobility.The agreements mark a new chapter in the NWU’s internationalisation efforts and strengthen its strategic…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/community-engagement-ce-showcase-2026
Community Engagement (CE) Showcase 2026
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Robotics and astronomy ignite curiosity ahead of NWU Vice-Chancellor's Science Day
Science came alive long after the classroom bell had rung as educators, learners and community members gathered at Hoërskool Wolmaransstad for a Pre-Vice-Chancellor's Science Day programme that combined robotics, astronomy and hands-on learning. The activities formed part of the build-up to the North-West University's (NWU's) 2026 Vice-…Prof Van Zyl is passievol daaroor om bewysgebaseerde voedingsnavorsing in die Sentrum van Uitnemendheid vir Voeding te bevorder. Haar onderrig- en leerervaring is in voedseldiensbestuur, met 'n sterk verbintenis tot ervaringsgebaseerde, studentgesentreerde onderrig en die ontwikkeling van toekomstige voedingskundiges. Sy geniet dit om haar…
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Prof Tertia van Zyl
Prof Van Zyl is passievol daaroor om bewysgebaseerde voedingsnavorsing in die Sentrum van Uitnemendheid vir Voeding te bevorder. Haar onderrig- en leerervaring is in voedseldiensbestuur, met 'n sterk verbintenis tot ervaringsgebaseerde, studentgesentreerde onderrig en die ontwikkeling van toekomstige voedingskundiges. Sy geniet dit om haar…Prof Brits het 'n passie vir kreatiewe klaskamer omgewings en gemeenskapsuitreik-projekte om onderwys en gesondheid te verbeter. Doeltreffende wetenskaplike kommunikasie deur verskillende onderrigbenaderings kan geleenthede skep vir aktiewe deelname en koöperatiewe leer in die klaskamer. Oorbrugging van pedagogiese grense van…
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Sanette (JS) Brits
Prof Brits het 'n passie vir kreatiewe klaskamer omgewings en gemeenskapsuitreik-projekte om onderwys en gesondheid te verbeter. Doeltreffende wetenskaplike kommunikasie deur verskillende onderrigbenaderings kan geleenthede skep vir aktiewe deelname en koöperatiewe leer in die klaskamer. Oorbrugging van pedagogiese grense van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/jeanetta-du-plessis
Jeanetta du Plessis
Jeanetta du Plessis, BPharm, MSc (Pharmaceutics), PhD, DTO (PU for CHE) is the director of the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences and professor of Pharmaceutics at the NWU. She is a pharmacist who is specialising in drug delivery, whilst her research focuses on topical and transdermal drug delivery. She has supervised…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/an%25C3%25A9l-petzer
Anél Petzer
Prof Petzer specialises in the rational design and development of novel small-molecule therapeutics targeting critical enzymes that are involved in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases. Prof Petzer has successfully diversified her research by establishing an innovative program dedicated to small-molecule therapeutics of snakebite…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/awie-kotz%25C3%25A9
Awie Kotzé
Awie F Kotzé, BPharm, MSc, PhD (NWU) is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and a professor of Pharmaceutics at the NWU. His research focuses on the optimisation of drug delivery, especially of protein and peptide drugs of antimalarial compounds with quaternised, chitosan polymers, and with the patented PheroidTM drug…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/richard-haynes
Richard Haynes
Richard K. Haynes B.Sc. Hons (1st Class); PhD (organic chemistry) received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Western Australia, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and then at Imperial College, London. After academic appointments in the Chemistry Department at Monash University, Melbourne, and in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/werner-heinrich-kaiser
Werner Heinrich Kaiser
Werner Kaiser is currently a full-time senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical engineering at the North-West University. He has been invlolved in Engineering educatgion since 1998 and has lectured various courses in thermal fluid science, Mechanics of machines, Computer aided drawing at the North-West Unviersity and the Tshwane University of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/martin-van-eldik