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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…http://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…http://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 (…http://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…http://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Do not publish anything on social media if you are not willing to see it on a billboard next to a busy highway.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…http://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…http://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…http://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…http://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…http://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…http://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…http://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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-shows-how-children-benefit-physical-activity-classroom
Study shows how children benefit from physical activity in the classroom
When children are physically active, their brains and bodies benefit. This has again been demonstrated by an eight-country Brain Breaks ® study in which the North-West University (NWU) participated. From the NWU’s side, Prof Dané Coetzee at the School of Human Movement Sciences led the charge. The collective research was published in an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nuwe-boek-vestig-die-aandag-op-migrante-en-hul-geestesgesondheidsuitdagings
Nuwe boek vestig die aandag op migrante en hul geestesgesondheidsuitdagings
Afgryslike tonele van migrante wat op see omgekom het terwyl hulle op soek is na ’n beter lewe, is ’n te algemene gesig op televisieskerms, aanlyn en in koerantberigte. Uiterste honger, onderdrukkende regerings en etniese en godsdienskonflik word as van die bydraende faktore vir die krisis genoem. ’n Akademikus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-book-highlights-migrants-mental-health-challenges
New book highlights migrants’ mental health challenges
Horrific scenes of migrants who have perished on the high seas while in search of a better life is a too-familiar sight on television screens, online and in newspaper pages. Extreme hunger, repressive governments and ethnic and religious conflicts are cited as among the contributory factors for the crises. A North-West University (NWU) academic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-home-tennis
NWU – the home of tennis
The North-West University (NWU) will be home to a number of national and international tennis players during February. Last year the university was announced as the official venue for the week one and week two tennis tournaments of the Ilana Kloss international events. These tournaments form part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/leef-sy-droom-uit-doer-ver-duitsland
Leef sy droom uit doer ver in Duitsland
Al ons drome kan waar word as ons die moed het om dit na te jaag. Dit is waar vir Mattheus van Niekerk,, ’n alumnus van die NWU se Fakulteit Ingenieurswese. Mattheus het van 2009 tot 2012 aan die NWU se Potchefstroomkampus vir sy BIng in Meganiese Ingenieurswese gestudeer, en toe van 2013 tot 2014 sy studies voortgesit deur sy MIng-graad in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/living-his-dream-all-way-over-germany
Living his dream all the way over in Germany
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. This is true for Mattheus van Niekerk, an alumnus of the NWU Faculty of Engineering. Mattheus studied for his BEng Mechanical Engineering degree at the NWU from 2009 to 2012 on the Potchefstroom Campus, and then continued his studies by completing his MEng Mechanical…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-rising-opera-star-hits-high-notes
NWU's rising opera star hits the high notes
North-West University (NWU) alumna Thembinkosi Magagula has finally been rewarded for all her hard work and sacrifices. She was recently accepted into the Cape Town Opera (CTO) Young Artists Training Programme, the only comprehensive advanced training curriculum of its kind for young graduate singers in South Africa. The two-year…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-nwu-gaan-suid-afrika-se-olimpiese-atlete-geestelik-voorberei