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UARM welcomes new extraordinary professor
The Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) is welcoming Dutch research pioneer, Prof Gert Jan Hofstede, in its midst as an extraordinary professor. Prof Hofstede will deliver his prestige lecture on 19 November 2018 at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. The topic of his prestige lecture will be “Artificial…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-kundiges-besoek-sentraal-europa-om-internasionale-samewerking-%25E2%2580%2599n-hupstoot-te-gee
NWU-kundiges besoek Sentraal-Europa om internasionale samewerking ’n hupstoot te gee
Internasionalisering is ’n top strategiese prioriteit vir die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU). Hierdie praktyk verbeter nie net die gehalte van onderwys nie, maar bevorder ook kennistransformasie en ‑verkryging, die mobilisering van talent ter ondersteuning van wêreldwye navorsing, en die bevordering van die kurrikulum met internasionale inhoud.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-experts-visit-central-europe-boost-international-collaboration
NWU experts visit Central Europe to boost international collaboration
Internationalisation is a top strategic priority for the North-West University (NWU). This practice not only improves quality of education, but also enhances knowledge transformation and acquisition, the mobilisation of talent in support of global research and the enhancement of the curriculum with international content. Against this backdrop…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nuwe-baadjie-vir-nwu-intervensieprogram
Nuwe baadjie vir NWU-intervensieprogram
Wat as ’n intervensieprogram begin het om graad 12-leerders te help wat met rekeningkunde sukkel, het tot een van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se grootste gemeenskapsbetrokkenheidsprojekte gegroei. Wanneer 2019 aanbreek, sal hierdie geslaagde betrokkenheidsprojek ’n nuwe baadjie hê en as die NWU Sedibeng Rekeningkundeprojek bekend staan.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-jacket-nwu-intervention-programme
New jacket for NWU intervention programme
What started out as an intervention programme to provide academic aid to Grade 12 learners struggling with accounting has grown into one of the North-West University’s (NWU’S) flagship community engagement projects. And come 2019, this successful engagement project will don a new jacket and be known as the NWU Sedibeng Accounting Project.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/maatskaplike-aanpassing-post-apartheid-sa
Maatskaplike aanpassing in post-apartheid-SA
Die lewe in post-apartheid-Suid-Afrika moet nog verstaan word. Hierdie uitdaging, asook die strategiese voorneme van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) om maatskaplike geregtigheid te bevorder, daag die samelewing uit om die “sosiale” begrip vanuit ’n perspektief van maatskaplike geregtigheid meer indringend te beskou. Volgens die organiseerders…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-adaptation-post-apartheid-sa
Social adaptation in post-apartheid SA
Life in post-apartheid South Africa remains to be learned. This provocation as well as the strategic intent of the North-West University (NWU) to champion social justice, challenges society towards the need for a deeper understanding of the ‘social’ from a social justice perspective. This understanding, according to the organisers of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-social-work-projects-day-2018-%25E2%2580%2593-community-engagement-action
NWU Social Work Projects Day 2018 – community engagement in action
In a world filled with injustices and complexity, social workers step to the fore to make a difference in the lives of people who need it most. Through their commitment to bring about positive social change, helping individuals of all ages thrive in their environment and being and advocate for those who have lost their voice, social workers…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/klaus-d-beiter
Klaus D. Beiter
Namibian-born Klaus D. Beiter holds B.Iur. LL.B. degrees (both obtained with distinction) from the University of South Africa, Pretoria, and a doctorate in international human rights law (obtained summa cum laude) from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, where he wrote his thesis on the right to education in international law under…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/vra-%25C5%2589-ekonoom-wat-verwag-die-industrie-van-my
Vra ʼn ekonoom: wat verwag die industrie van my?
As die rol van geld in die wêreld daarbuite jou fassineer, jy ʼn vernuftige probleemoplosser is én ʼn gawe vir analitiese redevoering het, is die kanse redelik goed dat jy vir ʼn BCom-graad in ekonomie ingeskryf is. Indien wel, teken die 16de April 2019 in jou dagboek aan en maak seker jy woon die volgende werkswinkel van die geaffilieerde…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ask-economist-what-does-industry-require-me
Ask an economist: what does industry require of me?
If you are fascinated by how money makes the world go round, have a flair for problem-solving and a knack for analytic reasoning, chances are that you are enrolled for a BCom degree in economics. If so, diarise the 16th of April 2019 and make sure you attend the next workshop of the student affiliated body, Think Like an Economist (TLE) at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/and-they%25E2%2580%2599re
And they’re off!
All employees of the North-West University (NWU) have recently been challenged by the University of the Free State (Kovsies) to take part in the 2019 “Healthy4Health” Pedometer Challenge. Some 42 teams, consisting of four members each, have since entered, and now the NWU, Kovsies, Stellenbosch University, and the Universities of Cape Town and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-celebrates-exceptional-alumni
Faculty of Engineering celebrates exceptional alumni
He is an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU), an entrepreneur and a professional engineer whose expertise and experience are recognised in the international arena of distillation, heat exchange, absorption, gas scrubbing and related process operations. He is the founder and CEO of the company Mass & Heat Transfer Technology Pty Ltd,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students%25E2%2580%2599-app-uncovers-sounds-local-artists
NWU students’ app uncovers the sounds of local artists
South Africa has vast musical talent but all too often, up-and-coming musicians are overshadowed by established artists in the industry. New artists will soon be heard loud and clear if two third-year information technology students from the North-West University (NWU) have their way. Lesego Mogorosi from Mahikeng and Katlego Namate from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/come-and-experience-racial-differences-through-eye-technology
Come and experience racial differences through the eye of technology
The North-West University recently launched an initiative to put racial differences among staff and students under the spotlight and to emphasise the importance of understanding these differences. Organisers of the event feel that confronting race at a South African university involves studying the relationship between race and educational…http://news.nwu.ac.za/making-choice-open-access-versus-traditional-journals
Making the choice: open access versus traditional journals
Researchers are architects of innovation. However, their research findings will only impact the world if they are effectively shared with the rest of the academic community and the world. With this in mind the Library and Information Service team at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted an Open Access Week across its three campuses…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-identifies-novel-treatment-options-rare-disease
Research identifies novel treatment options for rare disease
The research of a brilliant postgraduate student at the North-West University (NWU) is a breakthrough in the understanding of mitochondrial disease and identifying novel treatment options for patients. Karin Terburgh investigated mitochondrial disease as part of her MSc studies, using mice already suffering from this disease, known as Ndufs4…http://news.nwu.ac.za/water-friendly-cowpea-plant-packed-potential
Water-friendly cowpea plant is packed with potential
In a country that is struggling with water supply, the North-West University (NWU) has found a cowpea plant that does not require a lot of water compared to other field crops. This particular cowpea is indigenous to the Southern African region and the NWU will be the first institution in the world to introduce it to the scientific community. It…http://news.nwu.ac.za/limit-does-not-exist-selouna
The limit does not exist for Selouna
A determined young graduate has overcome a mobility disability and other challenges to obtain her BSc Hons degree in information technology during the autumn graduation ceremony in March 2019. Selouna Visser, who is just 24 years old, suffers from a muscular illness called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, level 3 – also referred to as “Kugelberg…http://news.nwu.ac.za/full-accreditation-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-llb