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NWU research entity looks into lifestyle diseases in Lokaleng village
On 28 November 2020 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Lifestyle research entity in the Faculty of Health Sciences shared its research findings on the lifestyle of the Lokaleng village - situated only a few kilometres from the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus - with its community. According to Prof Ushotanefe Useh, acting director of the research entity…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-jan-van-romburgh-ready-serve
Prof Jan Van Romburgh is ready to serve
With over 16 years of service at the North-West University (NWU), Prof Jan van Romburgh has been appointed as the chief director of the North-West University Business School. Prof Jan’s appointment is effective from 1 January 2021. In his new role he is expected to harness the quality and energy that already exists among the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-tennis-wizz-partake-international-premier-tennis-challenge
NWU tennis wizz to partake in International Premier Tennis Challenge
North-West University (NWU) student Mogami Gideon Thakgwe has been invited to take part in the KM Sports International Premier Tennis Challenge. The tournament – which will take place from 9 to 14 January 2021 at Selbourne Park in East London – is endorsed by Tennis SA and is being hosted by KM Sports, in association with the Department of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/noordwes-universiteit-vereer-sy-uitmuntende-navorsers
Noordwes-Universiteit vereer sy uitmuntende navorsers
Die NWU het op 3 Desember 2020 sy allerbeste navorsers en innoveerders tydens ’n virtuele toekenningsaand vereer. Talle van die uitmuntende personeellede het by die geleentheid erkenning vir hulle uitnemendheid in navorsing in 2019 ontvang, waarby navorsers met nuwe NNS-graderings ingesluit is. Die wenners van die visekanseliersmedalje vir…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-honours-its-outstanding-researchers
North-West University honours its outstanding researchers
The NWU honoured the best of its best researchers and innovators during a virtual awards evening on 3 December 2020. Many outstanding staff members were acknowledged at the event for achieving excellence in research during 2019, including researchers with new NRF ratings. The winners of the vice-chancellor’s medal for the best…http://news.nwu.ac.za/industrial-engineering-students-take-part-inchainge-global-student-challenge-2020-2021
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