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NWU consistently among top SA universities in rankings
The North-West University (NWU) has proven to be a consistent force of quality higher education. This is clear in the newest rankings that were released by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings in November. The university has continuously been placed among the top universities in South Africa. It has excelled in various…https://news.nwu.ac.za/condolences-nwu-passing-prof-elda-de-waal
Condolences from the NWU: Passing of Prof Elda de Waal
It is with great sadness that the North-West University (NWU) community learnt about the passing of Prof Elda de Waal at the age of 63. She started her career at the NWU in 2001. Prof Elda’s passion for education was evident from the start and this, coupled with a work-ethic par none led to numerous national and international honours. Until…https://news.nwu.ac.za/students-impress-during-leopards-lair-competition
Students impress during Leopards Lair Competition
This year the popular North-West University (NWU) student business competition, Leopards Lair, saw more than 180 students compete for the winning spoils. These students, from all three the university’s campuses, also included representatives from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in Vanderbijlpark. The winners were announced at a gala…https://news.nwu.ac.za/leopards-lair-2019-melanie-wins-big-fighting-period-poverty-0
Leopards Lair 2019: Melanie wins big by fighting period poverty
Melanie Pieterse is a young entrepreneur on a mission. As the winner of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Leopards Lair competition, this final-year student in industrial engineering not only impress as a start-up fempreneur, she is also actively supporting fellow entrepreneurs. All while working towards bettering the lives of young…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-successful-press-club-networking-forum
NWU hosts successful press club networking forum
“We want to prepare our students to be business plan writers, job creators and futurists opposed to being merely CV senders. This is, after all, the responsibility of higher education institutions and never has there been a more appropriate time than now to step up and be of service to our country.” This is according to Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/public-lecture-examines-research-integrity-and-plagiarism
Public lecture examines research integrity and plagiarism
On 11 October 2019, staff members, researchers and students of the North-West University (NWU) came out in numbers to attend the 20th public lecture in the NWU Research and Innovation Seminar Series on the campus in Potchefstroom. Prof Ida Sabelis, an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam…https://news.nwu.ac.za/proudly-south-african-media-association-takes-scotland-0
Proudly South African media association takes off in Scotland
The University of Edinburgh in Scotland recently hosted the inaugural meeting of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research (IAMLMR), initiated by Prof Abiodun Salawu, Director of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) research entity Prof Salawu proposed the idea of establishing…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-law-faculty-hosts-gala-dinner
NWU Law Faculty hosts gala dinner
The North West University’s (NWU) Faculty of Law recently hosted an extravagant gala event in Potchefstroom, with students, staff, alumni and stakeholders celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, among others. The first of November was truly a night to remember. Women were draped in beautiful garments…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-pro-presents-paper-brics-young-scientist-forum
NWU pro presents paper at BRICS Young Scientist Forum
North-West University (NWU) PhD candidate and staff member at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Mr Thamie Ndlovu, presented a paper at the 4th BRICS Young Scientist Forum (YSF) In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thamie, who is currently pursuing a PhD in information systems and computer sciences, was selected by the Academy of Science of South…https://news.nwu.ac.za/when-hard-work-pays-%25E2%2580%25A6
When hard work pays off …
One of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) young researchers, Prof Rose Hayeshi from the Faculty of Health Sciences, was recently honoured by the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) when she was inducted as one of their newest members. This academy is the voice of young scientists in South Africa and aims to contribute towards…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/navorsing-gee-%25E2%2580%2599n-stem-aan-kwesbare-kinders
Navorsing gee ’n stem aan kwesbare kinders
Die seksuele misbruik van kinders is ’n droewige werklikheid in Suid-Afrika. Mense sê dat hulle iets sal sê as hulle meen dat ’n kind seksueel misbruik word; talle is seker dat hulle uitbuiting sal herken, en byna niemand glo dat hulle sou toelaat dat mishandeling voortgaan as hulle weet wat aan die gang is nie. Tog toon statistiek dat een uit…https://news.nwu.ac.za/research-gives-voice-vulnerable-children
Research gives a voice to vulnerable children
Childhood sexual abuse is a stark reality in South Africa. People say they would speak up if they thought a child was being sexually abused; many are certain they would recognise exploitive activities and almost no one believes they would allow abusive behaviour to continue if they knew it was going on. Yet, statistics show that one in three…https://news.nwu.ac.za/against-all-odds-not-only-surviving-thriving
Against all odds: not only surviving, but thriving!
Six years after sustaining life-altering injuries in a serious cycling accident, Chanell Meijer is ready to yet again define the odds. At the start of the 2020 academic year of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, Chanell enrolled for a master’s degree in education. In 2015 Chanell, an alumna of the NWU, made national…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/aandag-alle-sasolburg-fempreneurs-skryf-vandag-nog-vir-die-nwu-se-ondernemende-vroue-program
Aandag alle Sasolburg fempreneurs: skryf vandag nog in vir die NWU se Ondernemende Vroue-program
Entrepreneurskap is meer as net ʼn gonswoord: dit speel wêreldwyd ʼn groot rol in ekonomiese en sosiale ontwikkeling. In ʼn opwindende wending is al hoe meer vroue besig om die oproep om entrepreneurskap aan te neem, wat ʼn paar dekades gelede heeltemal ondenkbaar sou gewees het. Met dít in gedagte, bied die bhive Ondernemingsontwikkelingsentrum…https://news.nwu.ac.za/calling-all-sasolburg-fempreneurs-enter-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-enterprising-women-programme-now
Calling all Sasolburg fempreneurs: enter the NWU’s Enterprising Women Programme now!
Entrepreneurship is more than just a buzzword: it is perceived to be one of the most significant economic and social developments in the world at present. Excitingly enough, more and more women are stepping up to own and run businesses in numbers that would have been hard to imagine a few decades ago. With this in mind the bhive Enterprise…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-first-year-students-attend-colourful-language-awareness-workshops
NWU first-year students attend colourful Language Awareness workshops
Language, just like art, can be colourful, inspiring and dynamic. First-year students of the North-West University (NWU) became “language artists” when they used colour to illustrate how they experience the many facets of all the languages in their lives. They were asked to think about all the languages they know, and then to select a colour…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/cave-%25E2%2580%2593-ondersteuning-vir-suid-afrikaanse-maatskaplike-werkers-wat-kinders-beskerm
The Cave – ondersteuning vir Suid-Afrikaanse maatskaplike werkers wat kinders beskerm
> Dr Elmien Truter en prof Ansie Fouché is twee geregistreerde maatskaplike werkers en navorsers by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) wat, deur hulle eie praktykervaring en navorsing, die droewe werklikheid geïdentifiseer het waarin maatskaplike werkers wat kinders beskerm hulle werk moet doen. Hulle het nou ’n unieke webwerf (www.thecave…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cave-%25E2%2580%2593-supporting-child-protection-social-workers-south-africa
The Cave – supporting child-protection social workers in South Africa
Dr Elmien Truter and Prof Ansie Fouché are two registered social workers and researchers at the North-West University (NWU) who, through their own experience in practice and their research, identified the grim reality in which designated child-protection social workers are expected to do their work. They have now launched a unique website (…https://news.nwu.ac.za/budget-speech-difficult-policy-choices-still-lie-ahead-sa
Budget speech: Difficult policy choices still lie ahead for SA
“The budget confirms the extent to which the South African economy still finds itself in a bad space, requiring a strong emphasis on measures to boost job-rich growth.” This is according to Prof Raymond Parsons, a well-known economist and academic from the North-West University (NWU) Business School. “Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s 2020…https://news.nwu.ac.za/game-set-match-nwu-and-tsa-are-ready-serve