https://news.nwu.ac.za/honours-programme-educational-psychology-still-empowering-potchefstroom-hospital
Honours programme in educational psychology is still empowering Potchefstroom Hospital
The fruits of an eight-year-long, arduous community endeavour are now evident in the Potchefstroom Hospital project. This undertaking has been consistently fuelled by the unwavering passion, dedication and commitment of the staff who have been involved since 2014. The roots of the project can be traced back to the BEdHons in educational psychology…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/honneursprogram-opvoedkundige-sielkunde-bemagtig-steeds-potchefstroom-hospitaal
Honneursprogram in opvoedkundige sielkunde bemagtig steeds Potchefstroom Hospitaal
Die vrugte van ’n agt jaar lange veeleisende gemeenskapsonderneming kan nou duidelik in die Potchefstroom Hospitaal-projek gesien word. Hierdie onderneming is deurlopend aan die gang gehou deur die onwrikbare passie, toewyding en verbintenis van die personeel wat sedert 2014 daarby betrokke is. Die begin van die projek kan so ver teruggevoer…https://news.nwu.ac.za/lifting-dreams-stimulates-young-minds
Lifting Dreams stimulates young minds
When we all lend a hand in helping the communities around us, we improve everyone's quality of life. This is what the Lifting Dreams organisation aims to do. Lifting Dreams seeks to transform communities through education – and it should come as no surprise that academics and students from the North-West University (NWU) are part and parcel of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/will-young-people-turn-out-register-vote-weekend
Will young people turn out to register to vote this weekend?
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says it is ready for this weekend’s voter registration (18 - 19 November) and is urging the youth to make use of this opportunity to be able to vote in next year's local and national elections. However, Naledi Modise, lecturer in politics and international relations at the North-West University (NWU),…https://news.nwu.ac.za/youth-learning-festival-reaches-out-unemployed-young-people
Youth Learning Festival reaches out to unemployed young people
Teaching the youth community-based research and transversal skills is a valuable investment in the future. It not only benefits the individual by providing practical skills and a sense of purpose, but also contributes to the growth and well-being of the community. This approach helps generate informed, engaged, and responsible citizens who can…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/boek-ondersoek-anti-apartheid-intellektueel-se-werk-en-voortgesette-relevansie
Boek ondersoek anti-apartheid-intellektueel se werk en voortgesette relevansie
Post-apartheid Suid-Afrika het steeds talle onopgeloste probleme en onvervulde beloftes, ten spyte van noemenswaardige vordering op sekere gebiede. ’n Boek oor die werk van die ontslape anti-apartheidsaktivis en intellektueel, Mzala Nxumalo, wat onlangs gepubliseer is, poog om ’n belangrike bydrae te lewer oor die intellektuele werk wat vir Suid-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/book-explores-anti-apartheid-intellectuals-work-and-continued-relevance
Book explores anti-apartheid intellectual’s work and continued relevance
Post-apartheid South Africa continues to have many unresolved problems and unfulfilled promises, despite significant progress in certain areas. A recently published book on the work of the late anti-apartheid activist and intellectual, Mzala Nxumalo, aims to make important contributions to the intellectual work that lies ahead for South Africa in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/harvard-verslag-oor-groei-deur-insluiting-suid-afrika-tydig-en-relevant
Harvard-verslag oor groei deur insluiting in Suid-Afrika is tydig en relevant
Die alles-omvattende breë ontleding van 178 bladsye van die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie, wat vervat is in die verslag “Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa”, wat deur Ricardo Hausmann en sy span van die Growth Laboratory by Harvard Universiteit opgestel is, is tydig en relevant. Prof Raymond Parsons, ekonoom van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/harvard-report-growth-through-inclusion-south-africa-timely-and-relevant
Harvard report on growth through inclusion in South Africa is timely and relevant
The all-encompassing and wide-ranging 178-page diagnostics of the South African economy embedded in the report “Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa”, prepared by Ricardo Hausmann and his team from the Growth Laboratory at Harvard University, is a timely and relevant document. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the North-West University (…https://news.nwu.ac.za/voices-river-choir-showcases-their-excellence
Voices of the River Choir showcases their excellence.
The Voices of the River choir from the North-West University (NWU) recently participated in The Lengau Choral Music Association (LECMA) competition. They came second in the wafa wafa large category. They performed an extract from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, Macbeth, even though it is regarded as one of the most dramatic and vocally intensive operas…https://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-change-uniting-against-gender-based-violence
Empowering change: uniting against gender-based violence
Through a collaborative effort between the North-West University (NWU) and the universities of Pretoria, Venda, and Limpopo, the Ubuntu Community Model in Nursing hosted a poignant gender-based violence (GBV) awareness event at the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital on 21 November. The event, strategically aligned with the annual 16 Days of Activism…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/social-sciences/baccalaureus-artium-programme
Baccalaureus Artium-Programme
’n Baccalaureus Artium (BA) is ’n breë interdissiplinêre voorgraadse graadprogram wat algemene opleiding, keusevakke en ’n hoof-studiegebied omvat. BA-programme gee studente oor die algemeen meer buigsaamheid in die keuse van modules (vakke) en is minder gespesialiseerd as Baccalaureus Scientiae-programme (BSc-…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/social-sciences/voorgraadse-studie-opsies
Voorgraadse studie opsies
BA-program in Sosiale Wetenskappe (BSocSc) Potchefstroom Individu en Samelewing (909 100 L301P) Sosiale Dinamiek (909 100 L302P) Politiek en Samelewing (909 100 L303P) Kultuur en Samelewing (909 100 L304P) Omgewing en Samelewing (909 100L305P) Ekonomie en Samelewing (909 100 L306P) Mahikeng Politieke…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-and-student-triumph-north-west-sports-awards
Alumnus and student triumph at North West Sports Awards
The North West Sports Awards took place on 18 November, and the North-West University (NWU) scored two top spots. Onalenna Tsae, alumnus and former coach of the NWU boxing team, clinched the title of Sports Administrator of the Year. NWU student and a netballer of note, Elmeré van der Berg, walked away with the Sportswoman of the Year award.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/kohinoor-business-school-and-nwu-forge-educational-tie
Kohinoor Business School and NWU forge educational tie
A delegation from Kohinoor Business School in Mumbai, India, recently embarked on a week-long visit to the North-West University (NWU). Ten delegates, including eight master's students and two professors, visited the three NWU campuses, marking a pivotal step in fostering educational and cultural exchanges. The roots of this collaboration trace…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dit-steeds-eties-om-steenkoolnavorsing-suid-afrika-te-doen
Is dit steeds eties om steenkoolnavorsing in Suid-Afrika te doen?
Terwyl die debat oor die effek van fossielbrandstowwe op klimaatsverandering voortwoed, word indringende vrae oor die gebruik van fossielbrandstof as ’n groot deel van die land se energieproduksiepakket gevra. Nou vra prof Marco le Roux van die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) die volgende: Is dit steeds eties om…https://news.nwu.ac.za/it-still-ethical-conduct-coal-research-south-africa
Is it still ethical to conduct coal research in South Africa?
As the debate on the effect of fossil fuels on climate change rages on, questions regarding the use of fossils fuels as a major part of the country’s energy-producing package are hotly disputed. Now, Prof Marco le Roux of the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) asks: Is it still ethical to conduct coal research in South…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/noordwes-universiteit-gee-erkenning-aan-sy-baanbreker-alumni
Noordwes-Universiteit gee erkenning aan sy baanbreker-alumni
Die alumni van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) skitter deurlopend op hulle onderskeie kundigheidsgebiede, nasionaal sowel as internasionaal. Die NWU het tien van hierdie merkwaardige beroepslui tydens die universiteit se glansryke geleentheid vir die alumnitoekennings vir uitnemendheid (Alumni Awards of Excellence) op 9 November in Pretoria vereer…https://news.nwu.ac.za/our-straining-economy-deteriorating-our-health
Our straining economy is deteriorating our health
• The share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet has fallen across all income groups • Loadshedding has increased costs and pushed up prices throughout the food production value chain • Food prices are not only determined by supply and demand, but also by policies and politics Wars and weather, internal political struggles and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/linking-culture-and-biodiversity-key-conservation