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NWU academic selected to participate in prestigious programme
North-West University (NWU) academic Dr Aurelia Alvina Williams has been selected to participate in the Future Professors Programme (FPP). Dr Williams, a senior lecturer in the subject group Biochemistry, is among 29 South African academics who have been selected as the first cohort to participate in the second phase of the programme. “I am…http://news.nwu.ac.za/saving-whistle-blower
Saving the whistle blower
More than 100 participants recently attended the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School Think Tank webinar, “Save the rhino, and the whistle blower”. The diverse panel included Pieter-Louis Myburgh, an investigative journalist, Adv JJ du Toit, retired deputy director of the National Prosecuting Authority, Wayne Malgas, a partner at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-animal-health-looks-out-our-furry-friends
NWU’s Animal Health looks out for our furry friends
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) subject group Animal Health hosted a pet Fun Walk on 30 October 2021 to raise awareness about canine diseases such as rabies, cancer, distemper and others. Animal lovers and their canine friends met at the main gate of the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus, and joined in the fun walk all the way to the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-vereer-radio-aanbieder-vir-die-bevordering-van-selfgerigte-leer
NWU vereer radio-aanbieder vir die bevordering van selfgerigte leer
Die wêreld is deurlopend besig om te ontwikkel, en om op hoogte te bly met die voortdurende vloei van veranderings, is lewenslange leer noodsaaklik. Een van die doeltreffendste benaderings oor lewenslange leer is selfgerigte leer (SGL), waar mense hulle eie leerdoelwitte stel en kies wat en hoe hulle wil leer. Sy passie vir SGL en sy…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-radio-presenter-promoting-self-directed-learning
NWU honours radio presenter for promoting self-directed learning
The world is constantly evolving, and staying on top of the continual flow of changes necessitates lifelong learning. One of the most effective lifelong learning approaches is self-directed learning (SDL), where people set their own learning goals and choose what and how they want to learn. His passion for SDL and his commitment to being a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-receives-nrf-research-award
NWU alumnus receives NRF research award
North-West University (NWU) alumnus Prof Retselisitsoe Moses Phooko’s research prowess recently earned him a National Research Foundation (NRF) research award in the category Early Career/Emerging Researchers. The award ceremony took place on 2 November 2021 during a hybrid event with limited in-person guests in Pretoria, and live-streamed to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/textbook-addresses-ongoing-inequalities-aspects-law
Textbook addresses ongoing inequalities in aspects of law
North-West University (NWU) research professor and professor in securities and financial markets law, Prof Howard Chitimira, recently published a textbook along with two other editors. The book, Global Jurisprudential Apartheid in the Twenty-First Century: Universalism and Particularism in International Law, addresses pertinent questions…http://news.nwu.ac.za/meet-nwus-20212022-open-educational-resource-fellows
Meet the NWU’s 2021/2022 Open Educational Resource fellows
The North-West University (NWU) recently announced its Open Educational Resource (OER) fellows for 2021/2022. These fellowships offer staff who are interested to include new online resources to their classes or adapt their resources to their students' specific contexts, support and funding for creating or adapting open learning content as well…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/professor-phil-van-schalkwyk-lewer-intreelesing
Professor Phil van Schalkwyk lewer intreelesing
Professor Phil van Schalkwyk het sy intreelesing, getiteld: Die lewende verlede van die letterkunde, gelewer. Sy lesing het gefokus op ’n ondersoek van die mens se verhouding met die verlede, en spesifiek in ’n literêr-artistieke konteks. Teen die agtergrond hiervan lê daar ’n antipatriargale diskoers waaraan hy in sy eie navorsing deelgeneem…http://news.nwu.ac.za/professor-phil-van-schalkwyk-delivers-inaugural-lecture
Professor Phil van Schalkwyk delivers inaugural lecture
Professor Phil van Schalkwyk delivered his inaugural lecture, titled: Die lewende verlede van die letterkunde (Literature’s living past). His lecture focused on carrying out an exploration of the human relationship with the past, specifically in a literary-artistic context. In the background of this lies an anti-patriarchal discourse in which…http://news.nwu.ac.za/renovation-education-library
Renovation of Education Library
The extension and renovation of the Education Library (C6c) on the Potchefstroom campus will start in January 2022. Site handover will take place on 11 January and the estimated time of completion is July 2022. The spaces of the current Education library will be renovated and a double storey extension will be added to the front of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-music-launches-book-musicing-and-spirituality
NWU School of Music launches book on musicing and spirituality
On 3 December 2021, authors and members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Musical Arts in South Africa: Resources and Applications (MASARA) research niche area hosted a hybrid launch of the book titled Ritualised belonging: Musicing and spirituality in the South African context. Extraordinary professor June Boyce-Tillman, Prof Liesl van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-talks-alumni-elected-mayors-and-speakers
NWU talks to alumni elected as mayors and speakers
North-West University (NWU) vice-chancellor Prof Dan Kgwadi and the Alumni and Convocation office hosted a leadership talk with alumni who have recently been elected as mayors and speakers at municipalities on 8 December. There are currently 11 mayors and three speakers who are NWU alumni elected to lead municipalities across South Africa after…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-acsr-celebrate-mother-language-day
NWU and ACSR celebrate Mother Language Day
On 24 February 2022 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Languages, in collaboration with the North West Provincial Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (ACSR), hosted an event on its Mahikeng Campus to celebrate of International Mother Language Day. Keynote speaker at the event, ACSR MEC Galebekwe Tlhapi, said mother…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-professor-bestowed-full-professorship
NWU professor bestowed full professorship
North-West University (NWU) professor in practical theology, Prof Vhumani Magezi, was recently conferred a full professor status at an event held at the university’s Vanderbijlpark Campus. During the event he also delivered his inaugural professorial lecture entitled “African publics and the role of Christianity in fostering ‘human-hood’:…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dit-gaan-alles-oor-die-ouderdom-van-wyn-en-ook-van-mense
Dit gaan alles oor die ouderdom – van wyn en ook van mense
Hoe ouer wynliefhebbers is, hoe droër verkies hulle hulle wyn, en hoe langer neem dit hulle om dit wat hulle gekoop het, te drink. Dit is twee van die bevindings van ’n onlangse studie oor die wynvoorkeure van verskillende ouderdomsgroepe wat die navorsingseenheid TREES (Toerismenavorsing in Ekonomie, die Omgewing en die Samelewing) onderneem…http://news.nwu.ac.za/its-all-about-vintage-wine-well-people
It’s all about the vintage – of wine as well as people
The older the wine lovers, the drier the wine they prefer, and the longer it takes to consume what they bought. These are two of the findings of a recent study on the wine preferences of different age groups that the research unit TREES (Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society) undertook. In the study, “That old saying about wine…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-scholars-work-shines-spotlight-indigenous-african-popular-music
North-West university scholars' work shines a spotlight on Indigenous African Popular Music
North-West University (NWU)'s Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies, and Director of Indigenous Language Media in Africa, Prof. Abiodun Salawu and Dr Israel Fadipe, a postdoctoral fellow in ILMA recently released two volumes of their work on Indigenous African Popular music. Titled, Indigenous African Popular music,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/golden-opportunity-help-vulnerable-learners-become-healthy-adults
Golden opportunity to help vulnerable learners become healthy adults
The surge in lifestyle diseases in South Africa could be halted by paying more attention to the lifestyle choices of young and vulnerable learners, especially in rural areas. “The period of rapid growth and development that occurs in childhood has a profound impact on future health and quality of life enjoyed in adulthood, and represents a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-management-sciences-hosts-community-engagement-workshop