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Top service award for NWU astronomer
The United Kingdom’s Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has presented its 2022 Service Award for Astronomy to Prof Don Kurtz of the North-West University (NWU). "I am delighted to be recognised by the RAS for my outreach and service activities over my 55-year career," says Prof Kurtz. He joined the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus as extraordinary professor…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/navorser-met-onlangse-b-gradering-jaag-nuwe-probleme-oor-antieke-kulture-na
Navorser met onlangse B-gradering jaag nuwe probleme oor antieke kulture na
Prof Jaco Gericke het nie ’n ortodokse benadering tot navorsing op sy gebied, antieke kultuur, nie, en in ’n sekere sin het dit soms al teen hom getel. Die gety het egter gedraai, en die feit dat sy werk nie in die hoofstroom van vakkundigheid is nie, kan as ’n voordeel beskou word. Dit het daartoe gelei dat die Nasionale Navorsingstigting (NNS)…https://news.nwu.ac.za/newly-b-rated-researcher-pursues-new-problems-ancient-culture
Newly B-rated researcher pursues new problems on ancient culture
Prof Jaco Gericke does not take an orthodox approach to research in his field, ancient culture, and in a sense that has sometimes counted against him. However, the tide has turned, and the fact that his work is not in the mainstream of scholarship may have proved to be an advantage. It led to the National Research Foundation (NRF) awarding a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/wagtye-gesondheidsorg-kom-onder-die-loep
Wagtye in gesondheidsorg kom onder die loep
Om vir mediese behandeling te wag, kan ’n saak van lewe en dood wees. “Wagtye in gesondheidsorg is ’n noemenswaardige probleem wat regoor die wêreld voorkom en het dikwels ’n katastrofiese uitwerking – soos ons tydens die Covid-19-pandemie gesien het,” sê Maria van Zyl, ’n dosent in die Skool vir Bedryfsingenieurswese aan die Noordwes-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/waiting-times-healthcare-are-under-microscope
Waiting times in healthcare are under the microscope
Waiting for medical treatment can be a life-or-death matter. “Waiting times in healthcare are a significant problem that occurs across the world and often has catastrophic effects – as we have seen during the Covid-19 pandemic,” says Maria van Zyl, a lecturer in the School of Industrial Engineering at the North-West University (NWU). While…https://news.nwu.ac.za/veteran-broadcaster-present-lecture-indigenous-language-broadcasting
Veteran broadcaster to present lecture on indigenous language broadcasting
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) research entity will be hosting a public lecture in hybrid format on indigenous language broadcasting on 17 March 2022. Dr Noxolo Grootboom, veteran broadcaster and retired SABC isiXhosa news anchor, will be giving her talk via Zoom while attendees will gather on the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hart-stap-vir-wereldvetsugdag
HART stap vir Wêreldvetsugdag
Die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het op Vrydag 4 Maart Wêreldvetsugdag herdenk. Die Hipertensie in Afrika-navorsingspan (HART) het besluit om by NWU Welstand aan te sluit en het ’n gemaklike stappie deur die kampus gereël om mense van vetsug bewus te maak. Die stap het by die amfiteater op die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hart-walks-world-obesity-day
HART walks for World Obesity Day
On Friday, 4 March 2022 the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) commemorated World Obesity Day. The Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) decided to partner with NWU Wellness and arranged a casual walk through the campus to drive awareness of obesity. The walk-through started at the amphitheatre on the Potchefstroom…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-eagles-back-varsity-cup-track
NWU Eagles back on Varsity Cup track
This win meant the world. Not only did the NWU Eagles beat former champions and perennial finalists UP-Tuks 17–8 during their Varsity Cup clash in Potchefstroom on Monday, 7 March, they also got their 2022 campaign back on track. A red card did Tuks no favours, but the Eagles did well to capitalise on this and refused to let the visitors’…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-eagles-weer-terug-op-koers
NWU Eagles weer terug op koers
Hierdie oorwinning het vir hulle alles beteken. Die NWU Eagles het nie net die vorige kampioene en gereelde finaliste UP-Tuks tydens hulle Varsitybeker-ontmoeting in Potchefstroom op Maandag 7 Maart met 17–8 gewen nie, hulle 2022-veldtog is ook weer terug op koers. ’n Rooikaart het Tuks glad nie goed gedoen nie, maar die Eagles het daaruit…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-intervention-north-west-province-still-needs-work
NWU academic: intervention in the North West province still needs work
On 18 February 2022 during the State of the Province address the North West Province Premier Bushy Maape announced that the five departments placed under sections 100(1)(b) and 100(1)(a) of the Constitution are stabilising. However, North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Barry R Hanyane says little has been achieved in the province since…https://news.nwu.ac.za/social-innovators-can-now-use-digital-storytelling-share-their-solutions
Social innovators can now use digital storytelling to share their solutions
Thanks to the launch of the Digital Storytelling Hub of the North-West University (NWU), social innovators now have a brand-new platform where they can share solutions to their communities’ challenges. Funding received from the European Union programme Erasmus+ (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities-under-erasmus) made the launch…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/maatskaplike-innoveerders-kan-nou-digitale-storievertelling-gebruik-om-hulle-oplossings-te-deel
Maatskaplike innoveerders kan nou digitale storievertelling gebruik om hulle oplossings te deel
Danksy die bekendstelling van die Digitale Storievertellingspilpunt van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), het maatskaplike innoveerders nou ’n spliternuwe platform waar hulle oplossings vir hulle gemeenskappe se uitdagings kan deel. Befondsing wat van die Europese Unie se program Erasmus+ (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities-under-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-hosts-international-panel-crisis-ukraine
NWU Business School hosts international panel on crisis in Ukraine
It is one of the most significant acts of aggression that one country has perpetrated against another in the 21st century. The Russian invasion of Ukraine may have consequences that are almost unfathomable and that will echo through the annals of history. On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, the Business School of the North-West University (NWU) hosted…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-besigheidskool-gasheer-vir-internasionale-paneel-oor-krisis-oekraine
NWU Besigheidskool is gasheer vir internasionale paneel oor krisis in Oekraïne
Dit is een van die beduidendste optredes van aggressie in die 21ste eeu wat een land teenoor ’n ander gepleeg het. Die Russiese inval van Oekraïne kan gevolge inhou wat amper ondenkbaar is en wat deur die annale van die geskiedenis gaan weerklink. Op Woensdag 2 Maart 2022 het die Besigheidskool van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) nog ’n Pitso-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-ikateleng-and-three-decades-later
NWU’s Ikateleng on the up-and-up three decades later
After offering much-needed assistance to thousands of learners to get them ready for higher education, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Ikateleng project is going from strength to strength. Ikateleng – which means to empower yourself – provides supplementary teaching in mathematics, economics, business studies, accounting, life science,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/fih-junior-vrouehokkie-wereldbeker-n-groot-sukses
FIH Junior Vrouehokkie Wêreldbeker ’n groot sukses
Bertie Jacobs Nederland het gewen, maar hokkie was die oorwinnaar. Toe die eindfluitjie op Dinsdag 12 April geblaas het, was dit die Nederlandse ondersteuners wat gejuig het en die oranjegeklede spelers wat van vreugde gedans het omdat hulle Duitsland oortuigend met 3–1 gewen het in die eindwedstryd van die FIH Junior Vrouehokkie Wêreldbeker op…https://news.nwu.ac.za/fih-womens-hockey-junior-world-cup-huge-success
FIH Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup a huge success
Bertie Jacobs The Netherlands won, but hockey triumphed. When the final whistle blew on Tuesday, 12 April, it was the Dutch fans who cheered and the players clad in orange who celebrated as the Netherlands beat Germany conclusively 3–1 in the final of the FIH Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup at the Astroturf of the North-West University (NWU) in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/siggestremde-cornelle-en-haar-gidshond-kry-graad
Siggestremde Cornelle en haar gidshond kry graad.
Bertie Jacobs “‘Vogue’, soos die tydskrif,” beskryf die 22-jarige Cornelle Leach haar pikswart Labradortefie se naam. Vogue, wat nou die dag geesdriftig vir haar eerste skilpad in die Botaniese Tuin geblaf het. Vyfjarige Vogue wat ʼn jong seuntjie se roomys onlangs uit sy hand gegryp en aangestap het asof niks gebeur het nie. “Ek het net ‘…https://news.nwu.ac.za/visually-impaired-cornelle-and-her-guide-dog-vogue-graduate