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ENACTUS blazing a trail for young entrepreneurs through Project Ikamva
If you thought that ‘entrepreneurship’ is just another buzzword of the times we live in, think again! This buzzword implies action and for the members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark branch of ENACTUS South Africa, entrepreneurship is a way of living. ENACTUS Vaal – an affiliated student community, aims to transform lives…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sowask-puts-cancer-agenda
SOWASK puts cancer on the agenda
Social work students of the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently did their part in the battle against cancer. The group of students, under the banner of the subject society SOWASK, was the driving force behind a recent campaign aimed at creating awareness of the disease which annually claims thousands of lives.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-seminar-tackles-decolonisation-university-education
NWU Seminar tackles decolonisation of university education
On Friday, 10 March 2017 the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) hosted a Professionalism Seminar at the Mmabatho Palms resort. The seminar, “Decolonising University Education” was aimed at finding possible approaches and solutions to achieving quality decolonised education in higher learning institutions. The theme, inspired…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-presents-inaugural-lecture-micro-econometric-modelling
NWU academic presents inaugural lecture on micro-econometric modelling
Prof Abayomi Samuel Oyekale from the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) kick-started the first of six inaugural lectures for the 2017 academic year on 14 March 2017 with his lecture “Micro-econometric modelling in applied economic research: The pains, pitfalls and paradoxes”. In this lecture, Prof Oyekale – who’s research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/vervaardigingsektor-nog-nie-uit-die-moeilikheid-uit-nie-%25E2%2580%2593-dr-andre-mellet
Vervaardigingsektor nog nie uit die moeilikheid uit nie – dr Andre Mellet
Die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie het in die laaste kwartaal van 2016 negatiewe groei getoon. Hierdie negatiewe groei kan toegeskryf word aan die agteruitgang in twee sektore, naamlik mynwese en vervaardiging. Tydens ’n onderhoud met RSG het die welbekende ekonoom dr Andre Mellet van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Vanderbijlparkkampus kommentaar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/manufacturing-sector-not-out-woods-yet-%25E2%2580%2593-dr-andre-mellet
Manufacturing sector not out of the woods yet – Dr Andre Mellet
The South African Economy showed negative growth in the final quarter of 2016. This negative growth can be contributed to the decline in two sectors, namely: mining and manufacturing. During an interview with RSG, well-known economist, Dr Andre Mellet from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus, commented on the negative…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/tegnologie-ondersteunde-leer-bevoordeel-studente-sowel-instelling
Tegnologie-ondersteunde leer bevoordeel studente sowel as instelling
Navorsers in die nuwe navorsingsfokusarea van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), TELIT-SA, is hard aan die werk om nie net die entiteit te vestig nie, maar ook om sy reikwydte en impak uit te brei. TELIT-SA fokus op die teorie en praktyk van leertegnologieë regoor die reeks dissiplines in hoër onderwys. Kortom: ’n toegewyde fokus op die praktyk…http://news.nwu.ac.za/technology-enhanced-learning-benefit-both-student-and-institution-telit-sa
Technology-enhanced learning to benefit both student and institution: TELIT-SA
Researchers within the new research focus area of the North-West University (NWU), TELIT-SA, is hard at work to not only vest the entity but also to expand its reach and impact. TELIT-SA focuses on the theory and practice of learning technologies across an array of disciplines in higher education. In short: a dedicated focus on the practice of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-appointed-mental-health-review-board
NWU academic appointed to Mental Health Review Board
Dr Leepile Alfred Sehularo, psychiatry and mental health nursing lecturer in the Nursing Department on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) has been appointed to the North West Provincial Mental Health Review Board by the MEC for Health, Dr Magome Masike. This appointment was made in terms of the Mental Health Care Act 17 of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-economics-lecturer-set-speak-world%25E2%2580%2599s-premier-academic-conference
NWU economics lecturer set to speak at world’s premier academic conference
Ms Hlompo Panelope Maruping, a lecturer from the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) has been invited by the academic selection committee of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) to be one of the speakers at the Annual International Conference on Business, Law and Economics. The prestigious 4th installment of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/women-arts-spotlight
Women in the arts in the spotlight
Women in the arts are currently the focus of artworks in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) art gallery at the Potchefstroom Campus. The gallery, in collaboration with the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC, this month puts the spotlight on works of female artists, as well as on the works by women that the NWU has in its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/together-we-will-write-next-chapter-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-linda-du-plessis
Together we will write the next chapter – Prof Linda du Plessis
The North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus celebrated the official opening of the academic year on Wednesday, 8 February 2017. During this auspicious occasion, the Campus Rector – Prof Linda du Plessis, delivered a keynote address. Her address: “A fresh chapter in our book” focused on the valiant efforts made to ensure that the 2016…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-develops-mobile-app-will-save-lives
NWU student develops mobile app that will save lives
According to the Automobile Association, driver fatigue is one of the leading causes of collisions in South Africa. Although some luxury vehicles are equipped to warn drivers of this danger, not many people can afford them. An engineering student at the North-West University (NWU) addressed this problem as part of his final-year study by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-years-carnival-%25E2%2580%2593-celebrating-new-friendships-and-cultures
First Years Carnival – celebrating new friendships and cultures
The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU Vaal) hosted a very successful annual First Year Carnival on 11 February 2017. The festivity was themed: ‘Love, look what you made me do’, which complemented the month of February in which love is celebrated. According to the Campus Student…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/itsoseng-gemeenskapsprojek-nwu-span-saam-om-hoop-te-bring
Itsoseng gemeenskapsprojek: NWU span saam om hoop te bring
Die wit bussie skommel tot stilstand voor die hoekerf in Drieziek in Orange Farm. Melinda du Toit, PhD-student by die Optentia Navorsingsfokusarea aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) en Hannes du Toit, dosent by die Ingenieurswese Fakulteit van dieselfde universiteit, is hier om ʼn verskil te maak. Melinda se navorsing het haar tot hier in die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/itsoseng-community-project-nwu-collaborates-bring-hope
Itsoseng community project: NWU collaborates to bring hope
The white minibus grinds to a halt in front of the corner stand in Drieziek in Orange Farm. Melinda du Toit, a PhD student at the Optentia Research Focus Area at the North-West University (NWU) and Hannes du Toit, lecturer in Engineering at the same university, are here to make a difference. It is Melinda’s research that originally brought her…http://news.nwu.ac.za/%25E2%2580%259Cwater-will-cost-much-oil-one-these-days%25E2%2580%259D-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-johan-tempelhoff
“Water will cost as much as oil one of these days” – Prof Johan Tempelhoff
“South Africa will come to a point where water will become as expensive as oil.” This is according to Prof Johann Tempelhoff, a researcher and historian at the School of Basic Sciences on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal), who spoke to Die Burger in an interview recently. Professor Tempelhoff was the guest…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-constitution-will-always-trump-executive