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NWU Student selected as Science Today candidate
A PhD student from the Department of Biological Science at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Theodora Ekwomadu, was selected as one of the Science Today 2016 candidates. Science Today, formerly Science Voices, is a science-writing project run by award-winning science journalist, Sarah Wild. Postgraduate science students…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-professor-speaks-4th-biannual-international-group-theory-conference
NWU professor speaks at the 4th Biannual International Group Theory Conference
Mathematician and research professor of the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Jamshid Moori, was recently invited to speak at the fourth conference of the Biannual International Group Theory Conference (BIGTC) in Kuala Lumpur. Jamshid, of the School of Mathematical Sciences in the Faculty of Agriculture, Science and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/%25E2%2580%259Ceverything-place-move-forward-unitary-university%25E2%2580%259D-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-dan-kgwadi
“Everything is in place to move forward as a unitary university” – Prof Dan Kgwadi
“As a University we are now awaiting the approval of the Minister of Higher Education and Training which will confirm our new statute and allow us to fully implement the structure. We have put everything in place to move forward as a unitary university.” This is the message from Prof Dan Kgwadi, Vice-Chancellor of the North-West University,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/stalwarts-receive-recognition-long-service-loyalty-0
Stalwarts receive recognition for long service loyalty
During the recent Official Academic Opening ceremony of the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal), several staff members received long service awards for uninterrupted and loyal service to the university. When calculating the accumulated years of service, it amounts to 385 years of combined skills and knowledge. Long…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ikateleng-laying-foundation-bright-futures
Ikateleng: laying the foundation for bright futures
Thabiso Blessing Khanyile may not have attended one of South Africa's best performing secondary schools, but he can without a doubt compete with the best. For Thabiso, who attended the Ikateleng Project at the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal), the sky is the limit after obtaining full marks for mathematics during the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/african-union-and-african-universities-take-heed-watershed-legal-ruling
African Union and African universities to take heed of watershed legal ruling
The following article represents an opinion piece by Dr Ilyayambwa Mwanawina, an expert in regional integration, international law, good governance and human rights from the North-West University (NWU). He explains what he believes the African Union and African universities should learn from this watershed legal ruling – especially with regards…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/robofest-2017-%25E2%2580%2593-waar-tegnologie-innovasie-en-ingenieurswese-ontmoet
Robofest 2017 – waar tegnologie, innovasie en ingenieurswese ontmoet
Op Saterdag, 4 Maart 2017, bied die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Robofest Kampioenskap 2017 aan. Hierdie jaar se kampioenskap dien as kwalifiseerder vir die internasionale kompetisie wat in Junie in Florida, VSA, gaan plaasvind. “Die hoofdoel van 'n inisiatief soos Robofest is om…http://news.nwu.ac.za/robofest-2017-%25E2%2580%2593-where-technology-innovation-and-engineering-meet
Robofest 2017 – where technology, innovation and engineering meet
On Saturday, 4 March 2017, the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) will play host to the South African National Robofest 2017 Championship. This year’s rendition of the championship serves as a qualifier for the international competition to take place in June in Florida, USA. “The main aim of an initiative such as Robofest…http://news.nwu.ac.za/jonker-brothers-soar-greater-heights
Jonker brothers soar to greater heights
Many pairs of brothers have made their mark in the history of aviation. Just think of the Wright brothers, the Bell brothers and the Taylor brothers. However, the Jonker brothers from Potchefstroom are second to none and in the past 10 years have stirred up the world glider market with their business, Jonker Sailplanes. Their revolutionary JS1…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/geweld-teen-immigrante-strem-ekonomiese-integrasie-afrika
Geweld teen immigrante strem ekonomiese integrasie in Afrika
Die opvlamming van geweld teen immigrante in Johannesburg en Pretoria het skokgolwe deur die kontinent gestuur en aanleiding gegee tot oproepe vir robuuste dialoog en proaktiewe intervensies om xenofobie uit te roei. Suid-Afrikaners vaar die strate in om te protesteer teen die teenwoordigheid van ongedokumenteerde Zimbabwiërs, Pakistani's en…http://news.nwu.ac.za/anti-immigrant-violence-adjourns-african-economic-integration-efforts
Anti-immigrant violence adjourns African economic integration efforts
The resurgence of anti-immigrant violence in Johannesburg and Pretoria has send shockwaves across the continent and prompted calls for robust dialogue and pro-active interventions to stamp out xenophobia. As South Africans take to the street to protest against the presence of undocumented Zimbabweans, Pakistanis and Nigerians – who they accuse…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-nursing-science-students-donate-posters-es-le-grange-school
NWU Nursing Science students donate posters to the ES le Grange School
Second-year Community Nursing students at the North-West University (NWU) campus in Potchefstroom recently reached out again to learners of the ES le Grange School. The students held health-education sessions with the learners where they focused on, among other things, hand hygiene, exercise and healthy food. The students presented the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/visiting-canadian-academic-presents-lecture-about-trust
Visiting Canadian academic presents lecture about trust
Prof Catherine Kwantes, a visiting professor from the University of Windsor in Canada, presented a public lecture on 8 June 2017 at the North-West University’s campus in Mahikeng. The topic of the lecture was “Trust in Context: Societal and Organisational Aspects of Decisions to Trust”. Prof Kwantes is an industrial/organisational…http://news.nwu.ac.za/inclusive-education-team-work-between-researchers-teachers-and-government
Inclusive education: team work between researchers, teachers and government
During the first day of the Second South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion in Vanderbijlpark, it quickly became clear that the goal of inclusive education in South Africa calls for cooperation across the educational spectrum. Dr Moses Simelane from the Department of Basic Education highlighted the various ways the department…http://news.nwu.ac.za/crowns-confidence-and-charisma-miss-mr-nwu-vaal-2017
Crowns, confidence and charisma - Miss & Mr NWU Vaal 2017
If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark the annual Miss and Mr NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence, charisma and talent. This year saw the beautiful Palesa Keswa and the charismatic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-south-african-symposium-teacher-education-inclusion-all-teachers-can-teach-all-children
NWU South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion: All teachers can teach all children
The second South African Symposium on Teacher Education for Inclusion was recently hosted by the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark and the Faculty of Education Sciences on the NWU’s campus in Potchefstroom. Following the success of the first symposium in 2015, it was clear that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/jongklomp-wen-internasionale-innoveringstoekenning-vir-robotikaprojek
Jongklomp wen internasionale innoveringstoekenning vir robotikaprojek
Drie elfjarige kinders van Vanderbijlpark – Izabelle Bothma, Ewald Harmse en Wilmar Pretorius – het ’n robot ontwerp wat reddingspanne kan help om iemand te vind wat onder die sneeu toegeval is. Hulle vindingrykheid het vir hulle die innoveringstoekenning by die onlangse Robotika Wêreldkampioenskap gewen. Maar hoe hou hierdie merkwaardige…http://news.nwu.ac.za/youngsters-win-international-innovation-award-robotics-project
Youngsters win international Innovation Award for robotics project
Three 11-year old youngsters from Vanderbijlpark – Izabelle Bothma, Ewald Harmse and Wilmar Pretorius – designed a robot that will be able to assist rescuers in finding individuals trapped under snow. Their ingenuity earned them the Innovation Award at the recent Robotics World Championships. But how does this remarkable invention relate to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hulpverlening-aan-knysna-en-ander-storm-geteisterde-gebiede
Hulpverlening aan Knysna en ander storm geteisterde gebiede
Lede van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampusgemeenskap in Vanderbijlpark word aangemoedig om nie-bederfbare produkte, toiletware, komberse en water te versamel ter ondersteuning van die slagoffers van die onlangse brandkrisis in die Tuinroete. Dié insamelingsprojek word in samewerking met DHL-koeriergroep aangebied. Volgens Sunelia…http://news.nwu.ac.za/assistance-knysna-and-other-storm-stricken-areas