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NWU se Ikateleng-projek vier 30 jaar van impak
Dertig jaar ná die stigting van die Ikateleng-projek het die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) deur middel van aanvullende onderwys steeds ’n impak op die lewens van duisende leerders regoor sentraal-Suid-Afrika. Die doel van die jare lange Ikateleng-projek – wat in 1988 in die Vanderbijlpark geïnisieer is – is om aanvullende onderrig aan graad 10…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-ikateleng-project-celebrates-30-years-impact
NWU’s Ikateleng Project celebrates 30 years of impact
Thirty years after the inception of the Ikateleng Project, the North-West University (NWU) continues to impact the lives of thousands of learners across central South Africa by means of supplementary teaching. The long-running Ikateleng Project – which was initiated in 1988 in the Vanderbijlpark area – aims to provide supplementary tuition to…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-dvc-research-and-innovation-chair-sa-aids-conference
NWU’s DVC for research and innovation to chair SA AIDS Conference
Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation, will serve as chair of one of the largest conferences in sub-Saharan Africa, the 2019 SA AIDS Conference. Dira Sengwe, the non-governmental organisation who will be hosting the conference, nominated Prof Phaswana-Mafuya, based…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu-works-towards-rooting-out-racism
NWU works towards rooting out racism
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, which is part of the Anti-Racism Network South Africa, hosted a #RootOutRacism dialogue at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom on 17 March 2018. The dialogue was part of their Anti-Racism Week* campaign, during which they travelled throughout the country, to create public awareness about…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/entrepreneurship-101-grow-you-go
Entrepreneurship 101: Grow as you go!
Ask any seasoned entrepreneur and they will tell you: there is no magic recipe for success. Yes, the potential rewards of business ownership are many, but so are the challenges. With this in mind the North-West University’s (NWU’s) bhive Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) – a dynamic entrepreneurial hub within the Faculty of Economic and…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu-alumni-calling-all-johannesburg-based-alumni
NWU Alumni: Calling all Johannesburg-based alumni
If you graduated from the North-West University (NWU) and live in and around Johannesburg, Gauteng, make sure to diarise 23 May 2018. The university, through its Stakeholder Relations Directorate, will be hosting a social gathering for alumni at the Capital Hotel in Sandhurst, Sandton. The aim of the event is to inform Johannesburg-based…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/short-learning-programme-empowers-unemployed-youth
Short learning programme empowers unemployed youth
The North-West University’s Unit for Continuing Education (UCE), and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently joined forces with the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) to facilitate a skills training programme within the hospitality sector. The short learning…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/faculty-engineering-designing-better-future
Faculty of Engineering designing a better future
There is a shortage of special skills in the country and engineering is no exception. The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is not only addressing this need, but is also ensuring that the seeds are planted for future growth in this all-important field. “Our faculty is involved in the community in many ways,” explains…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu-academic-talks-small-tangible
NWU academic talks small but tangible
North-West University (NWU) academic and now full professor in microbial biotechnology, Prof Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, delivered her inaugural lecture titled “Small but tangible, let the feasting begin” on 18 May 2018. In attendance at the public lecture was Prof Sonia Swanepoel, who attended on behalf of the NWU vice-chancellor, Prof…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/uarm-delivers-five-master%25E2%2580%2599s-graduandi-during-autumn-graduation-ceremony
UARM delivers five master’s graduandi during Autumn Graduation Ceremony
The Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark saw the Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) celebrate the graduation of five MARM graduates. These graduates represent the third cohort of MARM alumni since the inception of the two-year part-time programme in 2014. “We are extremely proud of…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu-discusses-virtue-rice
NWU discusses the virtue of rice
With a number of farmers in the North-West province currently struggling to produce maize due to climate change and global warming, it is clear that South Africa needs crop diversification in order to promote food security. The North-West University (NWU), together with the North West Department of Agriculture (NWDA), is in the process of…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/faculty-engineering-towards-integrated-energy-approach
Faculty of Engineering: Towards an integrated energy approach
Energy needs across the globe are rising while fossil fuels are being depleted. Since fossil fuels result in various detrimental emissions, new and renewable energy sources can alleviate the drain on our natural resources and help in the mitigation of the harmful emissions. Viewed in isolation, neither of these energy sources may solve the…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/af/aksiegebaseerde-navorsing-lei-tot-positiewe-omgewingsverandering
Aksiegebaseerde navorsing lei tot positiewe omgewingsverandering
Klimaatsverandering is nie iets wat ver weg, in ander streke en met ander mense gebeur nie – dit is ’n verskynsel wat ’n impak op almal, oral het. Dit is ’n les waaraan graad 7-leerders blootgestel word deur middel van ’n navorsingsprojek waarby navorsers van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark betrokke is. Hierdie…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/action-based-research-brings-positive-environmental-change
Action-based research brings positive environmental change
Climate change is not something that happens at a distance, to other regions and other people, but is a phenomenon that has an impact on everyone, everywhere. This is a lesson that grade 7 learners are being exposed to through a research project involving researchers from the North-West University’s (NWU's) campus in Vanderbijlpark. This…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/model-proposes-innovative-approach-performance-management-public-sector
Model proposes innovative approach to performance management in the public sector
John Bester knows the value of innovative performance management: a concept that he has applied in a study towards his PhD degree in public management and governance from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. In his theses, “Innovative performance management in the public sector in Botswana: towards a new model”, John…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/af/jaarlikse-galafunksie-vier-die-str-klas-van-2018
Jaarlikse galafunksie vier die STR-klas van 2018
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark het onlangs die rooi tapyt uitgerol om die uitmuntende prestasie van sy STR-rekeningkundestudente te vier. Hierdie studente, wat almal met die kurrikulum vir die Sertifikaat in Teorie van Rekeningkunde (’n honneursprogram) besig is, berei voor vir toelating tot die 2019 SAIGR (Suid-…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/annual-gala-event-celebrates-cta-class-2018
Annual gala event celebrates CTA Class of 2018
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently rolled out the red carpet in celebration of the outstanding performance of its CTA accounting students. These students – who are all busy with the Certificate in Theory of Accounting curriculum (an honours programme) – are preparing for admission to the 2019 SAICA (South…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/af/nwu-vanderbijlpark-presteer-goed-peregrine-liga
NWU Vanderbijlpark presteer goed in Peregrine-liga
Daar word gesê dat sweet plus opoffering gelyk is aan sukses. Wanneer ’n mens na die telkaart van die afgelope naweek kyk, lyk dit asof die rugbyspanne van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark daarmee saamstem. Die kampus het die geskiedenisboeke herskryf toe hulle hul aartsvyande, Brakpan, in die Valke se Peregrine-liga…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/nwu-vanderbijlpark-scores-big-peregrine-league
NWU Vanderbijlpark scores big in Peregrine League
It is said that sweat plus sacrifice equals success. When one looks at the scorecard of the past weekend, the rugby teams from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark seem to be in agreement. The campus rewrote the history books when they beat arch rivals Brakpan 23-10 in the Valke’s Peregrine League. This was campus’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za:8080/theology-moving-towards-multicultural-approach