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NWU host annual Career Fair
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng hosted an annual Career Fair on 16 May 2018 at the Multi-Purpose Hall. Career fairs provide students the opportunity to understand more about the range of careers in their field of study, to network with interested employers, and to motivate them to engage actively in the process of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-bridging-gender-gap
Faculty of Engineering is bridging the gender gap
Innovation is blind to gender and special skills does not allow for prejudice. Nowhere was this more evident than at the third iteration of the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Femmegineering workshop. Participants from North West, Gauteng and Free State was shown why a career in engineering might just suit them…http://news.nwu.ac.za/findings-phd-study-empower-malawian-policy-makers
Findings of PhD study to empower Malawian policy-makers
The choice of food security measures has a significant value in identifying the food security status of a household, especially with regard to female-headed households in the South Eastern region of Malawi. This is according to the research findings of Hannah Mayamiko Dunga, who recently obtained her doctoral degree during the Autumn…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-contributes-understanding-key-sectors-contributing-led
Research contributes to the understanding of key sectors contributing to LED
A doctoral research study which is hailed for contributing profoundly to the field of Local Economic Development (LED), has found that community service, trade, construction, finance and electricity sectors would contribute most to economic development and growth in the Limpopo province’s Capricorn region. In his study, Analysis of key…http://news.nwu.ac.za/proposed-financial-decision-making-model-guard-against-accounting-shames
Proposed financial decision-making model to guard against accounting shames
With the recent accounting disgraces suffered by KPMG and Steinhoff still fresh in South Africans’ minds, Dr Matthys (Thys) Swanepoel from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Accounting Sciences, proposes a new integrated financial decision-making model using the principle of lean accounting. Dr Swanepoel developed the new model as…http://news.nwu.ac.za/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/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/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/faculty-theology-focused-reconciliation
Faculty of Theology is focused on reconciliation
Religion can be one of the most powerful tools in bridging racial divides. This according to Prof Dr Nico Vorster from the Faculty of Theology and co-editor of the recently published book Togetherness in South Africa. The book which features ten chapters that discuss religious perspectives on racism, xenophobia and economic inequality is but…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hat-trick-women-during-north-west-university%25E2%2580%2599s-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-institutional-teaching-excellence-awards
Hat trick for women during NWU’s Institutional Teaching Excellence Awards
The North-West University (NWU) celebrated the cream of its lecturing crop during its Institutional Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony (ITEA). Acknowledging the best lecturers, this annual event took place on 19 April in Potchefstroom. Three women took top honours during the awards ceremony. Dr Carolina Botha of the Faculty of Education,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/talentvolle-spelers-skiet-doele-om-te-wen
Talentvolle spelers skiet doele om te wen
’n Mens leer lewenslesse deur aan sport deel te neem – lesse soos dissipline, verantwoordelikheid, selfvertroue, aanspreeklikheid en spanwerk. In die geval van hokkiespelers aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark help sport ook om die finansiële las te verlig wat met universiteitstudies gepaardgaan. In ’n onlangse…http://news.nwu.ac.za/constructive-journalism-tool-build-strong-societies
Constructive journalism as a tool to build strong societies
Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of journalism holds for a democratic society. Prof Knoop, an associate professor at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/nina-brink
Nina Brink
Nina Brink is a lecturer in Afrikaans linguistics at the North-West University's Potchefstroom Campus. She achieved a BA in Communication Studies, and BA Hons and MA in Afrikaans and Dutch (Linguistics) at the North-West University. Her specific research focus is on Afrikaans children's language acquisition and development. This is an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/youngest-phd-graduate-africa-now-also-youth-leader-year
Youngest PhD graduate in Africa now also Youth Leader of the Year
The youngest PhD graduate in Africa, 24-year-old Dr Musa Suarombe, has been named the Institute of People Management’s (IPM’s) Youth Leader of the Year for 2018/2019. Dr Suarombe, a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Mahikeng, was recognised by the IPM for her innovative leadership skills and her growing…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/alumnus-onder-die-top-200-jong-afrika-leiers
Alumnus onder die top-200 jong Afrika-leiers
Eric Ntumba is ’n man met ’n missie: om verandering na die Afrika-vasteland te bring. En hy doen dit deur deurlopend sy leierskapsvaardighede te verfyn en deur ’n sterk standpunt in te neem oor kwessies wat die vasteland raak. Hierdie trotse alumnus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het onlangs nog ’n toekenning by sy reeds indrukwekkende…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-ranked-amongst-top-200-african-young-leaders
Alumnus ranked amongst top 200 African young leaders
Eric Ntumba is a man on a mission: to bring change to the African continent. And he is doing so by continually refining his leadership skills and by taking a firm stand on issues that affect the continent. This proud alumnus of the North-West University (NWU) recently added yet another accolade to his already impressive curriculum vitae.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/goed-beter-beste-skool-vir-taalonderwys-vereer-presteerders
Goed! Beter! Beste! Skool vir Taalonderwys vereer presteerders
Die Skool vir Taalonderwys in die Fakulteit Opvoedkunde het onlangs sy heel eerste toppresteerdergeleentheid op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark gehou. By hierdie gebeurtenis, wat die vorm van ’n middagete aangeneem het, het meer as 20 studente vir hulle akademiese prestasies regdeur die jaar erkenning gekry.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/good-better-best-school-language-education-applauds-achievers
Good! Better! Best! School of Language Education applauds achievers
The School of Language Education recently hosted its first-ever top achievers’ event on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. The event, which took on the form of a luncheon, saw more than 20 students receive recognition for their academic achievements throughout the year. According to Dr Rhelda Krügel, senior…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-first-africa-lead-global-hypertension-society
Researcher is first in Africa to lead global hypertension society
Normal heart rates range from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Anything above that means blood is racing at an alarming speed through your veins. One person whose blood is pumping with passion in the fight against a deadly health condition, hypertension, is Prof Alta Schutte. Part of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Hypertension in Africa…http://news.nwu.ac.za/3-d-printing-improve-life