Just more than a month left for applications for the Missing Middle Fee Adjustment Grant
The first closing date for applications for the Missing Middle Fee Adjustment Grant is on 28 February 2017, leaving students with just more than a month to go. In light of the national development around fees at universities, the NWU - via the Office of the Executive Director of Finance and Facilities, would like to communicate the information,…
Smooth registration process for NWU Mafikeng Campus
The registration process for the 2017 academic year for undergraduate students at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) started on 16 January 2017 and will run until 27 January 2017. According to the campus registrar, Mr Franco Nkoana, the process is running very smoothly and according to plan. “We are happy that the…
NWU vice-chancellor welcomes Class of 2017
First-year students at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) were received with open arms as new ambassadors of the NWU family. The vice-chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, officially met with first years at a meet-and-greet on 23 January, highlighting some of the opportunities, predicaments and responsibilities that lie ahead of…
NWU Faculty of Engineering broadens its horizons
As of 2017 a new star will join the Industrial Engineering galaxy. The North-West University's (NWU's) School for Industrial Engineering now shines with new light alongside nearby departments at the University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University and Wits University. Located strategically within various industrial activities (ranging from…
Internasionale erkenning vir kampusregistrateur
Daar is seker geen beter manier om ’n luisterryke loopbaan wat oor meer as drie dekades strek, te vier as om internasionaal vir jou professionele impak erken te word nie. Vir Neels Vermeulen, waarnemende kampusregistrateur van die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU Vaal), is dit presies wat in sy 30ste diensjaar aan die…
International recognition for campus registrar
There is surely no better way to celebrate a memorable career – spanning more than three decades, than by being internationally honoured for your professional impact. For Mr Neels Vermeulen, acting campus registrar of the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal), this is exactly how he beckoned in his 30th year of service at…
NWU scientists among the best in the world
The North-West University (NWU) has once again showed why it’s a scientific force to be reckoned with, when it walked away with a special achievement at the annual South African Science Forum. The NWU’s Preclinical Drug Development Platform received the award for the best exhibition which was recently held at the Council for Scientific and…
Registration process at the North-West University
The new academic year is off to a good start with enthusiastic students registering on all three of the North-West University’s (NWU) campuses. As on 26 January nearly 7 000 first years have already enrolled. The NWU’s target for first-year enrolments for 2017 is 8 894. Both first years and returning students are still registering. This process…
SoftLandings Platform SA – linking Dutch SME’s with local markets and entrepreneurs
The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Information Technology on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) is offering students an innovative opportunity to not only gain experience in conducting real-time market research, but also to learn more about the practice of entrepreneurship. Students within the BCom field of study…
We are all active participants in the NWU journey – Prof Dan Kgwadi
“The academic year is about to start and I would like to welcome each and every member of the University community back into the fold as we prepare to actively participate in the NWU journey.” With these words the vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Dan Kgwadi, recently extended his good wishes to staff, students, alumni,…
Alumnus Ettienne le Roux to talk money matters
During the recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was quoted as saying that the whole world economy was in an “interesting space” - a clear indication that South Africans can expect some shift in the economy. To talk Joe Public through these envisioned changes, the Vanderbijlpark…
R-Language smart with Optentia
“R” you ready to take your research to the next level? Then the course that the Optentia Research Focus Area is hosting at the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) on 15-17 March is just what you need! R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a programming language and software…
River FM mik na die groot prys
River FM, ’n radiostasie van die Noordwes-Universiteit se Vanderbijlparkkampus, is uitgenooi om deel te neem aan ’n kompetisie wat aan die plaaslike gemeenskapsradiostasies die geleentheid gee om vir iemand se regte op te kom. Die geleentheid is deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie (SAMRK), saam met die streekskantoor vir Suider-Afrika,…
River FM up for the challenge to impact lives
River FM 87.6, the campus radio station of the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus (NWU Vaal) is starting the year off on an exciting note by participating in a national human rights campaign. The station will be joining the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the regional office of the United Nations High Commissioner…
“Water eersdaags dalk so duur soos olie” – Prof Johan Tempelhoff
“Suid-Afrika kan in die toekoms ‘n punt bereik waar water net so duur soos olie sal word.” Dié stelling deur prof Johann Tempelhoff, ‘n navorser en historikus verbonde aan die Skool vir Basiese Wetenskappe aan die Vanderbijlparkkampus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU Vaal), het na vore gekom tydens ‘n onlangse onderhoud met die Burger. Prof…
Die agt ekonomiese aanwysers om in 2017 dop te hou
Sal 2017 ’n beter jaar vir Suid-Afrika se ekonomie wees? Dit is die vraag op alle Suid-Afrikaners se lippe, en in ’n poging om ’n antwoord hierop te verskaf, het prof Danie Meyer en dr André Mellet, albei akademiese personeellede binne die Fakulteit Ekonomiese Wetenskappe en Inligtingstegnologie aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se…
The eight economic indicators to watch in 2017
Will 2017 be a better year for South Africa’s economy? This is the question on all South Africans’ lips and in an effort to provide answers, Prof Danie Meyer and Dr Andre Mellet – both academic staff members within the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Information Technology at the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus, offer the…
Ekonoom plaas brandstofprysverhoging in perspektief
Vanaf 1 Februarie 2017 kos 93- en 95-oktaanpetrol 29c/ℓ meer. Dié prysstyging is deur die Departement van Energie aangekondig wat die olieprys en rand/dollar-wisselkoers as redes vir die styging gee. Tydens ’n RSG-onderhoud het die welbekende ekonoom, dr Andre Mellet van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), ’n vergelyking tussen 2016 en 2017 se…
NWU economist puts fuel price hike in perspective
Motorists are now paying 29c/l extra for 93 and 95 octane petrol. This retail price hike was announced by the Department of Energy, citing oil prices and the Rand/Dollar exchange rate as reasons for the increase. During an interview with RSG, well-known economist – Dr Andre Mellet from the North-West University's Vanderbijlpark Campus – compared…