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Symposium: Keynote speakers
Key note speaker: Dr Rose September (Chief Director of Legislation, Governance Monitoring, Evaluation and Advocacy, DSD)https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/m-and-phd-consumer-sciences
Masters and PhD in Consumer Sciences
A postgraduate qualification in Consumer Sciences gives you the opportunity to improve your knowledge of consumer behaviour and to develop skills to research and understand consumers and the decisions they make. Consumer insight is a much sought after skill within the industry to enable manufacturers and retailers to deliver products and…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/phd-health-sciences-positive-psychology
PhD in Health Sciences with Positive Psychology
The search for meaning, happiness and well-being has been a major preoccupation throughout the centuries. Researchers have searched for answers to the questions: what gives people meaning, what is happiness and what constitutes well-being, and how can we promote these? Positive psychology is the study of the conditions and processes that…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/test321
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Jeanetta du Plessis
Jeanetta du Plessis, is the director of the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences and professor of Pharmaceutics at the NWU. She is a pharmacist who is specialising in drug delivery, whilst her research focuses on topical and transdermal drug delivery. She has supervised numerous post-graduate students. She is the…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/nutrition-research-africa
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Supporting Nutrition Research and Education in Africa (SuNREA) Collaboration between the North-West University and the University of Ghana, to establish and strengthen nutrition research capacity in AfricaResearch on victims of crime (gun violence, stabbing-related violence, rape, school violence, elder abuse, migrant trauma, gender-based violence)
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Mariette van der Merwe
Research on victims of crime (gun violence, stabbing-related violence, rape, school violence, elder abuse, migrant trauma, gender-based violence)Dr. Susanne Jacobs supervises postgraduate research methodology and subject-specific content at the NWU in COMPRES (Community psychosocial health and wellbeing, Centre for Child, Youth, and Family Studies, in social work, and AUTHéR, Africa Unit for Trans disciplinary Health Promotion.
Supervising themes of interest and focus in qualitative…
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Susanne Jacobs
Dr. Susanne Jacobs supervises postgraduate research methodology and subject-specific content at the NWU in COMPRES (Community psychosocial health and wellbeing, Centre for Child, Youth, and Family Studies, in social work, and AUTHéR, Africa Unit for Trans disciplinary Health Promotion. Supervising themes of interest and focus in qualitative…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/compres/get-touch
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For any information regarding postgraduate studies please make contact with the relevant staff Psychology [accordion collapsed] MHSc Clinical Psychology Potchefstroom Campus Coursework Administration Mrs Ronelle Lubbe 018 299 1784 ronelle.lubbe@nwu.ac.za Research Administration Ms Thenjiwe Gazi 018 285 2235 thenjiwe.gazi@nwu.ac.za…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/cen/leadership-development
Leadership Development
Globally nutrition action requires a variety of technical and functional competencies. Nutrition is all about change and change is a complex process that is led rather than managed. The aim of the African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP), based at North-West University in South Africa, is to develop individual and institutional…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/cenqam/staff
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.field-content.col-sm-9 { margin-bottom: 30px; min-height: 225px; } .field-content.col-sm-9 > h4 { margin-top: 0; }My research focus is on tackling the complex challenges faced by child protection social workers in South Africa. Through research, we explore the different levels, factors, and stakeholders within the child protection system to identify what hinders effective child protection. Through both PhD and master’s research, our goal is to uncover these…
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Elmien Crofford
My research focus is on tackling the complex challenges faced by child protection social workers in South Africa. Through research, we explore the different levels, factors, and stakeholders within the child protection system to identify what hinders effective child protection. Through both PhD and master’s research, our goal is to uncover these…Mr Christiaan Bekker is a Lecturer in the Psychology Department of the North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, South Africa. He was appointed in 2013. Christiaan is a researcher in the sub-programme “Flourishing in Institutions” within the Optentia Research Focus Area. He works within the research project entitled “Boredom in academic…
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Christiaan Bekker
Mr Christiaan Bekker is a Lecturer in the Psychology Department of the North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, South Africa. He was appointed in 2013. Christiaan is a researcher in the sub-programme “Flourishing in Institutions” within the Optentia Research Focus Area. He works within the research project entitled “Boredom in academic…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/psychosocial/staff-social-work