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NWU die heel bestes by internasionale parasitologiekongres
Oct 26, 2022 - Parasiete word dalk deur baie mense as verpestelike organismes beskou, maar om hulle en hulle impak op ekologiese stelsels te verstaan, is noodsaaklik in natuurstudie. Die navorsers en studente van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) blink as kundiges op hierdie gebied uit. Die NWU het tydens die onlangse Internasionale Kongres vir Parasiete van die…https://news.nwu.ac.za/dr-bismark-tyobeka-south-africas-nuclear-future
Dr Bismark Tyobeka on South Africa’s nuclear future
Oct 27, 2022 - The nuclear debate has raged for more than three quarters of a century. Proponents of nuclear power continue to extol its virtues, while its detractors remain steadfast in their belief that its risks outweigh its benefits. Renowned nuclear energy expert and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), Dr Bismark Tyobeka, was recently…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/dr-bismark-tyobeka-oor-suid-afrika-se-toekoms-met-kernkrag-0
Dr Bismark Tyobeka oor Suid-Afrika se toekoms met kernkrag
Sep 14, 2022 - Die debat oor kernkrag is nou al meer as ’n driekwarteeu aan die gang. Voorstanders daarvan hemel steeds die deugde daarvan op, terwyl dié wat daarteen gekant is, vas glo dat die risiko’s swaarder as die voordele weeg. Die bekende kernerenergiekundige en visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), dr Bismark Tyobeka, is onlangs benoem…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-onder-die-mees-toegewydes-ten-opsigte-van-omgewings-en-maatskaplike-verandering
NWU onder die mees toegewydes ten opsigte van omgewings- en maatskaplike verandering
Oct 27, 2022 - Universiteite het ’n deurslaggewende rol om te speel om oplossings vir dringende omgewings- en maatskaplike vrae te kry. Die jongste ranglys deur die Quacquarelli Symonds-agentskap (QS-agentskap) plaas die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) onder die top- wêreldwye en plaaslike universiteite wat omgewings- en maatskaplike volhoubaarheid betref. QS het…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-among-most-committed-towards-environmental-and-social-change
NWU among the most committed towards environmental and social change
Oct 27, 2022 - Universities have a pivotal role to play in finding solutions to pressing environmental and social questions. The latest ranking by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) agency places the North-West University (NWU) among the top global and local universities when it comes to environmental and social sustainability. QS ranked the NWU in the overall 281…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sol-plaatje-secondary-wins-first-nwu-vice-chancellor-soccer-challenge
Sol Plaatje Secondary wins first NWU Vice-Chancellor Soccer Challenge
Oct 28, 2022 - By Nolwazu Xulu The Sol Plaatje Secondary School under-18 football team is the very first champions of the North-West University (NWU) Vice-Chancellor Soccer Challenge. The tournament took place on 22 October 2022 at the NWU Mahikeng Campus Stadium. Three schools from each of the towns where the NWU’s campuses are located participated in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/op-soek-na-n-manier-om-ons-varswaterbronne-te-bewaar
Op soek na 'n manier om ons varswaterbronne te bewaar
Oct 28, 2022 - Suid-Afrika se varswaterbronne is onder druk van verskillende soorte besoedelstowwe, en die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se navorsers soek na maniere om met die meer ontwykende besoedelstowwe tred te hou. Prof Rialet Pieters, 'n navorser by die Eenheid vir Omgewingswetenskappe en -bestuur, is 'n ekotoksikoloog wie se belangstelling lê in organiese…https://news.nwu.ac.za/quest-save-our-freshwater-sources
On the quest to save our freshwater sources
Oct 28, 2022 - South Africa’s freshwater sources are under pressure from various kinds of contaminants, and North-West University (NWU) researchers are searching for ways to keep track of some of the more elusive pollutants. Prof Rialet Pieters, a researcher in the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, is an ecotoxicologist whose interests lie in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-gebruik-van-nanotegnologie-vir-voedselsekerheid-en-die-beskerming-van-die-omgewing
Die gebruik van nanotegnologie vir voedselsekerheid en die beskerming van die omgewing
Oct 28, 2022 - Een van die uitdagendste bekommernisse van die 21ste eeu is die beskerming van voedselsekerheid vir die wêreld se bevolking wat eksponensieel toeneem, soos dit in doelwit 2 van die Verenigde Nasies se volhoubare ontwikkelingsdoelwitte (VOD’s) gestipuleer word. Volgens projeksies gaan die wêreldwye vraag na voedsel teen 2050 met tussen 60% en 98%…https://news.nwu.ac.za/using-nanotechnology-food-security-and-environmental-protection
Using nanotechnology for food security and environmental protection
Oct 28, 2022 - One of the most challenging anxieties of the 21st century is safeguarding food security for the world’s exponential growing population, as stipulated by goal 2 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to projections, the global food demand is expected to rise between 60 to 98% by 2050, with a population of more than 9…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/munisipaliteite-moet-die-belangrikheid-van-vullissmouse-erken
Munisipaliteite moet die belangrikheid van vullissmouse erken
Oct 28, 2022 - Meer as 100 000 mense in Suid-Afrika begin om die vullissmoussektor as bron van werk te gebruik. Dit is volgens Nonhlanhla Ngcobo, ’n PhD-student en navorser by die Suid-Afrikaanse navorsingsleerstoel in stede, die reg en omgewingsvolhoubaarheid (Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability) by die Fakulteit Regte op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU…https://news.nwu.ac.za/municipalities-must-acknowledge-importance-waste-pickers
Municipalities must acknowledge the importance of waste pickers
Oct 28, 2022 - More than 100 000 people in South Africa have turned to the waste-picking sector as a source of employment. This is according to Nonhlanhla Ngcobo, a PhD student and a researcher at the South African Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability in the Faculty of Law at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus. “The slow…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hospitaal-klop-aan-die-nwu-se-deur-vir-beter-sorg-vir-borskankerpasiente
Hospitaal klop aan die NWU se deur vir beter sorg vir borskankerpasiënte
Oct 28, 2022 - Navorsers by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) werk gereeld in gemeenskappe om lewens te verbeter en oplossings vir dringende kwessies te vind. In die stryd teen borskanker het ’n hospitaal in Potchefstroom die kundigheid van die navorsingseenheid Medisyneverbruik in Suid-Afrika (MUSA) in die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe ingeroep. Prof Johanita…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hospital-knocks-nwus-door-better-care-breast-cancer-patients
Hospital knocks on NWU’s door for better care for breast cancer patients
Oct 28, 2022 - Researchers of the North-West University (NWU) regularly work in communities to improve lives and find solutions to pressing issues. In the fight against breast cancer, a hospital in Potchefstroom has called on the expertise of the Medicine Usage in South Africa (MUSA) research entity in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Prof Johanita Burger and Dr…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/sosiale-media-die-klaskamer-meer-voordele-nadele
Sosiale media in die klaskamer: meer voordele as nadele
Oct 28, 2022 - Die koms van sosiale media het ’n baie groot uitwerking op onderrig en leer gehad, maar baie min is bekend oor die voor- en nadele van die gebruik van sosiale media in die klaskamer. So sê dr Thamie Ndlovu, ʼn opvoedkundige tegnoloog by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), wie se PhD-studie die gebruik van sosiale media as instrument vir onderrig en…https://news.nwu.ac.za/social-media-classroom-benefits-outweigh-any-drawbacks
Social media in the classroom: benefits outweigh any drawbacks
Oct 28, 2022 - The advent of social media has had a huge effect on teaching and learning, but relatively little is known about the pros and cons of using social media in the classroom. This is according to Dr Thamie Ndlovu, an educational technologist at the North-West University (NWU), whose PhD study investigated the use of social media as a tool for teaching…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/teologie-professor-maak-vordering-met-broodnodige-diskoers-oor-kontekstualisering
Teologie-professor maak vordering met broodnodige diskoers oor kontekstualisering
Oct 28, 2022 - Prof Alfred Brunsdon van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Fakulteit Teologie het onlangs ’n C2-gradering van die Nasionale Navorsingstigting ontvang. Wat hierdie erkenning noemenswaardig maak, is die nisarea van sy navorsing, wat die teenstrydighede tussen akademiese inhoud en die kulturele kontekste van teologiestudente uit Afrika uitlig. Hy…https://news.nwu.ac.za/theology-professor-makes-inroads-much-needed-contextualisation-discourse
Theology professor makes inroads with much needed contextualisation discourse
Oct 28, 2022 - Prof Alfred Brunsdon from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Theology recently received a C2-rating from the National Research Foundation. What makes this recognition noteworthy is the niche area of his research which is discrepancies between academic content and cultural contexts of African theology students. He has been…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-intelligente-stelsels-navorsingsgroep-besig-om-intelligensie-te-ontwikkel-om-vervoerprobleme
NWU se Intelligente Stelsels-navorsingsgroep is besig om intelligensie te ontwikkel om vervoerprobleme op te los
Oct 28, 2022 - Rekenaars word al hoe noodsaakliker in die moderne samelewing, met ’n geweldige invloed oor hoe mense probleme skep en oplos. Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Intelligente Stelsels-navorsingsgroep se missie is om volgendegeslagoplossings te ontwikkel wat sal help om vervoerprobleme met behulp van tegnologie op te los. Geleë in die Skool vir…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-intelligent-systems-research-group-developing-intelligence-solve-transportation-problems