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NWU’s IKS Centre collaborates with Wits University to explore indigenous palaeo-knowledge
Apr 28, 2022 - The Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) Centre of the North-West University (NWU) has partnered with Wits University to do palaeontology research along the Karoo Basin. The IKS Centre team comprises Prof Simeon Materechera, a senior professor and research leader for the NWU team, and Otsile Maditsi, a lecturer at the centre. They are working with…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/student-wen-visekanseliersmedalje-met-navorsing-oor-ruimteweer
Student wen Visekanseliersmedalje met navorsing oor ruimteweer
Apr 28, 2022 - Jacques Beukes van die MUST-diepleernavorsingsgroep by die Fakulteit Ingenieurswese is die 2021-wenner van ’n Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Visekanseliersmedalje vir sy verhandeling “Interpretability of deep neural networks for SYM-H prediction”. Agt visekanseliersmedaljes word jaarliks aan die beste meestersgraadstudente by die NWU toegeken.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/student-wins-vc-medal-research-deep-learning-space-weather
Student wins VC Medal with research on deep learning in space weather
May 03, 2022 - Jacques Beukes of the MUST Deep Learning research group at the Faculty of Engineering is the 2021 winner of a North-West University (NWU) Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for his dissertation “Interpretability of deep neural networks for SYM-H prediction”. Eight vice-chancellor’s medals are awarded annually to the best master’s-degree students at the NWU.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-nou-die-top-45-van-werelduniversiteite
NWU nou in die top-4,5% van wêrelduniversiteite
Apr 26, 2022 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) skitter steeds op wêreldwye ranglyste. In die jongste ranglysgradering het die Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) die NWU in hulle 2022/2023-uitgawe van die Global 2000-lys in die top-4,5% van universiteite geplaas. Dit is ’n verbetering op hulle plek in die top-4,7% op dieselfde ranglys verlede jaar.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-now-ranks-top-45-global-universities
NWU now ranks in top 4,5% of global universities
Apr 26, 2022 - The North-West University (NWU) continues to shine in global rankings. In the latest rankings, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) placed the NWU in the top 4,5% of universities in their 2022/2023 edition of the Global 2000 list. This is an improvement from being in the top 4,7% in last year’s ranking. This outstanding achievement…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-stel-nuwe-digitale-stratetegiebeampte-aan
NWU stel nuwe digitale stratetegiebeampte aan
Apr 26, 2022 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het ’n spesialis in inligtingstegnologiebeheer (IT-beheer), risiko en besigheidsbetrokkenheid as die universiteit se digitale strategiebeampte aangestel. Andile Swartbooi sal vanaf 1 Mei 2022 in hierdie kapasiteit dien. Sy verantwoordelikhede sluit die uitvoering van die NWU se digitale strategie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-appoints-new-digital-strategy-officer
NWU appoints new digital strategy officer
Apr 26, 2022 - The North-West University (NWU) has appointed a specialist in information technology (IT) governance, risk and business engagement as the university’s digital strategy officer. Andile Swartbooi will serve in this capacity from 1 May 2022 onwards. His responsibilities will include the execution of the NWU’s digital strategy, focusing on its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-besigheidskool-staan-op-soos-die-feniks
NWU Besigheidskool: Staan op soos die feniks
Apr 29, 2022 - Die akademie se besbewaarde geheim staan ná die pandemie op uit die as. Die toonaangewende Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool het op Maandag 26 April in Potchefstroom ’n Brag & Brand-funksie gehou wat deur dosente, personeel en alumni bygewoon is. Prof Linda du Plessis, waarnemende visekanselier van die NWU, het die gaste verwelkom…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-rises-phoenix
NWU Business School: Rises like a phoenix
Apr 29, 2022 - Academia’s “best kept secret” is rising like a phoenix after the pandemic. The prestigious North-West University (NWU) Business School held a Brag & Brand function in Potchefstroom on Monday, 26 April that was attended by lecturers, staff and alumni. Prof Linda du Plessis, acting vice-chancellor of the NWU, welcomed guests and said “a good…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hart-die-nwu-bevorder-gesonde-bloeddruk
HART by die NWU bevorder gesonde bloeddruk
Apr 29, 2022 - Bloed is die lewegewende stof wat deur ons are vloei, maar as die druk in ons are te hoog word kan dit ons gesondheid benadeel. Dit is waarom die Hipertensie in Afrika Navorsingspan (HART) in die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gedurende die hele Meimetingsmaand (MMM) en op Wêreldhipertensiedag op 17 Mei…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hart-nwu-promotes-healthy-blood-pressure
HART at NWU promotes healthy blood pressure
May 04, 2022 - Blood is the life-giving substance that flows through our veins, but if the pressure in our veins becomes too high it can be detrimental to our health. This is why the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) is actively promoting blood pressure awareness and measurement…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-entrepreneur-takes-haircare-products-world
Young entrepreneur takes haircare products to the world
May 03, 2022 - For this young woman entrepreneurship is a way of life. North-West University (NWU) master’s student in chemistry, Paula Maseko, recently started her own business by producing and selling haircare products. Paula, who hails from Lonelypark in Mahikeng, started her business in 2020 in her mother’s garage. With a few pots, bowls, a hand blender…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/franco-pak-die-studentelewe-met-vaste-tred-aan
Franco pak die studentelewe met vaste tred aan
May 03, 2022 - Dit was liefde met die eerste oogopslag. Seun ontmoet kampus. In 2019 besoek Franco van Dijk die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Potchefstroom as deel van ’n toer van sy skoolkoor. “Ons het baie van die kampus te sien gekry – dit het amper soos ’n opedag gevoel. Ek het regtig baie gehou van wat ek sien en besluit dit was waarheen ek…http://news.nwu.ac.za/franco-taking-student-life-his-stride
Franco taking student life in his stride
May 05, 2022 - It was love at first sight. Boy meets campus. In 2019, Franco van Dijk visited the North-West University (NWU) campus in Potchefstroom as part of a tour by his school choir. “We saw a lot of the campus – it almost felt like an open day. I really liked what I saw and decided that this was where I wanted to go,” says Franco, who matriculated from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-eagles-se-young-guns-val-vas-teen-tuks-die-finaal
NWU Eagles se Young Guns val vas teen Tuks in die finaal
May 03, 2022 - Hulle senior eweknieë het dalk die Varsitybekerkompetisie ’n bietjie vroeg verlaat, maar die NWU Eagles Young Guns was gereed om tot die einde toe te bly staan toe hulle Tuks op Maandag 25 April in Stellenbosch gepak het. Dit was hulle egter nie beskore nie. Die span van Pretoria – wat net gedoen het wat die Pretorianers die afgelope jaar in elke…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-eagles-young-guns-succumb-tuks-final
NWU Eagles Young Guns succumb to Tuks in final
May 03, 2022 - Their senior counterparts may have left the Varsity Cup competition a bit prematurely, but the NWU Eagles Young Guns aimed to go all the way when they squared off against Tuks in Stellenbosch on Monday, 25 April. It was not to be. The team from Pretoria, doing what Pretoria-based teams seem to be doing in every conceivable rugby competition in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-waarnemende-visekanselier-ontvang-internasionale-toekennings-vir-uitmuntende-navorsing
NWU se waarnemende visekanselier ontvang internasionale toekennings vir uitmuntende navorsing
May 04, 2022 - Die waarnemende visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), prof Linda du Plessis, stel sonder twyfel ’n voorbeeld nadat sy haar tweede doktorsgraad in 2020 ontvang het. Sy is ook deur twee internasionale akademiese instellings en verenigings vir die gehalte van haar studie geloof. Nadat sy haar Doktoraat in Besigheidsadministrasie (DBA…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-acting-vice-chancellor-receives-international-awards-outstanding-research
NWU acting vice-chancellor receives international awards for outstanding research
May 04, 2022 - The acting vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Linda du Plessis, clearly sets the example after she was awarded her second doctorate in 2020, and has also been praised for the quality of her study by two international academic institutions and associations. After she completed her Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-shares-her-expertise-food-security-and-safety
NWU academic shares her expertise on food security and safety
May 05, 2022 - Ontiretse Motingwa North-West University (NWU) Prof Olubukola Oluranti Babalola recently shared her expertise by editing the book, Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives, published by Springer, Cham. The book offers insight into the lack of enough, safe, and nutritious food in Sub-Saharan Africa, and highlights the constructive…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-gives-insight-intimate-partner-violence-law-developments