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PhD candidate explores indigenous medicinal plants to treat skin diseases
Oct 01, 2019 - Skin diseases are a growing health concern worldwide and make up approximately 34% of occupational health diseases. This is mainly because people of all ages will be exposed to infection due to one or another skin disease at least once during their lifetime. Also, almost 90% of people infected with HIV/Aids develop skin diseases at some…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vice-chancellor-treats-varsity-football-champions
NWU vice-chancellor treats Varsity Football champions
Oct 02, 2019 - Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), hosted a special lunch on 1 October 2019 to congratulate the NWU soccer team on winning the 2019 Varsity Football tournament. Prof Marilyn Setlalentoa, the deputy vice-chancellor for Mahikeng Campus operations, and Dr Sibusiso Chaluva, the executive director for student life…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-staff-members-take-part-writing-workshop-zimbabwe
NWU Business School staff members take part in writing workshop in Zimbabwe
Oct 02, 2019 - Four staff members from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School recently attended the British Academy Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers (ECR) from Sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare. They were Prof Ravinder Rena, Dr Joseph Leknze, Dr Hazvineyi Saurombe and Ms Lungile Ntsizwane. The title of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/make-real-change-people%25E2%2580%2599s-lives-master-health-sciences-degree
Make a real change in people’s lives with the master of health sciences degree
Oct 02, 2019 - In the world we live in today, there are millions of people who rely on the help and support of others to maintain a healthier lifestyle because the necessary resources and knowledge are often lacking. The North-West University (NWU) has a strong focus on exactly that – applying our research to make the world a better and healthier place for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/alumni-vergader-tuiskomsgeleentheid-om-%25E2%2580%2599n-impak-te-maak
Alumni vergader by tuiskomsgeleentheid om ’n impak te maak
Oct 02, 2019 - As jy gedink het ’n reünie is niks anders as ’n nostalgiese reis na die verlede nie, maak jy ’n groot fout. Vir die Jong Alumni-groep van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark verleen hul jaarlikse reünie – of tuiskomsgeleentheid – aan hulle die geleentheid om ’n positiewe impak op die lewens van toekomstige gegradueerdes…https://news.nwu.ac.za/homecoming-event-sees-alumni-gather-make-impact
Homecoming event sees alumni gather to make an impact
Oct 02, 2019 - If you thought that a reunion is nothing but a nostalgic trip down memory lane, you are seriously mistaken. For the Young Alumni fraternity of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, their annual reunion – or Homecoming - represents an opportunity to positively impact the lives of graduates to come. On Saturday, 28…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/icil2019-beklemtoon-die-belangrikheid-van-inligtinggeletterdheid-op-alle-gebiede-van-die-lewe
ICIL2019: beklemtoon die belangrikheid van inligtinggeletterdheid op alle gebiede van die lewe
Oct 02, 2019 - > “Ons bied reeds sedert die begin van die nuwe millennium inligtinggeletterdheidsmodules aan, maar dit bly ’n ope vraag of ons wel ’n impak maak en die vlak van inligtinggeletterdheid onder ons kliënte verbeter.” Dit was die stelling wat gemaak is deur dr Mathew Moyo, hoofdirekteur vir biblioteek en inligtingsdienste aan die Noordwes-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/icil2019-highlighting-importance-information-literacy-all-spheres-life
ICIL2019: highlighting the importance of information literacy in all spheres of life
Oct 02, 2019 - “We have been offering media and information literacy modules since the turn of the new millennium, but the question remains if we are indeed impacting and enabling the level of information literacy among our constituencies.” This was the question raised by Dr Mathew Moyo, chief director for library and information service at the North-West…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-salueer-belangrike-vennote-van-samewerking
NWU salueer as belangrike vennote van samewerking
Oct 03, 2019 - Die afdeling Studentewerwing aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark het onlangs ‘n dankiesê-geleentheid gehou vir skoolhoofde van die Vanderbijlparkstreek. Die doel van die geleentheid was om die skoolhoofde van strategies geïdentifiseerde top-voederskole te bedank vir hul getroue verbintenis tot die akademiese…https://news.nwu.ac.za/campus-salutes-school-principals-important-partners-collaboration
Campus salutes school principals as important partners in collaboration
Oct 03, 2019 - The division for Student Recruiting at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently held a “thank you” event for school principals of the Vanderbijlpark region. The purpose of the event was to thank the school principals of strategically identified top feeder schools for their loyal commitment to the academic…https://news.nwu.ac.za/renowned-sports-psychologist-captains-new-centre
Renowned sports psychologist captains new centre
Oct 03, 2019 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences is taking its level of expertise to an even higher level with the recent appointment of its first director for the newly established NWU Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP). Prof Pieter Kruger, a well-known sports psychologist in the global sports arena, will captain…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bordspeletjie-help-rekeningkundestudente-om-die-sprong-na-die-werkplek-te-maak
Bordspeletjie help rekeningkundestudente om die sprong na die werkplek te maak
Aug 29, 2019 - Nuuskierigheid stimuleer die brein, en dit maak bordspeletjies die ideale leerinstrument. Rekeningkundestudente sal dit binnekort agterkom wanneer hulle ’n nuwe bordspeletjie speel wat spesiaal vir hulle ontwerp is. Kreatiewe benaderings tot onderrig en leer word toenemend binne en buite hoër onderwys gebruik. Een van die toonaangewers in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/board-game-helps-accounting-students-make-leap-workplace
Board game helps accounting students make the leap to the workplace
Aug 29, 2019 - Curiosity stimulates the brain, making board games the ideal learning tool. Accounting students will soon discover this when playing a new board game designed especially for them. Creative approaches to teaching and learning are increasingly being used throughout higher education and beyond. One of the trend setters in what is known as table-top…https://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-sees-opportunities-not-obstacles
Researcher sees opportunities, not obstacles
Aug 29, 2019 - There is a general way of thinking among most hopeful undergraduate students that should the traditional way of paying for tertiary education not be available to them, they are left without the possibility of perusing an exciting career. An inspiring young academic from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences destroyed…https://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-graduate%25E2%2580%2599s-research-aims-increase-health-tswana-goat
PhD graduate’s research aims to increase the health of the Tswana goat
Aug 29, 2019 - Animal health and production is usually a challenge in South African rural communities and particularly among Tswana goat farmers in the North West Province. For this reason, North-West University (NWU) technician and recent PhD graduate Mpho Tsheole set out to find a solution. Mpho conducted research on the effect of supplementary dietary…https://news.nwu.ac.za/develop-your-child-reading-and-telling-stories
Develop your child by reading and telling stories
Aug 30, 2019 - It is an alarming fact that, in this modern era, parents and caregivers do not spend enough time reading to children or telling them stories. Story telling has many benefits and the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing will highlight some of these on 6 September by hosting a storytelling initiative. Hanlie…https://news.nwu.ac.za/research-points-way-turn-waste-biofuel
Research points the way to turn waste into biofuel
Aug 30, 2019 - One man’s trash can truly be another man’s treasure. The North-West University (NWU), together with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (BUW) in Germany, is working on ground-breaking research that will reduce waste and provide clean renewable energy. The waste they are planning to use is manure, sewage and faecal sludge, which will be transformed into…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-women-shine-prestigious-science-awards-0
NWU women shine at prestigious science awards
Aug 30, 2019 - The women of the North-West University (NWU) continue to shine in Women’s Month and their extraordinary achievements do not go unnoticed. On 15 August, the NWU was well represented at the Department of Science and Technology’s prestigious South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA) in Port Elizabeth. Prof Martinette Kruger received the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-drive-recruit-new-bone-marrow-donors-attracts-180-volunteers
NWU drive to recruit new bone marrow donors attracts 180 volunteers
Aug 30, 2019 - Becoming a bone marrow donor can save a person’s life. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find the right donor match for a person in need of bone marrow. The North-West University’s (NWU) School of Nursing aims to alleviate this challenge, one step at a time. According to senior lecturer Dr Tinda Rabie, the school is building on its…https://news.nwu.ac.za/are-solar-cookers-thermal-energy-storage-solution-developing-countries