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NWU advancing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies within social sciences
Aug 19, 2022 - The North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus is joining hands with the Social Sciences Research Society in Turkey to host the 8th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS) later this year. The conference will take place in Durban from 23 – 25 August 2017 and will see delegates from around the world in attendance. ICSS represents…https://news.nwu.ac.za/embrace-every-new-challenge-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-linda-du-plessis
Embrace every new challenge – Prof Linda du Plessis
Aug 19, 2022 - “Challenges are the stepping stones we need in order to become successful.” This is the message from Prof Linda du Plessis, Campus Rector (acting) of the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) at the beginning of the New Year. In her first address of the year, Prof Du Plessis extends her good wishes to the community and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ewp-2017-%25E2%2580%2593-golden-opportunity-female-entrepreneurs
EWP 2017 – A golden opportunity for female entrepreneurs
Aug 19, 2022 - Did you know that Africa outranks the United States and the United Kingdom in terms of the percentage of entrepreneurs among women? In fact, research indicates that Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of female entrepreneurship across the globe, with more women starting businesses in Africa than anywhere else in the world? The reason for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vaal-making-rugby-dreams-come-true
NWU Vaal making rugby dreams come true
Aug 19, 2022 - For third year education student, Nico “Spekkies” van Tonder, the year 2017 could not have started any better. Nico, who plays for the NWU Vaal Rugby Club, will be joining the North-West University’s Varsity Cup squad for the 2017 rendition of this very competitive and prestigious competition. According to a very excited Nico, his call-up to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/rating-leap-c1-b3-nwus-prof-eno
Rating leap from C1 to B3 for NWU's Prof Eno
Aug 19, 2022 - The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded Prof Eno Ebenso, acting vice-rector for research and planning at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), a B3 rating for the international recognition he has attained in chemistry. Eno is one of eight NWU researchers who were recently regraded to a higher rating. He was…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/waldo-krugell
Waldo Krugell
Aug 19, 2022 - Waldo Krugell is a Professor in Economics at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus. He holds a M.Sc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D on the topic of the geographical economy of South Africa from North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus. His teaching experience includes two years at the University of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/andr%25C3%25A9-heymans
André Heymans
Aug 19, 2022 - I work primarily in the financial field pertaining to investment decisions and more specifically the management of financial portfolios. This research addresses a variety of issues of which the most important include: the effectiveness of the market, uncertainty in asset prices, the impact of different world markets on each other as well as how…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/francois-h-van-der-westhuizen
Francois H van der Westhuizen
Aug 19, 2022 - After starting my research career in 1993 on the enzymology of inherited metabolic diseases, my focus narrowed after completion of a PhD to mitochondrial disease. After completed a postdoctoral fellowship in 2001 at the Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders in The Netherlands, I established - along with Prof Roan Louw - the Mitochondria…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/minrie-greeff
Minrie Greeff
Aug 19, 2022 - Minrie Greeff is Head of the Ethics Office of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the NWU since 2015 managing both human and animal research. She is Professor in research in the Africa Unit for Trans-disciplinary Health Research in the same Faculty. She has specialised in Psychiatric Nursing. Her focus has since shifted to transdisciplinary health…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/henk-bouwman
Henk Bouwman
Aug 19, 2022 - Henk Bouwman professor in Zoology focusing on ecotoxicology applied to various biological systems: mainly earthworms, fish, humans, birds and recently crocodiles, and also works in bird ecology. He has been closely involved in the negotiations regarding the Stockholm Convention and the POPs Review Committee (POPRC). After his five-year stint on…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/vera-roos
Vera Roos
Aug 19, 2022 - As a second generation social gerontologist in the African context, my research focuses on older individuals and their relationships with people and space (place). Relationships are viewed from an interactional approach, as continuous reciprocal actions and reactions elicited by the subjective impact of the interaction. Two interrelated themes in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/mari%25C3%25A9-p-wissing
Marié P. Wissing
Aug 19, 2022 - Marié Wissing’s research is mainly conducted in two projects (FORT3 & EHHI) with the integrative focus on the clarification of the nature and facets of psychosocial well-being, validation of well-being measures in various contexts, exploration of similarities and differences across socio-demographic, cultural and international contexts, and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/mark-maboeta
Mark Maboeta
Aug 19, 2022 - Mark is a professor in Zoology at the NWU and studied at Stellenbosch University (1992–2000) completing his PhD degree in 2000. His research focus is earthworm ecotoxicology (organismal and cellular effects) and the broader field of soil ecotoxicology (agricultural and mining areas). This research is done in order to determine soil pollution with…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/lanth%25C3%25A9-im-kruger
Lanthé (IM) Kruger
Aug 19, 2022 - Lanthé Kruger obtained her B.Sc. degree in September 2003 at the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE), where after she started with her post-graduate studies with special focus on cardiovascular physiology. During this time, Lanthé was also appointed as a temporary lecturer (2006-2008) as well as research…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/jan-du-preez
Jan du Preez
Aug 19, 2022 - Jan du Preez, PhD (PU for CHE) is laboratory manager of the Analytical Technology Laboratory in the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences and professor in Pharmaceutics at the NWU. As an expert in analytical chemistry, one of his main functions is the development and validation of analytical methods for researchers and graduate…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/douglas-oliver
Douglas Oliver
Aug 19, 2022 - Douglas William Oliver, (South African citizen) was born on 29th March 1954 (one of an identical twin) in Johannesburg, South Africa. He enrolled as a pharmacy student at the North-West University (former Potchefstroom University for CHE) in 1973 after his matric (Randburgse Hoërskool, 1971) and military training in Oudsthoorn (1972). He is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/jeanetta-du-plessis
Jeanetta du Plessis
Aug 19, 2022 - Jeanetta du Plessis, BPharm, MSc (Pharmaceutics), PhD, DTO (PU for CHE) 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…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/an%25C3%25A9l-petzer
Anél Petzer
Aug 19, 2022 - Anél Petzer, BPharm, MSc, PhD (NWU) is an associate professor. She is the subprogramme leader for Drug Discovery in the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences at the NWU. In 2015 she was selected as a TWAS affiliate. She is interested in the design of inhibitors and prodrugs for the delivery of centrally acting drugs to the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/richard-haynes
Richard Haynes
Aug 19, 2022 - Richard K. Haynes B.Sc. Hons (1st Class); PhD (organic chemistry) received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Western Australia, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and then at Imperial College, London. After academic appointments in the Chemistry Department at Monash University, Melbourne, and in the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/werner-heinrich-kaiser