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Backyard garden partnership springs up in time for Nelson Mandela Day
Jul 04, 2023 - In an era where food insecurity is a pressing concern, community gardens offer a practical solution by increasing access to fresh, nutritious food. These gardens empower individuals and communities to take control of their food production, reducing dependence on expensive and often unhealthy store-bought alternatives. All this is captured in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bemagtiging-van-onderwys-bring-tegnologiekennis-na-verarmde-klaskamers
Bemagtiging van onderwys: bring tegnologiekennis na verarmde klaskamers
Jul 04, 2023 - In ’n 4IR-wêreld maak die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) seker dat leerders by agtergeblewe skole nie agterbly nie, en dat hulle die gereedskap en kennis het om aan die uitdagings van die immerveranderende werksomgewing te voldoen. Daarmee in gedagte het die Fakulteit Opvoedkunde op die NWU se Mahikengkampus ’n gemeenskapsprojek geïnisieer,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-education-bringing-technological-knowledge-impoverished-classrooms
Empowering education: bringing technological knowledge to impoverished classrooms
Jul 04, 2023 - In a 4IR world, the North-West University (NWU) is ensuring that learners at disadvantaged schools are not left behind and have the tools and knowledge to meet the challenges of the ever-changing world of work. To this end, the Faculty of Education at the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus has initiated a community project, “A service-learning project for…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/hoerskoolleerders-leer-meer-oor-die-gevolge-van-klimaatsverandering
Hoërskoolleerders leer meer oor die gevolge van klimaatsverandering
Jul 04, 2023 - Leerders van die StudyXpress Hoërskool in Potchefstroom het die geleentheid gekry om self te sien watter tipes besoedeling en drywers van klimaatsverandering in hul omgewing aangetref word. Die groep leerders en ’n wetenskaponderwyser het onlangs die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Welgegund atmosferiese metingstasie vir ’n veldlesing oor…http://news.nwu.ac.za/high-school-learners-learn-more-about-consequences-climate-change
High-school learners learn more about the consequences of climate change
Jul 04, 2023 - Learners from the StudyXpress High School in Potchefstroom got the opportunity to see for themselves what types of pollution and climate change enforcers are found in their environment. The group of learners and a science teacher recently visited the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Welgegund atmospheric measurement station for a field lecture on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/brics-network-university-seminar-build-strengthen-partnerships
BRICS Network University Seminar to build, strengthen partnerships
Jul 04, 2023 - The North-West University (NWU) will be hosting the 2023 BRICS Network University Seminar from 5 to 6 July on the NWU’s Potchefstroom Campus. BRICS is an acronym denoting the various global partnerships between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Delegates from universities across South Africa will attend the seminar in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/pitso-oor-beleidsonsekerheid-en-die-pad-vorentoe-vir-die-ekonomie
Pitso oor beleidsonsekerheid en die pad vorentoe vir die ekonomie
Jul 05, 2023 - Prof Raymond Parsons het tydens die vierde Pitso vir 2023 die Beleidsonsekerheidsindeks van die NWU Besigheidskool vir die tweede kwartaal bespreek. Dit het ’n insiggewende bespreking oor die implikasies daarvan vir die ekonomie aan die gang gesit. Die kundiges het na die huidige stand van die indeks gekyk en die potensiële oplossings ondersoek…http://news.nwu.ac.za/pitso-policy-uncertainty-and-way-forward-economy
Pitso on policy uncertainty and the way forward for the economy
Jul 05, 2023 - During the fourth Pitso for 2023, Prof Raymond Parsons shared the Policy Uncertainty Index of the NWU Business School for the second quarter, which sparked an insightful discussion on its implications for the economy. The experts delved into the current standing of the index and explored potential remedies for prevailing crises that hinder much-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bodybuilding-team-claims-fifth-ussa-championship-title
Bodybuilding team claims fifth USSA championship title
Jul 05, 2023 - The bodybuilding team from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus once again emerged victorious in the national University Sports South Africa (USSA) championship for 2023. This is the fifth time the team scooped the top spot, despite facing stiff competition from other teams. This year the event took place at Forte Hare…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ntokozo-represent-south-africa-brazilian-summer-school
Ntokozo to represent South Africa at Brazilian summer school
Jul 06, 2023 - North-West University PhD candidate Ntokozo Happy Msiza is one of only four young people that have been selected to represent South Africa at an agricultural summer school at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. The summer school will take place from 21 July to 4 August, and is a joint effort between the board of the National Youth…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/seminaar-van-die-brics-network-universiteit-ondersoek-dringende-uitdagings
Seminaar van die BRICS Network-universiteit ondersoek dringende uitdagings
Jul 06, 2023 - Klimaatsverandering, toegang tot tegnologie, energie en sosio-ekonomiese struikelblokke is maar net ’n paar van die kritieke uitdagings wat die mensdom tans in die gesig staar. Afgevaardigdes van die BRICS*-nasies het persoonlik en virtueel by die 2023-seminaar van die BRICS Network-universiteit opgedaag om vennootskappe te vestig en deur…http://news.nwu.ac.za/brics-network-university-seminar-explores-pressing-challenges
BRICS Network University seminar explores pressing challenges
Jul 06, 2023 - Climate change, access to technology, energy and socioeconomic hurdles are just some of the critical challenges humanity is currently facing. Delegates from the BRICS* nations converged in person or virtually on the 2023 BRICS Network University seminar to build partnerships and find solutions to shared problems through collaboration and the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/students-celebrate-youth-month-style
Students celebrate Youth Month in style
Jul 06, 2023 - By Sandile Mahlangu With the country having commemorated Youth Month last month, some North-West University (NWU) students celebrated the event differently this year. Four students from the university got an opportunity to embrace being a young person in our country and shared it with the rest of the world through commercial radio stations –…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ses-stroop-vir-tennisster-johann
Ses–stroop vir tennisster Johann
Jul 06, 2023 - Dit is nou 148 jaar gelede sedert die Fransman Pierre Babolat natuurlike derms – dié van ’n bees – geneem het om snare vir ’n tennisraket te maak. Nou gebruik die topgekeurde manlike tennisspeler by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) sy Babolet Pure Drive-raket om sy opponente op tennisbane regoor die land rond te jaag. Trouens, die 20-jarige…http://news.nwu.ac.za/six-love-tennis-star-johann
Six–love for tennis star Johann
Jul 06, 2023 - It has been 148 years since Frenchman Pierre Babolat took natural gut–derived from cow intestine – to make tennis racket strings. Now, the top-ranked male tennis player at the North-West University (NWU) is using his Babolet Pure Drive racket to run opponents ragged on courts across the country. In fact, 20-year-old Johann Coetzee, who…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lecturers-unpack-entrepreneurial-learning
Lecturers unpack entrepreneurial learning
Jul 07, 2023 - By Menziwa Msibi Academics from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), recently participated in an Entrepreneurial Learning Workshop and Employability Task Team (EEETT). The purpose of the workshop was to contribute to a shared understanding of what…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/rachael-veroorsaak-groot-golwe-die-oop-water
Rachael veroorsaak groot golwe in die oop water
Jul 07, 2023 - As jou knieë lam word as jy daaraan dink dat jy 10 km moet stap, dink net hoe jou arms sal kla as jy daardie afstand moet swem. Vir Rachael Humphries is dit maar net nog ’n dag in haar waterkantoor. Trouens, hierdie BA-student in Gesondheidswetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), wat in Randburg gebore is en aan The King’s School Robin…http://news.nwu.ac.za/rachael-making-open-water-waves
Rachael is making open water waves
Jul 07, 2023 - If your knees start trembling at the thought of walking 10 km, imagine how your arms would protest if you had to swim it. For Rachael Humphries, it is another day at the aquatic office. In fact, this Bachelor of Health Sciences student at the North-West University (NWU), who was born in Randburg and matriculated from The King’s School Robin…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-donates-thought-provoking-artwork-nwu-library
Alumnus donates thought-provoking artwork to NWU Library
Sep 05, 2024 - Retired professor Jan Buscop donated 4 paintings to NWU and these artworks will be hosted in the library. More about retired professor Jan Buscop Prof Buscop was born in the Netherlands and emigrated in 1978 to South Africa. He completed his PhD at UNIBO and was appointed as senior lecturer in 1993 and retired in 2019. Currently he…http://news.nwu.ac.za/discourse-explores-equal-and-quality-education-rural-areas-0