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NWU takes gender and language awareness online
Sep 03, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU) is proud to promote inclusivity by raising awareness and addressing crucial issues in society. Inclusivity and engaged awareness of current affairs are important building blocks towards excellence at the NWU. This year, despite the various challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the university is again…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-heads-sa-core-team-fight-against-neuromuscular-diseases
NWU heads SA core team in fight against neuromuscular diseases
Sep 05, 2020 - The social and economic impact of neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) is staggering. These diseases, which include motor neuron disease and muscular dystrophies, can cause premature death or lifelong disability and are believed to affect one in every 400 people – meaning about 20 million children and adults across the globe. There is hope on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-advances-environmental-justice
NWU academic advances environmental justice
Sep 05, 2020 - Environmental justice, writes North-West University (NWU) senior lecturer and researcher Dr Kesolofetse Lefenya, entails social transformation directed towards meeting basic human needs and enhancing the quality of life, environmental protection and democracy. Dr Lefenya writes that, despite the latter, South Africa is experiencing intensifying…http://news.nwu.ac.za/preventing-better-treating-substance-abuse
Preventing is better than treating substance abuse
Sep 05, 2020 - Prevention is better than cure, and the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Leepile Sehularo is at the forefront of seeking solutions to adolescent substance abuse through prevention programmes. Illegal substance use among adolescent learners is a global concern for government policy-makers, researchers and mental health care practitioners,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/abduction-and-forced-marriage-still-happen-south-africa
Abduction and forced marriage still happen in South Africa
Sep 05, 2020 - Even in 21st century South Africa, a constitutional democracy, forced marriage is a reality for some young girls. Ukuthwala, the customary practice where girls under the age of 18 years are abducted and married off to older men, still occurs in the rural Eastern Cape. Such marriages are usually arranged by the groom and the girl’s family…http://news.nwu.ac.za/space-law-specialist-lands-top-fellowship
Space law specialist lands top fellowship
Sep 05, 2020 - Prof Wian Erlank of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Law Faculty has been awarded a prestigious research fellowship by an internationally renowned foundation. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation focuses on sponsoring scientists and scholars across all disciplines and nationalities. It provides researchers with the opportunity to do…http://news.nwu.ac.za/looking-gender-dynamics-and-support-systems-during-pandemic
Looking into gender dynamics and support systems during a pandemic
Sep 07, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), hosted the fifth research webinar of a seven-part series on 3 September 2020. With the theme “Gender Dynamic and Support Systems”, the webinar looked into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on society, with specific insights from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/chhp-%25E2%2580%2593-we-are-cloning-expertise
CHHP – we are cloning expertise!
Sep 07, 2020 - In the short life of the Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the North-West University (NWU) it has already become known as one of the most exceptional centres that tertiary-education institutions have to offer. One of the factors that contributes to its success is that it is constantly seeking for new ways to improve its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-disability-rights-unit-assists-disabled-students-during-lockdown
NWU Disability Rights Unit assists disabled students during lockdown
Aug 03, 2020 - The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally disrupted teaching-learning activities in South Africa and across the globe. It has changed lives, mindsets and the way communities and societies interact, study and go about their daily business. While the pandemic threatens all members of society, the impact on persons with disabilities are especially…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-and-deputy-speaker-strives-be-role-model-young-girls
NWU alumna and deputy speaker strives to be a role model for young girls
Aug 03, 2020 - According to the African Union’s Youth Charter young people between the ages of 15 and 35 make up more than 35% of Africa’s total population. In countries such as Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa young people are rising through the ranks of government, and making history. These young role models give hope and encouragement,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-webinar-will-investigate-role-african-medicine-during-epidemic
NWU’s webinar will investigate the role of African medicine during an epidemic
Aug 03, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology, will be hosting a research webinar on 6 August 2020. The guest speaker at the webinar – themed “The Future of African Medicine in Epidemic Preparedness and Response” – will be Dr Aunkh H Chabalala, director of the Indigenous Knowledge-Based…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-recruitment-embraces-digital-revolution
NWU Student Recruitment embraces the digital revolution
Aug 04, 2020 - Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the North-West University (NWU) has adopted a new digital recruitment approach. With a large part of the world currently practising social distancing and higher education moving online, many face-to-face recruitment events for 2020 have been postponed or cancelled. Traditionally attracting new students…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-reaches-out-itsoseng-women%25E2%2580%2599s-project
NWU Engineering reaches out to Itsoseng Women’s Project
Aug 04, 2020 - The Faculty of Engineering, in partnership with Dr Melinda du Toit from the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), reached out to the Itsoseng Women’s Project in Drieziek extension, Orange Farm township to collaborate with members and leaders of the community to address challenges identified by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/teachers-without-borders-inspire-new-generation-scientists
Teachers without Borders inspire a new generation of scientists
Aug 04, 2020 - The year 2020 will probably be remembered in history books for the Coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic that brought the entire world to a standstill. Suddenly many people learned about viruses, and how they differ from bacteria. The unseen world of microbiology became part of our daily routines, with social distancing and sanitising practices…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus%25E2%2580%2599-grid-system-solar-system-benefit-all-south-africans
NWU alumnus’ off-the grid system solar system to benefit all South Africans
Aug 06, 2020 - The future of renewable energy is evolving rapidly, bringing about significant changes. According to industry experts, this energy transition is being driven by three trends – decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation. These trends impact the power grid and lead to changes that might mean lower costs for some, but often higher…http://news.nwu.ac.za/global-assessment-impact-covid-19-manufacturing-sector
A global assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on the manufacturing sector
Aug 06, 2020 - “The outlook for the manufacturing sector seems uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic.” Prof Danie Meyer, a development economist and director of the TRADE research focus area at the North-West University (NWU), says besides external factors such as international demand, internal factors such as limited electricity supply and local demand…http://news.nwu.ac.za/investigating-role-african-medicine-during-pandemic
Investigating the role of African medicine during a pandemic
Aug 07, 2020 - The North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) hosted its inaugural research webinar on 6 August 2020. This inaugural webinar is the first of a seven-part series aimed at unpacking Covid-19 and its impact on higher education, with insights from humanities, social sciences and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/jomo-cosmos-signs-nwu-goalkeeper
Jomo Cosmos signs NWU goalkeeper
Aug 07, 2020 - Glad Africa Championship team Jomo Cosmos have signed North-West University (NWU) Soccer Institute goalkeeper Kagiso Ramadivhane for the remainder of the 2019/20 football season (two months), with an option to extend at the end of the season. The lanky goalkeeper and Nedbank Ke Yona team search product is the second player from the NWU Soccer…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-elected-president-women-nuclear-south-africa
NWU alumna elected as president of Women in Nuclear South Africa
Aug 11, 2020 - On 7 August 2020 North-West University (NWU) alumna Tebogo Motlhabane was announced as the newly elected president of Women in Nuclear South Africa (WiNSA). Tebogo, a scientist from the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute, is taking over the reins from Eskom’s senior quality assurance advisor Nomathemba Radebe, who served as the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumna-now-member-national-radioactive-waste-disposal-institute-board