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MSc Ingenieurswese-student in aanmerking vir top- wêreldwye toekenning
Feb 13, 2023 - Leané Naudé, ’n MSc-student in Ingenieurswese aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), pak in Mei haar tasse vir Amsterdam om Suid-Afrika by die finale rondte van die wêreldwye Blue Sky- wetenskapkompetisie te verteenwoordig. Sy het hierdie eer verdien deur tweede te kom in verlede jaar se nasionale kompetisie vir die Blue Sky-toekennings, ’n…http://news.nwu.ac.za/msc-engineering-student-line-top-global-award
MSc Engineering student in line for top global award
Feb 13, 2023 - Leané Naudé, an MSc Engineering student at the North-West University (NWU), will be packing her bags for Amsterdam in May to represent South Africa in the global finals of the Blue Sky science competition. She earned this honour after coming second in last year’s national Blue Sky awards, a biennial competition acknowledging the work of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/allegations-exclusion-official-welcoming-event-north-west-university
Allegations of exclusion from the official welcoming event at the North-West University
Feb 15, 2023 - On Saturday, 11 February 2023, allegations surfaced that first-year students from the town residences were excluded from the official welcoming event in the Amphitheatre on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU). According to the allegations, the decision was due to the lack of diversity within these residences. The NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/setswana-academic-has-passion-poetry
Setswana academic has a passion for poetry
Feb 14, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) Setswana lecturer and poet Ogodiseng Mokakale recently published an anthology of 60 Setswana poems, Tswina ya Poko. Ogodiseng says teaching poetry at schools has lost its way, and that it is difficult to bring university students up to speed when they do not have a proper poetry background. Fortunately, his…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nicos-sailing-team-cruises-its-way-national-championships
Nico’s sailing team cruises its way to national championships
Feb 14, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) senior IT technician Nico Kroucamp is brimming with pride as his sailing team, Albatross, won three regattas in the last three months. The three regattas the four-member team won, were the SA Sailing 75th Anniversary Regatta, the King of the Vaal Regatta and the L26 Class 2023 Free State provincials. The team is now…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-en-dard-onderteken-n-memorandum-van-verstandhouding
NWU en DARD onderteken ’n memorandum van verstandhouding
Feb 15, 2023 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) en die Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling (DARD), wat die Landboukollege Potchefstroom en die Taung Landboukollege verteenwoordig, het op 27 Januarie 2023 ’n memorandum van verstandhouding (MvV) op die NWU se Potchefstroomkampus onderteken. Die doel van die MvV was om ’n raamwerk te bied vir…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-dard-sign-mou
NWU and DARD sign MoU
Feb 14, 2023 - On 27 January 2023 the North-West University (NWU) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), representing the Potchefstroom College of Agriculture and the Taung Agricultural College, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the NWU's Potchefstroom Campus. The objective of the MoU was to offer a framework for…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bestuursrekenmeesterskap-studente-blink-wereldwye-assessering-uit
Bestuursrekenmeesterskap-studente blink in wêreldwye assessering uit
Feb 01, 2023 - Studente van die Skool vir Rekeningkundige Wetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het weer eens getoon waarom die skool sowel as sy studente so hoog aangeskryf word toe hulle ’n verstommende 85%-slaagsyfer in die bestuursgevallestudie-eksamen van die Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) behaal het. Dit is ’n wêreldwye…http://news.nwu.ac.za/management-accountancy-students-excel-global-assessment
Management Accountancy students excel in global assessment
Feb 01, 2023 - Students from the School of Accounting Sciences at the North-West University (NWU) again showed why both the school and its students are so highly regarded when they received an astounding 85% pass rate in the management case study exams of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). This is a global exam with an average pass rate of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-wins-award-slogan-against-anti-gender-based-violence
NWU academic wins award for a slogan against Anti-Gender Based Violence
Feb 02, 2023 - Senior Lecturer and Chartered Accountant in the School of Accounting Sciences within the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Mr. Kurt Naicker, has recently won the award for the best slogan against Anti-Gender Based Violence. His slogan that was chosen as the winning entry was: "You always have a choice never choose violence, raise…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-joins-prestigious-law-firm-united-kingdom
Alumnus joins prestigious law firm in the United Kingdom
Feb 01, 2023 - North-West University (NWU) alumnus Thato Mashishi recently joined the corporate group of Walker Morris LLP (Walker Morris), the largest single-site law firm outside of London in the United Kingdom. This corporate group is highly rated according to the rankings of Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 – two leading global research companies…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-receives-another-diamond-arrow-award
NWU receives another Diamond Arrow Award
Feb 01, 2023 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus once again celebrates being recognised for excellence in higher education by the Professional Management Review Africa (PMR.africa). The NWU received a Diamond Arrow award for the 12th consecutive year at a recent award ceremony held at Ingwe Lodge in Vanderbijlpark. Every year the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbijlpark-campus-multi-purpose-hall-nears-completion
Vanderbijlpark Campus multi-purpose hall nears completion
Feb 02, 2023 - Management of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus was recently led by Prof Linda du Plessis, deputy vice-chancellor for planning and Vanderbijlpark Campus operations, on a walkabout to see how the construction of the campus’ highly anticipated multi-purpose hall is progressing. The multi-purpose hall project started in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/write-it-free-multilingual-programme-support-students-academic-writing
Write It: a free multilingual programme to support students with academic writing
Feb 02, 2023 - Academic writing is key to academic success, but getting it right is not easy, particularly for students who are learning in a second or third language. This is where the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) makes a difference. SADiLar’s language development and testing node, the Inter-institutional Centre for Language…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tottenham-tourism-saga-right-idea-wrong-focus
Tottenham tourism saga: Right idea, wrong focus
Feb 02, 2023 - A proposed three-year deal by the Department of Tourism and SA Tourism to sponsor English Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur has caused widespread consternation and has received plenty of condemnation in what many deem an ill-thought venture. According to Prof Peet van der Merwe from the research unit TREES (Tourism Research in Economic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/besigheidskool-se-mba-somerstudieskool-n-reusesukses
Besigheidskool se MBA Somerstudieskool ’n reusesukses
Feb 08, 2023 - Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) Besigheidskool het op Vrydag 3 Februarie sy Somerstudieskool vir MBA-studente afgesluit. In die geheel gesien, was die week ’n reusesukses, met studente wat getuig van die geweldige waarde ten opsigte van netwerking, insette deur die hoofredes en ’n beter begrip van wat hulle hierdie jaar die program van op hulle…http://news.nwu.ac.za/business-schools-mba-summer-study-school-resounding-success
Business School's MBA Summer Study School a resounding success
Feb 08, 2023 - On Friday, 3 February, the North-West University (NWU) Business School concluded its Summer Study School for MBA students. Overall, the week was a resounding success, with students testifying to tremendous value gained in terms of networking, keynote inputs and a better understanding of what to expect from the programme this year. In addition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-tobie-van-dyk-seconded-sadilar
Prof Tobie van Dyk seconded to SADiLaR
Feb 09, 2023 - Prof Tobie van Dyk, a highly respected applied linguist from the School of Languages at the North-West University (NWU) has been seconded to the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) from 1 January to 31 December 2023. “Prof van Dyk’s expertise in the field of applied linguistics and his well-established national and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-find-spiral-arms-around-massive-stars
Researchers find ‘spiral arms’ around massive stars
Mar 02, 2023 - Researchers have found an important piece of the puzzle in the formation of massive stars, also known as protons (stars with a mass that is about eight times or more greater than that of the sun). In the first-ever observational evidence, they have determined that accretion discs around forming protostars have spiral arm structures. This…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bou-n-gesonde-ingesteldheid-teenoor-stem-onderwys