NWU secures laptop donation

With the world facing an unprecedented challenge in the form of the global Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen stakeholders coming together to combat this pandemic.

The North-West University (NWU) played its part by supporting students with…

NWU and UNESCO chair celebrate Open Education Week with prestige lecture and webinar

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a major force driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It will have a profound impact not only on new technological advances, but also on how education and research are taken into the future.

This is why the UNESCO Chair for Multimodal Learning and…

NWU alumna’s dream is coming true

Tumelo ‘Melo’ Mthethwa, a North-West University (NWU) alumna, will be releasing a song with one of South Africa’s biggest female hip-hop artists, Fifi Cooper, and producer GreenFingures.

The song titled “Dream Come True” is an emotional expression of a love so beautiful and amazing…

Standard Bank honours NWU alumna with top woman lifetime achiever award

North-West University (NWU) alumna Judge Yvonne Mokgoro received the Lifetime Achievement award during the 2020 Standard Bank Top Women Awards.

Judge Mokgoro was recognised as a woman whose career is an inspiration and demonstrates resilience and hard work.

NWU has reached capacity – no walk-in students allowed during registration of first-year students

The North-West University (NWU) will not allow persons who did not qualify for admission, did not receive an offer to study or who applied late to enter its campuses as so-called walk-ins during the registration period for first-year students in 2021.

NWU School of Nursing educates communities on Covid-19 and vaccines

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Community Police Forum (CPF), and the South African Ministers Fraternal (SAMIFRA), hosted a campaign from 9 to 11 February to educate the community of Extension 39 in Mahikeng on Covid-19 and…

NWU student through to FameLab® regional competition

North-West University (NWU) MSc student Letago Kgomoeswana will represent the university in the regional FameLab® competition.

FameLab® is an international science communication and public speaking competition, and gives young scientists a…

Making great strides in her career as an engineer

“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count,” says Alicia Celliers, an alumna of the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU).

Alicia completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering studies from 2009 to…

NWU Mahikeng Campus welcomes top-rated researcher

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus is proud to welcome Prof Don Kurtz as an extraordinary professor.

Prof Kurtz is based in the United Kingdom and is an A1-rated professor, the highest such rating in the research fraternity.

The…

The NWU’s Tebogo is a Next Generation of Brave winner

North-West University (NWU) student Tebogo Matshehle Monogo was announced as one of the two winners of the Next Generation of the Brave competition facilitated by Adcock Ingram OTC in partnership with News24.

This programme aims to assist healthcare students financially, to provide…