NWU student crowned Miss Eco Africa

A beauty pageant is defined as a competition that judges its contestants on physical beauty. However, over the past years these pageants have taken a different turn.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Izelle Van Vuuren set out to proof that there is more to being a pageant queen than just beauty, and her fresh outlook on life can…

NWU dietetic students do prevention

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. A group of third-year dietetic students from the North-West University (NWU) proved this statement true when they participated in the Dietitians Week initiative.

This year’s initiative, aimed at creating awareness around the dietetics profession and the services…

GeeXpo 2018: bigger and better!

Whoever says that mathematics and information sciences can’t be fun, has surely never taken part in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) annual GeeXpo initiative!

On Saturday, 13 October 2018, the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the NWU’s campus in Vanderbijlpark will once again roll-out the red carpet for learners from Grade…

NWU alumni to debate the future of South Africa beyond 2025

What might the future of South Africa look like beyond 2025? Where will the consumers of the future be located? How will smart cities evolve? Can inequality be overcome? And, how will technology alter commerce and development?

These will be the topics of debate during an alumni gathering on 3 August 2018 of graduates from the North-West…

Inclusive education: developing support for all learners’ learning needs

The Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently hosted a conference entitled “Developing Support for the learning needs of ALL learners”.

The conference was sponsored by Mark Hayter from Edtechink and the Deputy Vice Chancellors’ office on the Vanderbijlpark campus. It was organised…

NWU signs memorandum of understanding with Ndebele Kingship Council

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ndebele Kingship Council and the North-West University (NWU) on Wednesday, 18 July 2018. An opportunity for cooperation between the Ndebele Kingship Council and the university was identified and the MOU captures the joint interest and establishes a long-term relationship.

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Easier treatment on the way for diabetes and some cancers

Imagine a world where diabetics no longer have to inject themselves and where radio-pharmaceutical drugs against certain types of cancer can be administered orally. These are some of envisaged outcomes of research at the North-West University’s Department of Science and Technology (DST)/NWU Pre-Clinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP).…

Nuclear does NOT mean bomb!

South Africa needs a library of its uranium reserves in order to be able to trace the origins of nuclear material, and the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology (CARST) is playing a leading role towards this goal.

Prof Manny Mathuthu from CARST delivered his inaugural lecture in front of…

NWU is banking on a new method

Globally, banks are faced with ATM crimes, system security breaches and other types of fraud. These operational risks have to be carefully managed in order to minimise losses, with regulators requiring banks to set aside capital to safeguard themselves against unexpected losses that may occur. Many models have been developed to enable banks…

International researchers collaborate to understand unemployment

“No job, no food, please help.” These words on makeshift cardboard signs can be seen at every street corner on any given day in South Africa. With an unemployment rate of 26,7% in the first quarter of 2018, it comes as no surprise that South Africa is one of 20 nations with the highest unemployment figures in the world.

Yet there is hope.…