Board game helps accounting students make the leap to the workplace

Curiosity stimulates the brain, making board games the ideal learning tool. Accounting students will soon discover this when playing a new board game designed especially for them.

Creative approaches to teaching and learning are increasingly being used throughout higher education and beyond. One of the trend setters in what is known as table-…

NWU offers new master’s degree in higher education

The Faculty of Education at the North-West University (NWU) has a brand new master’s degree on offer.

The structured master’s degree in higher education studies offers an opportunity to further the profile of individuals in teaching and learning in the higher education environment.

Prof Johan Botha, programme manager of MEd…

NWU academic explores the effect of nuclear material on humans

Since the beginning of mining operations in the Witwatersrand basin, more than six billion tons of tailings have been produced. The average uranium concentration in these tailings is about 100 mg/kg, translating to over 600 000 tons of uranium oxide being exposed to the open environment.

This was highlighted during the inaugural…

NWU staff and students excel at SAIP

Students and staff at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for Space Research showed their mettle during the annual conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP).

Four students won awards for best student presentations in the astrophysics and space science divisions.

Katlego Moloto and Jabus van den Berg…

NWU settles for 1-all draw against challengers UP Tuks

During the North-West University’s (NWU’s) most recent Varsity soccer attempt, I could not help but think about my obsession with soufflés.

My mother, a master baker, would tell me after every failed attempt at making my own soufflé that it needed the right amount of every ingredient, and, most importantly, just the right temperature…

NWU Science Centre educates learners on climate change

Climate change does not only affect people in certain countries, it has an impact on the whole world.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Science Centre is doing its part to educate students about the grim reality of climate change, befitting the 2019 National Science Week’s theme - “Facing the harsh realities of climate change”.…

Africa’s first language centre launched to promote indigenous languages

At last! Hard work and dedication finally paid off. The government-established South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) was officially launched on 7 August 2019 on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom.

SADiLaR is a platform that creates and manages digital resources and software supporting…

North-West University among top 5% universities in the world

The recently published rankings by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) indicated that the North-West University (NWU) is indeed climbing the ladder of world-ranked universities.

The NWU improved its ranking by close to 100 positions, moving from position 964 to 869, which sees it among the top 4,8% of the more than 18 000…

NWU shines at annual USSA tournaments

The University Sport South Africa (USSA) tournaments is a thing of the past and it is time to look back at how the North-West University (NWU) and its three campuses fared.

These are just some of the standout achievements and few reasons why the NWU is an institution like no other.

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Watch your step: Student pedometer challenge!

The two-week challenge to be more active is on, and with spring only a few weeks away, all members of the North-West University’s (NWU) campus community in Vanderbijlpark are ready to take part in the Student Pedometer Challenge.

The competition, hosted by the School of Management Sciences, will run from 12 to 25 August 2019 and students…