PhD study re-theorises linguistic vitality

Jean-Louis Ndoutoume Mendene received his PhD in education management at the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremonies of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

Professional development may prove quite difficult if one is based far away from the institution where you want to study. In his thesis entitled, “Guidelines for…

PhD study paving the way to higher education for inmates

We tend to forget that the purpose of incarceration is not only for justice to be served, but also to rehabilitate offenders and ensure that they can rejoin society as contributing members of their communities.

Hazel Buyisiwa Petula Matiwane understands this well, and it was this understanding that earned her a PhD at the recent Autumn…

NWU Science Centre hosts South African Youth Water Prize competition

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Science Centre on the campus in Mahikeng, in collaboration with the Department of Water and Sanitation, hosted the provincial South African Youth Water Prize (SAYWP) competition on 25 May 2018.

The SAYWP competition is a science and technology-based project which aims to provide South African…

Passion for environment culminates into insightful doctoral study

Irene Muller obtained her PhD degree in development and management at the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremonies of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. Irene’s passion for the environment culminated into an insightful study.

In her thesis titled “A citizen science water quality monitoring project’s contribution to…

Model proposes innovative approach to performance management in the public sector

John Bester knows the value of innovative performance management: a concept that he has applied in a study towards his PhD degree in public management and governance from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

In his theses, “Innovative performance management in the public sector in Botswana: towards a new model”,…

UARM delivers five master’s graduandi during Autumn Graduation Ceremony

The Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark saw the Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) celebrate the graduation of five MARM graduates. These graduates represent the third cohort of MARM alumni since the inception of the two-year part-time programme in 2014.

“We are extremely proud…

Short learning programme empowers unemployed youth

The North-West University’s Unit for Continuing Education (UCE), and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently joined forces with the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) to facilitate a skills training programme within the hospitality sector. The short learning…

Proposed financial decision-making model to guard against accounting shames

With the recent accounting disgraces suffered by KPMG and Steinhoff still fresh in South Africans’ minds, Dr Matthys (Thys) Swanepoel from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Accounting Sciences, proposes a new integrated financial decision-making model using the principle of lean accounting.

Dr Swanepoel developed the new model…

Research contributes to the understanding of key sectors contributing to LED

A doctoral research study which is hailed for contributing profoundly to the field of Local Economic Development (LED), has found that community service, trade, construction, finance and electricity sectors would contribute most to economic development and growth in the Limpopo province’s Capricorn region.

In his study, Analysis of key…

Findings of PhD study to empower Malawian policy-makers

The choice of food security measures has a significant value in identifying the food security status of a household, especially with regard to female-headed households in the South Eastern region of Malawi.

This is according to the research findings of Hannah Mayamiko Dunga, who recently obtained her doctoral degree during the Autumn…