Newsroom - Potchefstroom Campus

NWU School of Music launches book on musicing and spirituality

On 3 December 2021, authors and members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Musical Arts in South Africa: Resources and Applications (MASARA) research niche area hosted a hybrid launch of the book titled Ritualised belonging: Musicing and spirituality in the South African context.

Extraordinary professor June Boyce-Tillman, Prof Liesl van der Merwe and Dr Janelize Morelli are the editors of this book – the culmination of a three-year National Research Foundation-funded research project titled “Social Cohesion through Community Music Engagement”.

Submitted on Thu, 12/09/2021 - 11:49

Renovation of Education Library

The extension and renovation of the Education Library (C6c) on the Potchefstroom campus will start in January 2022. Site handover will take place on 11 January and the estimated time of completion is July 2022.

The spaces of the current Education library will be renovated and a double storey extension will be added to the front of the library. The ground floor will host a copy shop and the new EduLab, with connected working space for 104 students.

Submitted on Thu, 12/09/2021 - 11:16

NWU academic aims to boost environmental sustainability through industrial engineering

Meelan Roopa, a lecturer in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Engineering, is currently conducting research on new ideas and strategic ways of achieving environmental sustainability for developing countries through industrial engineering.

His research explores the synergies, divergencies and needs of ensuring environmental sustainability using the theory, methods, techniques and strategies formulated within industrial engineering.

Submitted on Tue, 11/30/2021 - 13:23