When it comes to designing and conducting international collaborative research, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area is blazing a trail of excellence within the South African higher education landscape.

If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark the annual Miss and Mr NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence, charisma and talent.

It is a photo that truly speaks volumes. Two young learners congratulating each other after competing in the annual Eureka School’s Special Sports Day. Their smiles wide, their eyes bright and around their necks they proudly wear their commemorative medals.

Another 250 beds and 1 150 additional lecture room seats are some of the benefits of the R200 million investment in infrastructure development projects on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark boasts a newly elected group of student leaders.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) interdisciplinary research niche area, Technology Enhanced Learning and Innovative Education and Training in South Africa (TELIT-SA), is driven to conducting research to inform innovative teaching and learning practices by means of trailblazing technology. 

The safety and welfare of vulnerable children and young people is paramount at all times, yet in Family and Children’s Services, more and more cases are brought under the Children’s Act and associated legislation.

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.

Michelle Groenewald is an academic on a mission to make an impact. As an economics lecturer at the North-West University (NWU), she believes that curriculum reform should be a leadership priority for all role-players in higher education.

A recent collaboration between the North-West University (NWU) and the international service organisation, Rotary International, saw more than 140 teaching professionals and teachers in training benefit from the teachings of two international maths experts.