The fourth industrial revolution suggests a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It also charts a new course in business leadership. With unparalleled change at the order of the day, the question arises if South African leaders are ready to step up to the plate in an ever increasing interconnected world of work.

The North-West University (NWU) recently hosted the annual fair of the national Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR), a national research network that supports capacity development and advanced research in Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

If Proteas coach Ottis Gibson had been there to witness the young talent at the annual KFC Mini Cricket Festival, hosted at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the likes of AB de Villiers, JP Duminy and Kagiso Rabada would surely have had something to worry about.

The Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) is welcoming Dutch research pioneer, Prof Gert Jan Hofstede, in its midst as an extraordinary professor.

What started out as an intervention programme to provide academic aid to Grade 12 learners struggling with accounting has grown into one of the North-West University’s (NWU’S) flagship community engagement projects.

To complement research in multidisciplinary environments on eco-health and wellbeing topics, the North-West University (NWU) is hosting the 9^th annual Eco Health and Wellbeing Research Conference on 15 and 16 November 2018.

As a historian Prof Elize van Eeden is often confronted with questions pertaining to the relevance of studying history. Her answer to such critics? “History is inescapable and as such all people are living histories.”

Cape Town’s drought crisis in 2018, also referred to as Day Zero, serves as a wake-up call to all South Africans to once again become more aware of the importance of water in the 21^st century. 

The importance of practical experience is paramount in the field of social work, as is the synergistic result of combining education and real-life experience.

As from 2019 the North-West University (NWU) will expand the geographical footprint of its thriving Rugby Institute, situated at the campus in Potchefstroom, to include the Gauteng province. More so, the university’s campus in Vanderbijlpark.