Prof Linda du Plessis appointed as NWU vice-principal
In the second quarter of 2018, women accounted for 43,8% of the total workforce, but only 32% of all managers.
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Smooth running of the registration process at the North-West University
The management of the North-West University (NWU) is satisfied with the process of registering first-year students across its three campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark. The first-year target for the 2019 academic year is 9 400, and up until today, more than 7 000 students have already registered. The university had received just over 52 000 applications for the 2019 academic year.
Registration and Orientation programme at the North-West University
Like in the past, the North-West University (NWU) will again in 2019 be bursting at the seam with first-year students. Just over 52 000 applications were received for the 2019 academic year, of which just more than 16 600 prospective students were provisionally accepted.
For researchers, by researchers and with researchers
The Sanlam Auditorium on the campus in Potchefstroom was buzzing with excitement as 500 researchers from the North-West University (NWU) attended the first Biennial Research and Innovation Conference.
NWU shines bright at annual MACE Excellence Awards
During 2018 the North-West University (NWU) continued on its course of excellence and added numerous accolades to its already impressive trophy cabinet.
When business ideas get wings
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a participant in the popular television show Shark Tank, or the British version named Dragon’s Den where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors?
NWU declares its position on decolonisation
Students brandishing posters and occupying buildings; flames licking at the foundations of buildings and, more figuratively, at the foundations of higher education.
The NWU is the right place to be for academic excellence
If you want to excel as an expert in the fields of electromechanical and minerals engineering in the mining, chemical, oil and gas industries, or in a career in the fields of geography or mathematics, hospitality, education and tourism, the North-West University (NWU) is the right place to be.
A story of hope
More and more South Africans realise the importance of coming together and changing their own circumstances for the better.
Disaster risk reduction: young voices matter
On average, 240 million people world-wide were affected by natural disasters between 2000 and 2005.