Christian scholars ponder their place in higher education
Christian scholars from across Africa have come together at a conference in Potchefstroom to consider the role of Christian scholarship in higher education.
Community Engagement
NWU Wellness promotes a healthy lifestyle
Engaging co-workers in a healthy physical competition is a great way to encourage wellness.
NWU FM Onalenna Leburu announced best Kwaito radio personality
North-West University FM (NWU FM) radio presenter and master’s student in Setswana, Onalenna Leburu, was announced the best Kwaito radio personality at the Mzansi Kwaito and House Music Awards on 24 November 2018 at Carnival City.
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.
2018: A year for the ladies in Agricultural Economics and Extension
August may have been the month celebrating women’s contribution to South African society, but the women in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) subject group Agricultural Economics and Extension made 2018 a year of achievements.
NWU celebrates a year of research excellence
2018 will be remembered as a year of many research and innovation highlights for the North-West University (NWU).
Research must have an impact in communities
It is important for the North-West University (NWU) to focus on critical community challenges in research – this makes research more relevant and useful to the community.
NWU Council reacts to letter containing allegations from a group of anonymous individuals
The NWU Council held its ordinary meeting on Thursday, 22 November 2018. During this meeting a letter from a law firm acting on behalf of a group of clients was tabled and discussed.
NWU makes a clean sweep at annual clean air conference
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management recently demonstrated why it is the leading national institution in the field of air quality. They did this during the annual National Association for Clean Air (NACA) conference that took place in Vanderbijlpark from 30 October to 2 November 2018.
Before and now: the contrast in miners’ living conditions
Crammed into tiny rooms in same-sex hostels, away from their partners or families and without proper access to water, electricity or sanitation, South African miners used to live in appalling conditions. Today, the situation of miners at Impala Platinum in Rustenburg has improved markedly, although there are still challenges, as a North-West University (NWU) research study shows.