A collaboration between the Optentia research focus area and the National Research Foundation (NRF) will see four international experts come together to discuss the implications of job insecurity for organisations, institutions of higher learning and future research prospects.

What do you get when you give final-year marketing students free reign to come up with an integrated marketing and communication plan for an outdoor adventure expo? Well, first of all you fasten your seatbelt because you are in for an exhilarating ride bursting with creativity and energy!

Next year will mark the sixth rendition of the very successful Enterprising Women Programme as hosted by the North-West University’s (NWU’s) bhive Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) in Vanderbijlpark.

Honours students in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Department of Statistics and Operations Research are over the moon following an industrial visit to Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) in Pretoria.

The team from TELIT-SA is committed to innovation and with this in mind recently hosted their first Research Showcase.

He believes in the intangible, and that conviction transcends all earthly confines. He often turn his Bible to Hebrews 11 verse 1, for there he finds the motto he lives by. “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” It is the needle that guides Timothy Qumbu’s compass.

Remember the name Betty Mahlatsi. This 28-year old alumna of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark has her sights set on success and if her professional run so far is anything to go by, she is on track for greatness.

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), together with the North West University’s (NWU’s) Preclinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP) is breaking new grounds.

Your brain thrives on curiosity. Research on inquisitive learning reveals that utilising board games within an educational setting promotes the process of brain development. The reason for this is simple: curiosity makes learning more effective and enjoyable because the players have to continually seek out answers to questions.

Currently 199 million women worldwide live with diabetes. Therefore the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) is committed to raise awareness of this condition.