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Deep learning students shine at NWU graduation ceremony
The Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is rightly proud of the success of its new cohort of postgraduate students in the MuST (Multilingual Speech Technologies) research niche area.
Grant will help SA grapple with its difficult history
South Africa is a society in which a sense of belonging is complicated by a long and deep history of division and dispossession. Four staff members of the North-West University have received an international grant from the African Critical Inquiry Programme* (ACIP) to organise a collaborative workshop that will use academic and artistic engagement to grapple with this difficult history.
NWU academic embraces winds of change blowing through the legal profession
It is now deemed unethical for a business to demand that prospective candidate attorneys have driver's licenses, or own or have access to the use of vehicles they could use in the course of their employment.
Government had limited options in moving to Level 4 lockdown restrictions
“The broad realities faced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in seeking to strike the right balance between lives and livelihoods to cope with the current serious third wave of Covid-19 and its delta variant should be recognised.”
What the partial independence of the Transnet National Ports Authority means
President Cyril Ramaphosa, together with Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula, announced on 22 June 2021 the establishment of the National Ports Authority as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary of Transnet in terms of the National Ports Act, 12 of 2005.
A decolonising communication research lecture aims to identify new horizons of practice
The North-West University’s (NWU’s)School of Communication Studies and the Social Transformation research focus area hosted an online public lecture on 18 June 2021, titled “Decolonising communication research: Excavating the layers and identifying new horizons of practice”.
NWU receives favourable rankings from international agencies
The North-West University (NWU) continues its impressive performance in various global rankings with a 120th-place ranking in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings.
Top scientists unite to launch Pan-African Disease Foundation
A consortium of African universities and research institutions led by the Walter Sisulu University from South Africa, today announced the founding of the Sisulu Foundation for African and Pandemic Disease Response ("The Sisulu Foundation").