The world is already knee deep into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and South African academics and researchers need to come up with innovative technological solutions to ensure students’ skills keep up.

“With unchanged interest rates at this stage, the MPC has lost an opportunity to send a more positive signal to business and consumers, given the very low levels of confidence.”

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The 10^th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS), which recently took place in Vanderbijlpark, is yet another sterling example of how the North-West University (NWU) collaborates with international partners in the pursuit of academic advancement.

The North-West University’s (NWU’s) interdisciplinary research niche area, Technology Enhanced Learning and Innovative Education and Training in South Africa (TELIT-SA), is driven to conducting research to inform innovative teaching and learning practices by means of trailblazing technology. 

The women of the North-West University (NWU) continue to shine in Women’s Month and their extraordinary achievements do not go unnoticed.

Curiosity stimulates the brain, making board games the ideal learning tool. Accounting students will soon discover this when playing a new board game designed especially for them.

“The success of the National Treasury’s latest growth plan will hinge on the practical implementation and collaboration with key stakeholders.”

Michelle Groenewald is an academic on a mission to make an impact. As an economics lecturer at the North-West University (NWU), she believes that curriculum reform should be a leadership priority for all role-players in higher education.

Gone are the days that entrepreneurship was viewed as for men only. Recent years have seen a rise in the number of female entrepreneurs, indicating the realisation that women are a major source of economic growth.

It takes Google only 0,50 seconds to respond to the search terms: ‘Verona Leendertz’. And from the search results it is clear that Prof Verona Leendertz is passionate about professional development – be it that of her own as a higher education expert in training and development, or the growth of future researchers within the North-West University’s (NWU’s) TELIT-SA focus area.