Vanderbijlpark Campus News
Mini-Cricket festival showcases young talent
The North-West University's (NWU’s) Sports Business Management Department recently hosted a Mini-Cricket festival as part of a community engagement initiative, aiming to promote youth participation in sports, particularly cricket, among primary school students in the Vaal Triangle region.
The event took place at the NWU’s Vanderbijlpark Campus and was a resounding success, drawing in participants and spectators from all over the region. It provided a wonderful opportunity for young athletes to showcase their talents and engage in friendly competition.
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Study investigates higher education mergers
A recent study conducted by a PhD graduate and staff member of the North-West University (NWU) Business School, Dr Lungile Ntsizwane, looked at integrating administrative systems and processes in mergers within South African higher education institutions.
She says higher education institutions go through a complex change management…
NWU hosts inter-university networking session for academics
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management (IPS & HRM) recently hosted an academic networking brunch with academics from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), WITS University and the University of Pretoria.
The purpose of the event was to build research collaborations, get more…
NWU water expert presents water policy brief at UN Conference
Prof Frank Winde, a professor in environmental science at the North-West University (NWU), recently presented a Water Policy Brief at the United Nations (UN) Water Conference that took place at the UN Headquarters in New York.
This was the first global water conference in nearly 50 years and stakeholders across the globe were welcome…
NWU Vanderbijlpark Campus celebrates Water Week
To mark National Water Week, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Geography subject group hosted a water awareness event at the Vanderbijlpark Campus.
Water Week is a national awareness week celebrated in March every year, coinciding with World Water Day on 22 March. This year’s celebration also coincided with the United Nations’ 2023…
Former Johannesburg mayor calls out service delivery at business breakfast
Service delivery issues came under the spotlight when the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently hosted the annual Alumni and Friends Business Breakfast in partnership with the NWU’s bhive Business Enterprise Development Centre (EDC).
This year’s event was themed “Stabilising South Africa through fast-tracking…
Dr Vergottini lauded for groupwork framework focusing on positive discipline
Dr Marelize Vergottini, a senior lecturer in social work at the North-West University (NWU) recently presented a group work framework that is focused on positive discipline for addressing behaviour issues among primary school students from grades 5 to 7.
This was during a social work practice seminar for school social workers hosted by…
NWU lecturer presents at prestigious education and technology conference in Spain
North-West University statistics lecturer Dr Piet Ntema recently presented a paper at the 17th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2023) in Spain.
He presented the paper from his PhD thesis titled “Feature selection of student(s) at risk of dropout using administrative data at a university in…
Postdoctoral fellow launches book on the development of international law
Dr Nicolaas Buitendag, a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law, recently launched a book titled States of exclusion: A critical systems theory reading of international law.
This open-access scholarly book published by Aosis scrutinises the inclusivity or lack thereof in the historical development of…
NWU academic joins judging panel for Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards again
North-West University (NWU) Prof Gilbert Motsaathebe was once again invited to be a judge for the Vodacom Journalist of the Year national awards. The awards ceremony took place late last year.
These premier awards recognise the best journalists across the country and across media platforms in various categories such as investigative…
Delegation from Kogakkan University share insight into new team-teaching style
A delegation from Kogakkan University on the island of Mie, Japan, visited the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) from 20 to 24 February 2023 to demonstrate their new team-teaching style – Lesson Study Approach (LSA).
This teaching style, developed by Kogakkan University, is aimed at preservice teachers as part of…