SEW 2019: beyond ideas, into action!

With the national launch of the Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) set to take place on 1 August 2019, institutions of higher learning across the country are ready to raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship as a viable career option.

This is also the case at the North-West University (NWU).

This national initiative…

Inaugural lecture traces operational research back to World War II

Operational research (OR) is modern and highly sophisticated but its origins can be traced back to 1939 when the Royal Air Force began expanding the range of radar.

Prof Philip Pretorius recently took the audience on a bit of a history lesson on OR with his inaugural lecture on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.…

Mental Health Awareness Day 2019: make every step count!

Mental health encapsulates so much more than a mere catchphrase of our time. In fact, it is one of the most important wellness factors to consider since it affects everybody regardless of age, gender, social standing or profession.

With this in mind, the North-West University’s (NWU) Alumni Office and Health Care Centre in Vanderbijlpark…

NWU’s Fanie nominated as one of Gauteng’s top golf coaches

To call Fanie Roos a weekend golfer with a good average would be a serious mistake. Fanie, a lecturer in Sport Management at the North-West University (NWU), is an accredited professional golfer and has just been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious Professional Golfers Association of South Africa (PGA-SA) 2019 annual awards.

His…

NWU takes the lead with international conference on information literacy

In its endeavor to be known as an international university distinguished for engaged scholarship, the North-West University (NWU) will host the 2019 rendition of the International Conference on Information Literacy (ICIL) in September.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Information literacy in all spheres of life”. The event will see…

Alumni Office engages graduates through career development support

True to the North-West University’s (NWU) ethic of care, the Alumni Office on the campus in Vanderbijlpark, together with the Career Centre, will host a Career Empowerment Day for members of the alumni fraternity on Wednesday, 7 August 2019.

The aim of the day will be to afford graduate jobseekers the opportunity to attend a CV writing and…

Hair-raising truth about uranium exposure in South Africa

A novel international research project focusing on human exposure to uranium in South African gold mining areas, has concluded that residents living in and near gold mining areas are exposed to elevated environmental levels of uranium.

The latter eventually finds its way into the human body giving way to adverse health effects.

The…

CANSA Relay for Life 2019: we are all in this together!

On 28 and 29 September 2019 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark will once again play host to the regional CANSA Relay for Life event in the Vanderbijlpark.

This year will see the campus and the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) taking hands for the seventh year running to celebrate cancer survivors,…

Faculty of Education serves up a warm food hug

Winter is here, and as the mercury drops we find ourselves seeking out the comfort of knitted scarves, jackets and snug blankets. And when it comes to the ideal winter foods, a cup of hot soup or a hearty curry are welcomed and appreciated by all.

With this in mind, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education in Vanderbijlpark…

Public lecture calls for Africanisation instead of decolonisation

“Universities have become ‘sons of decolonisation struggles’.” This is how Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni argued during a recent public lecture hosted on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

This lecture formed part of a series of conversations about the decolonisation of the curriculum.

Prof Ndlovu-Gatsheni…