Essential court training for young social workers

The safety and welfare of vulnerable children and young people is paramount at all times, yet in Family and Children’s Services, more and more cases are brought under the Children’s Act and associated legislation.

This predisposition sees social workers increasingly having their actions, recommendations and decisions scrutinised in a court…

Board game helps accounting students make the leap to the workplace

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.

Creative approaches to teaching and learning are increasingly being used throughout higher education and beyond. One of the trend setters in what is known as table-…

Degrees should be more than mere licences to hope

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.

During the recent NWU Leadership Summit, Michelle joined several other high-profile speakers from…

NWU and Rotary International: an equation that makes sense

A recent collaboration between the North-West University (NWU) and the international service organisation, Rotary International, saw more than 140 teaching professionals and teachers in training benefit from the teachings of two international maths experts.

The experts, Marian Fletcher (Pretoria) and Swati Dave (Boston, USA), presented a…

NWU researchers pinpoint growth factors for female entrepreneurs

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.

Despite the popular allure of entrepreneurs having the freedom to set their own hours, tackle projects that interest them and…

NWU partners with Eureka School for special sports day

The 2019 rendition of the Eureka School’s Special Sports Day for high-support learners will see the North-West University (NWU) and the Vanderbijlpark community join forces to ensure a fun-filled day for all the young participants.

This year the NWU will take part in the initiative for the second time, and staff members from the Faculty of…

Research is Verona Leendertz’ game, and innovation is her play

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…

Let’s consider having more trust savvy

Do we have trust savvy? This is the question asked by Dr Marita Heyns, a researcher at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area.

Through her research, Dr Heyns – who has a particular interest in the development of models for interpersonal- and organisational trust within workplace contexts characterised by transition…

NWU experts highlight the importance of training fempreneurs

With Women’s Month in full swing, two experts from the North-West University (NWU) are shining the spotlight on the importance of entrepreneurial training for female entrepreneurs.

The experts, Dr Natanya Meyer and Dr Luzaan Hamilton – who are both members of the School of Business Management – are of the opinion that to enable women to…

NWU to host international authority on mind power

Robin Banks, a leading authority on the subject of mind power and personal mastery, will be visiting the North-West University (NWU) during the month of October.

On 10 October he will present his “Success is a choice” workshop at the campus in Vanderbijlpark, and all members of the university community are invited to attend the not-to-be-…