Social Work Projects Day: combining education and real-life experience

The importance of practical experience is paramount in the field of social work, as is the synergistic result of combining education and real-life experience.

This is according to Dr Elmien Truter, a professional social worker and lecturer in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Psychosocial Health, after the recent Social Work…

NWU Rugby Institute kicks off in Vanderbijlpark

As from 2019 the North-West University (NWU) will expand the geographical footprint of its thriving Rugby Institute, situated at the campus in Potchefstroom, to include the Gauteng province. More so, the university’s campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The vesting of an additional site of delivery for the Institute’s programmes and services in…

NWU Social Work Projects Day 2018 – community engagement in action

In a world filled with injustices and complexity, social workers step to the fore to make a difference in the lives of people who need it most.

Through their commitment to bring about positive social change, helping individuals of all ages thrive in their environment and being and advocate for those who have lost their voice, social workers…

Social adaptation in post-apartheid SA

Life in post-apartheid South Africa remains to be learned. This provocation as well as the strategic intent of the North-West University (NWU) to champion social justice, challenges society towards the need for a deeper understanding of the ‘social’ from a social justice perspective.

This understanding, according to the organisers of the…

New jacket for NWU intervention programme

What started out as an intervention programme to provide academic aid to Grade 12 learners struggling with accounting has grown into one of the North-West University’s (NWU’S) flagship community engagement projects.

And come 2019, this successful engagement project will don a new jacket and be known as the NWU Sedibeng Accounting Project.…

NWU experts visit Central Europe to boost international collaboration

Internationalisation is a top strategic priority for the North-West University (NWU). This practice not only improves quality of education, but also enhances knowledge transformation and acquisition, the mobilisation of talent in support of global research and the enhancement of the curriculum with international content.

Against this…

UARM welcomes new extraordinary professor

The Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM) is welcoming Dutch research pioneer, Prof Gert Jan Hofstede, in its midst as an extraordinary professor.

Prof Hofstede will deliver his prestige lecture on 19 November 2018 at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The topic of his prestige lecture will be “…

All systems go for annual Eco Health and Wellbeing Research Conference

To complement research in multidisciplinary environments on eco-health and wellbeing topics, the North-West University (NWU) is hosting the 9th annual Eco Health and Wellbeing Research Conference on 15 and 16 November 2018.

The conference provides an opportunity for, especially Higher Education and Training (HET) research initiatives, done…

All of us has a place in history

As a historian Prof Elize van Eeden is often confronted with questions pertaining to the relevance of studying history. Her answer to such critics? “History is inescapable and as such all people are living histories.”

During a recent award ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities on the campus in Vanderbijlpark…

NWU expert sheds light on competitive intelligence in sport

Competitive intelligence lends a helping hand to your aspirations by equipping you with information that will assist in the quest to put an athlete on the podium.

This is according to Dr Liandi van den Berg, an expert in sport management at the North-West University (NWU).

Dr Van der Berg recently facilitated a workshop on…