A university degree is an investment that keeps on giving – Prof Linda du Plessis

“A university degree is an investment that keeps on giving. Whether it be its value in increasing employability and earnings in the job market, improving personal wealth outcomes, or building social capital in communities, a university degree benefits its graduates and opens the door to endless opportunities.”

With these words, Prof Linda…

NWU PhD graduate looks at the English among Nigerian tertiary learners

A proud Remilkun Iyabo Adeyemi was awarded her PhD in English at the recent Autumn Graduation on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

Studying under the watchful eye of her promoter, Prof Bertus van Rooy, Nigerian born Adeyemi graduated with her thesis, A corpus-based analysis of cohesion in written English essays…

NWU mourns passing of top economist

Staff and students of the North-West University (NWU) are mourning the untimely passing of Dr Andre Mellet (65), on Monday, 8 May 2017.

Dr Mellet, a highly acclaimed and respected economist, was a lecturer within the School of Economics on the NWU’s campus in Vanderbiljpark. He joined the university (then the PU for CHE) in 1997 as a…

NWU researchers benefit from Qualitative Analysis Research Forum

Researchers within the new research focus area of the North-West University (NWU), TELIT-SA, is hard at work to not only vest the entity but also to expand its reach and impact. Its latest endeavor entails an intercampus and inter-research support forum.

Recently, TELIT-SA hosted the 2nd Qualitative Analysis Research Support Forum at the…

Tekkie Tax Day 2017: Let your feet speak for your heart!

Friday, 26 May 2017 is a red-letter day on the South African calendar – and you have two weeks to prepare yourself (and motivate your colleagues) for the annual national Tekkie Tax Day!

Tekkie Tax Day has been part of the South African events calendar for the past four years and, this time around SA’s biggest and funkiest national…

Leadership Summit: leadership habits for complex times

When faced with complex challenges or unclear outcomes, there is sometimes a tendency amongst business leaders to convince themselves that they are smart enough, work hard enough, or only need to make use of the best management tools available to overcome anxiety.  Truth of the matter is that there no longer exist a one-size-fits-all…

Career Centre creating a buzz around employment possibilities

“A career fair offers university students a unique insight into the world of work, and the path that professionals took to reach their current level of employment. We, at the Career Centre, believe that these face-to-face interactions with future employers will inspire our students to not only make smart choices when it comes to internships and…

Autumn Graduation Ceremony – the coming of age of future leaders

A total of 1 400 students will graduate during the upcoming Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The four-day graduation ceremony, consisting of nine sessions, will be held at the Quest Conference Estate in Vanderbijlpark, where the success and achievement of graduates in the…

GCI project: getting hands dirty and hearts beating for nature

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” These words by Roman politician and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero, came to mind during the recent launch of the Green Campus Initiative’s (GCI) Mobile Vegetable Garden Project on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

Students from several residences…

Teamwork makes the NWU dream work – Prof Linda du Plessis

If teamwork is the ability to marry individual accomplishments to existing institutional goals, then the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark boasts with a dynamic ethos of collegiality and teamwork.

This is the sentiment of Prof Linda du Plessis, acting campus rector, when reflecting upon the campus’s most recent…