Any talk about scaling up digitalisation of higher education as a solution to the large demand for access to the university must fiercely confront the structural challenges that…
The Population and Health Research Entity at the North-West University (NWU) brings together both budding and veteran researchers with a singular mission: to illuminate and…
‘Because we are largely removed from the space researchers in Europe and America, our students and researchers think differently and more creatively’
But widespread, destructive flooding does qualify as a disaster
The University of Cape Town and the University of Johannesburg are top universities on the continent in the latest international rankings
In this episode, M&G politics journalist Khaya Koko chats with Professor Barry Hanyane and Advocate Selby Makgotho about corruption and elections
They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting
Campuses elsewhere in Africa have seen the damage done by student activism influenced by political parties, a matter that has raised concern at South Africa’s higher education…
Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
The NWU’s chief director for library and information services was appointed as a board member of the National Council for Library and Information Services.
Associate Professor James O Chibueze and Dr SP van den Heever are part of an international team of astronomers studying the G358-MM1 high-mass protostar.
FR Bezuidenhout was awarded the Early Career Excellence in Innovation Management award by the Department of Science and Innovation and SARIMA.
The university trains participants in the World Health Organisation Collaboration Centre for the Quality Assurance of Medicine short courses.
The North-West University, in collaboration with the South African Weather Service, has launched an observation station that will monitor both the weather and air quality.
North-West University paid homage to the 2019 graduating class of the Enterprising Women Programme.
The North West University’s Faculty of Law celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In his address, the vice-chancellor thanked the media fraternity for the critical role they play as watchdogs for civil society, shapers of public opinion, leaders of public…
Melanie Pieterse, winner of the North-West University competition, developed The Period Package to help girls stay in school when they are menstruating.
Overall, the NWU is ranked in position five in SA in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings has placed NWU in the 401+ group out of 536 international universities for the arts and humanities subject rankings.
