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Digitisation not panacea for varsity space
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…
NWU’s population and health expertise is guiding South Africa to a more equitable future
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…
Space biology will be a first for Africa
‘Because we are largely removed from the space researchers in Europe and America, our students and researchers think differently and more creatively’
Energy crisis can hardly be categorised as a disaster, says expert
But widespread, destructive flooding does qualify as a disaster
South African universities rule roost in Africa
The University of Cape Town and the University of Johannesburg are top universities on the continent in the latest international rankings
Chapter 2.19: Corruption and the elections – a political podcast
In this episode, M&G politics journalist Khaya Koko chats with Professor Barry Hanyane and Advocate Selby Makgotho about corruption and elections
UFS: Private security moves on campus to monitor protests
The vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State has spoken about academic measures for students for the academic year following the national shutdown
A small number of students can return to university, but some choose not to
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
Party political meddling threatens future of universities
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…
NWU student receives international award
Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
Dr Mathew Moyo’s journey to academic victory
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.
New-style star accretion bursts dazzle astronomers
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.
NWU specialist receives innovation management award
FR Bezuidenhout was awarded the Early Career Excellence in Innovation Management award by the Department of Science and Innovation and SARIMA.
NWU aims to safeguard quality of medicine
The university trains participants in the World Health Organisation Collaboration Centre for the Quality Assurance of Medicine short courses.
NWU’s smart station empowers community
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.