Inaugural Lectures
Access the NWU inaugural lectures in this collection. When lecturers are appointed as full professors they give inaugural lectures to present themselves and their area of study to the University and the academic community.
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No man is an island…we are connected through the atmosphere / Pieter G. Van Zyl
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)Besides the obvious (as an atmospheric chemist presenting this inaugural address) – that we are all connected through the atmosphere (i.e. we all breathe the same air) – this presentation will also focus on the other, more ... -
Koöperatiewe Probleemebaseerde leer in Inligtingstegnologie : aktiewe leer vir die Vierde Industriële Revolusie / H.M. (Marietjie) Havenga
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)Rekenaarprogrammering behels die implementering van abstrakte idees, en die ontwerp en gebruik van programmeringskonstrukte op so ʼn wyse dat dit die korrekte logika en betekenis daarvan in ʼn program uitvoer. Studente ... -
African publics and the role of Christianity in fostering human-hood : a public pastoral care proposition within African pluralistic contexts / Vhumani Magezi
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)Quality life is an aspiration for all human beings. Hence, promoting and upholding quality human-hood or personhood (quality life) is the ultimate goal that international institutions, continental and regional bodies, ... -
Pedagogy of play – Improving student performance / S.M. (Grieta) Hanekom
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)The pedagogical frameworks designed for integrating games and play into the classroom introduces the concept of educational design that includes learning objectives, the selection of subject-related content, planning and ... -
Oxidative Stress & Hypertension: A Balancing Act / Carina Mels
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)What is balance? As a noun balance is “an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady” or “a situation in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.” That ... -
Membrane Science and Technology for Hydrogen Applications / D. Bessarabov
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)The lecture covers basic principles of membrane technology and how this technology is linked to "green" hydrogen production and purification. The lecture also provides an overview of various membrane-related projects where ... -
Turning waste into products : a circular economy concept / Sanette Marx
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Predictive modelling : a peek into the future / Tanja Verster
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Sustainable business intelligence systems : Modelling for the future / Roelien Goede
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)Business intelligence systems are used in support of strategic decision-making in organisations. Strategic decisions in support of the sustainable development goals require accurate and accessible data. Of equal importance ... -
Professing presence / Emmerentia du Plessis
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)I agree with the view of Noll (1997) and Clasquin-Johnson (2014) on what it means to be a professor, namely that being a professor is a call to action. The professor focuses on understanding, gaining insight, reflecting ... -
Power Electronics - View of the Past and Illumination of the Future / Gouws, Rupert
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)The developments in the power electronics industry has over the years hinged on the progress of the semiconductor device industry. The semiconductor device industry could be said to be on the edge of a turn into a new era, ... -
The immediate living environment : impressions of house, home, and social functioning / E.H. Ryke
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)The overarching purpose of this address is to revisit the immediate living environment from a person-in-environment social work perspective and approach. My thesis is that without a solid and nuanced conceptual framework ... -
Evidence and compassion in Maternity care / C.S.Minnie
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)Maternity care is the care of the mother-baby dyad during pregnancy, childbirth and the first few months thereafter. Various members of the multidisciplinary team can offer maternity care, and the focus of my research is ... -
Models in risk management : wrong but useful / Helgard Raubenheimer
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)Financial institutions include a wide range of business operations within the financial sector, including banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, and investment companies. Society relies on the smooth functioning of ... -
The Battleground of the SME accountant / DF (Danie) Schutte
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Deciphering the black box : shedding light on consumer behaviour within tourism events contexts / Karin Botha
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Integrated Logistics Support Management for Systems Life Cycle Support / J.A. Meyer
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Fashion trends amongst South African generation Y / Natasha de Klerk
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2021)Fashion is indicative of everything in the world, from economic status to social changes. It is a visual representation of history, unfolding right before our eyes. As a portrayal of significant change, with a discernible ... -
Die lewende verlede van die letterkunde / Phil van Schalkwyk
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2021)My aim is to carry out an exploration of our relationship with the past, specifically in a literary-artistic context. In the background of this lies an anti-patriarchal discourse in which I myself participated in my research, ... -
Nostalgia, dialogue and silence : on the ethics of curriculum studies / Petro du Preez
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Ecological crises, advances in biogenetic research, imbalances within the economic systems, and an exponential growth of social divisions and exclusions have led to a global capitalist system that is approaching an apocalyptic ...
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