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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A timely question : how can we not talk about becoming a professor in the context of decolonising higher education? / Mgqwashu Emmanuel Mfanafuthi
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)Drawing from my own experiences and critical reflections on my journey to becoming a professor, I show how two types of pressure facing higher-education institutions necessitate a revisiting of the role of a professor. ... -
Developing pervasive skills in higher education : reflecting on an evolutionary journey / Henrico Alfred
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)Managers develop and implement strategies to obtain a competitive advantage in the markets they are operating in. A competitive advantage can only be sustained until rival businesses can imitate or replicate the sources ... -
Is measuring performance irrational or inefficient? / Van Heerden, Petrus Marthinus Stephanus (Chris)
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Why investors are not always rational / Heymans, André
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)As humans we make roughly 10 000 decisions every day. Most of these decisions are not made with our energy intensive prefrontal cortex, with which we make calculated rational decisions, but rather our reactionary impulsive ... -
Human rights (education) in a posthuman world: thinking with curriculum inquiry / Simmonds Shan
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)The transformatory potential of human rights education lies in its ability to make visible the material-discursive complexities of human rights. Human rights education can provide a language to interrogate society and how ... -
Roots and Routes : A Dialogic ImagiNation of Literary-Linguistic-Cultural Representations / Hove Muchativugwa Liberty
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Problem-based learning to foster self-directed learning in geography education / Golightly Aubrey
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Dichotomy and dualities at the crossroads of artificial stupidity, the future of academia in South Africa / Henri Bezuidenhout
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Water, giving me a legacy / water, gee aan my 'n nalaatenskap / Sandra Barnard
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2022)The core focus of my research is harmful algal blooms and the associated freshwater quality of South African freshwater resources. My research program is built on 4 united pillars: basic water quality and phytoplankton ... -
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, ...
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