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Key new instrument for NMMU (15 May 2012)
NELSON Mandela Metropolitan University’s physics’ research profile has been further raised thanks to the acquisition of a key instrument for material analysis, valued ...

 

NMMU students support rural health train (15 May 2012)
It’s all aboard for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) staff and students again as they volunteer their time and talents on the world’s only healthcare ...

 

NMMU has top financial planning student (8 May 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has produced the country’s top financial planning student. Martin Marx, a financial planner in Port ...

 

Simulation technologies for Nursing Science re-launch (26 April 2012)
GONE are the days of “play-play” dummy patients for nursing students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). Today, the university leads the way with its ...

 

NMMU student selected for international fashion contest (25 April 2012)
FOR the second consecutive year a Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) fashion student has been selected to compete in a top international student fashion competition in ...

 

Minister of HE & Training - budget vote speech (25 April 2012)
Download the BUDGET VOTE SPEECH by the MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING delivered in PARLIAMENT, CAPE TOWN - 24 APRIL ...

 

NMMU PR unites with Boomtown for practical learning (18 April 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) - Department of Public Relations and Communications Studies and Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency are collaborating for the fourth ...

 

NMMU celebrates achievements at annual graduation (11 April 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University will award more than 5 200 certificates, diplomas and degrees at 13 graduation ceremonies in Port Elizabeth and George from 13 to 23 April ...

 

NMMU honours four outstanding citizens at graduation (10 April 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University will honour four outstanding citizens during graduation 2012. Nominated by various faculties, these four candidates will receive their honorary doctoral ...

 

NMMU Moot Court Competition takes on Secrecy Bill (10 April 2012)
The Secrecy Bill will be the focus of the debate in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Law Faculty’s 2012 Moot Court competition on Wednesday, 11 April 2012. ...

 

NMMU Accounting students come out tops again (2 April 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s School of Accounting has done it again by producing top results in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) ...

 

Minister of Higher Education opens new Centre at NMMU (27 March 2012)
The Minister of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Blade Nzimande was the keynote speaker at the launch of the Centre for Integrated Post-School Education and Training (CIPSET) ...

 

Minister Blade Nzimande for new NMMU post-school education centre (26 March 2012)
The Minister of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Blade Nzimande will be the keynote speaker at the launch of the Centre for Integrated Post-School ...

 

11 NMMU staff, students, alumni selected for LAtelier art competition (16 March 2012)
It’s Absa L’Atelier season again and eleven Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University final-year art students, lecturers and alumni of the School of Music Art and Design ...

 

Public Protector for top NMMU memorial lecture (9 March 2012)
SOUTH African public protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela will deliver the Griffiths and Victoria Mxenge Memorial Lecture at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) later ...

 

NMMU maths development unit hosts critical public debate on the termination of maths and science in Graaff-Reinet schools (5 March 2012)
Maths and science are key to careers in engineering, medicine, accounting and so much more, yet these subjects are quite literally falling by the wayside in the Graaff-Reinet ...

 

NMMU gives third group of top achievers financial boost (29 February 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships will, for the third consecutive year, make the dreams of 28 top-achieving first-year students ...

 

NMMU leading by ''green'' example (24 February 2012)
THE sun is working hard at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) where a new cost-saving bicycle and scooter pilot project is about to be launched. <p ...

 

HESA's statement on the 2012 budget speech (23 February 2012)
Below is a media release issued by Higher Education South Africa (HESA) on the Minister of Finance's 2012 Budget Speech and it's implications for higher ...

 

1950s inspired fashion photography - an exhibition by Astrid Arndt (21 February 2012)
Astrid Arndt, an MTech Photography student at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, is showcasing her 1950s inspired fashion photography exhibition at ...

 

NMMU awarded four research chairs (20 February 2012)
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University was allocated four of the 60 research chairs that the Department of Science and Technology awarded to higher education institutions around ...

 

New NMMU Dean of Health Sciences appointed (14 February 2012)
He grew up the son and grandson of medical doctors, but wanted to become an architect. As a compromise he became a dentist, having in the course of his career, worked in the ...

 

NMMU law students invited to Washington (14 February 2012)
Three Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University law students have been invited to Washington DC, USA, later this year after finishing as runners-up in the Jessup International Moot ...

 

FNB Varsity Cup kicks off tonight (6 February 2012)
“We can certainly surprise a few teams,” says FNB NMMU Varsity Cup head coach Brent Janse van Rensburg of the Madibaz’ chances in the competition. <p ...

 

New CEO for the NMMU Trust appointed (6 February 2012)
Born and raised in the Karoo town of Cradock, the newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Trust, Dr Garth van Gensen, has come ...

 

5000 first-years and parents expected at NMMU tomorrow (27 January 2012)
More than 5000 first-year students and their parents are expected at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s welcoming ceremony tomorrow (Saturday, 28 January 2012) at the ...

 

NMMU first university to train life champions (25 January 2012)
NELSON Mandela Metropolitan University will be the first in South Africa to embrace an initiative aimed at transforming students into “life champions” – a ...

 

NMMU leading the way with positive organisational scholarship education (17 January 2012)
Research shows that people think about positive statements 50% longer than neutral ones, and 20% more than negative ones. In short, positive phenomena are learned more quickly and ...

 

NMMU hosts education conference (13 January 2012)
EDUCATIONISTS will meet next week at the annual Education Association of South Africa (EASA) conference against the backdrop of recently issued matric results and the death of a ...

 

NMMU welcomes its first-year students (11 January 2012)
The 2012 academic year for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s first-year students starts with a two-week orientation. It will kick off with the Welcoming Ceremony and ...

 

Last chance for prospective students (9 January 2012)
Prospective students who have not yet applied for admission and meet Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s direct academic admission requirements, have been given a final ...