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  • Appointment of Professor Boitumelo Molebogeng Diale as Dean of Education

    Appointment of Professor Boitumelo Molebogeng Diale as Dean of Education

    Sol Plaatje University is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Boitumelo Molebogeng Diale as the Dean of Education, effective from 1 October 2024. Prof Diale brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this position. She has been a Read More ...Read More »
  • Invitation: Book launch of Afdraai na Annabel

    Invitation: Book launch of Afdraai na Annabel

    The Faculty of Education invites you to the book launch of Afdraai Na Annabel on 15 May 2024, from 17:00-18:30, Auditorium A, Teaching Building, Central Campus, 26 Scanlan Street (download the programme here). Authored by Ms Rencia van Blerk a Read More ...Read More »
  • Faculty of Education to host seminar presentation

    Faculty of Education to host seminar presentation

    From 5 – 9 April 2024, the Faculty of Education will host Ms Marie Påsse from the University West in Sweden. This visit signifies SPU’s commitment to establishing strategic partnerships both locally and internationally. Engagements of this nature lay the Read More ...Read More »
  • Book launch: Decolonising African University Knowledge

    Book launch: Decolonising African University Knowledge

    Sol Plaatje University (SPU) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Decolonising African University Knowledge Volumes 1 and 2. You’re invited to join us on 10 November 2023 at Sol Plaatje University’s School of Education. The session is scheduled Read More ...Read More »
  • Geo-Fest: Embracing Geography as a science

    Geo-Fest: Embracing Geography as a science

    Sol Plaatje University’s (SPU) School of Education in partnership with the Sentletse Foundation hosted the 2023 Geography Festival (Geo-Fest) under the theme, “Embracing my world in its entirety and all its diversity”. The event took place on 12 August 2023 Read More ...Read More »
  • Invite: is the knowledge of the powerful always powerful knowledge?

    Invite: is the knowledge of the powerful always powerful knowledge?

    Many educational systems around the world, including South Africa, were influenced by colonial powers. The dominant knowledge systems and curricular often reflected the Eurocentric perspectives and marginalized the indigenous knowledge people and culture. By challenging the notion that the western Read More ...Read More »
  • SPU launches Science-for-the-Future Project

    SPU launches Science-for-the-Future Project

    The Sol Plaatje University School of Education is launching the inter-university community Science-for-the-Future (S4F) Project.  It is envisaged that this collaboration will enable universities to serve as hubs for the implementation of the S4F Project in regions and provinces across Read More ...Read More »
  • In memoriam: Dr Thomas Masvosve

    In memoriam: Dr Thomas Masvosve

    A memorial service was held on 31 August 2022 to remember Dr Thomas Masvosve, Head of the Natural Science Teaching Department at Sol Plaatje University (SPU). SPU Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Andrew Crouch shared his memories of Dr Masvosve, who Read More ...Read More »