{"id":33655,"date":"2022-08-28T20:46:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/residences-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:14:49","slug":"research-innovation-entities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/research-innovation-entities\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &#038; Innovation entities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33655\" class=\"elementor elementor-33655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3efda90 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3efda90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-id=\"f00aca4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad25ddb\" data-id=\"ad25ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc3e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bc3e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research and Innovation Entities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8960ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"b8960ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1931\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1931\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Centre for Entrepreneurship and Rapid Incubation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1931\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1931\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cferi-Logo-300x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"color: #808080;\">The Upington Centre for Entrepreneurship &amp; Rapid Incubator (CfERI) was established in 2017 by the Department of Small Business Development and SEDA (Small Enterprise Development Agency). The Upington CfERI (now the Sol Plaatje University CfERI) was launched on 23 November 2017, with the aim of supporting, establishing, and training SMMEs to create sustainable businesses and jobs. The CfERI supports entrepreneurs in various sectors, but focuses mainly on Agriculture, Tourism, and ICT. It provides support to start-ups and existing entrepreneurs by means of support and development programmes, masterclasses, access to markets and funding, and technology transfer assistance. <\/span><\/p><h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Service sectors: <\/span><\/strong><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Agriculture<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Tourism<br \/><\/span><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">ICT <\/span><\/p><h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Service offering: <\/span><\/strong><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Company registrations &amp; compliance<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Business coaching<br \/><\/span><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Technology transfer assistance<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Marketing assistance<br \/><\/span><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Business Management training<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Bookkeeping<br \/><\/span><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Access to Funding<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Seed Fund loan \u2013 up to R20 000<br \/><\/span><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Co-Working services <\/span><\/p><h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-ZA\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Stakeholders: <\/span><\/strong><\/h4><ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality (DKM)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (ZFMDM)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDaT)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Raisins South Africa<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Mobile Applications Laboratory NPC (MLab)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Sage South Africa<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Eskom Development Foundation<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development<\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">Voda<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;\">com ICT Resource Centre<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1932\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1932\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Centre for Creative Writing <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1932\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1932\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-67227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-300x67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-1024x228.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-768x171.png 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-1536x342.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-360x80.png 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/elementor\/thumbs\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-qo3dp88qleemun84wyczutp9xcs5bd6mdn6gapim5c.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/elementor\/thumbs\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner-qo55gjajy41lh8yggmia1i4rq9mmcaxz95rmpslf54.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CCWAL-Subpage-Banner.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for Creative Writing and African Languages (CCWAL) is well-positioned within the Northern Cape to act as a platform for the promotion and development of and research about the indigenous languages in the Northern Cape. It is our view, that because of its multilingual as well as multi-; inter and transdisciplinary nature, the Centre will act as an instrument that would facilitate epistemological access, inclusiveness, transformation, social cohesion, and respect for all languages. As stated in the SPU Policy on Language (2022: 3 of 6) \u201cconditions will be created for the ongoing and systematic elaboration\/intellectualisation of Setswana, isiXhosa and the continued elaboration of Afrikaans as academic languages and languages of science\u201d.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In line with the vision of the university the Centre for Creative Writing and African Languages endeavours to be a world-class inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary research centre in the humanities which will build capacity and create knowledge for the region, the country and the global society that would, inter alia, lead to an awareness to preserve and sustain our language heritage and landscape; and foster the use of innovative lateral thinking strategies as an alternative to solve problems through and related to creative writing and languages.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1933\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1933\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Centre for Applied Data Science<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1933\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1933\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-1024x322.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-768x241.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-1536x483.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-2048x644.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-360x113.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CADS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for Applied Data Science (CADS) within the Faculty of Natural and Applied Science at Sol Plaatje University will contribute to the growth of data science and its applications.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00b7 The CADS aims to be an interdisciplinary, world-class research centre for applied data science that empowers society to make informed decisions. The Centre will motivate focus coherence to how data is sourced, generated, managed, and used to advance the four niche areas in NAS, as well as other disciplines within the institution.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the evolving plan of SPU, and as a vertical progression of the BSc in Data Science graduates, the BSc Honours in Data Science was introduced in 2019. In the last three years, the combined enrolment of BSc in Data Science and BSc Honours in Data Science has been hovering around 12%.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1934\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1934\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Centre for Global Change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1934\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1934\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-86900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CGC-PIC-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CGC-PIC-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CGC-PIC-360x131.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CGC-PIC.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for Global Change is a flagship programme of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsti.gov.za\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Department of Science and Innovation<\/span><\/a> (DSI) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/\">National Research Foundation<\/a> (NRF) Global Change Research Programme and are included under the \u2018science and technology for global change with a focus on climate change\u2019 Grand Challenge. In this context the Centre aims to identify and conduct relevant and applied research in global and climate change, the outputs thereof having direct on the ground impacts at the community and\/or stakeholder level.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for Global Change\u2019s framework is embedded under the <a href=\"https:\/\/sarva.saeon.ac.za\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas<\/span><\/a> (SARVA) an ICT-based decision-making support tool within the Global Change Research Plan which supports a central repository of a wide range of climate and environmental data.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1935\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1935\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1935\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1935\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-300x67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-1024x227.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-1536x341.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/elementor\/thumbs\/Cedar-Web-banner-scaled-q4be5pp5o6f1450eij5d7a10xf4fgp7eo3otuh1w3q.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-360x80.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/elementor\/thumbs\/Cedar-Web-banner-scaled-qo52ifapxh90zxaojqvfkw08x0ihlh51p5on7tkof4.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cedar-Web-banner-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>CEDAR is envisaged to assist in creating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem that is intended to contribute positively to the Northern Cape economy through focusing on, pedagogy, Entrepreneurship development and research. The aim is to have the university prioritize studentpreneurs\u2019 business when it comes to service provision and procurement, provided that the studentpreneurs sell quality products and render quality services.<\/p><p>The vision of CEDAR is to blend theory and practice to create knowledge, improve understanding and challenge thinking around entrepreneurship and enterprise management.<\/p><p>The core products of CEDAR will include:<\/p><p>\u00b7 Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1936\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1936\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Arid Region Water Research Centre<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1936\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1936\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-86912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ARWRC-300x53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ARWRC-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ARWRC-360x64.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ARWRC.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Arid Region Water Research Centre is a strategic initiative of Sol Plaatje University in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrc.org.za\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water Research Commission<\/span><\/a> (WRC), developed as part of the institution\u2019s desert studies research focus. The Centre forms part of a broader commitment to sustainable development in arid and semi-arid regions and aligns with national priorities on water security and climate resilience. Within this context, the Centre aims to conduct applied and regionally relevant research on water scarcity, management, and innovation, with outputs that deliver practical solutions and direct impact at community, policy, and stakeholder levels.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre\u2019s research framework contributes to building a knowledge base for arid-region water systems and is aligned with national research agendas focusing on resource sustainability, adaptation, and resilience. It will serve as a platform for data generation, capacity building, and collaboration to inform decision-making and drive sustainable water practices in some of South Africa\u2019s most water-stressed landscapes.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1937\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1937\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Center for the Advancement of Rural and Inclusive Education Research<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1937\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1937\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-300x67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-1024x228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-1536x342.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-360x80.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5-rc4l2q72wz3nl2fdcxb7osdj16pbzxad8knhc8odcw.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CARIER-Website-Tabs-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Centre for the Advancement of Rural and Inclusive Education (CARIER), launched on 17 September 2025, is established to focus on rural and inclusive education. The centre\u2019s mission is to align with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/\">SPU\u2019s<\/a><\/span>\u00a0vision of social justice and the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\/goal4\">United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4<\/a><\/span>, which emphasises quality education.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the directorship of Dr Kevin Teise, CARIER aims to conduct impactful research to benefit marginalised and rural communities in South Africa and the Northern Cape. The centre plans to use its research to influence educational curricula and policy, and to provide evidence-based support to policymakers. A core objective is to strengthen research capacity within the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/faculty-of-education-home\/\">Faculty of Education<\/a>\u00a0by supporting postgraduate students and early-career researchers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The centre will also focus on increasing overall research activity and in future establishing a reputable, accredited academic journal. It recognises that collaboration is essential and will seek to build partnerships with local and international institutions to achieve its goals. CARIER\u2019s long-term vision is to have an international footprint, impacting on rural and inclusive education beyond South Africa\u2019s borders.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1938\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1938\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Contact Us<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1938\" 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