{"id":80340,"date":"2025-08-15T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?page_id=80340"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:48:58","slug":"cpd-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/cpd-news\/","title":{"rendered":"CPD News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"80340\" class=\"elementor elementor-80340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7776631 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7776631\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8d0886\" data-id=\"d8d0886\" 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-26d2e8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26d2e8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-80684\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1-1024x228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1-1536x342.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Centre-for-Professional-Development-Subpage-Banner-1-360x80.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8313088 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8313088\" 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-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e83f34\" data-id=\"9e83f34\" 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-f1f1b37 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1f1b37\" 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<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\nCPD News<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9687547 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9687547\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5898e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5898e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our news and updates page features the latest CPD news. 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