{"id":101792,"date":"2026-07-14T09:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=101792"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:13:09","slug":"university-world-news-features-spus-new-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/university-world-news-features-spus-new-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"University World News features SPU&#8217;s new chapter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"101792\" class=\"elementor elementor-101792\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620ded3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"620ded3\" 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-60527a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60527a6\" 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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityworldnews.com\/page.php?page=UW_Main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">University World News<\/span><\/a>, the leading global publication on higher education, has published a feature in its Transformative Leadership series on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sol Plaatje University&#8217;s<\/span><\/a> next chapter, in an interview with our Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Debra Meyer.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Titled &#8220;Creating opportunities for people to grow and succeed,&#8221; the interview reflects on the University&#8217;s journey, the vision for its next decade, and SPU&#8217;s role as the anchor university of the Northern Cape. It speaks to the ambitions that define this next chapter for the institution: excellence, relevance and enduring impact.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read the full feature on University World News:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universityworldnews.com%2Fpost.php%3Fstory%3D20260705223617706&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckatlego.seshanke%40spu.ac.za%7C07d62c0aa93943d4afd208dee177754c%7Cacbcaed87adc460cba57028bdc80d84a%7C0%7C0%7C639196100365896465%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BavVrq5ts7HUMG%2Fz6hbsmYSruUWrUANNfEVJfsfJaE8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.universityworldnews.com\/post.php?story=20260705223617706<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University World News, the leading global publication on higher education, has published a feature in its Transformative Leadership series on Sol Plaatje University&#8217;s next chapter, in an interview with our Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Debra Meyer. 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