{"id":22794,"date":"2021-10-13T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-hosts-data-science-africa-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:33:28","slug":"risk-and-vulnerability-science-centre-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/risk-and-vulnerability-science-centre-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre at Sol Plaatje University"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22794\" class=\"elementor elementor-22794\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e2a484b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e2a484b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ee49d13\" data-id=\"2ee49d13\" 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-3ee36a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ee36a8d\" 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>The School of Natural and Applied Sciences is excited to announce the establishment of a Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sol Plaatje University<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(SPU) \u2013 the first research centre to be established at SPU.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dst.gov.za\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Department of Science and Innovation<\/span><\/a> (DSI) has implemented the RVSC programme as part of the global change research plan for South Africa.<\/p><p>The programme is funded by the DSI through the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/\">National Research Foundation<\/a><\/span> and focuses on the need to generate and disseminate knowledge on risk and vulnerability on global change challenges faced by local policymakers\/governance structures and communities in South Africa.<\/p><p>You\u2019re cordially invited to join us as we officially launch the SPU RVSC on <strong>Friday, 15 October 2021<\/strong>. The event will take place as follows:<\/p><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:00 &#8211; 13:00<\/p><p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolPlaatjeUniv\/\">Official Sol Plaatje University Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><strong>Programme:<\/strong> Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SPU-RVSC-A5-Programme.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span> to download the programme.<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Natural and Applied Sciences is excited to announce the establishment of a Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre (RVSC) at Sol Plaatje University&nbsp;(SPU) \u2013 the first research centre to be established at SPU. 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