{"id":29202,"date":"2022-02-23T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T08:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/operationalising-the-vcs-directive-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T12:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:02:42","slug":"spu-management-on-the-student-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-management-on-the-student-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from SPU Management on Student Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29202\" class=\"elementor elementor-29202\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c891cce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c891cce\" 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-6a345ff7\" data-id=\"6a345ff7\" 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-71cfc1c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71cfc1c2\" 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>To the SPU Community<\/p><p>Earlier this morning a number of students blocked the main entrances on the North and Central Campuses of Sol Plaatje University (SPU).<\/p><p>The Management of the University has engaged continuously with the Student Representative Council (SRC) about concerns around student accommodation, catering, students who are blocked from registering due to outstanding fees, and a range of other minor issues.<\/p><p>Earlier this week a group of students issued a Memorandum of Demand to the University which related to these very issues. The Management has since responded to this group via the SRC.<\/p><p>The protest action this morning is not sanctioned by the SPU SRC and seems to be linked to the annual disruptions to the academic year in the higher education sector that has been prevalent for a number of years.<\/p><p>SPU staff have been advised to work from home today.<\/p><p>The Senior Management will be meeting later this morning and a further statement will be released thereafter.<\/p><p>The University Management is engaging with the students, at the moment, in an attempt to resolve their grievances.<\/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>To the SPU Community Earlier this morning a number of students blocked the main entrances on the North and Central Campuses of Sol Plaatje University (SPU). 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