{"id":29285,"date":"2022-02-27T18:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/update-from-spu-management-on-the-student-protest-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T10:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T08:26:44","slug":"update-on-student-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/update-on-student-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from SPU Management on Student Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29285\" class=\"elementor elementor-29285\" 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>Dear SPU Community<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/update-from-spu-management-on-the-student-protest\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As communicated earlier this week<\/span><\/a>, online classes were scheduled to take place from Wednesday to Friday. I am happy to announce that we had a positive attendance in the online sessions. The academic year will move into a blended mode beginning on Monday, 28 February 2022. All staff are expected to report to work as normal from Monday.<\/p><p>The staff in the Division of Student Affairs have worked closely with the SRC to place first-year students in university-owned or university-accredited accommodation. However, the demand for university owned on-campus student residence places exceeded what we can supply in 2022. It is a norm in the higher education sector that institutions are expected to set aside 30% of their overall accommodation for new first years annually. At SPU we have exceeded this norm by allocating 65% of the beds to first-year students, out of the total university owned beds of 1752.<\/p><p>Other first-year students who are Kimberley-based are awaiting the home assessment by the social worker should they need university-owned or off campus accommodation.<\/p><p>Students are invited to apply for a residence place in the prior year or when they apply for an academic place at SPU. A significant number of first-years students arrived at SPU in 2022 without a firm academic offer and\/or did not apply for a residence place. These students were placed in emergency accommodation while their registration was resolved, and a place was found in either university-owned or accredited accommodation. The University has made every effort to assist students.<\/p><p>I wish you all well as we proceed with the 2022 academic year, and I look forward to another successful year for SPU.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p>Kind regards<\/p><p>Professor Andrew M Crouch<\/p><p>Vice-Chancellor and Principal<\/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>Dear SPU Community As communicated earlier this week, online classes were scheduled to take place from Wednesday to Friday. I am happy to announce that we had a positive attendance in the online sessions. 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