{"id":3062,"date":"2018-12-11T08:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T06:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.4.47\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2020-03-08T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T17:23:49","slug":"retreat-helps-develop-writing-abilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/retreat-helps-develop-writing-abilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Retreat helps develop writing abilities\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3062\" class=\"elementor elementor-3062\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a7570ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a7570ac\" 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-74246ae5\" data-id=\"74246ae5\" 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-dc2d796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc2d796\" 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: left;\">The University has just released a 90-page publication \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/retreat-helps-develop-writing-abilities\/\"><em>Scholars research writings<\/em> <\/a>&#8211; that shows off the writing skills of six of the University\u2019s Next Generation of Academics Programme (nGap) cohort.<\/p><p>The six nGap prot\u00e9g\u00e9s attended the first retreat held by the University earlier this year which set out to improve the writing abilities of selected academic staff.<\/p><p>nGap, a national higher education and training programme, aims to grow the presence of women and black academics at the senior levels.<\/p><p>In the publication\u2019s foreword, Vice-Chancellor Prof Yunus Ballum says that since 2014, SPU has successfully participated in each call for applications.<\/p><p>He explains that writing for young academics is intimidating and this retreat helped to build the confidence of these academics.<\/p><p>The academic backgrounds of those attending ranged from anthropology, creative writing, education, entrepreneurship, palaeontology and statistics (data analytics).<\/p><p>The academics featured in the publication are Itumeleng Masiteng, Laura Arnold, Galaletsang Gail Motlhaudi, Lethani Ldwandwe, Nyebe Mohale and Sabata Mokale.<\/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 University has just released a 90-page publication \u2013 Scholars research writings &#8211; that shows off the writing skills of six of the University\u2019s Next Generation of Academics Programme (nGap) cohort. 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