The Support Staff Development Programme is coordinated by the Centre for Partnerships and Internationalisation. Staff members from the centre are from left;Alecia Erasmus, Lidia du Plessis and Kirwan Adams
Stellenbosch University (SU) International has launched the Support Staff Development Programme, giving support service staff the opportunity to undertake benchmark visits to partner institutions in Europe. Under this programme, six support staff members will visit the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and Leipzig University in Germany from 6 to 13 October 2018. The staff members were nominated by the Human Resources Division of SU. Lidia du Plessis, Coordinator: Staff Mobility Programmes and Partnership Projects at SU International, says that the new programme complements other staff mobility programmes offered to both academic and support staff.
“We realise that there is an enormous need among support staff for exposure to such an opportunity. Through the programme, we would like to promote the concept of comprehensive internationalisation within the wider University environment, giving more staff members the chance to enjoy such opportunities.”
Lidia says that the programme will, hopefully, be offered annually and provide opportunities at other partner institutions as well.
Events and conferences
Stellenbosch University is hosting the 2019 South Africa-Sweden University Forum (SASUF) conference, with about 400 delegates from South Africa and Sweden attending. SASUF is a multilateral collaboration with 28 universities, together with embassies, other organisations, funding agencies and ministries from both countries.
More information about SASUF is available here.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all of us. South Africa entered a national lockdown on 26 March 2020, and since then we at Stellenbosch University (SU) have worked tirelessly to find innovative ways of dealing with the impact of the pandemic and continuing our work in the new reality of business unusual.
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