{"id":5946,"date":"2025-06-03T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2025-06-24T05:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:35:35","slug":"ukzn-decart-team-presents-at-the-inaugural-innovation-for-african-universities-iau-community-of-practice-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/?p=5946","title":{"rendered":"UKZN DECART Team Presents at The Inaugural Innovation for African Universities (IAU) Community of Practice Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5946\" class=\"elementor elementor-5946\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d3a6ed8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"59168\" data-id=\"d3a6ed8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-eab1761 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"10076\" data-id=\"eab1761\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-da41a40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"39492\" data-id=\"da41a40\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cef77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7cef77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UKZN DECART Team Presents at The Inaugural Innovation for African Universities (IAU) Community of Practice Symposium\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-25e7737 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"71924\" data-id=\"25e7737\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e9be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65e9be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Salt-rock-DECART-1024x485.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Salt-rock-DECART-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Salt-rock-DECART-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Salt-rock-DECART-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub.imt-atlantique.fr\/decart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Salt-rock-DECART.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cac1048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cac1048\" data-element_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 data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"201\"><strong data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"201\">DECART Project Presented at Inaugural IAU Community of Practice Symposium in South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"617\">In May 2025, <strong data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"258\">Cecile Gerwel Proches and Angela James<\/strong> from Work Package 3 (WP3) of the DECART Project, representing the <strong data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"363\">University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)<\/strong>, delivered a presentation on the project and WP3 activities to date at the <strong data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"526\">Inaugural Innovation for African Universities (IAU) Community of Practice Symposium<\/strong>. The event took place at the <strong data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"575\">Salt Rock Hotel<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"616\">KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"988\">The symposium brought together university leaders, educators, and strategic partners to advance innovation in higher education. 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