{"id":42303,"date":"2026-08-26T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=42303"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:57:23","slug":"news-faculty-of-applied-and-computer-sciences-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/news-faculty-of-applied-and-computer-sciences-2\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#8211; Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42303\" class=\"elementor elementor-42303\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05fde50 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05fde50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8235f89 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