{"id":20,"date":"2020-11-11T07:43:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T07:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:06:52","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]About us[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20\" class=\"elementor elementor-20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f46fdcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f46fdcc\" data-element_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-8aa065c\" data-id=\"8aa065c\" data-element_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-d45ec15 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d45ec15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;}\" 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>The<strong> Tygerberg Academic Affairs Council<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>(Tygerberg Akademiese Belangeraad)<\/em> is an advisory body comprising of members from every program and year group within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>We represent the academic interests of all students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and ease the communication channels between classes and lecturers, module chairs and faculty.<\/p>\n<p>We serve students by making their academic needs known in a professional manner, and represent their academic concerns on the TSR and various faculty committees.<\/p>\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-afc92b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afc92b3\" 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=\"1406\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/09\/A-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-2462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/09\/A-1.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/09\/A-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/09\/A-1-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/taac\/files\/2022\/09\/A-1-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1406px) 100vw, 1406px\" 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\/>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28c778a\" data-id=\"28c778a\" data-element_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-95a0802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95a0802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" 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\">Our Vision<br><span style=\"font-size: 15px\">The vision of the TAAC is to provide all Tygerberg undergraduate students with accountable, visible, academic representation whilst facilitating open communication between faculty staff and students and improved accessibility to 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