{"id":6622,"date":"2023-02-06T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/tobie-van-dyk-secondment\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:05:24","slug":"tobie-van-dyk-secondment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/tobie-van-dyk-secondment\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Tobie van Dyk to come on board at SADiLaR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>6 February 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"googlefontscall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagebuilderckparams\" data-colorpalettefromtemplate=\"\" data-colorpalettefromsettings=\",,,,\" data-styles=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" id=\"row_ID1675689115186\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div class=\"blockck\" id=\"block_ID1675689115186\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1675689187792\" class=\"cktype\" data-type=\"text\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"tab_effects ckprops\" fieldslist=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\" blocbackgroundpositionend=\"100\" blocbackgrounddirection=\"topbottom\" blocbackgroundimageattachment=\"scroll\" blocbackgroundimagerepeat=\"no-repeat\" blocbackgroundimagesize=\"auto\" blocbordertopstyle=\"solid\" blocborderrightstyle=\"solid\" blocborderbottomstyle=\"solid\" blocborderleftstyle=\"solid\" blocbordersstyle=\"solid\" blocshadowinset=\"0\" fieldslist=\"blocbackgroundpositionend,blocbackgrounddirection,blocbackgroundimageattachment,blocbackgroundimagerepeat,blocbackgroundimagesize,blocalignementleft,blocalignementcenter,blocalignementright,blocalignementjustify,blocbordertopstyle,blocborderrightstyle,blocborderbottomstyle,blocborderleftstyle,blocbordersstyle,blocshadowinset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_edition ckprops\" fieldslist=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">SADiLaR is pleased to announce the secondment of Professor Tobie van Dyk, a highly respected applied linguist from the School of Languages at North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. Prior to this secondment, Prof van Dyk was Head of the Centre for Academic and Professional Language Practice and Director of the School of Languages, both at NWU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u201cProfessor van Dyk\u2019s expertise in the field of applied linguistics and his well-established national and international networks are essential for SADiLaR to fulfill its mandate,\u201d says Mr Juan Steyn, SADiLaR\u2019s Director of Operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Language resources audit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">The secondment runs from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, and his expertise will be applied to several of SADiLaR\u2019s mandates. This includes primary support with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sadilar.org\/index.php\/en\/10-news\/371-language-resources-audit-to-support-multilingualism-is-underway-in-public-universities-of-south-africa-2\">National Language Resources Audit<\/a>. This project is evidence of SADiLaR\u2019s growing involvement and visibility in the national linguistic landscape, as it was commissioned by Universities South Africa (USAf) to support the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) with a language resources audit at all 26 public universities in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Prof van Dyk says \u201cI\u2019m extremely excited about the secondment to SADiLaR as the design and development of language resources for use in different contexts and for different purposes, and the advancement of multilingualism lie very close to my heart. Also, it affords me the opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and networks, and to establish new ones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Sustainability of research infrastructure<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">In addition to other more general support around engagement, networking and raising awareness of SADiLaR\u2019s resources and services, as well as mentorship in DH, Van Dyk\u2019s secondment will also provide valuable insight in a broader process of secondment to SADiLaR\u2019s research infrastructure. \u201cFrom this we will establish a new baseline for ways in which the Centre can draw on research expertise in a way that is more hands-on and with higher impact than the previous visiting scholar model,\u201d says Steyn.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Prof Langa Khumalo, Executive Director of SADiLaR, affirms this: \u201cSustainability of research infrastructures like SADiLaR is an ongoing concern in South Africa. As part of the South African research infrastructure roadmap, we need to ensure broad national impact of our work over the next five years, and this means bringing on all the skills and expertise available to us. 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