{"id":11,"date":"2024-02-05T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homepages.shu.ac.uk\/~c2029549\/wordpress\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-08-11T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T14:24:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/homepages.shu.ac.uk\/~c2029549\/wordpress\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/homepages.shu.ac.uk\/~c2029549\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture2-1.png&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;331px&#8221; height=&#8221;100px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||62px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;91px||0px|||&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;asymmetric3&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; 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