Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesStandard Institutional Statute, 2018Chapter 6 : Senate27. Election and nomination procedures |
| (1) | The Registrar shall make the arrangements for the nomination and election of members. |
| (2) | Student members of the Senate are elected at an ordinary or special meeting of the SRC in accordance with the election procedures of the SRC. |
| (3) | Two members from the ranks of the permanent academic employees and two members from the ranks of the permanent non-academic employees shall be elected in accordance with the process set out in subparagraph (4). |
| (4) | The Registrar shall arrange and administer an election of members from the ranks of the employees to the Senate in the following manner: |
| (a) | Within a reasonable period before a particular election date, the Registrar shall afford— |
| (i) | every permanent academic employee the opportunity to nominate a representative or representatives to represent the permanent academic employees on the Senate; and |
| (ii) | every permanent non-academic employee the opportunity to nominate a representative or representatives to represent the permanent non-academic employees on the Senate. |
| (b) | Each nominated candidate shall be seconded by at least ten permanent employees (in the case of an academic nominee they must be academic employees and in the case of a non-academic nominee they must be non-academic employees), not be a Senate member already and inform the Registrar in writing whether he or she accepts the nomination. |
| (c) | On the closure of nominations, the Registrar shall arrange for an election in accordance with general acceptable election procedures. |
| (d) | Permanent academic employees shall vote in respect of vacancies to be filled by permanent academic employees and permanent non-academic employees shall vote in respect of vacancies to be filled by permanent non-academic employees. |
| (e) | An election shall be valid only if at least 15 per cent of the permanent academic employees or permanent non-academic employees, as the case may be, participated in the election. |
| (f) | If an employee performs academic and non-academic tasks in accordance with his or her job description, that particular employee is considered to be an academic employee. Should a dispute arise in this regard, the Registrar has the discretion to decide whether an employee is an academic or non-academic employee. |
| (g) | The Registrar shall announce, as soon as possible at an appropriate time, the names of the members duly elected. |