Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesStandard Institutional Statute, 2018Chapter 6 : Senate33. Committees of Senate |
| (1) | In addition to the Senate Executive, the Senate shall establish a number of committees to enable the Senate Executive to execute its functions, namely the— |
| (a) | Selection Committees for the purpose of advising the Council on the appointment of academic employees; |
| (b) | Timetable Committee; |
| (c) | Appeals Committee of Senate (Student Discipline); |
| (d) | Faculty boards; |
| (e) | Academic Planning Committee; |
| (f) | and Senate Committees dealing with Research, Research Ethics and Postgraduate Education; Teaching and Learning; Student Affairs; Academic Admission; Admission Status, GIBS etcetera. |
| (2) | The Senate may appoint any other committee, including joint Council and Senate committees: Provided that the latter shall be appointed in consultation with the Council. |
| (3) | The activities of all committees of the Senate are co-ordinated by and executed under the control and supervision of the Senate Executive. |
| (4) | The Senate Executive may further delegate the authority granted to it by the Senate, this Statute and the Institutional Rules, including the authority entrusted to it in terms of paragraph 32(3), to a committee of the Senate or to an individual, as set out in the Institutional Rules, except in cases where the Senate has specified to the contrary. |
| (5) | The reporting by the Senate Executive to the Senate shall include the activities of the committees of the Senate. |
| (6) | The Senate shall nominate and elect members and chairpersons of committees. A non-member of Senate may be elected as a member of a Senate committee. |
| (7) | Matters concerning the constitution, election, terms, functions and procedures of committees not regulated in terms of the above shall be regulated by means of the Institutional Rules. |