Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of the University of Fort HareChapter 5 : Senate41. Composition |
| (1) | The Senate consists of the— |
| (a) | Vice-Chancellor (Chairperson); |
| (b) | Deputy Vice-Chancellors; |
| (c) | Registrar; |
| (d) | Deans; |
| (e) | Deputy Deans that are not otherwise professors; |
| (f) | professors (permanent or appointed on a fixed-term contract for a period of at least three years) as defined in Chapter 1; |
| (g) | heads of research entities approved by Council, at the recommendation of Senate, that are not otherwise professors as defined in Chapter 1; |
| (h) | heads of substructures of Faculties approved by Council that are not otherwise professors as defined in Chapter 1; |
| (i) | Executive Directors responsible for academic and research activities; |
| (j) | two external members of the Council appointed by the Council; and |
| (k) | six representatives of the Student Representative Council, elected by the Student Representative Council; |
| (l) | two representatives of the administrative and support staff, elected by administrative and support staff; |
| (m) | two representatives of the academic employees, elected by the academic employees; and |
| (n) | the Chairperson of the Institutional Forum. |
| (2) | The following are permanent invitees to Senate (and not members): |
| (a) | Faculty managers; and |
| (b) | such other functionaries as determined by the Chairperson from time to time. |
| (3) | The majority of the Senate members are academic employees. |
| (4) | Employee representatives on the Senate shall be elected from the ranks of the academic and administrative and support staff in accordance with a process facilitated by the Registrar consisting of the following |
| (a) | Within 21 days before a specific election date, the Registrar shall offer |
| (i) | every academic employee the opportunity to nominate an academic employee to represent the academic employees on the Senate; and |
| (ii) | every non-academic employee the opportunity to nominate a non-academic employee to represent the non-academic employees on the Senate. |
| (b) | Each nominated candidate shall be seconded by at least ten 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) and the nominee shall indicate in writing to the Registrar that he or she accepts the nomination. |
| (c) | On the closure of nominations, the Registrar shall arrange for an election in accordance with generally acceptable election procedures. |
| (d) | Academic employees shall vote in respect of the vacancy to be filled by an academic employee and non-academic employees shall vote in respect of the vacancy to be filled by a non-academic employee. |
| (e) | An election shall be valid only if at least 10 per cent of the academic employees or non-academic employees, as the case may be, participated in the election. |
| (f) | The Registrar shall announce the results of the election as soon as possible after the conclusion of the election. |
| (g) | The Registrar shall determine, after consultation with the Director of Human Resources, whether an employee of the University, or an employee of the University jointly appointed by the University and another body, qualifies as an academic or a non-academic employee. |
| (h) | 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. |