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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

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Institutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019

Chapter 2 : Governance

Institutional Forum

29. Establishment and composition

 

(1) There is an Institutional Forum of 23 members, comprised of representatives from each of the following sectors — governance and management, staff, students, and the community.

 

(2) The sectors of the membership of the Institutional Forum are composed as follows:
(a) Governance and management sector:
(i) one person elected from its ranks by the Council;
(ii) two persons elected from its ranks by the Senate;
(iii) the registrar or a person designated by the registrar;
(iv) the senior director responsible for community relations or a person designated by the senior director; and
(v) the director responsible for employment equity or a person designated by the director.
(b) Staff sector:
(i) two persons elected from their ranks by the permanent non-professorial academic staff;
(ii) two persons elected from their ranks by the professional and administrative support staff;
(iii) one person elected from their ranks by the technical support staff; and
(iv) one person elected from their ranks by the service staff on post levels 14 to 19, excluding professional and administrative support staff, and technical support staff.
(c) Student sector:
(i) two persons elected from its ranks by the SRC;
(ii) one person elected from its ranks by the Tygerberg SRC;
(iii) one person elected from its ranks by the Prim Committee;
(iv) one person elected from its ranks by the Societies Council; and
(v) one person elected from its ranks by the Academic Affairs Council.
(d) Community sector:
(i) one person, who may not be an employee or student of the University, elected from its ranks by the Convocation; and
(ii) four persons, who may not be staff members of the University, each designated by a body representative of civil society, as identified by the Institutional Forum on the recommendation of the senior director responsible for community relations.