In this statute, unless the context indicates otherwise any word or phrase has the meaning ascribed thereto by the Act, and—

“academic director”

means a person appointed in terms of paragraphs 61 and 62;

“academic employee”

means any employee appointed as a professor, associate professor, senior lecturer, lecturer or junior lecturer, or otherwise designated as such by the council, primarily to perform tasks regarding academic functions, namely teaching-learning, research and implementation of expertise;

“academic unit”

means a school or research entity established to perform functions pertaining to teaching-learning, research, academic evaluation and implementation of expertise;

“Act”

means the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No 101 of 1997);

“alumni”

means all persons who have been conferred a degree or have been awarded a diploma or certificate from the university or its predecessors;

“annual university calendar”

means a calendar with the dates of official university events in a particular calendar year, approved by the council and published annually by the registrar;

“campus”

means the Mahikeng Campus situated in Mahikeng, the Potchefstroom Campus in Potchefstroom and the Vanderbijlpark Campus in Vanderbijlpark, and such other location as may be determined by the council and approved by the Minister in terms of section 65A(2) of the Act;

“Constitution”

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

“convocation”

means the association of alumni of the university referred to in paragraphs 30 and 31 and established in accordance with section 26(2)(g) of the Act;

“council”

means the council of the university established by paragraph 4(1) in accordance with sections 26(2)(a) and 27 of the Act;

“deputy dean”

means a person appointed in terms of paragraphs 59 and 60;

“deputy vice-chancellor”

means a person appointed in terms of paragraphs 51 and 52;

“donor”

means a person referred to in paragraph 35(1);

“employees”

means the academic and support employees of the university contemplated in paragraphs 65 to 69, whether appointed on a permanent, temporary or fixed term basis;

“executive dean”

means a person appointed in terms of paragraphs 57 and 59;

“executive director”

means a person appointed in terms of paragraphs 55 and 56;

“faculty”

means an academic management structure established in terms of paragraphs 7(1)(e) and 14(1)(c);

“faculty board”

means a senate standing committee established in terms of paragraph 20;

“institutional forum”

means the institutional forum of the university established in terms of paragraph 22 in accordance with sections 26(2)(f) and 31 of the Act;

“honorary award”

means an award awarded by the university in terms of paragraph 7979 and includes an honorary degree, chancellor’s medal or any other award by means of which a person or entity is honoured;

“management committee”

means the committee established in terms of paragraph 63(1);

“Minister”

means the Minister responsible for Higher Education and Training;

“qualification”

means any formal qualification registered on the respective sub-framework and includes a degree, diploma or certificate;

“registrar”

means the person referred to in section 26(4)(b) of the Act and paragraph 53, appointed in terms of paragraph 54;

“rules”

means the rules made by the council in terms of section 32(1)(b) of the Act to give effect to the statute;

“SCC”

means a Students’ Campus Council provided for in paragraphs 26-29;

“senate”

means the senate provided for in section 26(2)(b) of the Act and established by paragraph 13;

“short learning programme”

means any intervention through teaching and learning of which the details are not listed on the NWU Programme Qualification Mix as a formal academic programme or qualification, that is offered for free or for a fee or other form of compensation, or for which an NWU certificate or other form of recognition bearing the emblem of the NWU is issued;

“SRC”

means the Students’ Representative Council provided for in paragraphs 26-29;

“student”

means a person admitted and registered as a student to attain a qualification;

“support employees”

means all employees other than academic employees;

“trade union”

means a trade union registered in terms of section 96 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No 66 of 1995);

“university”

means the North-West University or NWU;

“vice-chancellor”

means the principal, and chief executive and accounting officer of the university appointed in terms of paragraphs 42, 44 and 45, who is the principal of the university as provided for in sections 26(2)(c) and 30 of the Act;

“vice-principal”

means the person appointed in terms of paragraph 50(1) in accordance with section 26(2)(d) of the Act;

“yearbook of the university”

means the document annually published by the university, containing the General Academic Rules and the Faculty Rules of all faculties and any other information regarding the university and the faculties useful for prospective and current students, academic and administrative employees and management.