Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019Chapter 2 : GovernanceFaculty Boards23. Establishment and composition |
| (1) | The Senate must establish for each faculty a standing committee of the Senate known as a faculty board. |
| (2) | A faculty board may determine its own composition, subject to approval by the Senate in terms of clause 19(3)(h), but a faculty board: |
| (a) | may only include permanent or full-time staff members and students; |
| (b) | must include all permanent academic staff members (i.e. professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, lecturers and junior lecturers), subject to subclause (3); |
| (c) | must provide for representation of administrative and support staff and students; and |
| (d) | must be representative of the faculty having regard to race, gender and disability. |
| (3) | If compelling practical considerations make it difficult to include all permanent academic staff members as contemplated in subclause (2)(b), a faculty board may provide for any of the categories mentioned to be represented by members elected from their ranks. |