Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019Chapter 2 : GovernanceInstitutional Forum29. 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. |