Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of North West UniversityChapter 2 : Governance and Other Structures20. Establishment, functions and composition |
FACULTY BOARDS
| (1) | For each faculty the senate establishes a standing committee of the senate known as a faculty board. |
| (2) | The faculty board— |
| (a) | is accountable to the senate for the monitoring and the oversight of teaching programmes, learning components of programmes, assessment and moderation, research, community engagement and implementation of expertise of the faculty; |
| (b) | must make proposals to the senate for rules prescribing the requirements for each degree, diploma and certificate offered in the faculty, including the requirements for admission and readmission of students; |
| (c) | may advise the executive dean of the faculty on all learning, teaching, research, academic support and student matters pertaining to a faculty, as well as appropriate quality-assurance measures; |
| (d) | must perform all other functions as the senate delegates or assigns to it; and |
| (e) | may by resolution establish committees of the faculty, and may appoint as members of such committees any people whether they are members of the faculty board or not. |
| (3) | The senate determines the composition of a faculty board in order to enable it to optimally perform the functions referred to in subparagraph (2). |