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UNISA ANNUAL REPORT 2011
SENATE REPORT
Composition of the Senate
The Chairperson of the Senate is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor. The composition of the
Senate is determined in accordance with the provisions of section 23(1) of the Institutional
Statute. It consists of the following members:
• Principal and Vice-Chancellor, who is the Chairperson of the Senate
• Pro Vice-Chancellor, who acts as the Chairperson in the absence of the Principal and Vice-
Chancellor
• Vice-Principals and the Registrar, who serves as the Secretary of the Senate
• Deputy Registrar, who acts as the Secretary in the absence of the Registrar
• Executive Deans of the colleges
• Deputy Executive Deans of the colleges
• Directors of schools and other Directors in the colleges
• Director of the Directorate: Curriculum and Learning Development
• Academic Director: Graduate School of Business Leadership
• Director: Short Learning Programmes
• Chairpersons of academic departments
• Heads of institutes, bureaus and centres that are formally constituted
• Executive Directors
• Dean of Students
• one full professor from each department of a college and the Graduate School of Business
Leadership (or where there is no full professor, an associate professor) elected by the permanent
academic employees of the relevant section
• a permanent academic employee who is not a full professor from each college and the
Graduate School of Business Leadership elected from among the ranks of the academic
employees in the college or Graduate School of Business Leadership, as relevant
• one permanent employee (other than an academic employee) from each college elected
by employees of the college who are not academic employees
• two members of Council who are neither staff nor students of the university
• two students elected by the National Students Representative Council
• not more than five additional persons designated by Senate for the special contribution
that they will be able to make to the role that the Senate plays at the university
Unisa embeds the academic character of the Senate and specifically requires the majority
of the members of the Senate to be academic employees. All elected Senate members
serve for a period of two years, except for the student representatives whose term of
office is determined by the SRC. The manner of election of members is determined by
each constituency. The only imposed proviso is that the persons elected reflect the institutional
value and sensitivity to race, gender and disability.
Senate meetings are scheduled on a quarterly basis; whilst the Executive of Senate
meets on a monthly basis. Ten members of Senate represent the Senate on the
Executive Committee.
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