About the Academic Board

For Staff

Date of establishment:

29-30 October 1991 (Senate Resolution 91/83 refers)

Meeting frequency:

Five times per year

Responsible Officer:

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Executive Officer:

Administrative Officer, Secretariat.

Membership:

• Vice-Chancellor
• Pro-Vice-Chancellors
• Associate Vice-Chancellors
• Faculty Deans
• Campus Deans
• two Professors from each Faculty elected by and from the professoriate of the Faculty (excluding those Professors who are members of Academic Board ex-officio) to serve for a period of two years
• one academic staff representative from each Faculty elected by and from the non-professorial academic staff of the Faculty to serve for a period of two years
• Academic Registrar
• Director of Identity and Mission
• Director, Libraries
• Director, University Relations
• Director, Information Technology
• Director, Centre for Learning and Teaching
• External professor
• Professor of Theology
• Student member of Senate
• Indigenous representative with an appropriate academic background
• Such other persons as the Senate may determine

Terms of Reference

Academic Board is a standing committee of the University Senate. The Boards Terms of Reference are:

• to promote excellence in teaching and learning, research and research training, community engagement, and internationalisation of the University;
• to formulate, further and coordinate academic policy, programs and regulations throughout the University, including communication with the academic community;
• to recommend new award courses to Senate for approval and to approve new non-award courses;
• to consider and approve reviews of existing courses;
• to develop and monitor the implementation of academic policies and undertake periodic review thereof;
• to oversee quality assurance and quality implementation in relation to the academic work of the University;
• to refer matters to Faculties for consideration and report;
• to consider and take action on reports from Faculties;
• to advise on academic aspects of the formulation and review of the Universitys Strategic Plan;
• to approve and oversee the implementation of the University's Learning and Teaching Plan;
• to ensure course development and review, teaching and learning, research and research training, community engagement, and internationalisation align with the Universitys Strategic Plan;
• to foster discourse on issues related to higher education and the Universitys Mission in the sector;
• to provide advice on relevant recommendations of internal and external reviews of the Universitys organisational units; and
• to exercise other functions delegated by Senate to Academic Board.

Review(s)

The Board reviews its procedures and membership as it deems necessary and recommends accordingly to Senate. The terms of reference and membership were last reviewed by Academic Board on 21 February 2007.