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The Code of Conduct for Council members serves
to regulate the conduct of members of Council, particularly in relation to conflicts of interest. The Code is applied should there be lapses or perceived lapses of good conduct on the part of members of Council.
of Council, of whom two serve on the Senate, Institutional Forum, and Professorial Appeals Committee. In addition, one external Council member serves on the University’s Student Services Board and another member serves on the Honorary Awards Committee. The Chairperson of Council and three external and two internal members of Council serve on the Electoral College which nominates or appoints the Chancellor.
Staff and Student Participation
DUT uses a variety of participating structures for matters that affect employees and students directly and materially.
Insofar as staff members are concerned, three trade unions – the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the National Educational Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), and the Tertiary Education National Union of South Africa (TENUSA) – enjoy organisational rights. Our Recognition Agreements allow them to participate in the Labour Management Consultative Forum (LMCF) and in the Joint Bargaining Forum, the latter being a forum for matters of rights.
Notwithstanding the revised Statute with certain changes to the status quo, each trade union elects one academic
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