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SENATE REPORT TO COUNCIL
During the period under review, the Senate continued to exercise its mandate of preserving the academic integrity of the academic programmes in line with the provision of the Statute of UNIZULU.
Operations of the Senate focused largely function appointed by the Senate
on quality improvement, restructuring of academic programmes, cleaning of the academic structure and the introduction of new
career-focused programmes to address the mission of a comprehensive university.
COMPOSITION OF THE SENATE
The Senate has been reconstituted according to the UNIZULU Statute and in accordance with section 28 (2) of the HE Act. Senate comprises:
• Vice-Chancellor (Chairperson)
• Chairperson of the Council or any other external member of the Council nominated by the Chairperson of Council
• One external member of the Council appointed by the Council
• The Deputy Vice-Chancellors
• Registrar
• Deans
• Professors, Deputy Deans and Heads of Departments
• Dean of Students or a person holding an equivalent
position
• Head of the Richards Bay Campus
• One academic employee from each faculty, with at least
the status of an associate professor, elected by faculties
in accordance with paragraph 31(2)
• Directors of centres, institutes or units with an academic
• Directors, or persons holding equivalent positions, of departments and units with an academic support function appointed by the Senate including, but limited to:
- Library services
- Research support
- Academic support
- Quality assurance
• Chairperson of the Institutional Forum
• Two students elected in accordance with the process
described in paragraph 31 (3)
OVERVIEW OF FACULTIES
UNIZULU has four academic faculties in total, comprising the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law, the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Science and Agriculture. Each faculty is led by a Dean and assisted by two deputy deans, one responsible for Teaching and Learning (T&L) and the other for Research and Innovation (R&I). Each faculty is made up of departments, created based on the speciality of the academic offering that is managed by HoDs. Support staff provide the required assistance to ensure proper administration in the faculties. During the year under review, UNIZULU employed a total of 331 academic staff members of which 99 are in the Faculty of Arts, 48 in the Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law, 73 in the Faculty of Education, 108 in the Faculty of Science
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