Governance

Meet the President of Concovation, Mr Mangaliso Nompula 

TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

I am a young man. I Iike to refer myself as that, coming from the Eastern Cape in a township called Mthatha, where my father had his first house. Where he comes from is a township, a location called Flagstaff. I went to Zingisa High School and later continued my high schooling at Holy Cross High School in Mthatha.

WHAT IS CONVOCATION?

Convocation is a combination of academic staff and graduates. In terms of a statute or a statutory body, graduates of an institution and academic staff are part of that. The executive would form part of a convocation. Convocation in its entirety is in my terms, ambassadors of the institution itself from a graduation point of view.
 

YOUR MESSAGE TO THE UWC COMMUNITY

• UWC Statute (2018)

The stated objective of the Act is to promote a culture of transparency and accountability in public and private bodies by giving effect to the right of access to information, as well as to actively promote a society in which the people of South Africa have effective access to information to enable them fully and thoroughly exercise and protect their rights. The Act determines that a requester must be given access to the record of a public body if the requester complies with all the procedural requirements of the Act relating to a request for that record, and if access to that record is not denied on any grounds of refusal as stated in the Act.

The Act requires all public and private bodies to compile manuals that would give effect to the constitutional right of access to any information held by these bodies and required for the exercise or protection of any rights, or other connected matters.

To fill in the PAIA online form, please click the link provided below:

• Application for access to a record

To download the Access to and Processing of Information Manual in terms of Section 14 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, read with the Protection of Personal Information Act, please click the link provided below:

• ENGLISH​

To download the Promotion of Access to Information Act (No. 2, 2000), please click one of the links provided below:​

• PAIA ACT 

Admission and Language Policies:

• Admission Policy: Download here
• Language Policy: Download here​​

• Give effect to the constitutional right to privacy by safeguarding personal information;
• Balance the right to privacy against other rights, like the right of access to information;
• Regulate the way in which personal information must be processed; and
• Provide persons with the right and remedies if the POPIA is contravened.

POPIA FAQs   POPI Policy

Universities South Africa (USAf) Implementation and Guidelines

• USAf Guidelines
• Implementation
• POPIA Fact Sheet

1. Academic Leave Policy
2. Academic Leave Policy for Dentistry
3. Accelerated Promotions Policy
4. Acceptable Use Policy
5. Administrative and Support Leave Policy
6. Admission Policy
7. Annual Bonus Policy
8. Appointment of Retired Teaching and Research Staff
9. Appointment on Probation Policy
10. Assessment Policy
11. Availability on Campus Policy
12. Benefits Policy
13. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy
14. Budget Policy
15. Cellphone Policy
16. Certification Policy
17. Children on Campus Policy
18. Co-curricular Record Policy
19. Collections Development Policy
20. Credit Accumulation and Transfer (CAT) Policy
21. Data Classification Policy
22. Delegation of Powers Policy
23. Dentistry Leave policy
24. Development and Governance of Policies (Policy on Policies)
25. Documents, Records and Archives Management Policy
26. Enterprise Risk Management Policy
27. Exit Policy
28. Financial Aid Policy
29. Fixed Assets Policy 
30. Flexi-time and Flexi-place Policy
31. Flexible Learning and Teaching Provisioning Policy
32. Fraud and Corruption Prevention Policy
33. Grants and Contracts Policy
34. Grievance Policy 
35. Identity and Access Management Policy 
36. Information Security Policy
37. Information Security Awareness and Training Policy
38. Infrastructure Management Policy
39. Integrated Student Mental Health and Wellness Policy
40. Language Policy
41. Legal Matters and Signing of Contracts and Agreements Policy
42. Long Service Awards, Grants, and Prizes for Staff Policy
43. Management of Continuing Education Courses Policy
44. Moderation Policy 
45. Network Security Policy
46. Night Shift and Standby Work Policy
47. Occupational Health and Safety Policy
48. Overtime Policy
49. Password Policy
50. Plagiarism Policy
51. Policy Document: Admission to Residences
52. Policy for Programme Reviews at UWC
53. Policy and Rules regarding the Appointment of Honorary, Extraordinary, Emeritus, Adjunct Senior Lecturers, Visiting Academics, Research fellows and Retention of the Title "Professor."
54. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Policy
55. Postgraduate Policy on Master's and Doctoral Studies
56. Private Work Policy
57. Procurement Policy
58. Procurement Policy Framework Addendum 
59. Protection of Personal Information (POPIA) Policy
60. Protests and Picketing Policy
61. Quality Management of UWC Policy
62. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy
63. Research Policy: Consolidated Sections 1 to 13
64. Research Policy: Section 1- Introduction & Defining Framework
65. Research Policy: Section 2 - Strategic Research Areas Policy
66. Research Policy: Section 3 - The Establishment, Maintenance and Review of Research Entities
67. Research Policy: Section 4 - International and National Research Partnerships
68. Research Policy: Section 5 - Research Capacity Development
69. Research Policy: Section 6 - Internal Funding
70. Research Policy: Section 7 - Research Incentive Grant Scheme
71. Research Policy: Section 8 - Marketing of University Research
72. Research Policy: Section 9 - Ethics Policy
73. Research Policy: Section 10 - Intellectual Property Policy
74. Research Policy: Section 11 - Open Access Policy
75. Research Policy: Section 12 - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
76. Research Policy: Section 13 - Research Data Management
77. Residence Admission Policy
78. Reward Foundation (HR Policy Document)
79. Security Policy
80. Selection, Development and Evaluation of Learning Materials
81. Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedure
82. Sexual Violence Policy
83. Smoking Policy
84. Staff Appointments Policy 
85. Staff with Disabilities Policy 
86. Student Debt Management (SDM) Policy
87. System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Policy
88. Teaching and Learning Policy
89. Third Party Security Risk Management Policy 
90. Travel Policy
91. Vehicle Use Policy
92. Wireless LAN (WiFi) Policy
93. Work Study Programme Policy