GENERAL PROSPECTUS 2019 - ufh.ac.za

1 GENERAL PROSPECTUS 2019 THE university S VISION The university of Fort Hare is a vibrant, equitable and sustainable African university , committed to teaching and research excellence at the service of its students, scholars and wider community. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the university of Fort Hare is to provide high quality education of international standard contributing to the advancement of knowledge that is socially and ethically relevant, and applying that knowledge to the scientific, technological and socio economic development of our nation and the wider world.

2 HERALDIC DESCRIPTION The coat of arms consists of a Per Fess (divided) short shield coloured with azure (blue) and sable (black). The shield is charged (decorated) with a rising sun and an open Bible. The Bible contains the text in lumine tuo videbimus lumen . The rising sun depicts Glory, Splendour and the Fountain of Life. The open Bible shows Manifest Glory. The text taken from Psalm 36 verse 10, from the Vulgate edition of the Latin Bible, may be translated as: In thy light shall we see light. 1 1 Research conducted and presented by Mark P Snyders, Archivist National Heritage and Cultural Studies Centre August 2007.

3 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS UFH Official Address 5 UFH Office Bearers 6 Key Dates 2019 7 Message from the Vice Chancellor 8 Charter of Ethical Principles and Values 10 university CALENDAR 2019 12 GOVERNANCE 35 university Senior Officers 35 The university Council 37 Committees of Council 39 The university Senate 43 Committees of Senate 48 Combined Council and Senate Committees 58 The Management Committee (MANCO) 61 The Management Committees 62 The Institutional Forum 69 The Student Representative Council 70 HISTORICAL FORT HARE 71 Fort Hare: Past and Present 71 Past Vice Chancellors 74 Honorary Graduates 75 Professores Emeriti 77 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 78 RULES 96 GENERAL Rules 96 GENERAL Rules for Undergraduate Qualifications 98 GENERAL Rules for Postgraduate Qualifications 111 Rules applicable to Student Discipline 122 The university Library 134 Academic Dress 142 Fees payable to the university 148 International Student Policy 160 ACADEMIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS 166 FACULTIES AND THE DEGREES/DIPLOMAS CONFERRED 173 Faculty of Management and Commerce 173 Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities 176 4 Faculty of Law

4 186 Faculty of Science and Agriculture 189 Faculty of Health 193 Faculty of Education 195 STUDENT AFFAIRS & STUDENT SERVICES 198 INTERNATIONAL OFFICE 205 PLANNING & QUALITY ASSURANCE 209 RESEARCH & TEACHING SUPPORT 211 Govan Mbeki Research and Development Centre (GMRDC) 211 Teaching and Learning Centre 214 Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies 217 Hunterstoun Centre, Hogsback 220 RESEARCH ENTITIES 221 Centre for Leadership and Ethics in Africa (CLEA) 221 Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research (FHISER) 223 IsiXhosa National Lexicography Unit (XNLU) 226 National Heritage and Cultural Studies Centre (NAHECS) 228 The Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development 231 5 OFFICIAL ADDRESS All official correspondence should be addressed to: The Registrar, university of Fort Hare, Private Bag X 1314, Alice, 5700 E mail address.

5 6 OFFICE BEARERS Chancellor Advocate DB Ntsebeza SC Chairperson of Council Advocate ND Orleyn Vice Chancellor Professor SM Buhlungu Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs Professor JP Hendricks Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor Institutional Support Professor LY Majova Songca Interim university Registrar Professor PC Osode 7 KEY DATES FOR 2019 FIRST SEMESTER Administrative offices open on 03 January 2019 Academic staff report for duty on 07 January 2019 Orientation East London Campus: 22 25 January 2019 Alice Campus: 29 01 February 2019 Registration East London Campus: 14 January 2019 18 January 2019 Alice Campus: 22 January 2019 01 February 2019 Bhisho Campus.

6 05 February 2019 06 February 2019 Lecturing Periods 04 February 2019 29 March 2019 08 April 2019 17 May 2019 Graduation Ceremonies Thursday, 02 May 2019 East London Friday, 03 May 2019 East London Wednesday, 15 May 2019 Alice Thursday, 16 May 2019 Alice Friday, 17 May 2019 Alice Friday, 13 September 2019 Alice Supplementary Examinations 14 January 2019 25 January 2019 Examinations 1st Semester 27 May 2019 14 June 2019 SECOND SEMESTER Lecturing Periods 08 July 2019 23 August 2019 02 September 2019 18 October 2019 Supplementary Examinations 16 July 2019 26 July 2019 Examinations 2nd Semester 28 October 2019 15 November 2019 8 MESSAGE FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR This is going to be a highly productive year at the university of Fort Hare.

7 In many ways, we are a university under construction, in the literal as well as the figurative sense. We will be working towards realising our aspirations, as set out in our strategic plan, putting up bricks and mortar structures but also crafting institutions, practices and values to structure and support us on our journey. Foundational to this project of ours is improving the experience of our staff and students, through improvements to our systems, upgrades to our facilities, positive changes to the ways we interact with each and the cultivation of an ethos and culture of high expectations, ethical conduct, and mutual respect.

8 We will be building on the excellent output of 2018, which, the many challenges notwithstanding, signals that we are a university that means business. Last year we graduated 153 PhDs. This is a remarkable achievement and a significant contribution to the national and continental skills trust. This has been possible only because of an ongoing commitment to growing the depth and breadth of our research. We can see the results, not only in the number of research outputs, but also in the acclaim bestowed upon our most talented researchers, emerging as well as established. We now have 25 rated scholars in our midst.

9 Identifying and growing our research niche areas and ensuring that the quality of our research keeps improving alongside ongoing engagement with the most critical challenges of our era are really important factors that will shape our long term trajectory. The university has been growing over the last few years, despite the limits of our infrastructure. This does require a cautious and planned approach to future growth, as outlined in our enrolment plan, which we need to submit to DHET in March. Yet, we are very pleased nonetheless that much of the substantive growth over the last few years has been in our postgraduate student numbers.

10 A strong postgraduate student cohort is a prerequisite for a university that values research and for which knowledge production is a key aim. The number of partnership agreements we are entering is expanding and these cut across all segments of society, including key role players in all sectors. In the Eastern Cape, we have strong and durable partnerships with municipalities, provincial government, traditional authorities, metropolitan councils, SETAS, and research entities. These dense partnerships ground us in place and context and provide us with many resources and social capital without which we would have been impoverished.