{"id":64,"date":"2020-09-17T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T13:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/tpsc\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2021-02-18T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T12:35:24","slug":"complaints-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/tpsc\/support-services\/discrimination-and-harassment\/complaints-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"64\" class=\"elementor elementor-64\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd83ac0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd83ac0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d50b2ff\" data-id=\"7d50b2ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b257cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b257cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complaints Procedure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2414df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e2414df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-196 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/tpsc\/files\/2021\/02\/complaints-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/tpsc\/files\/2021\/02\/complaints-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/tpsc\/files\/2021\/02\/complaints-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/tpsc\/files\/2021\/02\/complaints.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Anyone (student or staff member) who experiences any form of discrimination or harassment at the University may report their complaint to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/learning-teaching\/student-affairs\/cscd\/equality-unit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equality Unit\u200b<\/a><\/strong> within the\u00a0Centre for Student Counselling and Development\u200b. The complaints procedure has several steps including:<\/p><blockquote><p><b>Step 1:<\/b>\u00a0Lodge a face-to-face, confidential complaint with an anti-discrimination and harassment\u00a0case coordinator.\u00a0Students and staff at the Tygerberg Campus\u00a0must\u00a0schedule appointments with an anti-discrimination and harassment case officer who visits the Tygerberg Campus bi-monthly and when needed.\u00a0\u200b\u200b<\/p><p><b>Step 2:<\/b>\u00a0 Complete a preliminary cas\u200be assessment and intake form with your case coordinator.<\/p><p><b>Step 3:\u00a0<\/b> Once your case coordinator has gathered all the incident information, separate confidential interviews with the complainant and respondent will be conducted.<\/p><p><b>Step 4:\u00a0<\/b> When all the information has been gathered, referrals (where applicable) will be made to internal University support services.<\/p><p><b>Step 5:<\/b>\u00a0 The complainant will then be referred to advisors, who will make recommendations to the head of the Equality Unit. We strive to have this done within three working days of the complaint.<\/p><p><b>Step 6:\u00a0<\/b> Throughout the entire process the complainant will be informed of the progress of the complaint.<\/p><\/blockquote><p><strong>Unofficial complaints can be lodged via\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/faculty\/healthsciences\/Molecular_Biology_Human_Genetics\/Pages\/Discrimination-and-Harassment.aspx\"><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-3\"><strong>unfair@sun.co.za<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-3\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The Equality Unit&#8217;s\u00a0services are rendered and complaint mechanisms provided in accordance with <a href=\"http:\/\/sunrecords.sun.ac.za\/controlled\/C4%20Policies%20and%20Regulations\/FINAL%20Policy%20on%20Unfair%20Discrimination%20and%20Harassment%20ENG%202016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stellenbosch University&#8217;s\u00a0Policy on Unfair Discrimination and Harassment<\/strong><\/a> and applicable national legislation.\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complaints Procedure Anyone (student or staff member) who experiences any form of discrimination or harassment at the University may report their complaint to the Equality Unit\u200b within the\u00a0Centre for Student Counselling and Development\u200b. 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