Section 2: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires–

“academic staff” means all persons holding appointments as the case may be as professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, lecturers, assistant lecturers or teaching and research assistants of the University or in other posts so designated by the Senate; “Campus” means any of the constituent institutions of a University specified in the First Schedule and referred to in subsection (2) of section 3; “Court” means the Court of a University established under section 20 as the highest administrative authority of the University; ‘‘distinction’’ means any academic award granted by a University with the approval of the Court; ‘‘extension’’ in relation to work, means work done by a University outside its walls; ‘‘faculty’’ includes a School of the University; ‘‘graduate’’ means a person to whom a degree has been awarded by a University; ‘‘Minister’’ means the Minister responsible for matters of tertiary education; ‘‘Senate’’ means the Senate of a University established under section 23 as the highest academic authority of the University; ‘‘special resolution’’ means a resolution– (a) passed by the votes of not less than three fourths of the members of the Court present and voting at a meeting of which notice setting out the general nature of the business to be transacted, has been given to the members of the Court not less than twentyone days before the meeting; and (b) confirmed by a like majority at a subsequent meeting of which like notice has been given held in not less than one and not more than three calendar months after the meeting mentioned in paragraph (a); ‘‘Statutes’’ means the Statutes of the University contained in the Second Schedule; ‘‘Tertiary Education Commission’’ or ‘‘Commission’’ means the Commission established by the Tertiary Education Commission Act, 2001; ‘‘University’’ means a University established by section 3 and includes any other University established under section 42. PART II– ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES