What is the UCT role model?

At UCT, your access to various facilities depends on your identity – are you a staff member, student or a third party? Underpinning this is the UCT Role Model – a set of principles that defines the various roles at UCT and the resources that members of each role are entitled to.

This assists back-end systems in automatically providing access rights to individuals when they arrive at UCT.

The UCT Role Model is under continuous review so it may change from time to time.

Definition of a staff member

A staff member is an individual who is employed at UCT, either as a permanent staff member or as a T1 or T2 contractor. There are numerous types of staff members:

Current staff members Occasional staff members

  • Academic staff member (permanent & T-contract)

  • PASS staff member (permanent & T-contract)

  • Staff member not paid by UCT (e.g. joint staff, paid by NHLS/ PGWC)

  • Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Associate Professor

  • Visiting academic staff member

  • Honorary academic staff member

  • Retired staff member

NOTE:
If you’re an ad hoc, paid-on-claim staff member (i.e. you’re not permanent and don’t have a T-contract), you are regarded as a third party.

With the changes to the Microsoft Licensing agreements, additional classifications have been introduced into the UCT Role Model. These classifications are intended to differentiate and provide guidance on the types of Microsoft licensing and entitlements based on the UCT Role Model.

Additional types

  • Microsoft 365 (desktop application licence): user has full access to Microsoft 365 services, including the ability to install desktop applications.
  • Microsoft Office 365 online (lite user licence): user has access to selected Microsoft 365 services available through
    the Microsoft Portal, including Word Online, Excel Online, and PowerPoint Online.
  • UCT Voice: user has access to UCT Unified Communication Services, offered as a paid service at UCT.

Role model for staff members

Please visit the Service Portal Knowledge Base to see details of the facilities and services available to current and occasional staff members. Note that you will need to log in using your UCT credentials.