That the role of the National Universities Council should be primarily governance, discussion of broad issues and policy making. That the role of the National Universities Executive should be primarily management and policy implementation. In addition to vertical coherence within the Universities structure itself, it is important that there should be coherence between the universities structure and other structures of the greater CPSU union body. It is vital that the opportunity remains for the universities electorate to influence decisions concerning the use of these resources. This consideration, as well as the Memorandum of Understanding, argues for maintenance of existing universities positions on Branch and Federal structures, where they already exist.
Representation is achieved through participation in key bodies.
Cross-representation of university members can be achieved either by members of key universities structure bodies participating on key general union bodies, or those who represent university members on key bodies in the general structure participating in the universities structure. The latter option provides for direct membership input to local University Delegates Committees and to the composition of Universities State Councils of the proposed structure. There would in addition be no requirement to vary the current election process for Branch Councils of the general structure. An industry structure which enables policy formulation and communication across both groupings should have direct input to NOC, as the only body within CPSU coordinating policy across both sets of members. This argues for the creation of a dedicated position on NOC, which has considerable symbolic as well as substantive value.