Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.

Graduation Policy

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Status	Historic	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	23rd July 2020	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	23rd July 2025	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Academic Senate	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	20th July 2020	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	8th September 2021	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Jess Gleeson Director, Data Integrity, Quality and Operations j.gleeson@westernsydney.edu.au	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact	Carolyn Love Student Completions Coordinator 47360001	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

30 July 2021 – Inserted the note and hyperlink to the new Policy Suspension or Variation Instrument – COVID-19 Policy Response 2021 and referenced the expired Policy Suspension or Variation Instrument.

6 May 2021 – System Administrator Fix – update the placeholder for Academic Senate from the Division-based record to the Committee-based record.

30 April 2021 – System Administrator Fix – Update the placeholder for the School Academic Committee from the redundant Divisions-based record to the Committee/Group based record.

15/2/2021: Notes requested by Director, Student Administration. Please note that:

Clauses (33), (34) and (37) relating to the criteria for the Dean’s Medal are effective from 1 January 2021. As the Deans medal is awarded annually, the conferral cohort for 2020 will be assessed on the criteria outlined in these clauses in the previous version of the policy which was published on 13 December 2016;

In addition to the previous notes about changes to this Policy, another change approved in 2020 is new Clause (35): Students are not eligible for a Dean’s Medal if a Student Misconduct sanction has been applied during the course for which they are a current graduand.

A minor amendment has been made to change the phrase “calendar year” to “conferral year” in Clauses (32) and (36). This amendment was approved by Academic Senate at the 19 June 2020 meeting, however, was subsequently not included in the version published on 10 July 2020. This change has been incorporated to reflect a change in process to the Method of Selection, so the Dean’s Medal is now awarded based on conferral year rather than calendar year. This change will assist processing due to the intended move to rolling conferrals and address an issue where some eligible students were being missed.

Clauses Amended:Policy: 32, 36