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	11th November 2021	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	11th November 2026	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	11th November 2021	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	26th October 2022	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

22/06/2022: Position name changed from Chief Student and University Planning Officer (Chief SUPO) to Chief Data and Planning Officer (Chief D&PO)

20 May 2022 – Deleted notes and links to the expired ‘Policy Suspension or Variation Instrument – COVID-19 Policy Response 2021’.

The Graduation Policy has been updated to include two minor changes, which were approved by Academic Senate at its 13 August 2021 meeting (resolution AS 21/04:03), but omitted in error in the final version of the policy when it was published in September 2021. Dean’s Medal changes: Amendment have been made to clauses (32) and (33) to reflect the change in process to now allow Honours students to be considered for a Dean’s Medal, unless they are recipients of the University Medal, as indicated in clause (36). Applying to Graduate: The term ‘applying to graduate’ has been changed to ‘registering to graduate’ in clauses (10) and (15) to reflect a change in this process, which was also included in the final version approved at Academic Senate in August 2021.

Clauses Amended:Policy: Clauses 10, 15, 32 and 33