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.

Academic Governance 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	1st January 2012	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	1st September 2014	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Board of Trustees	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	21st December 2011	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	17th January 2013	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Sophie Buck Director, Governance Services 45701415	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Author	Martin Derby	This is the author of record for this version of the document.
Enquiries Contact	Sophie Buck Director, Governance Services 45701415	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

Following the Board of Trustees decisions in July 2011 to approve changes to the University's organisational structure arising from the retirement and departure of senior staff, and the issue of the Vice-Chancellor's discussion paper "UWS Leadership and Management Changes" the Policy is being amended to align Senate's role and membership with the new organisational arrangements from 1 January 2012.

Changes are as follows:

- Inclusion of references to University Rules (clauses 2a and 4) to allow for the proposed introduction of a Student Misconduct Rule;

- Inclusion of a statement about Senate's role in providing advice about the management of academic risk (clause 3e);

- Minor editorial corrections (clause 3);

- A statement about issues relating to external regulatory frameworks of academic standards (i.e., TEQSA and the AQF; clause 6d);

- Deletion of references to colleges, and inclusion of research institutes (clauses 6e and 19);

- Transfer of the delegation for approving the conferring of degrees, diplomas and certificates for undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate coursework programs from the colleges to the schools (clause 9d);

- Amendment of the procedure for electing student members to reflect current practice (clause 22);

- Removal of references to Guidelines that are no longer required (clause 30);

- Changes to Senate's membership (clauses 12 and 13;).

Clauses Amended

Policy: 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 19, 22, 30