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.

Support for Students Policy

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Status	Current	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	27th March 2024	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	27th March 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	26th March 2024	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	Not Applicable	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Maryanne Dever Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Education m.dever@westernsydney.edu.au	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact	Jess Gleeson Director, Data Integrity, Quality and Operations j.gleeson@westernsydney.edu.au	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

16/04/2024: System Administrator Fix – Clause 29 heading ‘Supporting Diverity and Inclusivity’ to ‘Supporting Diversity and Inclusivity’.

15/04/2024: System Administrator Fix – inserted hyperlinks and placeholders to relevant clauses.

On the passing of the Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023, higher education providers were required to have a short principle statement-based Support for Students Policy published by 1 January 2024. Further requirements including details regarding the assessment of students’ capability to succeed in a subject, support to be available, training for academic staff, levels of resourcing and extensive reporting, was provided via a guidelines document in early 2024 with compliance required by 1 April 2024. These changes, whilst not amending the intention of the policy statements, provide the additional required detail with a number of required refinements including: • Amendments to language to align with the recently published Department of Education, Skills and Employment Guidelines • Explicit inclusion of The College and Third Party Providers • Expansion of definitions • Expansion of statements and addition of required sections on: o Student success o Monitoring of academic risk factors o Student responsibility o Census dates o Academic support services o Non-academic support services o Supporting Diversity and inclusivity o Academic and in-classroom support o Review and reporting Considering the tight timeframes imposed by the legislation this version was approved via the Brief Channel process under Delegation Schedule HH12. Ownership of this policy document moved with this version from the VP P&A to the DVCE. Approval from both Executive Sponsors was obtained for this version.

Clauses Amended:Policy: All Guidelines: All Procedures: All