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.

Disability 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	8th January 2018	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	8th January 2021	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Vice-Chancellor and President	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	15th December 2017	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	15th December 2021	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Michelle Falconer Director, Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing 96787370	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact	Michelle Falconer Director, Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing 96787370	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

17/06/2021: Division Office of Human Resources (HR) replaced with Office of People and Success (People and Success)

16/06/2021: Division name changed from Equity, Diversity and Support (E,D&S) to Equity, Diversity and Wellbeing (E,D&W)

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

16 April 2021 – Document updated to reflect the unit title change for the Equity and Diversity Unit to Equity, Diversity and Support and position title change for Senior Manager, Equity and Diversity to Director, Equity, Diversity and Support.

11 June 2020 – Deleted redundant position title “Director, Equity and Diversity” and replaced with “Senior Manager, Equity and Diversity”.

22 March 2019 – removed embedded URLs and replaced with associated information placeholder URLs.

6 March 2019 – Deleted references to the redundant unit ‘Assessment and Graduation Unit’ and replaced with ‘Examinations’.

The Disability Policy has undergone a general update to ensure that the provisions reflect current University practice and comprehensively address our legal obligations to prevent disability discrimination. The updated policy now: - covers the University's new process for applying disability-related adjustments for students on placements, - includes students and staff with carer responsibilities, in line with the Carer Recognition Act (2010), - aligns with the University's new Workplace Flexibility Policy by matching the relevant definitions and examples of flexible working arrangements, - requires staff with disability requesting a workplace adjustment to provide documentation no more than six months old to help ensure the University is aware of the most current circumstances and recommended adjustments, - provides stricter privacy protections for student and staff's personal information, and - requires where there is a change in circumstances that the staff with an existing Reasonable Adjustment Plan and their supervisor contact the Equity & Diversity Unit to initiate a review of the Reasonable Adjustment Plan.

Clauses Amended:Policy: All

27/09/2021: Division Work Health and Safety Unit (WHS Unit) replaced with Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing (WHS&W)

30/09/2021: Division Student Experience Office (SEO) replaced with Office of Student and University Planning (OS&UP)