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• Salary Sacrifice (Vehicles) PolicyThis policy details the conditions and arrangements pertaining to the acquisition of vehicles via salary sacrifice for personal or personal/business use.
• Scheduled Drugs and Poisons Management ProcedureThis document outlines the procedures for managing schedule 4 and 8 drugs and covers authorisation; information, training and supervision; storage; record-keeping; disposal; security and reporting.
• Scholarships for Coursework Students PolicyThis policy details the procedures for establishing and awarding undergraduate scholarships at the University. It also covers general criteria, eligibility, benefits, tenure, selection committees, termination and appeal provisions.
• Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response PolicyThese procedures provide Western Sydney University staff with the process they are required to follow when a person makes a report of a sexual offence.
• Smoke-Free Environment PolicyThis policy outlines the University's commitment to the health and wellbeing of its staff and students in regards to environmental tobacco smoke.
• Space Allocation GuidelinesThe Guidelines provide the University's process for allocating and reallocating space, and for relocating.
• Space Hiring PolicyThis document explains the University's requirements with respect to the casual and short-term usage of it's space for non-core activities, particularly the circumstances and conditions under which University space may be hired.
• Space PolicyThis policy outlines the principles associated with the use and management of University space with accompany procedures related to assignment, use, transfer, funding, and management.
• Special Consideration PolicyThis policy establishes a framework to manage serious and unavoidable disruptions to student’s learning that arise after a term has commenced.
• Staff Conferences and Planning Days PolicyThis policy details requirements and procedures with respect to the organisation and approval of staff retreats/planning days or conferences, including entertainment, recreation, alcohol, FBT, equity and OH&S issues and compliance with University policies.
• Staff Loadings and Responsibilities Allowance PolicyThis policy outlines the mechanisms for recognising high performing staff, and the conditions and procedures under which they can be applied. The policy includes the payment of loadings to new and existing staff, conferring of distinguished titles and incremental progression for Academics Level E.
• Student Administration PolicyThis policy provides the framework for the management of students studying coursework programs at the University, including deals with the requirements associated with admission, formal enrolment, student finance and fees payment, HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP, credit for prior learning, subject registration, timetable, variations to study programs, the provision of personal information, leave of absence withdrawal from a program, non-award enrolment, results, progression, conferral, academic documentation, recognition of academic excellence and communication about administrative matters.
• Student Administration Policy - Admissions ProcedureThis procedure covers all aspects related to the admission of students to the University's academic programs, both undergraduate and postgraduate, for domestic and overseas students. This includes receiving an offer, deferring studies, direct entry and alternative entry pathways.
• Student Administration Policy - Conferral and Academic Documentation ProcedureThis procedure defines the types of official statements that provide academic records to students, and sets out the ways in which their contents may be used to ensure the information provided by the University is fit for purpose and consistent, in line with the Student Administration Policy.
• Student Administration Policy - Credit for Prior Learning ProcedureThis procedure covers the granting of credit for previous studies and recognition of prior learning. Transfer Credit replaces the previous term; Advanced Standing, in line with the Student Administration Policy.
• Student Administration Policy - Enrolment ProcedureThis procedure covers the enrolment and subject registration process covered in the Student Administration Policy.
• Student Administration Policy - Posthumous Awards ProcedureThis procedure addresses the granting of posthumous awards, in the event of a student's death, and of aegrotat grades, in circumstances where the student has suffered permanent disability or incapacity in line with the Student Administration Policy.
• Student Administration Policy - Progression ProcedureThese orocedures cover matters relating to identifying and dealing with poor performance, including "at risk" students; multiple failures; conditional enrolment, suspension or exclusion for unsatisfactory academic performance and appeals; and maximum length of enrolment, in line with the Student Administration Policy.
• Student Administration Policy - Recognition of Academic Excellence ProcedureThis procedure covers matters relating to a student's graduation including applying to graduate, deferred and in absentia graduation; the awards of honours; aegrotat awards; graduating with distinction; University medal, Dean's medals and merit lists; cumulative grade point average (GPA); and replacement testamurs, in line with the Student Administration Policy.
  
• Student Administration Policy - Student Fees ProcedureThis procedure outlines the requirements for students to pay student tuition and the student amenities fees (SSAF), and the associated administration of those fees by the University.
• Student Administration Policy - Timetabling ProcedureThese procedures outline the requirements and procedures related to the generation and operation of the University's teaching timetable and the booking of spaces held in the timetabling system database, Syllabus Plus, in line with the Student Administration Policy.
• Student Code of ConductThis Code outlines the University's principal expectations of students in academic work and inter-personal relationships.
• Student Feedback PolicyThis policy outlines how student feedback on units and teaching is gathered, reported, and utilised, using University-approved standard surveys, as part of the University's ongoing commitment to providing a quality learning experience for students.
• Student Feedback ProceduresThese procedures support the Student Feedback Policy, which outlines how student feedback on subjects and teaching is gathered, reported, and utilised, using University-approved standard surveys, as part of the University's ongoing commitment to providing a quality learning experience for students.
• Student Fees Procedures - Startup-Help(Expired)These procedures provide the University requirements for managing the STARTUP-HELP program in accordance with the relevant legislation including the Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023. They apply to students selected for a STARTUP-HELP place in an approved accelerator program at the University.
• Student Health Leave PolicyThis policy establishes a framework for students with a health condition to have an opportunity to take voluntary health leave, or are required to be placed on mandatory health leave.
• Student Health Leave ProcedureThese procedures apply to all approved voluntary leave taken, or mandatory leave imposed, under the Student Health Leave Policy.
• Student Learning Abroad PolicyThis policy confirms current student learning abroad principles and formalises roles and responsibilities for professional and academic elements. It is aligned with the Sustaining Success Strategic Plan 2021 - 2026 and establishes key principles and operational requirements for outbound student mobility.
• Student Learning Abroad ProceduresThese procedures define the process for the management and approval of student participation in international mobility / learning abroad programs, and apply to all student learning abroad programs.
• Student Misconduct RuleThis Rule applies to all students of the University and to students registered in a University Affiliate Course for all allegations of Misconduct, including those alleged to have occurred before commencement of this Rule but which have not been dealt with under any previous rule, policy or other process for Misconduct.
• Student Misconduct Rule - Inappropriate Behaviour GuidelinesThe guidelines establish a framework and procedures for reporting and dealing with allegations of behaviour and activity that can be dealt with through educative and/or remedial interventions, rather than as misconduct under the Student Misconduct Rule.
• Student Misconduct Rule - Student Misconduct Panel GuidelinesThe guidelines provide for the selection and membership of Student Misconduct Panels in accordance with the Student Misconduct Rule.
• Student Misconduct Rule ProceduresThese Guidelines establish procedures to assist decision-makers in carrying out their roles and responsibilities when managing allegations of misconduct and imposing sanctions under the Rule.
• Student Representation and Participation PolicyThis policy outlines the University's commitment to student reperesentation in decision making processes.
• Sun Protection Guidelines for Outdoor WorkersThese guidelines provide advice on sun protection methods and mechanisms for staff, students and any other person who may be exposed to the sun when working or studying at the University.
• Sun Protection PolicyThis policy details the University's requirements for appropriate sun protection control measures for the purpose of reducing the potential for skin cancer to occur in the workplace.
  
• Support for Students PolicyThis policy outlines the support available to students to assist them with successfully completing their subjects and the University's processes for ensuring that students are aware of these support options. This policy is published in accordance with the University's obligations under the Higher Education Support Act 2003.