Agenda and papers, Academic Board meeting 20/1

Meeting 20/1 of the Academic Board of the University of Technology Sydney is scheduled for Wednesday 25 March 2020, via Zoom at 10.30am.

The agenda and papers for this meeting are available in the following agenda table or as combined agenda and papers (updated, 3.4mb PDF). (Note: Access to papers is restricted to Academic Board members and UTS staff only.)

For information about Academic Board, see functions and powers of Academic Board (Rule G3, Part 1, Division 3).

Item Topic Paper
  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Board members are asked to declare to the Chair any interest in relation to any matters listed.		  
1 PROCEDURAL MATTERS  
1.1 Welcome/apologies Item 1.1 (updated, 37kb PDF)
1.2 Minutes
For confirmation: minutes of meeting 19/5 (13 November 2019)		 Item 1.2 (110kb PDF)
1.3 Business arising from the minutes
All known matters are listed on the agenda		  
1.4 Receipt of tabled papers
There are no tabled papers		  
1.5 Starring of items for discussion  
2 REPORTS FROM THE CHAIR/DEPUTY CHAIR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR  
2.1* Report from the Chair/Deputy Chair
For decision		 Item 2.1 (updated, 268kb PDF)
2.2* Report from the Vice-Chancellor
For noting		 Item 2.2 (138kb PDF)
3 PRIORITY ISSUES  
3.1 2019 annual report on Indigenous education and research objectives
For noting		 Item 3.1 (355kb PDF)
3.2 UTS Corporate Plan 2019 — end of year performance report
For noting		 Item 3.2 (711kb PDF)
4 COMMITTEE BUSINESS  
4.1* Courses Accreditation Committee report
For decision		 Item 4.1 (217kb PDF)
4.2 Executive Committee of Academic Board report
For decision		 Item 4.2 (281kb PDF)
4.3* Graduate Research School Board report
For decision		 Item 4.3 (1.57mb PDF)
4.4* Research Committee report
For noting		 Item 4.4 (215kb PDF)
4.5* Teaching and Learning Committee report
For noting		 Item 4.5 (196kb PDF)
4.6 Appeals committees of Academic Board — 2019 annual report
For noting		 Item 4.6 (30kb PDF)
5 FACULTY/BOARD MATTERS  
5.1 Amendment to Standing Orders for Faculty Boards
For decision		 Item 5.1 (36kb PDF)
5.2 Composition changes — Faculty Board in Design, Architecture and Building
For decision		 Item 5.2 (86kb PDF)
6 PRESENTATIONS  
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7 GENERAL BUSINESS  
7.1 Annual Report on award course approval decisions
For noting		 Item 7.1 (109kb PDF)
7.2 Elections update
For noting		 Item 7.2 (23kb PDF)
7.3 Responsible Academic Officers
For noting		 Item 7.3 (45kb PDF)
7.4 Annual report on the quality management of UTS short courses
For noting		 Item 7.4 (194kb PDF)
8 OTHER BUSINESS  
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.