Academic Liaison Officers (ALOs)

Academic Liaison Officers (ALOs) are academic staff in each faculty who are responsible for determining approval of assessment adjustment arrangements for:

  • students with disabilities
  • students with carer responsibilities, or students who are pregnant.

Students with disabilities / access requirements (including ongoing medical conditions, mental health and learning disabilities) need to register with the Accessibility Service to arrange an Access Plan in consultation with an Accessibility Consultant in the Accessibility Service of Student Services Unit.

  • Accessibility Consultants provide recommendations for exam provisions and reasonable adjustments for assessments following consultation with the student about their needs, and assessing the documentation provided by their health professional.
  • ALOs determine whether these recommendations can be approved and in doing so ensure that the academic integrity of assessments is maintained.

Appointments with Accessibility Service staff are confidential and can be made by calling +61 2 9514 1177 or email Accessibility.Service@uts.edu.au if a phone is not accessible for you. The Accessibility Service will recommend assessment arrangements to the ALO.

ALOs are also contacts for students with carer responsibilities including students who are pregnant. For example, primary carers for small children or family members with a disability / ongoing illness). Students should approach their ALO directly to discuss their requests, ideally prior to the census date.

Requests can be made to the ALO using the application for students who have carer responsibilities or who are pregnant (PDF)

Due date for centrally conducted exams applications.

List of ALOs

Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

  • Undergraduate and postgraduate: Communications, Animation  
    Amelia Johns  
    +61 2 9514 2294  
    CB10.10.537
  • International Studies, Global Studies, Diploma in Languages, Education and The Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge (CAIK)  
    Fredericka van der Lubbe  
    +61 2 9514 7489  
    CB10.05.474

Business

Design Architecture and Building (DAB)

  • Architecture  
    Nimish Biloria  
    +61 2 9514 8848  
    CB06.05.004
  • Design: Fashion, Visual Communication, Product Design  
    Sarah Jones  
    +61 2 95148067  
    CB06.06.21
  • Undergraduate: Property Economics  
    Postgraduate: Property Dev, Planning  
    Hera Antoniades  
    +61 2 9514 8735  
    CB05C.03.19
  • Undergraduate: Construction, Project Management  
    Postgraduate: Project Management  
    Peter Smith  
    +61 2 9514 8732  
    CB05C.03.19

Engineering and IT (FEIT)

  • Undergraduate and Postgraduate: Engineering and Information Technology  
    Timothy Boye  
    +61 2 9514 4472  
    CB11.10.210
  • Postgraduate: Engineering and Information Technology  
    Nham Tran  
    +61 2 9514 4468  
    CB11.08.304

Graduate School of Health

  • Clinical Psychology, Genetic Counselling, Good Manufacturing Practice, Orthoptics, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology  
    Amy Freeman-Sanderson  
    +61 2 9514 7201  
    CB20.10.44

Health

Law

Science

  • Biotechnology, Molecular Biotechnology, Medical Science, Food Science and Technology, Pre-Medicine  
    Najah Nassif   
    +61 2 9514 4023  
    CB04.07.328
  • Chemistry, Forensic Science, Physics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Quantum Technology  
    Sujeewa De Silva  
    +61 2 9514 1501  
    CB04.05.340
  • Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Marine Biology and Climate Change, Environmental Biotechnology  
    Simon Mitrovic  
    +61 2 9514 8404  
    CB07.06.39
  • Mathematics, Statistics, Analytics, Maths and Computing  
    James Brown
    +61 2 9514 2247
    CB04.05.418

Transdisciplinary Innovation

  • Undergraduate courses: BCII, BTi and DI
    Postgraduate courses: MDSi, ALA and MCISI
    Beate Mueller

Unistart

  • Unistart students  
    Brenton James  
    +61 2 9514 1908  
    CB01.06.08E

Responsible Academic Officers (RAOs)

Responsible Academic Officers are senior academics in each faculty who oversee assessment procedures and resolve conflicts relating to assessment. They are also responsible for the appointment of ALOs, and for resolving significant differences of opinion between the AC, Subject Coordinators and ALO about learning and assessment arrangements.

Students can make an appeal to their Responsible Academic Officer if they are not satisfied with the assessment arrangements made by their ALO. It’s recommended that you talk to your Accessibility Consultant in the first instance.

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.