Agenda and papers, Academic Board meeting 21/1

Meeting 21/1 of the Academic Board of the University of Technology Sydney is scheduled for Wednesday 31 March 2021, via Zoom at 9am.

The agenda and papers for this meeting are available in the following agenda table or as combined agenda and papers (updated, 10.8mb 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 (101kb PDF)
1.2 Minutes
For confirmation: minutes of meeting 20/5 (11 November 2020)		 Item 1.2 (244kb 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 (449kb PDF)
2.2* Report from the Vice-Chancellor
For noting		 Item 2.2 (212kb PDF)
3 PRIORITY ISSUES  
3.1* UTS Corporate Plan 2020 — End of year performance report
For noting		 Item 3.1 (3.89mb PDF)
3.2* UTS Corporate Plan 2021 Report
For noting		 Item 3.2 (4.13mb PDF)
Presentation (403kb PDF)
3.3* 2020 Annual report on Indigenous Education and Research Objectives (presentation)
For noting		 Item 3.3 (320kb PDF)
Presentation (149kb PDF)
4 COMMITTEE BUSINESS  
4.1* Courses Accreditation Committee report
For decision		 Item 4.1 (478kb PDF)
4.2 Executive Committee of Academic Board report
For decision		 Item 4.2 (264kb PDF)
4.3* Graduate Research School Board report
For decision		 Item 4.3 (323kb PDF)
4.4* Research Committee report
For decision		 Item 4.4 (276kb PDF)
4.5* Teaching and Learning Committee report
For decision		 Item 4.5 (updated, 816kb PDF)
4.6 Appeals committees of Academic Board — 2020 annual report
For noting		 Item 4.6 (120kb PDF)
5 FACULTY/BOARD MATTERS  
5.1 Composition change — Faculty Board in Arts and Social Sciences
For decision		 Item 5.1 (172kb PDF)
6 PRESENTATIONS  
  No presentations  
7 GENERAL BUSINESS  
7.1 Annual Report on Award Course Approval Decisions and Register of Admission Standards
For noting		 Item 7.1 (331kb PDF)
7.2 Elections update
For noting		 Item 7.2 (124kb PDF)
7.3 Responsible Academic Officers
For noting		 Item 7.3 (256kb PDF)
7.4* Athena SWAN Midterm Review Report
For noting		 Item 7.4 (474kb PDF)
Presentation (3.41mb 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.