Calender 2008

New in 2008

Academic restructure

On 24 October 2007, the UTS Council determined that from 1 July 2008:

  • a new Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is to be established in place of the current Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Institute for International Studies
  • a new Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology is to be established in place of the current Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Information Technology.

Council's decision follows on from the major Review of UTS Academic Structures initiated by the Vice-Chancellor at the beginning of 2007.

The UTS: Calendar 2008 is current at January 2008. Some information has been updated to reflect the new academic structure; the remaining information will be updated in the UTS: Calendar 2009.

Introduction to UTS

Section on the University's Environment Sustainability Initiative included.

Chapter 2 — Student and general information

  • The former Chapter 2 (Student information and services) and Chapter 3 (General information) have been combined to form a new Chapter 2.
  • Contact details for the five UTS Student Centres included. These Student Centres replace the faculty-based information counters.

    • Chapter 4 — Academic and research focus

    Chapter 4 has been restructured to reflect the new research structure. The Chapter now includes the entry for the Research and Innovation Office as well as an introduction to the University's research strengths.

    Research strengths

    The University has established 25 research strengths grouped under five main areas:

  • business
  • creative and civil societies
  • environmental sustainability
  • health
  • science and technology.

    • Centres and Institutes that were grouped under 'University Research Institutes' and 'Key University Research Centres' are now part of the research strength structure.

    New Centre of Enterprise, Research and/or Community Service

  • Paul Woolley Centre for Capital Market Dysfunctionality

    • Dissestablished Centres and Institutes

  • Institute for Information and Communication Technology

    • Chapter 5 — Courses available in 2008

  • List of offshore courses added.

    • Chapter 10 — Rules of the University

  • Table of changes to the Rules of the University added.

    • Student and Related Rules

  • Amendments to Rules 7.5, 7.6, 8.2, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 11.21, 13.2, 14, 17 and 18.
  • Schedule 1 — Definitions: amendment to definition of 'borderline result'.

    • General Rules of the University

  • G1 — Rules relating to Council, the Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor – Rule 10 amended.

    • Chapter 14 — Selected policies and guidelines

  • Chapter 14, from the UTS: Calendar 2007, has been deleted pending a review of University policies. Policies and directives are available from policies and directives of the University.

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