Executive Committee

Committee details

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• Committee meetings

  The committee meets at least 4 times a year and otherwise as required.

  2026 meeting dates

  Tuesday 3 March (planning)
  Tuesday 14 April (reserve)
  Wednesday 6 May 
  Tuesday 7 July
  Tuesday 29 September
  Thursday 3 November

  Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm 
  Venue: level 4A, boardroom, Chancellery, building 1, Broadway, or via Zoom (except for the planning meeting which will be held from 10.30am to 11.30am in the Vice-Chancellor’s meeting room (CB01.04A.15))

• Composition and membership

  Composition	Membership
  Chair, Academic Board (as Chair)	Professor Lynn Sinclair
  Deputy Chair, Academic Board (as Deputy Chair)	Professor Sara Denize
  University Secretary	William Paterson
  Chair, Courses Accreditation Committee	Professor Karen Whelan
  Deputy Chair, Courses Accreditation Committee	Kath Attree
  Chair, Research Committee	Professor Kate McGrath
  Deputy Chair, Research Committee	Melita Grant
  Chair, Teaching and Learning Committee	Professor Kylie Readman
  Deputy Chair, Teaching and Learning Committee	Associate Professor Katie Schlenker
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Higher Degree by Research)	Professor Penny Martens

• Terms of reference

  1. Develop, monitor and review annual program of business for Academic Board (including that of the board’s committees) to ensure that Academic Board conducts business as per its terms of reference to achieve the university’s strategic objectives.
  2. Provide advice and direction to Chair of Academic Board (and its committees), in relation to business of Academic Board (and its committees).
  3. Consider urgent matters which require executive action of Chair, Academic Board (as per Council delegation) and which cannot be deferred until the next scheduled meeting of the Board.
  4. Advise Academic Board on any other matters referred to the Executive Committee by Academic Board.
  5. Monitor progress on Academic Board’s key focus areas.
  6. Determine the accreditation of proposed or existing award courses on their academic merit, and the removal of the accreditation of award courses. Any such approvals by Executive Committee of Academic Board will be reported back to Academic Board at its next meeting.

• Quorum

  The quorum shall be one-half of the current members of the committee. If one-half is not a whole number, the next higher whole number shall be used.

  Vacant positions on the committee do not count toward the total membership of which one-half is required to reach a quorum.