Teaching and Learning Committee

Committee details

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• Committee meetings

  The committee meets at least 6 times a year.

  2026 meeting dates

  Monday 16 February (planning)
  Monday 4 May
  Monday 22 June
  Monday 3 August
  Monday 14 September
  Monday 26 October

  Time: 10am to 12pm (except for 4 May which will be 9am to 11am)
  Venue: Chancellery boardroom

• Composition and membership

  The length of committee membership terms will be 2 years for staff and one year for students, consistent with the term of membership for elected members of Academic Board, including for co-opted members.

  Composition	Membership	Term
  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) as Chair	Professor Kylie Readman	ex officio
  Deputy Chair (Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) or equivalent nominated from committee membership)	Associate Professor Katie Schlenker	4 May 2026 to 31 December 2026
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education)	Dr Jacqui McManus (acting)	ex officio
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Partnerships), or nominee	Mychel Palamountain (nominee)	ex officio
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement), or nominee	Kath Attree (nominee)	ex officio
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students), or nominee	Jacqui Wise	ex officio
  Chief Data Officer, or nominee	Susan Gibson (nominee)	ex officio
  Director, Teaching Learning and Curriculum	Sebastian Krook (acting)	ex officio
  University Librarian, or nominee	Michael Gonzalez	ex officio
  One associate dean (teaching and learning) or equivalent from each faculty, nominated by the respective deans	Associate Professor Katie Schlenker (Business) Associate Professor Alexandra Crosby (Design and Society) Karen Whelan (Engineering and Information Technology) Professor Lynn Sinclair (Health) Associate Professor Evana Wright (Law) Associate Professor Scott Chadwick (Science) Dr Alex Baumber (TD School)	ex officio
  Three members of academic staff (with no more than one from any one faculty, at least one member from academic level A/B/C and at least one from academic level D/E), elected by and from academic staff of the university. Membership terms to be staggered such that not all members conclude their normal term in the same year.	Associate Professor Amanda White OAM	1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026
  	Associate Professor Joshua Lee	1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026
  	Leila Naeni	1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027
  One undergraduate student elected by and from the undergraduate students of the university	Amelia Wilson-Williams	1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
  One graduate coursework student elected by and from the graduate coursework students of the university	Donovan Janks	1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
  Co-opted members on the basis of their skills and experience as appropriate

  On the recommendation of the chair, the committee has the power to approve the co-option of members on the basis of their skills and faculty representation.

• Terms of reference

  1. The committee provides academic oversight for teaching and learning at UTS. The committee has responsibility for considering the following matters:
     1. teaching and learning policies, and guidelines, and legislation including developing, benchmarking, monitoring and reviewing teaching and learning policies and their effectiveness and monitoring the operation of the university’s teaching and learning governance instruments
     2. teaching and learning strategy, including making recommendations on strategic priorities for teaching and learning; and monitoring and reporting on the achievement of strategic objectives against agreed targets
     3. teaching and learning quality and performance, including:
        1. providing oversight of the availability of professional learning that supports development of scholarship of learning and teaching and contributes to the university’s teaching and learning culture
        2. encouraging excellence in teaching and learning through innovation and improvement, taking into account national and international benchmarks and standards, such as the Advance HE Professional Standards Framework 2023, use of emerging technologies and new approaches to teaching and learning
        3. developing, monitoring and reviewing the qualitative and quantitative measures of evaluating performance and quality assurance in teaching and learning, and
        4. recommending actions to improve teaching and learning performance and quality
     4. activities, strategies, policy and projects focused on enhancement of student experience and success including recognition of and support for student diversity, study modes, and learning needs
     5. teaching and learning integrity, including promoting, preserving and upholding academic integrity by providing advice on training, education and prevention; analysing misconduct data to improve practices; and advice on the effectiveness of the supporting UTS governance instruments
     6. teaching and learning risk management including identification, assessment and monitoring of risks to the teaching and learning activities, and reporting on these risks and the effectiveness of relevant mitigations.
  2. For UTS subjects, courses and student cohorts, the committee will:
     1. receive regular reports on subject, course and cohort performance
     2. approve and monitor planned actions proposed by faculties to improve courses and subjects performing unsatisfactorily, and actions by faculties or support units to improve academic support for particular student cohorts
     3. provide commendations on strongly performing courses and subjects
     4. identify and provide advice on recommended practice and/or unsatisfactory course or subject performance issues that may warrant consideration across more than one faculty
     5. monitor relevant external articulation arrangements that may be impacted by, or impact upon, course and subject performance
     6. make recommendations on proposed changes to metrics, weightings and targets to be used in the preparation of performance reports to support the university’s strategies for learning and teaching, and
     7. commission or consider other reports and analysis to complement regular performance reports.

  The committee will make recommendations to Academic Board or the applicable decision-making authority, and operate in accordance with UTS Rules, Delegations and policies.

• 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.