Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee

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• 2026 meeting dates

  Tuesday 23 June  
  Tuesday 1 December

  Time: 9.3am to 11.30am

• Composition and membership

  All members of the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will be Indigenous people external to, and not currently in the employ of, the university. Members will be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Chair, in consultation with the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement).

  Composition	Membership	Current term
  Indigenous member of Council (Chair) or, where there is no Indigenous member of Council, a Chair appointed by the Vice-Chancellor	Professor Mark Rose, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Innovation, Deakin University	29 May 2023 to 31 December 2024
  Up to 10 (and no less than five) external Indigenous people, drawn from the Indigenous community, industry and/or the higher education sector	Emeritus Professor Janet Mooney, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University	29 May 2023 to 31 December 2024
  	Professor John Evans, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), Swinburne University of Technology	29 May 2023 to 31 December 2024

  In attendance at meetings

  • Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)
  • Associate Dean (Indigenous Research)
  • Associate Dean (Indigenous Teaching and Learning)
  • Director, Indigenous Students and Community Engagement
  • Manager, Indigenous Employment
  • other staff, at the invitation of the Chair.

• Terms of reference

  The Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will:

  • monitor the university’s progression of the objectives contained in the Indigenous Policy
  • advise the Vice-Chancellor on Indigenous education, employment, cultural and/or Indigenous community matters that may assist the university in achieving the objectives contained in the Indigenous Policy, and
  • work in partnership with the university to promote UTS within the Indigenous community and its networks.

• Procedural matters

  Term of office

  The term of office for a member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee other than the Chair is two years.

  Where the Chair is the Indigenous member of Council, the Chair’s term will cease when the Chair’s membership of Council ceases. Where the Chair is not an Indigenous member of Council, the Chair’s term of office will be two years, with re-appointment at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor.

  Review of membership

  The composition and membership of the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will be reviewed periodically by the Chair in accordance with the procedures approved by the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Strategies Committee and amended from time to time.

  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.

  Number of meetings

  The Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will usually meet at least twice per year.