Meeting 21/5 of the Academic Board of the University of Technology Sydney is scheduled for Wednesday 10 November 2021 at 9am via Zoom.
The agenda and papers for this meeting are available in the following agenda table or as combined agenda and papers (updated, 8.6mb 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).
Skip to section: 1. Procedural matters | 2. Reports from the Chair/Deputy Chair and Vice-Chancellor | 3. Priority issues | 4. Committee business | 5. Faulty/Board matters | 6. Presentations | 7. General business | 8. Other business
| 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 | |
| 1.2 | Minutes For confirmation: minutes of meeting 21/4 (29 September 2021) | Item 1.2 (312kb 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 noting | Item 2.1 (141kb PDF) |
| Attachment 1: 2021 Academic Board Forward Plan | Item 2.1.1 (216kb PDF) | |
| 2.2* | Report from the Vice-Chancellor For noting | Item 2.2 (253kb PDF) |
| 3 | PRIORITY ISSUES | |
| 3.1* | UTS 2027 strategy and Fit for 2027 For noting | Item 3.1 (615kb PDF) |
| 3.2* | COVID-19 Decision Register For noting | Item 3.2 (615kb PDF) |
| 3.3* | Strategic Risk Assessment for Academic Board For noting | Item 3.3 (159kb PDF) |
| Attachment 1: Strategic Risk Assessment for Academic Board | Item 3.3.1 (290kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 2: Academic Board committee's feedback | Item 3.3.2 (234kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 3: Director, Risk's feedback | Item 3.3.3 (132kb PDF) | |
| 4 | COMMITTEE BUSINESS | |
| 4.1* | Courses Accreditation Committee report For decision | Item 4.1 (1.7mb PDF) |
| 4.2* | Executive Committee of Academic Board report For decision | Item 4.2 (142kb PDF) |
| Attachment 1: Academic Standards Framework report | Item 4.2.1 (152kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 2: Academic Standards Framework | Item 4.2.2 (175kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 3: Procedures for the review of the Academic Standards Framework | Item 4.2.3 (127kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 4: Compliance with the UTS Academic Standards | Item 4.2.4 (151kb PDF) | |
| 4.3 | Higher Degree Research Board report For noting | Item 4.3 (178kb PDF) |
| 4.4 | Research Committee report No report | No report |
| 4.5* | Teaching and Learning Committee report For decision | Item 4.5 (175kb PDF) |
| Attachment 1: Scholarships and Prizes Policy review | Item 4.5.1 (246kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 2: Scholarships and Prizes Procedures review | Item 4.5.2 (302kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 3: Teaching and Learning nested awards | Item 4.5.3 (218kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 4: UTS student complaints statistics 2021 | Item 4.5.4 (182kb PDF) | |
| 5 | FACULTY/BOARD MATTERS | |
| 5.1 | Composition changes: TD School Board For noting | Item 5.1 (198kb PDF) |
| Attachment 1: Extract from governance instrument relevant to this paper | Item 5.1.1 (267kb PDF) | |
| Attachment 2: Proposed structure of the TD School Board | Item 5.1.2 (242kb PDF) | |
| 6 | PRESENTATIONS | |
| 6.1* | UTS Research Strategy and Connected HDR Experience Project For noting | Item 6.1 (5.2mb PDF) Item 6.1: Presentation (3.9mb PDF) |
| 6.2* | UTS AI Ethics and Initiatives For noting | Presentation |
| 7 | GENERAL BUSINESS | |
| 7.1 | Late conferrals and corrections to awards For noting | Item 7.1 (184kb PDF) |
| 7.2 | Preliminary report on 2022 student applications For noting | Item 7.2 (662kb PDF) |
| 7.3* | UTS access schemes For noting | Item 7.3 (169kb PDF) Item 7.3: Presentation (10.4mb PDF) |
| 8 | OTHER BUSINESS |