Indigenous Teaching and Learning Committee

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• 2026 meeting dates

  Wednesday 11 March
  Monday 11 May
  Thursday 17 September
  Thursday 29 October

  Time: 10am to 12pm (except for 11 March which will be 9.30am to 11.30am and 11 May which will be from 9.30am to 11am)

• Composition and membership

  Composition	Membership	Current term
  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (Chair)	Professor Kylie Readman	ex officio
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) (Deputy Chair)	Professor Robynne Quiggin AO	ex officio
  Associate Dean (Indigenous Teaching and Learning), Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)	Vacant	ex officio
  Associate deans/directors (Indigenous) from each faculty or, where such a position does not exist, a senior Indigenous academic nominated by the dean	Professor Nareen Young (Business)  Alison Page (Design and Society)  Dr Rhett Loban (Engineering and Information Technology)  Associate Professor Danielle Manton (Health)  Dr Mary Spiers-Williams (acting) (Law) (Associate Professor Marcelle Burns on PEP leave (1 July to 30 December 2026)) Professor Bradley Moggridge (Science)  Vacant (TD School)	ex officio
  Director, Teaching Learning and Curriculum	Sebastian Krook (acting)	ex officio
  Director, Indigenous Students and Community Engagement, Jumbunna Institute	Maree Graham	ex officio
  Chair, Courses Accreditation Committee	Professor Karen Whelan	ex officio
  University Librarian (or nominee)	Clare McKenzie (nominee)	ex officio
  One faculty associate dean (teaching and learning), to be appointed by the Chair following an expression of interest process	Associate Professor Scott Chadwick	26 September 2025 to 31 December 2026
  An Indigenous Graduate Attribute Champion or equivalent from each faculty, as nominated by the dean	TBC (Business)  Allan Teale (Design and Society)  Associate Professor Eva Cheng (Engineering and Information Technology)  TBA (Health)	1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026
  	Matt Walsh (Law)	1 July 2025 to 31 December 2026
  	TBA (Science)  TBA (TD School)
  Two undergraduate or postgraduate coursework students (one Indigenous, one non-Indigenous), to be appointed by the Chair in consultation with the Associate Dean (Indigenous Teaching and Learning) following a call for expressions of interest	TBC	1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
  Co-opted Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous members on the basis of their skills and experience as appropriate

• Terms of reference

  The Indigenous Teaching and Learning Committee provides advice and makes recommendations on the development, implementation, quality assurance and monitoring of cross-university Indigenous teaching and learning strategies, processes and initiatives. It assists the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) with achieving Indigenous education commitments in the Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Education and Research Strategy.

  The committee in particular:

  1. provides advice and makes recommendations on cross-university Indigenous teaching and learning matters, including their impact on UTS policies, strategies, procedures and guidelines
  2. considers and makes recommendations regarding the development and expansion of Indigenous teaching and learning strategy, as aligned with broader UTS teaching and learning strategies and initiatives (such as postgraduate.futures, enterprise learning, and microcredentials/other short forms of learning)
  3. plays a leading role in the oversight, implementation and monitoring of the Indigenous Graduate Attribute (IGA), by:
     1. providing advice and recommendations on university-wide protocols and procedures for the development and approval of Indigenous subjects and content
     2. recommending mechanisms to ensure the centrality of Indigenous consultation, participation and endorsement throughout the faculty IGA implementation process
     3. providing specialist academic advice on ensuring standardisation of the IGA across faculties, and sharing examples of best practice, and
     4. monitoring progression and quality of the IGA through consideration of regular (at least annual) IGA performance reports
     5. making recommendations on and contributing to the development of strategies to ensure cultural safety in the teaching and learning environment (primarily in relation to Indigenous staff and students), including initiatives to increase the cultural capacity of non-Indigenous academic staff delivering Indigenous content
     6. monitoring Indigenous student success, retention and completion trends, and makes recommendations on strategies to promote academic success and achieve parity of outcomes with non-Indigenous students
     7. making recommendations in relation to enhancing and improving the Indigenous student experience, including the non-Indigenous student experience in the context of Indigenous teaching and learning
     8. making recommendations on a range of measures to ensure the quality of Indigenous teaching and learning generally
     9. providing advice or action as appropriate on any relevant matters referred to it by the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Strategies Committee.

• Procedural matters

  Term of office

  The term of office for a member of the Indigenous Teaching and Learning Committee, other than an ex-officio member, will be 2 years for staff and one year for students.

  Review of membership

  The composition and membership of the Indigenous Teaching and Learning 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 Indigenous Teaching and Learning Committee meets at least 4 times a year.