Annual Report - Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology
■ overseeing the maintenance and enhancement of the
quality of teaching, research and learning within
Swinburne.
Council’s role focuses upon policy and strategic issues
concerning the University. It receives specialist advice
through a series of committees designated to carry out
certain functions.
Academic Board
The powers of Academic Board, as set down in Section 30
of the Swinburne University of Technology Act are as
follows. The Academic Board:
■ may discuss and submit to the Council an opinion on
any matter relating to the prescribed higher education
programs of the University and, in particular, may make
to the Council such recommendations as it thinks
proper with respect to instruction, studies, discipline,
examinations, assessments, research, degrees and
diplomas in those programs of the University
■ must report to the Council on all matters submitted to it
by the Council for report
■ has such other powers and duties as are conferred or
imposed upon it by this Act or by the Statutes or
Regulations
■ subject to this Act and, except as otherwise prescribed
the Statutes and Regulations, may regulate its own
proceedings.
Chancellery
The Chancellery comprises the offices of the Vice-
Chancellor, the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy
Vice-Chancellors, the Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and
Industry Liaison, and the Vice Presidents.
The Chancellery, responsible to the University Council, has
a range of individual and collective responsibilities and is
concerned with policy development and matters affecting
the University as a whole. Its principal functions include
the strategic planning of the University, the distribution of
resources to meet both the operational and strategic
requirements of the University, the monitoring of progress
towards the achievement of institutional objectives and
ensuring an effective interface between the University,
State and Federal Governments, business, industry and the
wider community.
Annual Report 2002
Board of Technical Studies
The powers of the Board of Technical Studies, as set down
in Section 35 of the Swinburne University of Technology
Act are as follows:
■ academic oversight of prescribed programs and courses
of study in technical and further education
■ providing advice to the Council and the Board of
Technical and Further Education on:
(i) the conduct and content of those programs and
courses; and
(ii) the awarding of certificates and diplomas in
technical and further education.
The Board of Technical Studies shall consist of the
prescribed number of members each of whom is elected
or appointed as prescribed. There shall be a chairperson
and deputy chairperson of the Board of Technical Studies
elected by the Board.
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