1998 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

8 I Higher Education I General University Information
Mission statement
Swinburne University ofTechnology's mission is to be a leading, intersectoral
university offering high quality education, training, research and consultancy focused
on the needs of industry, business, government and the local, national and
international communities.
University Assembly
The University Assembly provides a regular open forum for the discussion of issues
and ideas of Significant interestto the University community.
The University statute formally establishing the University Assembly sets out its
membership and terms of reference. Its membership includes all staff and students
of the University.
Meetings of the University Assembly are normally held twice a year. Notice of each
meeting and an invitation to submit items for discussion are conveyed to the
University community at least one month before the meeting. Details are usually
published in the The Swine, the newspaper published by the Swinburne Student
Union.
Teaching Sectors
Swinburne has two teaching sectors under the control of one Council: Higher
Education and Technical and Further Education (TAFE).
Higher Education
The Higher Education Sector offers professional qualifications ranging from degrees
of Bachelorto graduate qualifications (certificates, diplomas and degrees of Master
and PhD).
The Higher Education Sector comprises two divisions: the Higher Education Division
(Hawthorn /Prahran) and Swinburne at Lilydale Division.
A total of 11 ,007 students were enrolled in the Higher Education Sector in 1997, made
up of 6,550 full-time students and 4.457 part-time students.
Technical and Further Education (TAFEl
The TAFE Sector offers courses at professional and para-professional level covering
diploma, certificate, apprenticeship, VCE and access programs. A number of
specialist courses are also provided for industry and the community.
The TAFE Sector comprises three schools: the School of Commerce and Industry, the
School of Science, Engineering and Computing and the School of Social Sciences and
Arts.
A total of 13,000 students were enrolled into TAFE courses in 1996, made up of 3,000
full-time and 10,000 part-time students.
Swinburne University of Technology 11998 Handbook