1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

status or private life, the complainant has the
right to present a complaint to the appropriate
10.2 Where internal gievance procedures are being
followed, the complainant may wish to refer
the mat& to the appropriate dxternd
authority at any stage of the process, and in
particular:
a) when no further action is taken;
b) when he/she may wish to appeal
against the Committee's decision.
10.3 Where the matter is taken up with the external
authority, the internal grievance procedure
shall cease to apply in the case.
10.4 The appropriate external authority in the case
of discrimination complaints is the Office of
the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity in
Victoria.
11. Confidentiality
11.1 Confidentiality will be strictly observed
throughout the conciliation and resolution
process. Information and records related to
complaints will be considered exempt
documents under Freedom of Information
legislation.
12. Record keeping and storage
12.1 The written record of the complaint will be
retained for a of twelve months in a
confidential manner.
12.2 Where all appeal mechanisms are exhausted or
where the complaint is not sustained, written
documentation of the case will be destroyed.
12.3 The Manager, Equity Unit shall have access to
statistical information concerning
discrimination related complaints.
13. Conflict of interest
13.1 If the Head of School feels that to undertake
conciliation of a complaint would place him/
herself in the situation of a conflict of interest,
the Head of School will direct the student to
take the grievance to the Pro Vice-Chancellor
or the Head of School.
13.2 A complainant may at any stage of the
informal procedure seek the assistance of the
Pro Vice-Chancellor or Head of School if he/
she believes a conflict of interest exists or may
arise as a result of the complaint.
14. Resources
14.1 The complainant may at any stage of the
grievance procedure approach where relevant,
the following offices or persons for advice
and/or support:
a) Student Union;
b) Swinburne Student and Educational
Services;
c) Equity Unit.
14.2 Members of staff so contacted are advised to
direct the complainant to hidher Head of
School.
14.3 The respondent may approach the staff
association or union for advice and support.
Council Policy (as amended) December 1993.
Student Disciplinary Code
Computer and Network
Version 2.OD May 1994
Preamble
Electronic means of communication are now an intrinsic
part of Swinburne University of Technology's academic
infrastructure. In order to protect the integrity and thereby
maximise the academic utility to the Swinburne community
of the University's electronic information systems it has
become necessary to develop a student disciplinary
procedure.
This disciplinary code provides a mechanism for handling
allegations against students of abuse in a fair and appropriate
manner whilst, at the same time, providing administrators
with responsible flexibility in terms of maintaining the
integrity - . of Swinburne's electronic information systems.
Implicit in this disciplinary code is the recognition that to
refuse, restrict or remove a student's access to the
University's electronic information systems constitutes a
serious academic penalty. As such, the disciplinary code does
not assume that in every case an allegation of abuse is
necessarily mischievous. With this in mind it has been
designed to solve problems at the most direct level and with
a view to counselling a student(s), in the first instance, on
the appropriate use of Swinburne's electronic information
systems.
It should be noted that whilst the preamble has been framed
to broadly cover the University's electronic information
systems in general, the student disciplinary code that follows
is, for the present, more specific is in its scope. As such it is
to be regarded as an interim and shall apply only in a breach
to the University's Network Access and Code of Practice.
1. Application of computer and network
student disciplinary code
1.1 The Computer and Network Student
Disciplinary Code ('Disciplinary Code')
shall be regarded as interim and until
otherwise be proclaimed by the University
shall apply only in respect of a breach by a
student of the University's Network Access
and Code of Practice Policy ('The Code of
Practice').
1.2 For the purposes of section 15 of the
Network Access and Code of Practice any
reference to due process, whether it involves
a decision to refer a breach of 'The Code of
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