2007 Annual report (PDF 8.1 Mb) - University of Melbourne

Freedom of Information
www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/foi.html
> Intellectual Property Policy
www.research.unimelb.edu.au/ridg/ip/
> IT Policy Strategies and Procedures Guide
www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/itpp/
> Personnel Policy and Procedures
www.unimelb.edu.au/ppp/docs/
> Privacy Policy
www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/privacy/
index.html
> PhD Handbook – Guide to Rules and
Regulations
www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au/phd/
enrolcandid/phdhbk/
> Records Management Policy and
Procedures Manual
www.unimelb.edu.au/records/manual.
html
> Research Management and Policy
www.research.unimelb.edu.au/policy/
index.html
> Security Policy
www.unimelb.edu.au/policyprocs/docs/
Security_Policy_TT1107.pdf
> Student Discipline
www.services.unimelb.edu.au/policy/
discipline/index.html
> Student Expectations and Responsibilities
www.services.unimelb.edu.au/policy/
expectations/index.html
> Undergraduate Studies Handbook
www.unimelb.edu.au/HB/index.html
> Whistleblowers Protection Policy
www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/advicesupport/
whistleblowers
C. PUBlicity services and
Report Literature
The University issues a large number
and range of publications. A list of official
publications is available on the web at
www.unimelb.edu.au/publications/. The
list includes:
> Growing Esteem: The University of
Melbourne Plan 2007
> Investment Report
> Learning and Teaching Management
Plan 2006
> Research and Research Training Plan
2006
> Towards Environmental Sustainability
> The University of Melbourne Annual
Report 2006
> The University of Melbourne Annual
Budget 2006
> The University of Melbourne Research
Report
> The University of Melbourne Research
Performance
3. Whistleblowers Protection
Act 2001
The University is committed to ensuring full
compliance with the aims and objectives
of the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001
(The Act). It tolerates neither improper
conduct by University staff and Council
members nor the taking of reprisals against
those who come forward to disclose such
conduct.
The University recognises the value of
transparency and accountability in its
administrative and management practices
and supports the making of disclosures
that reveal corrupt conduct, conduct
involving a substantial mismanagement of
public resources, or conduct involving a
substantial risk to public health and safety
or the environment.
The University will take all reasonable
steps to protect people who make such
disclosures from any detrimental action in
reprisal for making the disclosure. It will
also afford natural justice to any person
who is the subject of the disclosure.
The University’s procedures for reporting
disclosures of improper conduct or
detrimental action by the University, its
staff or members of Council were updated
in October 2007, and can be viewed at
www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/advicesupport/
whistleblowers.
The procedures enable disclosures to
be made to the Protected Disclosure
Coordinator or to one of the nominated
Protected Disclosure Officers listed on
the website. Disclosures may be made by
students, staff members or by members of
the public.
> The number and types of disclosures
made to the public body during the
year: Nil.
> The number of disclosures referred
during the year by the public body to
the Ombudsman for determination as
to whether they were public interest
disclosures: One public interest
disclosure, reported in 2006, was
resolved in 2007 to the satisfaction of
the Ombudsman.
> The number and types of disclosed
matters referred to the public body during
the year by the Ombudsman: Nil.
> The number and types of disclosed
matters referred during the year by
the public body to the Ombudsman to
investigate: Nil.
> The number and types of investigations
of disclosed matters taken over by the
Ombudsman from the public body during
the year: Nil.
> The number of requests made under
section 74 during the year to the
Ombudsman to investigate disclosed
matters: Nil.
> The number and types of disclosed
matters the public body had declined to
investigate during the year: Nil.
> The number and types of disclosed
matters substantiated on investigation
and the action taken on completion of the
investigation: Nil.
> The number of recommendations of the
Ombudsman under this Act that related
to the public body: In relation to one
protected disclosure which commenced
in 2006, the Ombudsman found no
evidence of detrimental action by the
University, but made recommendations
on procedures for handling complaints,
which the University has implemented.
Grievance Procedures
The University developed a set of student
grievance procedures in 2003, taking into
account comments from the Victorian
Government review of governance
in universities. The procedures were
reviewed again in early 2004 in the
light of some experience at using them
and were amended to include some
clarification about further processes of
appeal to outside bodies. The current
student grievance procedures are on the
University’s web site at
www.services.unimelb.edu.au/grievances/
The grievance procedures in the University
of Melbourne 2006 Enterprise Bargaining
Agreement apply to all staff grievances,
except where specific procedures exist.
Specific processes exist for handling
grievances relating to sexual harassment
or unlawful discrimination. Staff members
may also be aggrieved by decisions made
by the University in relation to promotion,
reclassification of general staff positions
and disciplinary penalties for misconduct
and unsatisfactory performance. Specific
review committees exist to handle each
of these issues. Current staff grievance
procedures are on the University’s
web site at www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/
advicesupport/grievance.