Corporate Governance - Governance Support Unit

Corporate Governance provides governance support and advice to Council and Academic Board and their standing committees. It aims to ensure that the business of the university conducted through the peak governance bodies is facilitated in accordance with the UTS Act, UTS By-law, General Rules, Standing Orders, and relevant Council resolutions and committee constitutions.

To facilitate the work of these central decision-making bodies and committees, Corporate Governance staff are assigned a committee and project workload, among other duties. Responsibilities include working with the committee chair and relevant Deputy Vice-Chancellors and senior staff to ensure the strategic agenda and operation of the committee are run effectively (see the UTS Committees Guide (PDF 348kb) for a general guide and reference material on UTS committee functions).

Corporate Governance conducts formal university elections on behalf of the University Secretary, who is specified as the Returning Officer in the UTS Act. Information on elections, including contact details for inquiries, is available at UTS Elections.

Corporate Governance also administers the UTS Delegations and all of the university's policies and directives (see Delegations and UTS Policy).

For advice about Corporate Governance activities, contact the Deputy Director (Corporate Governance) and Deputy University Secretary. See GSU staff and contact details for contact information.

Committees supported by Corporate Governance

See Committee Dates 2020 (PDF 157kb, Staff Connect) for all Committee meeting dates.

Committees/bodies	Committee contact	Further information
Council	Deborah Crook	Council
Audit and Risk Committee	Richard Birrell	Audit and Risk Committee
Commercial Activities Committee	Stephanie Carmichael	Commercial Activities Committee
Finance Committee	Matt Robinson	Finance Committee
Governance Committee	Deborah Crook	Governance Committee
Honorary Awards Committee	Susan Harris	Honorary Awards Committee
Joint Subcommittee of Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee	Matt Robinson	Joint Subcommittee of Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee
Nominations Committee	Deborah Crook	Nominations Committee
Physical Infrastructure Committee	Matt Robinson	Physical Infrastructure Committee
Student/Council Liaison Group	Andrew Gardoll	Student/Council Liaison Group
Academic Board	Komal Jagad	Academic Board
Executive Committee of Academic Board	Komal Jagad	Executive Committee
Graduate Research School Board	Andrew Gardoll	Graduate Research School Board
Graduate Research Students' Appeals Committee	Stephanie Carmichael	Graduate Research Students' Appeals Committee
Professional Experience Appeals Committee	Stephanie Carmichael	Professional Experience Appeals Committee
Research Committee	Elbreg Zwaan	Research Committee
Teaching and Learning Committee	Elbreg Zwaan	Teaching and Learning Committee
Management committees
Various Indigenous committees	Stephanie Carmichael	Indigenous committees are supported as part of a specific GSU/Jumbunna knowledge transfer program in support of the UTS Indigenous Policy.