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The Graduate Research School Board (the board) has a dual role, operating as equivalent to a faculty board (in the Graduate Research School), dealing with matters related to the administration of research education, and as a committee of Academic Board, dealing with academic matters related to graduate research training and supervision.
2021 meeting dates
Tuesday 2 March
Thursday 13 April
Tuesday 1 June
Tuesday 6 July
Tuesday 7 September
Tuesday 12 October
Tuesday 23 November (reserve)
Time: 9.30am to 11.30am
Location: To be confirmed, except for Tuesday 2 March, will be via Zoom.
Andrew Gardoll
Policy and Governance Support Officer
Tel: 02 9514 9770
Email: Andrew.Gardoll@uts.edu.au
Composition and membership
| Composition |
Membership |
| Dean, Graduate Research School (Chair) |
Professor Lori Lockyer |
| Deputy Chair (an academic nominated from committee membership) |
To be advised |
| Deputy Dean, Graduate Research School |
Professor Didar Zowghi |
| Director, Researcher Development and Training, Graduate Research School, or nominee |
To be advised |
| Director, Graduate Research School |
Yamini Sandiran |
| Director, Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, or nominee |
Associate Professor Franziska Trede (nominee) |
| University Librarian, or nominee |
Michael Gonzalez |
| Senior Indigenous academic nominated by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) |
Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, AO |
| One nominee who has academic responsibility for graduate research matters from each faculty (or equivalent entity) which confers graduate research degrees, nominated by the respective deans or equivalent |
Dr Alex Munt, Arts and Social Sciences
Associate Professor David Goldbaum, Business
Associate Professor Toby Slade, Design, Architecture and Building
Professor David McGloin, Engineering and Information Technology
Professor Rob Duffield, Health
Professor Isabella Alexander, Law
Dr Charles Cranfield, Science
Dr Martin Bliemel, Transdisciplinary Innovation
Dr Kirsty Kitto, Connected Intelligence Centre
Professor Chris Riedy, Institute for Sustainable Futures |
| Two graduate research degree students elected by and from graduate research degree students of the university |
Indra McKie
Briony Johnston |
On the recommendation of the chair, the committee has the power to approve the co-option of members on the basis of their skills and experience as appropriate.
Terms of reference
The Board provides oversight for graduate research training and supervision at UTS. The Board has responsibility for considering the following matters and making recommendations to Academic Board or the applicable decision-making authority, as specified in UTS Delegations, Rules and policies:
- graduate research strategy, including making recommendations on strategic priorities for graduate research, and research training; and monitoring and reporting on the achievement of strategic objectives against agreed targets
- graduate research quality, performance and benchmarking, including:
- providing advice on the development of the university’s graduate research programs culture, communication and profile
- providing advice on graduate research matters relating to the admission, enrolment, supervision and examination of students, development and engagement programs for students and supervisors, and accreditation of new and existing degrees, or removal of accreditation of degrees
- enhancing and improving student experience, and encouraging excellence in graduate research through innovation and improvement, taking into account national and international benchmarks, use of emerging technologies and new approaches to graduate research
- developing, overseeing, monitoring and reviewing the qualitative, and quantitative measures of evaluating performance and quality assurance in graduate research, and recommending actions to improve performance in, and quality of graduate research
- graduate research integrity, including promoting, preserving and upholding research integrity for graduate research degrees by providing advice on the supporting UTS governance instruments
- graduate research management and support, including approving the guidelines and selection process for key university internal graduate research funding schemes
- graduate research policies and guidelines, including developing, monitoring and reviewing
- graduate research risk management, assessing and monitoring risks to the graduate research activities, and reporting on these risks
- graduate research scholarships, approving Conditions of Award and procedures related to ranking and recommending applicants for graduate research scholarships
- conferral of award, establishing and receiving reports from a Thesis Examination Committee for providing advice on developing, overseeing, monitoring, reviewing policies and processes in relation to graduate research thesis examination, and considering faculties’ recommendations for, the conferral of doctoral and masters by research awards, and
- conduct such other business related to the Graduate Research School as the Chair, Graduate Research School Board sees fit.
Membership term
The length of committee membership terms will be two years for staff and one year for students, consistent with the term of membership for elected members of Academic Board.
Number of meetings
Minimum of six scheduled meetings per year.
Quorum
The quorum shall be one-half of the current members of the committee, if one-half is not a whole number, the next higher whole number shall be used.
Vacant positions on the committee do not count toward the total membership of which one-half is required to reach a quorum.
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