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Agenda and papers, Academic Board meeting 21/5, 10 November 2021

Meeting 21/5 of the Academic Board of the University of Technology Sydney is scheduled for Wednesday 10 November 2021 at 9am via Zoom.

The agenda and papers for this meeting are available in the following agenda table or as combined agenda and papers (updated, 8.6mb PDF). (Note: Access to papers is restricted to Academic Board members and UTS staff only.)

For information about Academic Board, see functions and powers of Academic Board (Rule G3, Part 1, Division 3).

Skip to section: 1. Procedural matters | 2. Reports from the Chair/Deputy Chair and Vice-Chancellor | 3. Priority issues | 4. Committee business | 5. Faulty/Board matters | 6. Presentations | 7. General business | 8. Other business

Item Topic Paper
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Board members are asked to declare to the Chair any interest in relation to any matters listed.
1 PROCEDURAL MATTERS
1.1 Welcome/apologies
1.2 Minutes
For confirmation: minutes of meeting 21/4 (29 September 2021)
Item 1.2 (312kb PDF)
1.3 Business arising from the minutes
All known matters are listed on the agenda
1.4 Receipt of tabled papers
There are no tabled papers
1.5 Starring of items for discussion
2 REPORTS FROM THE CHAIR/DEPUTY CHAIR AND VICE-CHANCELLOR
2.1* Report from the Chair/Deputy Chair
For noting
Item 2.1 (141kb PDF)
Attachment 1: 2021 Academic Board Forward Plan Item 2.1.1 (216kb PDF)
2.2* Report from the Vice-Chancellor
For noting
Item 2.2 (253kb PDF)
3 PRIORITY ISSUES
3.1* UTS 2027 strategy and Fit for 2027
For noting
Item 3.1 (615kb PDF)
3.2* COVID-19 Decision Register
For noting
Item 3.2 (615kb PDF)
3.3* Strategic Risk Assessment for Academic Board
For noting
Item 3.3 (159kb PDF)
Attachment 1: Strategic Risk Assessment for Academic Board Item 3.3.1 (290kb PDF)
Attachment 2: Academic Board committee's feedback Item 3.3.2 (234kb PDF)
Attachment 3: Director, Risk's feedback Item 3.3.3 (132kb PDF)
4 COMMITTEE BUSINESS
4.1* Courses Accreditation Committee report
For decision
Item 4.1 (1.7mb PDF)
4.2* Executive Committee of Academic Board report
For decision
Item 4.2 (142kb PDF)
Attachment 1: Academic Standards Framework report Item 4.2.1 (152kb PDF)
Attachment 2: Academic Standards Framework Item 4.2.2 (175kb PDF)
Attachment 3: Procedures for the review of the Academic Standards Framework Item 4.2.3 (127kb PDF)
Attachment 4: Compliance with the UTS Academic Standards Item 4.2.4 (151kb PDF)
4.3 Higher Degree Research Board report
For noting
Item 4.3 (178kb PDF)
4.4 Research Committee report
No report
No report
4.5* Teaching and Learning Committee report
For decision
Item 4.5 (175kb PDF)
Attachment 1: Scholarships and Prizes Policy review Item 4.5.1 (246kb PDF)
Attachment 2: Scholarships and Prizes Procedures review Item 4.5.2 (302kb PDF)
Attachment 3: Teaching and Learning nested awards Item 4.5.3 (218kb PDF)
Attachment 4: UTS student complaints statistics 2021 Item 4.5.4 (182kb PDF)
5 FACULTY/BOARD MATTERS
5.1 Composition changes: TD School Board
For noting
Item 5.1 (198kb PDF)
Attachment 1: Extract from governance instrument relevant to this paper Item 5.1.1 (267kb PDF)
Attachment 2: Proposed structure of the TD School Board Item 5.1.2 (242kb PDF)
6 PRESENTATIONS
6.1* UTS Research Strategy and Connected HDR Experience Project
For noting
Item 6.1 (5.2mb PDF)

Item 6.1: Presentation (3.9mb PDF)
6.2* UTS AI Ethics and Initiatives
For noting
Presentation
7 GENERAL BUSINESS
7.1 Late conferrals and corrections to awards
For noting
Item 7.1 (184kb PDF)
7.2 Preliminary report on 2022 student applications
For noting
Item 7.2 (662kb PDF)
7.3* UTS access schemes
For noting
Item 7.3 (169kb PDF)

Item 7.3: Presentation (10.4mb PDF)
8 OTHER BUSINESS