UTS Indigenous Research Committee

The Indigenous Research Committee is a forum for the development and progression of Indigenous research across UTS. The UTS Indigenous research priorities include:

increasing Indigenous staff and student research capacity
increasing Indigenous higher degree by research student enrolment rates
improving Indigenous higher degree by research student retention and completion rates
promoting the protection of Indigenous cultural knowledge
encouraging international Indigenous research links
ensuring UTS adopts best practice principles and processes in relation to Indigenous research.

The Indigenous Research Committee reports to the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Strategies Committee.

2021 meeting dates

Wednesday 7 April
Wednesday 9 June
Wednesday 25 August
Wednesday 17 November

Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Chancellery Boardroom, level 4A, building 1, Broadway

Committee contact

Molly Lamping Fleck
Senior Governance Support Officer
Tel: 02 9514 1235
Email: Molly.Fleck@uts.edu.au

Composition and membership

Composition	Membership
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) (Chair)	Professor Kate McGrath
Director, Jumbunna Research	Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, AO
Associate Deans (Indigenous), or appropriate senior members of Indigenous academic staff where no Associate Dean (Indigenous) exists	Professor Susan Page (Arts and Social Sciences) Professor Robynne Quiggin (Business, Law) Associate Professor Jason de Santolo (DAB) Associate Professor Christopher Lawrence (FEIT) Professor John Evans (Health) Professor Chris Matthews (Science) Vacant (TDI)
Dean, Graduate Research School	Professor Joanne Tipper
Director, Research and Innovation Office	Martin Lloyd
Chair, UTS Ethics Committee	Associate Professor Beata Bajorek
University Librarian	Michael Gonzalez
Director, Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges	Professor Susan Page
One Associate Dean (Research), to be appointed by the Chair	Professor Debra Anderson
Three level A, B, and C Indigenous academic staff, one of which must be an Early Career Researcher, and one of which must be a mid-career researcher, to be appointed by the Chair (in consultation with the Chair, Indigenous Research) following a call for expressions of interest	Dr Dean Jarrett Dr Katrina Thorpe
One Indigenous HDR student to be appointed by the Chair in consultation with the Director of Research and Academic Programs, Jumbunna following a call for expressions of interest	Jake Gordon
Manager, Indigenous Employment, Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)	Dr Berice Anning
Co-opted members as deemed appropriate to the progression of Section 4: Indigenous Research of the Indigenous Education Strategy and determined by the Chair	—

Terms of reference

The Indigenous Research Committee will:

consider, develop and progress Indigenous research at UTS
recommend practical initiatives for inclusion into relevant sections of the Indigenous Education and Research Strategy
coordinate and implement to initiatives aimed at progressing Indigenous research across UTS, and
provide advice or action as appropriate any relevant matters referred to it by the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Strategies Committee.

Procedural matters

Term of office

The term of office for a member of the Indigenous Research Committee, other than an ex-officio member, will be two years.

Review of membership

The composition and membership of the Indigenous Research Committee will be reviewed periodically by the Chair in accordance with the procedures approved by the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Strategies Committee and amended from time to time.

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.

Frequency of meetings

The Indigenous Research Committee meets at least twice per year.