Faculty Board - University of Wollongong

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Terms of Reference

To be responsible for planning the academic direction of the Faculty in line with the spirit and ethos of the institution.
To be responsible for the maintenance of academic standards of programmes under its remit.
To establish criteria for programme admission, appointment of academics to deliver the programme(s), and the appointment of external academic advisers.
To coordinate and improve teaching programmes and research activities within the Faculty.
To make recommendations to the Academic Board concerning curriculum development and revision, the quality of its programmes and its research and consultancy activities.
To be responsible for the quality of its submissions for validation and to ensure proper and effective operation of procedures for course approval and programme reviews have been met.
To coordinate and scrutinise the annual monitoring processes of the Faculty, noting the rigour and effectiveness of programme evaluation and the implementation of action resulting from that process.
To ensure the vitality of the programme(s) within its remit and that they are responsive to the needs of students, employers and the community.
To make recommendations to the Academic Board on the appointment of external advisors and panel members for internal validation exercises.
To receive the external academic advisers and internal validation/revalidation panel reports and to scrutinise and adopt recommendations provided for improvement.
To undertake such other functions and activities as may be requested by the Academic Board.

Constitution

Chairman

Faculty Dean, UOWCHK

Members

Associate Dean of the Faculty, UOWCHK

Programme Leaders of the Faculty, UOWCHK

All full-time academic staff within the Faculty, UOWCHK

Two student representatives from programmes of the Faculty, UOWCHK

Other co-opted staff members, subject to the endorsement of the Academic Board, UOWCHK