BZ queried whether there had been an outcome from this action item. JS GB to arrange pointed out that this action item referred to the first year experience research meeting to work that GB and SC have commissioned. The committee agreed that this discuss action item should be carried over to the next meeting. research projects. 3. of reference Common Units Committee MC confirmed that the two Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellors have been added and noted the following changes to the incumbency: 5. Associate Dean Learning & Teaching, FEHSE now Barbara White 6. Associate Dean Learning & Teaching, FLEBA now Greg Shaw MC to with 7. ACIKE representative GB and MC queried whether there should still be a representative from ACIKE on the Steven Larkin committee. Historically the ACIKE representative position was part of the and advise management committee from when one of the units was embedded in SAIKS. that the However, this is no longer the case. The unit coordinators represent the other committee units and not individual representatives from schools. However the common would like to units play an important role in terms of students from low SES backgrounds continue to including Indigenous students and it is important to ensure that those voices do representative not get lost. from ACIKE ensuring a FT commented that it be good to continue to include a representative from ACIKE; as often Indigenous people can be left out of the equation and continuing particularly considering the issues we are talking about with Batchelor. focus on retention and 12. Student representative success for MC pointed out that if the PASS scheme gets up and running and one of the foci LSES is the common units then a PASS leader would be ideal. The current policy is to go to the student representative council (SRC) and they appoint from within their elected committee membership. However, this often results in their being no one to attend the committee meetings. Unit FT advised that the student representative council did advertise this semester Coordinators but without success. to approach students TN queried whether committee members could approach students who might be regarding interested. MC advised that there is no policy in the university at present representation indicating that the SRC must be approached if student representation is sought. on CU committee MC confirmed that students who are approached by the unit coordinators will be required to submit an expression of interest in the form of a letter. They should be sent the TOR and their representation will be recorded on their AHECS.
BZ queried whether there had been an outcome from this action item. JS pointed out that this action item referred to the first year experience research work that GB and SC have commissioned. The committee agreed that this action item should be carried over to the next meeting. GB to arrange meeting to discuss research projects. 3. of reference Common Units Committee MC confirmed that the two Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellors have been added and noted the following changes to the incumbency: 5. Associate Dean Learning & Teaching, FEHSE now Barbara White 6. Associate Dean Learning & Teaching, FLEBA now Greg Shaw 7. ACIKE representative MC queried whether there should still be a representative from ACIKE on the committee. Historically the ACIKE representative position was part of the management committee from when one of the units was embedded in SAIKS. However, this is no longer the case. The unit coordinators represent the other units and not individual representatives from schools. However the common units play an important role in terms of students from low SES backgrounds including Indigenous students and it is important to ensure that those voices do not get lost. FT commented that it be good to continue to include a representative from ACIKE; as often Indigenous people can be left out of the equation and particularly considering the issues we are talking about with Batchelor. 12. Student representative MC pointed out that if the PASS scheme gets up and running and one of the foci is the common units then a PASS leader would be ideal. The current policy is to go to the student representative council (SRC) and they appoint from within their elected committee membership. However, this often results in their being no one to attend the committee meetings. FT advised that the student representative council did advertise this semester but without success. TN queried whether committee members could approach students who might be interested. MC advised that there is no policy in the university at present indicating that the SRC must be approached if student representation is sought. MC confirmed that students who are approached by the unit coordinators will be required to submit an expression of interest in the form of a letter. They should be sent the TOR and their representation will be recorded on their AHECS. MC to with GB and Steven Larkin and advise that the committee would like to continue to representative from ACIKE ensuring a continuing focus on retention and success for LSES Unit Coordinators to approach students regarding representation on CU committee
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