| Title | Approved on | Purpose |
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| Academic Board Terms of Reference | Thursday, 23 June, 2022 |
Role of the Academic Board
The quality of Higher Education providers is overseen and regulated by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), applying standards set by the Minister for Education, primarily under the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 (HESF) or such other guidelines enacted from time to time. It is recognised by TEQSA that a degree of separation between corporate governance and academic governance is a long-standing practice and facilitates effective oversight of academic issues. Consistent with this practice, the Governing Board of Eastern College Australia (the Board) wishes to delegate academic oversight to the Academic Board under the following terms of reference.
Pursuant to this delegation, the Academic Board, as a sub-committee of the Board, shall be the peak academic body of Eastern College Australia for consideration of academic issues including policy development and decision-making to assure the quality of teaching, learning, research and research training.
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| Academic Standards and Risk Committee Terms of Reference | Thursday, 7 November, 2024 |
To outline the purpose, membership and terms of reference of the Academic Standards and Risk Committee. |
| Board Executive Committee Terms of Reference | Tuesday, 13 September, 2022 |
The Executive Committee of the Eastern College Australia Board acts on behalf of the Board between Board meetings to deal with matters requiring prompt responses and/or action. |
| Business Continuity Plan | Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 |
This Policy sets out the guiding principles under which Business Continuity is to be developed, implemented and managed to enable Eastern College Australia to establish and maintain an effective level of preparedness to respond to incidents that disrupt normal operations. |
| Course Assurance Policy | Thursday, 1 December, 2022 |
This policy outlines how Eastern College Australia (the College) will mitigate disadvantage to students who are unable to progress/continue in a course of study due to unexpected or planned changes in the College's operations. |
| Critical Incident Policy | Friday, 16 June, 2023 |
The purpose of this Critical Incident Policy (CIP) is to provide a detailed plan of how Eastern College Australia will prepare and respond to critical incidents and emergency situations. |
| Data Breach Policy | Friday, 23 August, 2024 |
This Policy sets out the processes to be followed by Eastern College Australia (ECA) staff if the College experiences a data breach or suspects that a data breach has occurred. This Policy should be read in conjunction with the College’s Privacy Policy |
| Delivery with other Parties Arrangements and Performance Monitoring Policy | Monday, 22 May, 2023 |
This policy stipulates the risk management and quality assurance processes that must be applied to all of the College’s delivery with other parties arrangements. |
| Disaster Recovery Policy: Loss of Executive Principal | Tuesday, 11 September, 2018 |
To ensure that the college continues to operate in the event of an unexpected loss of the Executive Principal, by appointing an Interim Executive Principal for a period of six months, so the Board have time to find the right person for the future.
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| Executive Principal Succession Policy | Thursday, 9 November, 2023 |
To outline the process Eastern College Australia (ECA) will adopt in the event of an unexpected absence (an emergency succession) or planned departure (departure defined succession) of the Executive Principal (EP). |
| Learning Teaching and Research Committee Terms of Reference | Thursday, 22 June, 2023 |
To outline the purpose, membership and terms of reference of the Learning Teaching and Research Committee. |
| Policy on Policy Development | Monday, 20 September, 2021 |
The Policy on Policy Development establishes a framework for creating and maintaining the College’s policies, procedures and guidelines. |
| Privacy Policy | Friday, 28 May, 2021 |
EASTERN Privacy Policy is based on the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) and is committed to protecting the privacy of all personal information. Personal information includes information about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information. It includes “sensitive information”. “Sensitive information” includes information about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, religious affiliation and health information. The College is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 and will collect, use and store personal information including any sensitive information, in accordance with those principles. The College is also bound by the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and for higher education students, the Tuition Protection (Up-front Payments Guidelines) 2020 and the Higher Education (Up‑front Payments Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020. |
| Risk Management Policy | Monday, 17 February, 2025 |
This manual outlines the policies that form the basis of the College’s Risk Management Plan and covers all activities within the College and its operations and entities, as well as defining the College’s risk management objectives, framework, roles, responsibilities, communication, and process. |
| Whistle-blower Policy | Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 |
The purpose of this policy is to:
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