College Board

To clarify the rights and responsibilities that faculty have regarding academic freedom.

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.

This policy is intended to give guidance to the operations personnel of the College, to ensure the integrity of all its commercial transactions as they relate to agreements, banking (including cash handling), inventory control, acquisitions and marketing and communications. This policy is supplemented by the attached document, Financial Policy and Procedure Manual.

The purpose of this Credit Card Policy is to ensure that credit cards are issued and used appropriately for business-related expenses of both the Melbourne School of Theology and Eastern College Australia (the Colleges), and that all expenses incurred are properly approved and acquitted.

Eastern College Australia recognises the importance of ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to:

• effectively respond to an actual or suspected data breach involving data or information in any form or medium held by the College (Data); and
• ensure compliance with the relevant legislative framework under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act) concerning personal information data breaches.

This Policy should be read in conjunction with the College’s Privacy Policy

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).

This policy and procedure is required to ensure that personnel recruited to key administrative positions in the College, or to the Governing Board of Eastern College Australia are fit and proper persons to conduct their delegated responsibilities within the College.

The policy and procedure is also required to ensure ongoing compliance with Chapter One, Provider Registration Standards of the Higher Education Standards Framework.

To outline staff leave entitlements and arrangements.

This policy sets out the guiding principles to ensure the highest level of health, safety and wellbeing for staff, students and visitors.

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.

To establish a policy that is reasonable in ensuring that Higher Education and VET students are not penalised unfairly in scenarios relating to their withdrawal from study.

To outline what behaviours constitute sexual assault or sexual harassment and to set out how the College will respond to incidents.  The policy also provides a framework for providing a safe environment for students and staff in relation to incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment.