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 Freedom Policy | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 |
To clarify the rights and responsibilities that faculty have regarding academic freedom. |
Anti-Bullying & Occupational Violence Policy | Monday, 12 February, 2024 |
This policy is designed to ensure that all employees understand what will be regarded as bullying and occupational violence, how complaints can be made and how claims will be treated by ECA. |
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. |
Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct | Thursday, 29 June, 2023 |
The purpose of this Policy is to guide Eastern College Australia in developing a child protective culture and in establishing and maintaining child-safe environments for the children who are part of the College education and faith community. |
Commercial Transactions Policy | Monday, 29 April, 2024 |
This policy is intended to give guidance to the operations personnel of the College, to ensure integrity in all its commercial transactions as they relate to service agreements, banking (including cash handling), inventory control, asset purchases and contractual obligations. This policy is read in conjunction with the Financial Policy and Procedure Manual. |
Complaints and Grievance Policy | Monday, 3 October, 2022 |
To outline how grievances, disputes and complaints are managed. |
Computer Policy | Wednesday, 16 October, 2024 |
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for the allocation and use of computers for staff within the College. |
Credit Card Use Policy | Monday, 14 November, 2022 |
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. |
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. |
Cyber Security Policy | Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 |
This Cyber Security Policy has the following purposes:
Continually review and improve cyber security as the College’s IT environment and the real-world cyber security environment evolve. |
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 |
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). |
Finance Policy and Procedure Manual | Monday, 28 November, 2022 |
All finance transactions as noted in this policy are to be authorised by the noted authorised person prior to the transaction being undertaken. |
Fit and Proper Persons Policy | Monday, 20 February, 2023 |
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. |
Fraud Prevention Policy | Friday, 14 July, 2023 |
The purpose of this policy is to set out the commitment, responsibilities, and procedures of Eastern College Australia in relation to fraud. |
Leave Policy | Thursday, 9 November, 2023 |
To outline staff leave entitlements and arrangements. |
Mental Health Strategy and Implementation Plan | Thursday, 24 February, 2022 |
Eastern acknowledges that good mental health is important to students’ academic success as well as to their general well-being – as it also is for our faculty and staff. With this in mind, and in response to Recommendation 8 of the Higher Education Standards Panel, Eastern has developed a Strategy to provide a sustainable approach to mental health promotion, protection and intervention for all College students and employees. |
Occupational Health and Safety Policy | Saturday, 21 October, 2023 |
This policy sets out the guiding principles to ensure the highest level of health, safety and wellbeing for staff, students and visitors. |
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. |
Professional Development and Study Leave Policy | Monday, 30 April, 2018 |
This policy outlines the conditions and principles that apply to professional development and study leave for College staff. |
Refund Policy | Tuesday, 13 October, 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. |
Risk Management Policy | Monday, 8 November, 2021 |
This manual outlines the policies that form the basis of Eastern College Australia’s Risk Management Plan and covers all activities within the college and its operations and entities, as well as defining ECA’s risk management objectives, framework, roles, responsibilities, communication, and process. |