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Risk Management Roles

Audit and Risk Committee of University Council

The role of Audit and Risk Committee is to consider reports on corporate risk assessment and controls, and to review risk policies. The Committee reports to Council.

Risk and Insurance Team

The Risk and Insurance team maintains a watching brief on current risk and control practices and provides specialist advice to all organisational areas of the University on risk management. The Risk and Insurance team also maintains the University's risk management software.

Faculties and Other Areas

It is the role of each organisational head to identify and manage the risks faced by their area and to record this information in a risk register. These registers are updated twice a year. There are designated staff within each faculty and other area who have access to the University's risk management software to update the risk registers.

Risk and Compliance Management Subcommittee of Planning Resource Committee (RCMSc)

The Risk and Compliance Management Subcommittee of the Planning and Resources Committee reviews the effectiveness of the University's risk management program and makes recommendations related to the continuous improvement of risk management activities, including risk registers.

For more information email: julie.dean@deakin.edu.au or karyn.hughes@deakin.edu.au