Their role
The University Appeals Committee (UAC) is responsible for:
- hearing and determining appeals against decisions of Faculty Committees (FC), the Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Academic Progress Committee or Thesis Examination Committee regarding academic progress and performance
- hearing and determining appeals against decisions of an FC not to accept an application for readmission after exclusion
- hearing and determining appeals against decisions of a single member or full Academic Integrity Committee or Student Research Integrity Committee regarding breaches of academic and research integrity
- hearing and determining appeals against decisions of a single member or full Student Misconduct Committee regarding breaches of conduct amounting to general misconduct
- hearing and determining late appeal applications to the UAC
- reporting and making recommendations to the Academic Board regarding trends and issues arising from appeal hearings.
Further information
Students may lodge appeals with this Committee pursuant to the following regulations.
PDF Regulation 4.1 (1) – General Misconduct57.0KB
PDF Regulation 4.1(2) – Academic and Research Integrity79.5KB
PDF Regulation 5.3(1) – Assessment and Academic Progress in Higher Education Award Courses42.2KB
PDF Regulation 5.3(3) – Assessment and Academic Progress in Higher Degrees by Research114.9KB
Composition
- Two members of the Academic Board (appointed by the Chair of the Academic Board, one who shall be Chair and one who shall be Deputy Chair)
- Four members, including at least one member from each Faculty who are the Faculty Committee Chairs, or appropriate nominees, appointed by their Faculty
- Co-opted members, appointed by the Chair of the Academic Board on a needs basis.
Contact us
Chair
Associate Professor Ambika Zutshi
Deputy Chair
Associate Professor Janet McLeod
University Appeals Committee Secretariat
Lisa Hunter
Jessica Watson
+61 03 5227 8532
Email the Secretariat