Delegations

Academic Delegations Ordinance

An academic delegation is an assignment of authority to a University position or committee to make a decision about an academic function.

Version history

VersionAction Approved byApproved Date Commenced Business Owner
Version 12 (PDF) Approved University Council 2 May 2025 2 May 2025 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Version 11 (PDF) Approved Director Governance and Compliance 19 January 2024 19 January 2024 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Version 10 (PDF) Approved Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 8 September 2023 8 September 2023 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Version 9 (PDF) Approved Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 28 September 2022 28 September 2022 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Version 8 (PDF) Minor amendment approved (position title changes) Director Governance and Compliance 16 May 2022 16 May 2022 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Version 7 (PDF) Approved University Council 23 February 2022 23 February 2022 Provost
Version 6 (PDF) Approved Provost 27 January 2022 27 January 2022 Provost
Version 5 (PDF) Approved University Council 28 October 2021 28 October 2021 Provost
Version 4 (PDF) Approved University Council 30 July 2021 30 July 2021 Provost
Version 3 (PDF) Approved University Council 30 April 2021 30 April 2021 Provost
Version 2 (PDF) Approved University Council 30 October 2020 30 October 2020 Provost
Version 1 (PDF) Approved University Council 22 May 2020 1 July 2020 Provost

General Delegations Ordinance

The University's General Delegations Ordinance (PDF 223.6 KB) is the instrument by which Council delegates powers and functions to identified University positions for:

  • financial contracts, expenditure, revenue and borrowings
  • non-financial contracts and applications for funding
  • appointment, remuneration and termination of University staff
  • risk acceptance.

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Version history

VersionAction Approved by Approval date Commencement date Business Owner
Version 8 (PDF) Approved University Council 6 December 2024 3 February 2025 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Services and Operations)
Version 7 (PDF) Minor amendments approved (position name change) Director Governance and Compliance 27 September 2023 27 September 2023 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Services and Operations)
Version 6 (PDF) Minor amendments approved (position title changes) Director Governance and Compliance 8 May 2023 8 May 2023 Head Student Services and Operations
Version 5 (PDF) Approved University Council 8 December 2022 8 December 2022 Chief Operating Officer
Version 4 (PDF) Approved University Council 29 June 2022 29 June 2022 Chief Operating Officer
Version 3 (PDF) Approved University Council 4 April  2022 4 April 2022 Chief Operating Officer
Version 2 (PDF) Minor amendment approved Director Governance and Compliance 28 August 2020 25 September 2020 Chief Operating Officer
Version 1 (PDF) Approved University Council 14 February 2020 4 April 2020 Chief Operating Officer