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Terms of Reference
The Committee is advisory to the Vice-Chancellor and shall:
- advise on the development, monitoring and review of the University’s community engagement goals embedded in the University Strategic Plan
- advise on community engagement priorities as detailed in an annual action plan
- advise, where appropriate, on policies and practices relevant to community engagement activities
- facilitate effective community engagement links between the University and our communities
- facilitate effective community engagement links between faculties and professional units.
Membership
Shall consist of:
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (Chair)
- Director of the Innovation Campus (Deputy Chair)
- Manager of the Office of Community & Partnerships
- Head of the Shoalhaven Campus
- Manager Careers Central
- Nominated member of Academic Senate
- Nominated members of each UOW Faculty
- a student member appointed by the Vice-Chancellor
- Chair of Community Reference Group.
Members of the Committee will serve a two year term.
Each member’s role on the Committee may extend to being involved in a working party when needs arise to investigate an issue or topic in-detail and may require an additional face-to-face meeting or online feedback mechanism. Each working party will report back on outcomes to the Community Engagement Committee.
Appointments to the Community Engagement Awards & Grants sub-committee will be made from this Committee.
Meetings
The Committee will meet at least twice yearly. Meetings are scheduled by the Chair for a duration of approximately 1.5 hours. The meeting dates for 2010 are:
- 24 March 2011
- 28 July 2011
- 9 September 2011
General
Support for the Committee will come from the Office of Community and Partnerships. Comments and questions about the Committee may be directed to: community@uow.edu.au or 02 4221 3110.
The University of Wollongong’s General Committee Induction Manual is available at http://www.uow.edu.au/governance/committees/index.html and should be consulted by members of the Community Engagement Committee.
