The Academic Senate’s responsibilities reach across all courses offered by the university, including vocational education, higher education and research, and include:
- academic policies, procedures and regulations
- accreditation and reaccreditation of courses
- requirements for the awarding of degrees, diplomas and certificates
- maintenance of courses
- course evaluation.
The Academic Senate maintains a register of accredited degrees, diplomas, certificates, licenses and other awards offered by Swinburne. The registers are updated as required following each Academic Senate.
In accordance with the requirements of the Academic and Student Affairs Statute 2012, Part 4, Clause 12, the following registers are made available:
Higher education
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Academic Senate wiki for Swinburne staff
Visit the wiki for Academic Senate to view sub-committee meeting dates, agendas, minutes and more.
More information
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Governance framework
Find out about the functions, responsibilities and membership of Swinburne’s governing bodies.
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Academic Senate Regulations 2014
Swinburne's Academic Senate Regulations outline the powers and functions of Academic Senate and further provisions for membership and committees.
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Academic and Student Affairs Statute
Swinburne's Academic and Student Affairs Statute sets the provisions for Academic Senate.
Contact the Academic Senate
Secretariat
Ms Garima Sharma
Deputy University Secretary
senatesecretariat@swin.edu.au
Academic Senate Chair
Professor Amanda Scardamaglia
+61 3 9214 5870
ascardamaglia@swinburne.edu.au
Location
John Street,
Hawthorn, Victoria 3122
Australia
Postal address
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia
More about our leadership and governance
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Interim Vice-Chancellor and President of Swinburne
Professor Simon Ridings guides Swinburne’s vision to be a world-class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation.
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Executive team
Meet our executive team and Pro-Vice Chancellors and discover their expertise in education and their fields of specialisation. -
Council
The Council is responsible for the affairs of the university, overseeing statutes and regulations, finances, management and policy frameworks.
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Chancellor
Professor John Pollaers OAM was appointed Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology in February 2019.
