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Academic Board

Find out how the Academic Board helps to maintain academic leadership at Federation. Learn about the work that goes into monitoring and improving the quality of education.

The Academic Board aims to establish and maintain academic leadership at an institutional level in accordance with the Federation University Australia Statute 2021.

As the peak academic governing body of the University, the Academic Board oversees the academic governance system to meet the requirements of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 and other regulatory standards.

The Board comprises 22 member positions, 14 of which are ex officio and 8 of which are filled by elected academics and teaching staff, general/professional staff and students of the University.

Academic Board Leadership 

Chair: Professor Bernadine Van Gramberg, Chair Academic Board

Deputy Chairs:  

  • Darren Gray, Pro Vice-Chancellor VET and University Pathways and Chief Executive, TAFE
  • Associate Professor Linda Wight

Charters

The Academic Board may delegate certain tasks to its standing committees or management. Charters have been created to clearly define the roles, responsibilities and authorities of the following governance bodies:
    Academic Board Charter
    Academic Board Steering Committee Charter
    Curriculum Committee Charter
    Research Committee Charter
    Learning and Teaching Quality Committee Charter

Academic Board  Secretariat Contact