Recently Approved UOW Policy Documents

New UOW Policy Documents

Title	Date Approved	Effective Date
Predatory Publishing and Conferencing Guideline	13 October 2021	13 October 2021
Short Course Learner Policy	16 September 2021	16 September 2021
Short Course and Non-Award Course Management Procedure	16 September 2021	16 September 2021

Title	Date Approved	Effective Date	Summary of Amendments
Faculty Academic Governance Policy	8 November 2021	8 November 2021	Administrative amendments to: include Associate Deans (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) as members of Faculty Executive Committees; remove references to the disbanded Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory Committee, Community Engagement Committee, Community Reference Group and Community Investment Steering Group; update elections information; and update gender binary language to non-binary.
Procedure for Managing Alleged Misconduct by Student	29 September 2021	29 September 2021	Administrative amendments reflecting organisational structure changes, and role and title changes.
Student Conduct in Residences Policy	29 September 2021	29 September 2021	Administrative amendments reflecting organisational structure changes, and role and title changes.
Course Policy	16 September 2021	16 September 2021	Amendments to account for changes to the course portfolio to incorporate short course initiatives, update definitions and incorporate changes made in the related award course procedures.
Credit for Prior Learning Policy	16 September 2021	16 September 2021	Inclusion of UOW Lifelong Learning and microcredentials, removal of internal and external credit terminology, revision of appeals pathways and amendment of Associate Diploma to Associate Degree to align with AQF taxonomy.
Special Studies Program Policy (previously Sabbatical Policy)	8 September 2021	8 September 2021	Major amendment to policy

Last reviewed: 9 November, 2021