Academic Board

The Academic Board is the principal body of Sydney Met responsible for academic affairs, including academic quality and integrity as a whole. It approves academic proposals and for providing advice on academic policy, academic strategy, and academic standards. It oversees and monitors the academic activities of the College and has functions and powers relating to academic matters such as course development, accreditation, quality, integrity, and policy. The Academic Board advises the Chief Executive Officer and Governing Council on matters relating to teaching, learning, assessment, and scholarship, and makes decisions on delegation from Council.

The current composition of the Sydney Met Governing Council is below:

Name	Position
Professor John Loxton	Chair of the Academic Board (External)
Professor Manoranjan Paul	Deputy Chair of the Academic Board (External)
Dr Zeenat Mahjabeen	Member (External)
Dr Arash Najmaei	Member (External)
Dr Hemant Ojha	Member, Owner’s Representative
Prof Lynne Harris	Member, Ex-Officio: Executive Dean
Dr Linh Hoang	Member, Ex-officio: Acting Head, Department of Information Technology & Engineering
Dr Ahmed Mostafa	Member, Ex-officio: Acting Head, Department of Business Management and Entrepreneurship
Professor Sharon Moore	Member, Ex-officio: Head, Department of Social Work and Development
Ms Aastha Suwal	Member, Staff Representative
Mr Pradip Bohara	Member, Student Representative

The Academic Board (AB) has four standing committees:

AB Committees	Chair
Teaching & Learning Committee (TLC)	Professor Lynne Harris
Student Experience Committee (SEC)	Dr Sabiha Sultana
Course Advisory Committee (CAC)
Research & Scholarship Committee (RSC)