Academic Board
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 | Committee responsibility |
Professor John Loxton | Chair of the Academic Board (External) | - |
Professor Manoranjan Paul | Deputy Chair of the Academic Board (External) | - |
Dr Sabiha Sultana | Ex-Officio: Acting Dean/ Head of Business & Entrepreneurship | Chair: TLC; Member: CAC & SEC |
A/Prof Meaghan Katrak Harris | Ex-officio: Head of Department, Social Work & Development | Member, TLC and CAC |
Dr Linh Hoang | Ex-officio: Head of Department, Information Technology & Engineering |
Member, TLC and CAC |
Dr Zeenat Mahjabeen | Member (External) | Chair, SEC |
Dr Arash Najmaei | Member (External) | Chair, CAC |
Ms Afsana Bilkis | Staff Representative | - |
Mr Tej B. Bhandari | Student Representative | Member, SEC |
Dr Hemant Ojha | Owner’s Representative | - |
The Academic Board (AB) has three standing committees:
AB Committees | Chair | Members |
Course Advisory Committee (CAC) | Dr Arash Najmaei | Dr Sabiha Sultana, A/Prof Meaghan Katrak Harris, Dr Linh Hoang, Dr Frank Baffour, Dr Ahmed Mostafa |
Teaching & Learning Committee (TLC) | Dr Sabiha Sultana | A/Prof Meaghan Katrak Harris, Dr Linh Hoang, Student rep (vacant) |
Student Experience Committee (SEC) | Dr Zeenat Mahjabeen | Shiva Shrestha, Afsana Bilkis, Tej Bhandari |