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