Policies & Procedures @ Swinburne

What's New

Recently approved policies/procedures
The following policies/procedures have recently been approved by the University, and published on the Policy & Procedure Directory:

Title	Description	Date of Approval	Approving Body
Independant Contractor and Employee Policy	Previously known as "Consultant or Employee Policy"	19 August 2008	Executive Group
Brand Management	Replaces "Advertising" and "Swinburne Corporate Identity - Use of Logos and Visual Branding"	5 August 2008	Executive Group
Assessment and Appeals - Higher Education		25 June 2008 (not to be published until 1 September 2008)	Academic Board
Telecommunications	For a full list of amendments see the Status section of the policy.	19 August 2008	Executive Group
Intellectual Property		11 August 2008	Council
Regulation 23 - Academic Dress	Addition of a new section - Eligibility to wear Academic Dress	11 August 2008	Council
Regulation 21 - Board of TAFE Studies	Changes to Membership	11 August 2008	Council
Space Management		5 August 2008	Executive Group
Traffic Management	Previously known as "Traffic Management & Parking	5 August 2008	Executive Group
Essential Safety Measures Compliance	Previously known as "Essential Services Compliance"	5 August 2008	Executive Group
Information Technology Security	Put into new template. For a full list of amendments see the Status section of the policy.	22 July 2008	Executive Group
Server and Core Database Backup Restore	Put into new template. For a full list of amendments see the Status section of the policy.	22 July 2008	Executive Group
Computer Equipment Backup	Previously known as "Desktop, Notebook and Hand Held Computing Equipment Backup". Addition of USB storage devices and open files on the network not backed up.	22 July 2008	Executive Group
Credit Cards - Smart Data On Line SDOL	Put into new template with minor amendments	22 July 2008	Executive Group

Deleted policies/procedures
The following policies and procedures have recently been superseded, renamed or rescinded, and removed from the Policy & Procedure Directory:

Title	Description	Date Removed from PPD
Swinburne Corporate Identity - Use of Logos and Visual Branding	Replaced by Brand Management	5 September 2008
Advertising	Replaced by Brand Management	5 September 2008
Student Life Cycle Surveys	Removed from PPD. Approved by Executive Group on 19 August 2008.	25 August 2008

Draft policies for comment
Draft policies and procedures are provided on this page for comment as part of the University's consultation process. They should not be considered as approved University policies or procedures or relied upon in any way.

Staff are invited to provide feedback on the following draft documents to the designated contacted officer.

Document Title	Description	Contact Officer	Closing date for comments