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Honorary Awards Committee

Terms of Reference

1. Purpose of Honorary Awards Committee -

To consider, scrutinise and deliberate on nominations for honorary awards to be reviewed by the Committee under the Honorary Awards of the University Policy (where applicable, having regard to the assessments made by the Honorary Awards Working Group) and formulating recommendations to Council on matters such as:

1.1 suitable candidates for the honorary awards of:        
a.  Honorary Degree; and
b.  Fellow of the University.

1.2  the suitability of the existing suite of honorary awards described at 1.1, and proposals for new honorary awards;

1.3 policy and guidelines governing the honorary awards described at 1.1, including but not limited to:
a.  selection criteria and eligibility;
b.  nomination and approval procedures;
c.  immediate award benefits (including format of testamurs);
d.  use of post-nominals; and
e.  on-going entitlements of award holders.

2. Responsibilities -

2.1  To liaise with appropriate officers of the University with a view to maximising positive publicity opportunities resulting from conferral of the honorary awards described at 1.1.

2.2  To ensure that a comprehensive list of recipients of the honorary awards described at 1.1 is maintained in an appropriate publicly accessible place (usually the University internet site).

2.3  To review from time to time all policies pertaining to the honorary awards described at 1.1 and to recommend amendments to Council as appropriate.

2.4  To obtain and consider any additional information that the Committee considers to be necessary.

2.5  On the basis of the information available to the Committee, to provide a report to the next meeting of Council on the nominated candidates recommended for award and on the Committee’s deliberations.

3. Composition and Membership -

3.1  The composition and membership of the Honorary Awards Committee (as of 01 January 2021):

Composition

Name

COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

Chancellor [Chair]

Ms Gaye McMath

Deputy Chancellor

Mr Robert Radley

Vice-Chancellor

Professor Arshad Omari

Chairperson of the Academic Board

Associate Professor Madeleine Ogilvie

One other member of Council

Vacant

ECU Guild President

Ms Sarah Rizwan

One Member of University Executive

Professor Karen Strickland

Two members nominated by the Academic Board

Professor Lisa Whitehead; and

Professor Chris Abbiss

ACCREDITED OBSERVER 

Chair of the Honorary Awards Working Group

Professor Cobie Rudd

3.2  There may be occasions when a matter before the Honorary Awards Committee is designated by the Chair as a reserved matter, to be considered in camera.  On such occasions any co-opted members or student representatives will be asked to withdraw from the meeting and will not return until the in camera discussion has concluded.  Agenda papers and any other documents pertaining to the reserved matter will not at any time be made available to either co-opted members or student representatives. Minutes of the discussion and resolution of reserved matters which have been considered in camera will be recorded separately.

4. Honorary Awards Committee Chair

In the absence of the Chair at a meeting of the Honorary Awards Committee, members will elect from among the full members present a person to serve as Acting Chair until such time as the Chair of the Committee is available.

5. Frequency of Meetings

The Honorary Awards Committee will usually meet once per calendar year, with the meeting held on a date after a meeting of the Honorary Awards Working Group has taken place.  Additional meetings may be held in order to meet business requirements at the request of the Chair.

University Governance Adviser and
Honorary Awards Committee Executive Officer
Mrs Aisling Vennitti
Telephone: (61 8) 6304 2443
Email: a.ging@ecu.edu.au

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