General Discussion Forum

Hi All,

I will be retiring on 7 August 2026 and Deakin is currently recruiting for its next Council Secretary.

If you know anyone potentially interested, the information is here https://careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/job/580898/council-secretary

Applications close 1 March 2026.

See you all before August at one of our forums,

Glenn Nicholls

Hi all, do any of your universities have a standalone policy on antisemitism (as opposed to antisemitism being included in other policies eg racism, discrimination, code of conduct)?

Thanks,

Julie

Hi all, we are working through any improvement actions required to fully align with the new governance principles. I am keen to understand what other universities are already doing or considering introducing in response to Principle 8.2 Remuneration: annually disclose the remuneration of the Vice-Chancellor and senior managers, including a breakdown of their fixed remuneration, any variable remuneration and incentive payments, and other benefits, and

annually disclose whether the Vice-Chancellor or senior managers received material remuneration from a party other than the university. We currently publish executive remuneration in the broad bands in our Annual Report financial statements only. We are thinking about how we can publicly disclose senior executive remuneration in a clearer way, e.g. summarising total remuneration and how it compares to sector benchmarks or government guidelines, disclosing any paid external roles if applicable.

Can anyone share any policies/processes that they have in place to allow staff, students, stakeholders to attend University Council/Senate meetings. Including whether this is available for all meetings or only certain meetings or even parts of meetings. Also, whether there are limited places available and if so, how this process works.

Thanks so much.

Rebecca

Council Secretary/Manager Governance, La Trobe University

Rebecca