University Secretary's Team

As a key part of the University’s governance and leadership framework, our team provides strategic and operational support to the University’s governing bodies, senior management, and academic community. We are responsible for ensuring transparent, ethical, and effective decision-making across the institution.

What we do

The University Secretary’s Team operates within the Governance and Legal portfolio to promote and support effective governance and compliance management across the University, through the ongoing coordination and management of:

• Corporate governance structure processes involving the Board of Governors, Board of Trustees, and the Board of Directors and its sub-committees
• Academic governance processes involving Academic Council and its sub-committees
• University governance documents, including the Statutes, regulations, Standing Delegations of Authority
• The University’s Policy Framework and policy development, implementation and review
• University records management documentation and processes, and
• University processes for countering foreign interference

Compliance management

The University Secretary’s Team also oversees the University’s Compliance Management Framework, including maintaining records and reporting for:

• The Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021
• Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000
• The National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018 (National Code)
• Standards for Registered Training Organisations
• (RTOs) 2015, and
• More broadly for the University’s legislative compliance obligations.

Who are we

Contact us

If you would like to contact us with an enquiry, please email undasecretariat@nd.edu.au.