Academic Progress Committees – Calling all graduate students!
Are you interested in volunteering some time to be a student representative on Academic Progress Committee (APC) panels? This role comes with responsibility as APCs deal with students who are not making good academic progress.
Why sign up?
- It’s a fantastic opportunity to gain professional experience on a University decision-making panel.
- You will provide a vital student perspective on an academic panel.
- You will build connections across the University.
- You will develop high-level teamwork skills.
You need to be:
- a currently enrolled graduate coursework or HDR student;
- willing to be called on to sit on a professional decision-making panel which may run for a half or full day anytime between Monday, 21 August to Friday, 1 September 2023.
- able to commit to a pre-hearing training session (approximately 30 min duration).
- appreciative of the need for confidentiality and sensitivity.
Further details:
- APC hearings deal with students at risk who have failed some or all of their units and may potentially be excluded from their course;
- You will sit on the panel which conducts hearings from your faculty (for example, an Arts student will sit on the panel to hear the case of an Arts student);
- Your role is not a support role for the student at the hearing. It is a voting role on a decision-making panel about the future progression of students;
- You will hear from the student and deliberate with fellow panel members to decide the best course of action for them after considering their case and asking them questions;
- Pre-panel training will be provided by the MGA (dates to be confirmed);
- This is a volunteer role.
Do you have any questions? Contact Ash Finn at ashley.finn@monash.edu
Interested in being part of the APC hearings?
Fill in the expression of interest form below by Monday, 31 July 2023.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST