Induction program

Academic Board Induction Pack

The Executive Officer (Academic Board) will send each new Academic Board member an Academic Board Induction Pack comprising:

• Academic Board Information Booklet 2022
• Welcome letter
• Schedule of 2022 meeting dates for the Academic Board
• Academic Board Statute
• Academic Board Regulations
• Academic Board Procedures and Standing Orders
• Terms of Reference, Composition and Membership of the Academic Board
• Academic Board Committee structure
• List of Academic policies

Induction information session

At the beginning of each year, members of Academic Board will receive an invitation to attend an Academic Board Member Induction Information Session, hosted by the Chair and Deputy Chair, Academic Board. The Academic Board Member Induction Information Session will be held in early February, before the first meeting of Academic Board for the year.

The Academic Board Member Induction Information Session will reinforce and enhance information contained in the Induction Pack. Segments will be devoted to:

• governance at La Trobe and the Academic Board's roles and responsibilities
• the role and responsibilities of members of the Board
• the roles and responsibilities of officers of the Board
• the specific way in which the Academic Board assures the quality of teaching and research
• how the work of the Academic Board is carried out
• the role of committees of the Board
• academic policies and procedures
• the Academic Board website
• conduct of meetings of the Academic Board.