Senior Management Conference 2011

2011 Senior Management Conference

The University of Western Sydney is in a position of strength to move forward in key areas which will position UWS as a university known for opportunity and excellence.

The annual Senior Management Conference provides an important opportunity to bring together senior staff to discuss the challenges and opportunities for growth and to provide input into the development of integrated and linked strategies and actions for UWS’s next stage of growth.

"UWS in Transition: The Challenges and Opportunities of Growth" was the theme of the 2011 Senior Management Conference held on Friday 8 July 2011 at the WatervieW Convention Centre, Bicentennial Park, Homebush. Over 70 senior staff participated in this year’s Senior Management Conference from academic and divisional areas.

Presentations and discussions focussed on an overview of UWS’ achievements and next steps in strengthening academic and research initiatives and activities, and within the context of the international sector landscape and academic risk management  in relation to the following domains:

• Academic program planning
• Student voice
• Staffing capacity
• Trimester
• ICT enabled learning
• Research profile
• Engagement
• Campuses, resources and infrastructure

Papers from the conference are available for download and require staff log-in.

Presentation Papers

• SMC 2011 Vice-Chancellor Annual Presentation "The Paradox of Growth: UWS in its Third Decade" (PDF. 121kB)
• SMC_2011 Adelma_Hills - School of Psychology (PDF, 1MB)
• SMC_2011 Andrew Cheetham - Research Framework (PDF, 1MB)
• SMC_2011 Craig Ellis - Business Growth (PDF, 4009Kb)
• SMC_2011 John Bartlett - School of Natural Sciences (PDF, 838Kb)
• SMC_2011 Mark Cartwright & Paul Wormell - Developing an Academic Risk Profile (PDF, 1MB) 
• SMC_2011 Monish Paul - Making the Grade (PDF, 786Kb)
• SMC_2011 Rhonda Griffiths - School of Nursing & Midwifery (PDF, 654Kb)

Conference Papers

• SMC2011 Conference Program (PDF, 211Kb) 
• Conference Participants and Forum Tables  (PDF, 211Kb) 
• Pre conference activity (PDF, 177Kb) 
• Conference Evaluation (PDF, 192Kb)

Session 2 - International Sector View

• Deloitte Top 10 Issues in Higher Education 2011 (PDF, 517Kb)  

• BOT paper - International Focus (PDF, 88Kb) 
• BOT paper - Academic Program Planning (PDF, 62Kb) 
• BOT paper - Staffing Issues (PDF, 201Kb) 
• BOT paper - Engagement (PDF, 61Kb) 
• BOT paper - Student Voice (PDF, 112Kb) 
• BOT paper - Research Strategy (PDF, 71Kb) 
• BOT paper - Trimesters (PDF, 211Kb) 
• BOT paper - IT enabled learning (PDF, 307Kb) 
• BOT paper - Campuses, Resources and Infrastructure (PDF, 212Kb)  

• College of Business & Law (PDF, 181Kb)  
• School of Economics & Finance (PDF, 178Kb) 
• School of Humanities & Languages (PDF, 56Kb) 
• School of Law (PDF, 218Kb) 
• School of Accounting (PDF, 238Kb) 
• School of Biomed & Health Sciences (PDF, 109Kb)  
• School of Comm Arts (PDF, 207Kb)
• School of Computing and Maths (PDF, 196Kb) 
• School of Education (PDF, 176Kb) 
• School of Engineering (PDF, 113Kb) 
• School of Management (PDF, 62Kb)  
• School of Marketing (PDF, 74Kb) 
• School of Nursing & Midwifery (PDF, 485Kb) 
• School of Psychology (PDF, 127Kb) 
• School of Social Sciences (PDF, 198Kb) 

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