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The Governance Support Unit (GSU) provides a range of services, including:

  • committee and electoral support for Council and Academic Board and their committees, as well as other executive committees and working groups
  • UTS governance instruments such as the rules, policies and delegations
  • the Student Complaints Resolution Office
  • student misconduct and appeals
  • the UTS Annual Report
  • UTS's records management program and archives
  • legal and policy requirements relating to right to information (GIPA) and privacy.

Visit Corporate governance (staff only, SharePoint) for further information on some of GSU's activities.

GSU staff and contact details

Bill Paterson
University Secretary and Director, Governance Support Unit
telephone 02 9514 1285
email William.Paterson@uts.edu.au

Chris Aarons
Executive Assistant to the Chancellor and University Secretary
telephone 02 9514 1320 and 02 9514 7859
email Chris.Aarons@uts.edu.au

Corporate governance

General contacts

Academic Board
email AcademicBoard@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1464

Council
email Council@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1240

Delegations
email delegations@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1249

Elections
email Elections@uts.edu.au (preferred method of contact)
telephone 02 9514 1235

GSU website
email Bridget.Shipstone@uts.edu.au or Ran.Ding@uts.edu.au

Indigenous committees
email Indigenous.governance@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1235

Policy
email policy@uts.edu.au or Elizabeth.Miller@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 7810

Rules
email rules@uts.edu.au or Elbreg.Zwaan@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 9811

Student complaints resolution office
email student.complaints@uts.edu.au (preferred method of contact)
telephone 02 9514 8462

Student misconduct and appeals
email misconductandappeals@uts.edu.au (preferred method of contact)

Staff

Richard Birrell
Deputy Director (Corporate Governance) and Deputy University Secretary
telephone 02 9514 1249
email Richard.Birrell@uts.edu.au

Deborah Crook
Executive Officer (Governance Support)
telephone 02 9514 1240
email Deborah.Crook@uts.edu.au

Dr Jacqueline Rule
Executive Officer (Governance Support)
telephone 02 9514 1464
email Jacqueline.Rule@uts.edu.au

Elbreg Zwaan
Senior Governance Support Officer
telephone 02 9514 9811
email Elbreg.Zwaan@uts.edu.au

Jen Chan
Governance Support Officer (Courses Accreditation)
telephone 02 9514 1226
email Yi-Jen.Chan@uts.edu.au

Jenny Luong
Senior Governance Support Officer (Electoral Officer)
telephone 02 9514 1235
email Jenny.Luong@uts.edu.au

Liezel McEvoy
Senior Governance Support Officer (Delegations)
telephone 02 9514 7550
email Liezel.Mcevoy@uts.edu.au

Elizabeth Miller
Policy Manager
telephone 02 9514 7810
email Elizabeth.Miller@uts.edu.au

Bridget Shipstone
Editor
telephone 02 9514 2350
email Bridget.Shipstone@uts.edu.au

Ran Ding
Web Content Editor
telephone 02 9514 1236
email Ran.Ding@uts.edu.au

Megan Cassidy
Manager, Student Complaints Resolution Office
telephone 02 9514 8462
email Megan.Cassidy@uts.edu.au

Romila Bonney
Senior Advisor, Student Complaints Resolution Office
telephone 02 9514 8463
email Romila.Bonney@uts.edu.au

Andrea Thompson
Manager, Student Misconduct and Appeals
telephone 02 9514 1238
email Andrea.Thompson@uts.edu.au

Andrew Gardoll
Senior Advisor, Student Misconduct and Appeals
telephone 02 9514 9770
email Andrew.Gardoll@uts.edu.au

Hanna Aili
Administrative Officer, Student Misconduct and Appeals
telephone 02 9514 1321
email Hanna.Aili@uts.edu.au

Ishkhan Kotoyan
Administrative Officer, Student Misconduct and Appeals
telephone 02 9514 1321
email Ishkhan.Kotoyan@uts.edu.au

 

Corporate information

General contacts

Archives
email archives@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1221

Privacy
email privacy@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1245 and 02 9514 9766

Records
email university.records@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 9766

Right to information (GIPA)
email right.to.information@uts.edu.au
telephone 02 9514 1245 and 02 9514 9766

Staff

Deborah Naray
Head of Corporate Information
telephone 02 9514 1245
email Deborah.Naray@uts.edu.au

Sharron Baker
Strategic Records Advisor
Area of responsibility: implementation, planning and assessment
telephone 02 9514 9766
email Sharron.Baker@uts.edu.au

Diana McLaughlin
Senior Records Advisor (Archives)
Area of responsibility: archives, records retention and destruction
telephone 02 9514 1221
email Diana.McLaughlin@uts.edu.au

Iain Triffitt
Senior Records Advisor (Technical)
Area of responsibility: TRIM administrator and digital recordkeeping
telephone 02 9514 1289
email Iain.Triffitt@uts.edu.au

Sarah Clague
Records Advisor
telephone 02 9514 1282
email Sarah.Clague@uts.edu.au

 

GSU staff on extended leave or secondment

Staff

Currently no staff on extended leave.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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