Southern Cross University Act 1993
Part 2 - Constitution and Functions of the University
Establishment of University
4. A University is established by this Act, consisting of:
(a) a Council; and
(b) the professors and full-time members of the academic staff of the
University and such other members or classes of members of the staff
of the University as the by-laws may prescribe; and
(c) the graduates and students of the University.
Incorporation of University
5. The University is a body corporate under the name of the Southern Cross
University.
Functions of University
6.
(1) The object of the University is the promotion, within the limits of
the University's resources, of scholarship, research, free inquiry, the
interaction of research and teaching, and academic excellence.
(2) The University has the following principal functions
for the promotion of its object:
(a) the provision of facilities for education and research
of university standard, having particular regard to the needs of the
north coast region of the State,
(b) the encouragement of the dissemination, advancement, development
and application of knowledge informed by free inquiry,
(c) the provision of courses of study or instruction across a range
of fields, and the carrying out of research, to meet the needs of the
community,
(d) the participation in public discourse,
(e) the conferring of degrees, including those of Bachelor, Master and
Doctor, and the awarding of diplomas, certificates and other awards,
(f) the provision of teaching and learning that engage with advanced
knowledge and inquiry,
(g) the development of governance, procedural rules, admission policies,
financial arrangements and quality assurance processes that are underpinned
by the values and goals referred to in the functions set out in this
subsection, and that are sufficient to ensure the integrity of the University's
academic programs.
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(3) The University has other functions as follows:
(a) the University may exercise commercial functions
comprising the commercial exploitation or development, for the University's
benefit, of any facility, resource or property of the University or
in which the University has a right or interest (including, for example,
study, research, knowledge and intellectual property and the practical
application of study, research, knowledge and intellectual property),
whether alone or with others,
(b) the University may develop and provide cultural, sporting, professional,
technical and vocational services to the community,
(c) the University has such general and ancillary functions as may be
necessary or convenient for enabling or assisting the University to
promote the object and interests of the University, or as may complement
or be incidental to the promotion of the object and interests of the
University,
(d) the University has such other functions as are conferred or imposed
on it by or under this or any other Act.
(4) The functions of the University may be exercised within
or outside the State, including outside Australia.
7. Repealed.
Facilities to be provided for
students, staff and others
8. The University may, for the purpose of or in connection with the exercise
of its functions, provide such facilities for its students and staff and
other members of the university community as the University considers
desirable.
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