Governance Policy and Planning Services   Edith Cowan University
G&PS Areas
Executive Director

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from the Executive Director

This G&PS website is designed to help staff and students across the University access information about key functions overseen by the Centre.

Some of this information concerns key planning documents, policies and procedures, decision-making pathways and statistical information. The website also provides information on the roles played by G&PS and who to contact for further information relating to G&PS’s core activities which include:

Corporate and Academic Governance Supporting and enhancing governance and decision-making (eg. Council, Vice-Chancellery and Academic Board processes).
Compliance Processes Supporting and enhancing statutory and other compliance processes (eg. legal support, Records Management, Copyright, EEO, formal student complaints, FOI, ACC, elections, course approvals and research ethics approval processes).
Policy and Planning Providing policy, planning and academic support activities and services, especially related to the development of ECU’s academic and diversity profiles.
Strategic Information Collecting, analysing and reporting statistical and other information to meet external requirements and to support information based decision-making (eg. Student Data Collections, Equity Groups data and reporting, load planning).
Strategic Quality - Quality@ECU Strategic support for whole-of-University quality improvement arrangements.
Executive Support Other executive administrative support services (eg. Executive Officer and other support to the Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellery Team).
Legal Services Providing specialist advice and assistance within ECU, including: provision of professional advice; preparation and negotiation of legal contracts; copyright; intellectual property; legal matters relating to complaints, disputes and grievances; addressing of Federal and State legislative requirements.
Public and Corporate Relations Providing specialist advice in the following areas: Public Relations, including issues management and media liaison; Corporate Communications, including the development and implementation of internal communications campaigns and the presentational aspects of key corporate documents such as the Annual Report; protocol and visitors services; corporate events and graduation ceremony management; Alumni relations, and friend fundraising development. ECU's Musuem of Childhood and the ECU Art Collection are features of the University's profile and are located within the Unit.

I hope this website will help you in your own work at ECU and encourage you to contact the relevant contact officers within G&PS if you need further information or assistance. We would welcome feedback on the website and on other advice or assistance provided by G&PS so that we can further improve our service to staff, students and members of ECU’s governing Council and key committees.

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Dr Susan E. King
Executive Director (Governance & Planning)


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