Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and implementation of this document, contact details for the relevant Unit Head and document author and, on the right, a brief summary of changes between this and the previous version.

Disability Policy - Students

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Status	Current	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	13th December 2023	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	31st December 2018	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	University Council	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	13th December 2023	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	Not Applicable	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Responsible Officer	Alan McAlpine Executive Director, Student Services	The position responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of a policy document and its review.
Responsible Executive	Helen Partridge Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) hpartridge@uow.edu.au	The position with overarching responsibility for ensuring implementation of, and compliance with, the policy document.
Enquiries Contact	Student Accessibility Team	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

This is the first document to be published in the University's new Policy Library. It is basically equivalent to the document that was approved and effect at the time the migration occurred, except for the numbering system and references, which have been updated to align with the new formatting and current requirements.

Version Control and Change History

Date Effective - Approved By - Amendment

1 - 1 January 2009 - University Council - First Version.

2 - 6 May 2009 - Vice Principal (Administration) - Migrated to UOW Procedure Template as per Policy Directory Refresh.

3 - 13 August 2009 - Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) - Minor amendment to replace references to SEDLOs with reference to Student Support Advisers.

4 - 03 March 2011 - Senior Manager, Policy & Governance - Amended to reflect change of Code of Practice – Student Professional Experience and link updated.

5 - 23 November 2011 - Vice-Principal (Administration) - Definition for “Associate” updated, in line with the Disability Action Plan 2011-2015.

6 - 13 February 2014 - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Update to reflect change from Dean of Student to Student Ombudsman.

7 - Autumn Session 2015 - University Council - Amendments to reflect the implementation of the new Coursework Student Academic Complaints Policy and Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Academic Complaints Policy, which replace the previous Academic Grievance Policy (Coursework and Honours Students) and Academic Grievance Policy (Higher Degree Research Students).

Amendments to reflect renaming of Student Research Centre to Graduate Research School.

8 - 4 December 2015 - University Council - Consequential amendment to remove reference to rescinded Graduate Qualities Policy.

Update to latest Policy Template.

9 - 5 July 2016 - Vice-Chancellor - Consequential amendment following minor amendment to Coursework Student Academic Complaints Policy – removal of reference to Student Ombudsman at clause 8.3. Transfer to rebranded template.

10 - 7 October 2016 - University Council - Consequential amendments following the approval of new Teaching and Assessment Policy Suite. Amendments to Relevant Legislation and External Documents.

11 - 21 July 2017 - Vice-Chancellor - Minor amendments including update to “Staff” and “Student” definitions; addition of definition for “discrimination”; removal of reference to EED unit.

12 - 23 November 2018 - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) - Consequential amendment following approval of the Compassionate and Compelling Guidelines.

13 - 22 October 2020 - Vice-Chancellor - Consequential administrative amendments to reflect the rescission of the Coursework Student Academic Complaints Policy replaced by the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Policy and the Procedures for the Review of Marks or Grades and Other Academic Decisions (Coursework).

05/01/2026: Division name changed from Graduate Research School (Graduate Research) to School of Graduate Research and Research Culture (Graduate Research)

05/01/2026: Division name changed from Student Accessibility and Inclusion Team (SAI) to Student Accessibility and Inclusion Team (SAIT)

17/02/2026: Division name changed from Student Accessibility and Inclusion Team (SAIT) to Student Accessibility Team (SAT)

30/03/2026: Division name changed from Complaints Management Centre (CMC) to Complaints and Investigations (CI)