Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Act 2011 (104 of 2011)

Schedule 3   Other amendments

Part 1   Amendments

Higher Education Support Act 2003

3   At the end of Division 19

Add:

Subdivision 19-G - The compact and academic freedom requirements

19-110 Table A providers and Table B providers must enter into mission based compacts

(1) A higher education provider that is a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider must, in respect of each year for which a grant is paid to the provider under this Act, enter into a mission based compact with the Commonwealth for a period that includes that year.

(2) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into a mission based compact with a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider.

(3) The mission based compact must include:

(a) a statement of the provider’s mission; and

(b) a statement of the provider’s strategies for teaching and learning; and

(c) a statement of the provider’s strategies for:

(i) undertaking research; and

(ii) research training; and

(iii) innovation.

Note: A mission based compact may include other matters.

(4) The *Secretary must cause a copy of each mission based compact to be published on the Department’s website within 28 days after the making of the compact.

19-115 Provider to have policy upholding free intellectual inquiry

A higher education provider that is a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider must have a policy that upholds free intellectual inquiry in relation to learning, teaching and research.