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UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND ACT 1993 - SECT 6
Object and functions of University
6 Object and functions of University
(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,
(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.
(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,
(a1) without limiting paragraph (a),
the University may generate revenue for the purpose of funding the promotion
of its object and the carrying out of its principal functions,
(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.
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