About Us

CHS is committed to making a contribution through its educational programs to ‘Closing the Gap’ by reducing disadvantages entrenched towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, educational achievement, and employment outcomes. To achieve this commitment, CHS will align its activities to the five dimensions of reconciliation developed by Reconciliation Australia regarding: race relations, equality and equity, unity, institutional integrity, and historical acceptance. CHS is committed to make their educational programs accessible to the Australian Indigenous community in order to contribute to:

• Improving Australian Indigenous postgraduate progression and completion rates to levels commensurate with those of other Australians
• Increase Indigenous participation in the life of the College
• Collaborate with Indigenous people to ensure the inclusion of appropriate Indigenous content in curriculum across CHS programs where relevant
• Acknowledge Indigenous culture across CHS operations where appropriate
• Foster Indigenous awareness and encourage student projects on Indigenous health to promote Indigenous health and welfare

CHS is aware that the best means of dealing with entrenched attitudes towards people with disability is through education and promotion of exemplary conduct that can lead to greater social cohesion within the College community. CHS is committed to making reasonable adjustments to meet the needs of students and staff with disability. CHS promotes an environment that values diversity and inclusiveness. CHS is committed to attending to the needs of individual students with disability in terms of facilitating their participation in the CHS’s workplace, educational programs and events as far as practicable

CHS recognises and celebrates diversity including supporting LGBTIQ + Inclusion community.
Ally Network – The Ally network comprises staff and students to develop, plan and create action plans to support the LGBTIQ+ community and engage in social events

CHS will celebrate cultural diversity through a range of events and activities, including:

• Celebrating days of Cultural Significance to support understanding of the many faiths, cultures and ethnicities that compose the contemporary Australian society
• Providing Cultural Orientation Programs
• Connect with Students and Staff to share expertise in cultural diversity and developing multi-cultural events throughout the year

Educational disadvantage is a reality faced by many Indigenous students and also from low socioeconomic backgrounds. CHS is committed to making a contribution to this group by:

• Giving equal opportunities around the access students have to resources and facilities available to students, as well as to effective teachers
• Scholarship given to selected students from low socioeconomic background based on merit
• Alternative pathways to admission into the courses offered by CHS

The standing committee of the Governing Board ARC examines all matters related to the CHS’s financial affairs, including the external audit that it considers necessary, and reviews and makes recommendations to the Board in relation to the College’s risk appetite and risk management framework. The Committee shall examine any other matter referred to it by the Board.

The Student Appeals Committee is an ad-hoc Committee that has delegated authority from the Governing Board to determine appeals by students against decisions made by College officers and bodies in relation to:

• final grades and/or assessments
• breaches of academic integrity
• other forms of academic misconduct
• non-academic misconduct.

The standing committee of the Academic Board with responsibility for monitoring and reporting on quality assurance processes for teaching and learning within the CHS in order to ensure that day-to–day academic operations meet quality educational standards and to provide industry and content specific advice and guidance in relation to the development and on-going revision of the College’s courses. The L&T Committee has responsibility for advising the AB on policies and guidelines related to teaching and learning and development of teaching scholarship.

The standing committee of the Academic Board that reviews and moderate student results at the end of each trimester in accordance with the College’s policies and guidelines, including recommendation for graduation and honours, determination of at risk students etc.

The standing committee of the Academic Board tasked with oversight of scholarship and research, including compliance with Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research, application of the CHS policies related to conduct of research by staff and students etc.

The standing committee of the Board of Examiners that assesses students’ progress at predetermined points in each trimester to identify at risk students and refer them to the learning support staff.

In addition, the academic governance includes a Course Advisory Committee that is convened periodically to review the existing courses as well as assess proposals for new courses with broad representation of stakeholders (industry, external academics, professional bodies, etc.). Academic Appeals Committee is an ad-hoc committee convened on behalf of the Academic Board to respond to academic appeals made by students.