CULTURAL DIVERSITY POLICY
1. POLICY
Australian Catholic University appreciates respects, celebrates and promotes the value of cultural diversity and will put in place and implement inclusive policies and strategies that enhance cultural diversity as a positive drive in the life of the University Community.
2. CONTEXT
Australian Catholic University aims to create a community set apart by its academic excellence, intellectual integrity and ethical standards. In carrying out its role of teaching, research and service, the University openly engages the ethical, social and religious aspects of the questions it encounters. In all its activities and practices, the University is driven by a fundamental concern for equity and justice, and for the dignity
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Nonetheless, it is appreciated that resource constraints may in some way affect the extent to which and /or timeliness within which the application of the strategies highlighted below can be accomplished.
5.1 TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
5.1.1 Thesis platform of higher education is very keen in developing ways that can be used in the developing a commitment to the different personalities that are present and from different cultural background. All this s to be done with the inclusion of the Curricula
5.1.2 In the delivers of the curricula the course proposal that will be in place and the reviews that will b developed will be included such that the teaching structures that are going to be used provide efficient assessment for the people that are involved.
5.1.3 The teaching structures that are going to be deployed into the learning curve include the content and most importantly the different models of deliver and not forgetting the vital part of evaluation that involves the assessment .all these inclusions will lead
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5.4 STUDY AND WORKPLACE CULTURE
5.4.1 The culture that will be able to develop in regards to the university community will be dependent on the policies and the structures implement their intention will be:
(a) Being able to incorporate appropriately the functionality and diversity of:
• students
• students and staff
• staff;
(b) To be reasonable to the needs of the staff and most students whose main language in English
(c) To be able to provide the appropriate procedures and limits to respective cultural backgrounds that will eventually lead to the eradication of any negative strides such as bullying
(d) Ability to incorporate new individual into the system present Australia an implying the same implication as Australian citizen
5.4. The university will strive to make that following available
(a) Transition is key in any institution and the university will take up responsibility in doing so.
(b) Fulfilling the cultural requirements of students and staff
(c) Assistance of student particularly international
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