The Group Course Committee (GCC) deals with the day-to-day administration of the curriculum and attendant policies.
Functions and Terms of Reference
The GCC operates with and through its Executive Chair, the General Manager, Education who, in turn, reports to the College’s Managing Director who is also its Academic Principal. Under the Executive Chair’s leadership, the Group Course Committee has the following roles and functions:
- to review the day-to-day operation of College courses
- to monitor and, where necessary, influence, all aspects of moderation
- to develop and amend timetables
- to analyse data and make recommendations for the continuous improvement of the content and delivery of all courses
- to review the effect of academic policy and report to The College of Law Academic Board (COLAB) and the Academic Principal, from time to time
- to consider recommendations in respect of any course received from lecturers’ Practice Area Teams, student evaluations and external Curriculum Advisory Committees (CACs)
- to make recommendations to the COLAB and the Executive Management Team with regard to resourcing
- to report, as required, to the COLAB
The GCC meets fortnightly and provides reports quarterly to the COLAB (or more frequently as required) and to the Executive Management Team (as required).
Structure and Membership
The GCC is constituted by:
- General Manager, Education (Executive Chair)
- CEO (or nominee), The College of Law Queensland
- CEO (or nominee), The College of Law Victoria
- CEO (or nominee), The College of Law Western Australia
- CEO (or nominee), The College of Law New Zealand
- Director, PLT Program (New South Wales)
- Director, Program Development
- Director, Applied Law Program
- Director, Academic Audit and Policy