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    Academic Board

    NIDA’s Academic Board is a standing committee of the NIDA Board of Directors and the principal academic authority in NIDA’s governance structure. Its purpose is to provide oversight of NIDA’s educational and scholarly activities including quality assurance, and to monitor the continuing relevance of NIDA’s educational offerings, as understood in relation to current and anticipated developments in the arts sector and entertainment industry and benchmarked against peer educational institutions nationally and internationally.

    Membership of the Academic Board comprises up to fifteen (15) persons including, the Chair, who is appointed by and a member of the Board of Directors and three (3) external members with significant experience of senior academic leadership, practice-led teaching and/or governance in the higher education sector as well as a member from the vocational education sector. It also includes representation from NIDA’s teaching staff, as well as student members representing the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts and Vocational Studies respectively.

    Ex-officio members include the CEO, Director of Learning and Innovation, Deputy Director Learning and Innovation (Vocational Education and Training), Head of Curriculum, Manager, Quality Assurance, and Chairs of the Examination and Research and Scholarship committees.

    The Academic Board is responsible for a wide range of activities including but not limited to:

    • Oversight and approval of NIDA’s Quality Assurance framework
    • Oversight and approval of NIDA’s Research and Scholarship plan
    • Oversight and approval of major course changes recommended to the Academic Board by the Education Committee
    • Oversight of final course results presented via the Examination Committee and recommending those students who are eligible to graduate to the Board of Directors
    • Academic policies and procedure

    NIDA Academic Board members

    • Professor Michael Balfour, Head of School and Professor of Theatre and Performance, UNSW
    • Angela Bates, Head of First Nations, First Nations Department, Screen Australia
    • Kylie Black, Manager, Student Services and Quality Assurance
    • Andrew Comrie, Head of Curriculum
    • Mark Gaal, Deputy Director, Learning & Innovation (VET)
    • Corinne Heskett, Head of Costume
    • Liz Hughes, ex officio, CEO NIDA
    • Belinda Maudson, Props Teacher Enmore Design Centre (TAFE NSW)  and Freelance Props Maker
    • Sarah Miller AM, Director of Learning and Innovation
    • Rachael Palazzi, BFA Student Representative and SCON President
    • Dr Suzanne Osmond, Chair of the Scholarship and Research Committee
    • Professor Anna Reid, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
    • Associate Professor Mark Ryan SFHEA, Academic Lead, Engagement School of Creative Practice Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice Faculty, QUT
    • Anna Tregloan, Chair and NIDA Board member
    • TBA (Vocational Student Representative)
    • Karina Young (MFA Student Representative)