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(1) Deakin University’s campuses and facilities sit on the ancestral lands of many of Australia’s First Peoples. For our Geelong campuses we acknowledge the Wadawurrung people, for the Greater Melbourne the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people and in Warrnambool the Gunditjmara people. The University recognises that knowledges have been produced, exchanged and applied by Indigenous Peoples of this Country for thousands of generations. The inclusion and relationship with the knowledges of Australia's First Peoples and with ‘truth telling’ as a core principle contributes to and extends the mission of the University. (2) Deakin University declares its commitment to freedom of speech and academic freedom as fundamental to the conduct of a democratic society and to the quest for intellectual, moral and material advance in the human condition. (3) The Deakin University Act 2009 (Vic) articulates the production, application and critique of knowledge as central to the objects of the University. Deakin University recognises freedom of speech and academic freedom as of paramount value and affirms its commitment to intellectual rigor, social responsibility and institutional accountability. The University recognises its obligation to strengthen, enhance and advance the conditions for free enquiry, informed intellectual discourse and reasoned debate through the operations, management and governance of the University. (4) These institutional responsibilities are shared by a community of staff and students committed to the value of research, education and scholarship for the practical betterment of humanity. (5) This Code adopts the Model Code for the Protection of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in Australian Higher Education Providers developed by former High Court Chief Justice the Hon Robert French AC, as modified and adopted by the University Chancellors Council. (6) Deakin University Council endorses this Code for Upholding Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom and declares its commitment to the Code. (7) The objects of this Code are: (9) The University shall have regard to the Principles of this Code in the drafting, review or amendment of any non-statutory policies or rules and in the drafting, review or amendment of delegated legislation pursuant to any delegated law-making powers. (10) Non-statutory policies and rules of the University shall be interpreted and applied, so far as is reasonably practicable, in accordance with the Principles of this Code. (11) Any power or discretion under a non-statutory policy or rule of the University shall be exercised in accordance with the Principles in this Code. (12) This Code prevails, to the extent of any inconsistency, over any non-statutory policy or rules of the University. (13) Any power or discretion conferred on the University by a law made by the University in the exercise of its delegated law-making powers shall be exercised, so far as that law allows, in accordance with the Principles of this Code. (14) Any power or discretion conferred on the University under any contract or workplace agreement shall be exercised, so far as it is consistent with the terms of that contract or workplace agreement, in accordance with the Principles of this Code. (15) Every member of the staff and every student at the University enjoys freedom of speech exercised on University land or in connection with the University subject only to restraints or burdens imposed by: (16) Subject to reasonable and proportionate regulation of the kind referred to in the previous Principle, a person’s lawful speech on the University’s land or in connection with a University activity shall not constitute misconduct nor attract any penalty or other adverse action by reference to its content alone; nor shall the freedom of academic staff to make lawful public comment on any issue in their personal capacities be subject to constraint imposed by reason of their employment by the University. (17) Every member of the academic staff and every student enjoys academic freedom subject only to prohibitions, restrictions or conditions: (18) The exercise by a member of the academic staff or of a student of academic freedom, subject to the above limitations, shall not constitute misconduct nor attract any penalty or other adverse action. (19) In entering into affiliation, collaborative or contractual arrangements with third parties and in accepting donations from third parties subject to conditions, the University shall take all reasonable steps to minimise the restrictions or burdens imposed by such arrangements or conditions on the freedom of speech or academic freedom of any member of the academic staff or students carrying on research or study under such arrangements or subject to such conditions. (20) The University has the right and responsibility to determine the terms and conditions upon which it shall permit external visiting speakers and invited visiting speakers to speak on University land and use University facilities and in so doing may: (21) Subject to the preceding Principles the University shall not refuse permission for the use of its land or facilities by an external visiting speaker or an invited visiting speaker nor attach conditions to its permission, solely on the basis of the content of the proposed speech by the visitor. (22) The University may take reasonable and proportionate steps to ensure that all prospective students in any of its courses have an opportunity to be well informed of the content of those courses. (23) Academic Staff must comply with any University Policy documents supportive of the University's duty to foster the wellbeing of staff and students. They are not precluded from including content solely on the basis that it may offend or shock any student or class of students. (24) For the purpose of this Code:Code for Upholding Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom
Section 1 - Introduction
Section 2 - Objects
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Section 5 - Principles
Freedom of Speech
Academic Freedom
Contractual and Other Restrictions
Visitors to the University
Course Content
Section 6 - Definitions