Teaching & Learning at UWA

The University's primary goal statement for teaching and learning embodies the important elements of the University's mission and role for its teaching and learning activities:

The University aims to provide courses of study and a learning environment at the highest possible quality to meet individual, local (state) and national needs and internationally recognised standards; and to foster the relationship between teaching and the conduct of research across the range of its disciplines in a way that sustains the quality of the institution's teaching and learning activities and distinguishes it from other institutions in the State and many others in the Unified National System.

The University's Teaching and Learning Committee is a standing committee of the Academic Council and has a significant central role in the overall planning and management of the University's teaching and learning activities. The Committee is chaired by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), who has overall portfolio responsibility for teaching and learning.

Professor Belinda Probert

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Vice-Chancellery (M465)

Telephone: 6488 1717

Email: Belinda.Probert@uwa.edu.au  

For queries regarding teaching and learning policies, please contact the Committee's Executive Officer as follows:

Ms Sue Smurthwaite

Executive Officer (Teaching and Learning Policy)

University Secretariat (M456)

Telephone: 6488 2459

Email:  ssmurthwaite@admin.uwa.edu.au

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) is the focal point for bringing together and expanding the broad range of teaching innovations and staff development activities currently directed towards providing the highest quality learning opportunities for students. CATL aims to encourage and assist with the development and evaluation of faculty-based initiatives in teaching and learning and to facilitate the effective university-wide applications of skills and resources developed locally.