UNSW Policy Development Process

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Establish Need |  Research & Analysis |  Drafting |  Consultation |  Authorisation |  Communication |  Implementation | Review

The UNSW Policy Development Process is used for the creation, authorisation, implementation and review of policy at the University.

The policy development process is made up of a number of phases, which should be thought of as making up the policy cycle. The phases are not rigidly separated and may proceed concurrently. However, the phases flow logically from the first phase, establishing the need for a new policy or amendment/replacement of an existing policy, to the last phase which is review.

Through the continuous policy development cycle, the University seeks to ensure that it has a set of policies which:

• meet the University’s administrative and compliance needs;
• are consistent and integrated with each other;
• are practical and easy to implement;
• are easy to understand;
• are appropriately approved.

The University also seeks to learn from its own experience and the accumulated experience of others to improve its policy.