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2021 Student Handbook 2021 Student Handbook 2021 Student Handbook 2021 Ninth edition, 2021 Edited by Adrian Diethelm Designed and typeset by Bianca Dantl Thanks are due to College staff past and present who have contributed to this publication. © Copyright 2013-2021 The Rector and Fellows of St John’s College IMPORTANT CONTACTS EMERGENCY SERVICES Police | Ambulance | Fire 000 NEWTOWN POLICE Open 24 hours 131 144 or 02 9550 8199 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SECURITY Emergency (24 hours) 02 9351 3333 Security (non-emergency) 02 9351 3487 RESIDENT ASSISTANT ON DUTY Available after hours 0411 961 746 RECEPTION Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 02 9394 5000 STUDENT SERVICES Email [email protected] Cover top photo: The first cohort of women students 2001. 2 ST JOHN’S COLLEGE - STUDENT HANDBOOK | 2021 CONTENTS 1. OUR PURPOSE 5 7. HEALTH AND SAFETY 53 1.1 MISSION, VISION & CULTURE 5 7.1 STAYING HEALTHY 53 1.2 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 6 7.2 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS 54 1.3 CULTURAL RENEWAL 7 7.3 REPORTING AND SUPPORT 56 1.4 THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CHURCH 8 7.4 LOCAL HEALTH RESOURCES 64 2. WHO’S HERE 10 8. STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT 66 2.1 COLLEGE EXECUTIVE 10 9. THE GENERAL REGULATION 72 2.2 COLLEGE STAFF 12 10. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 84 2.3 STUDENT PASTORAL TEAM 15 10.1 SJC STUDENT COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE 84 2.4 HOUSE COMMITTEE 17 10.2 SJC STUDENT SEXUAL 3. ACADEMIC WORK 19 MISCONDUCT AND SEXUAL 3.1 EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY 19 HARASSMENT POLICY 92 3.2 ACADEMIC POLICIES 19 10.3 PRIVACY POLICY 105 3.3 TUTORIAL PROGRAM 21 11. CONTRACT AND FEES 109 3.4 NAGLE LIBRARY 22 11.1 STUDENT CONTRACT 109 4. PASTORAL CARE 29 11.2 COLLEGE FEES 112 4.1 THE WHOLE PERSON 29 11.3 FINES AND CHARGES 117 4.2 STUDENT PASTORAL SYSTEM 30 12. GLOSSARY 118 4.3 CHRISTIAN LIFE 31 13. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 123 5. LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE 36 14. HISTORICAL NOTES 127 6. LIFE AT COLLEGE 41 MAPS AND FLOOR PLANS 134 6.1 COMMUNITY LIFE 41 FIRE AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 143 6.2 COMMUNICATIONS AND MAIL 42 6.3 COLLEGE MANAGEMENT 43 6.4 SECURITY 44 6.5 MEALS 45 6.6 STUDENT ROOMS 47 6.7 STUDENT CLUB EVENTS 49 6.8 COLLEGE BAR 50 6.9 ABSENCE 50 6.10 FACILITIES IN COLLEGE 50 6.11 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 51 2021 | STUDENT HANDBOOK ST JOHN’S COLLEGE 3 FOREWORD Welcome to St John’s College within the University of Sydney. Please read this Handbook carefully: it will help to make your time here a fulfilling and enriching experience. St John’s is an academic community founded in the tradition of Catholic commitment to university education, and we offer a supportive environment for students who are committed to their studies and enjoy sharing life in a collegial environment. Living in a community such as ours has its challenges. Being considerate of others is a necessity, and hopefully becomes a habit. Time management skills are at a premium, as you structure your days and weeks to accommodate a range of demands on your attention. The capacity to look beyond the immediate experience to longer term goals is something we would like you to cultivate. Overall, we hope that you will use your time at College to consider carefully what it is that is important in your life, to make decisions about values and priorities, and make commitments that will help you live according to those decisions. The university experience is an invitation to embark on a journey, in which your growth as a person is connected with your learning in knowledge-based disciplines. The idea that these two things are intrinsically connected has grounded the survival and flourishing of the university as an institutional form since medieval times. College provides an opportunity to live out the ideals of university education in the fullest way. In origin, the forms of both college and university came into existence under the patronage of the Church, and acknowledged God as both the source and end of learning. At this College we invite you to situate your study, as well as daily life in community, within the context of God’s presence in the world. I trust you will make the most of your time here. Adrian Diethelm RECTOR 4 ST JOHN’S COLLEGE - STUDENT HANDBOOK | 2021 1. OUR PURPOSE • the compatibility of intellectual inquiry with 1.1 MISSION, VISION & the Christian Gospel; CULTURE • high standards of ethical behaviour and social responsibility; Mission • service to those less advantaged; • respect, honesty and charity. St John’s College is a Catholic university college which enables young men and women to immerse Diversity and inclusion themselves in university life through: • a welcoming residential environment for St John’s welcomes diversity amongst its students students from different backgrounds; and staff, recognising that contributions to the College’s Mission can be made by individuals from a • an experience of community living with wide range of backgrounds and experiences. social, sporting, religious and cultural opportunities; We strive to ensure that all members of the College community are recognised and respected as valued • assistance to foster academic achievement; friends, companions and partners in our joint • an opportunity to engage with the Catholic endeavours. faith and its intellectual tradition; Gender equality • supportive pastoral care; • formation in leadership through service to As a community comprising both women and men others. St John’s is committed to gender equality, not only as a fundamental human right but also as the foundation Vision for a fair society. Our student body reflects the breadth of talent Students will leave the College: of both male and female students. Promoting • ready to embrace life’s challenges, respect and inclusion, St John’s seeks to provide • having made life-long friends, opportunities for leadership by women and men throughout the student body. • as committed and engaged St John’s alumni, and Acknowledgment of country • wanting to contribute to the Catholic and St John’s acknowledges the traditional custodians broader communities. of the land on which the College is built, the Gadigal Culture people of the Eora Nation; we pay respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We also St John’s culture is committed to: acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing • participation of all St John’s students in the connection to land, waters and culture. communal life of the College; • high academic standards, critical and open The statements of the College’s Mission, Vision and inquiry, intellectual rigour; Culture were adopted by College Council on 12 March 2020 2021 | STUDENT HANDBOOK ST JOHN’S COLLEGE 5 1.2 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 1.2 UNIVERSITY Graduate qualities are generic foundational skills which will help you broaden your horizons, and EDUCATION progress in your career. Developing these qualities in the course of your university education will provide The College seeks to support its students in opportunities for positive contributions in workplaces achieving the University of Sydney’s educational and the broader community. goals, which are expressed in the Graduate Qualities To help students develop graduate qualities and for Bachelor degrees. succeed in their university studies, St John’s College applies the Skills Progress Framework. University of Sydney Graduate Qualities GRADUATE QUALITIES PURPOSE To excel at applying and continuing to develop Depth of disciplinary expertise disciplinary expertise Broader skills: • critical thinking and problem solving To increase the impact of expertise, and to learn and • communication (oral and written) respond effectively and creatively to novel problems • information/digital literacy • inventiveness To work productively, collaboratively and openly in Cultural competence diverse groups and across cultural boundaries To work effectively in interdisciplinary (including inter-professional) settings and to build broader Interdisciplinary effectiveness perspective, innovative vision, and more contextualised and systemic forms of understanding To build integrity, confidence and personal resilience, An integrated professional, ethical and personal and the capacities to manage change and identity uncertainty To be effective in exercising professional and social Influence responsibility and making a positive contribution to society Skills Progress Framework Applied Study Critical Content & (G)rounded Social Leading learning management thinking discipline self- competence others skills skills knowledge leadership 6 ST JOHN’S COLLEGE - STUDENT HANDBOOK | 2021 1.3 CULTURAL RENEWAL 1.3 CULTURAL RENEWAL Background During the course of 2017 St John’s College, together with other University of Sydney colleges, participated in a Cultural Renewal Project led by Elizabeth Broderick & Co. The Project provided opportunities for students, staff and Council members to reflect on values, systems, behaviours and processes in the life of the College, in order to identify both existing strengths and areas in need of renewal. The Cultural Renewal Project was welcomed by students in the College at the time and has effected an ongoing enrichment of student life. To live is to change, and St John’s students have risen to the challenge of conceiving a renewal which is motivated by goodwill and directed by an evaluation of what will enhance the experience of every student in the College. This Statement on Cultural Renewal is re-affirmed each year, signed by the Rector on behalf of the College and by the House Presidents for this year on behalf of the students of St John’s. Commitment The students and staff of St John’s affirm their mutual commitment to cultural renewal in the life of the College. As the word itself suggests, “renewal” signifies not a one-time change to previous practice but an ongoing process of critical reflection and evaluation. This is especially appropriate for an institution whose Values include critical inquiry, intellectual excellence and service to society.
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