1. We respect your privacy

Mary Andrew College respects your right to privacy and this policy sets out how we collect and treat your personal information.

“Personal information” is information we hold which is identifiable as being about you.

2. What personal information we collect

We may collect the following types of personal information from you:

name, address, phone number, email, information about the goods or services you have ordered, information from enquiries you have made, communications between us, credit card information, detailed information about the running of your business as required for our services

3. How we collect your personal information

We collect personal information from you in a variety of ways, including: when you interact with us electronically or in person; when you access our website or social media presence(s); and when we provide our services to you.

4. Use of your personal information

We use your information to provide our service(s) to you. We also use it to improve our service and to notify you of opportunities that we think you might be interested in.

We do not provide your information to third parties, except that we may provide your information to our business partners who assist us in the provision of our services to you.

We will not under any circumstances sell or rent your information to a third party.

5. Security of your personal information

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However we are not liable for any unauthorised access to this information.

6. Access to your personal information

You can access, update or request the removal of your personal information by contacting us

7. Google Analytics advertising features

We utilise Google Analytics advertising features to identify trends of people visiting our website. This information is an aggregate overview and does not allow us to correlate your personal viewing habits on our website or other websites. This process is done utilising the Google Analytics cookie and/or DoubleClick cookie. If you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit their currently available opt-outs here.

8. Policy changes

Any changes to this privacy policy will be updated on this site.

Title: Academic Freedom Policy

Author: MAC Principal

Approved by: MAC Principal

Date: May 2023

Review Date: May 2026

Version: 2

Superseded Documents: MAC Academic Freedom Policy v1 (16/12/2015)

Purpose

To articulate the principles of academic freedom for students and staff at Mary Andrews College.

Scope

This policy applies to all students and staff at Mary Andrews College.

Background and Values

Mary Andrews College is a Christian college and a ministry of Anglican Deaconess Ministries (ADM). The college affirms the Christian faith, as expressed in the Anglican Deaconess Ministries’ statement of faith and as found the historic creeds (Nicene, Athanasian and Apostles’); and upholds the authority of the Old and New Testaments as being the inspired word of God and containing all things necessary for salvation.

As an affiliated college of the Australian College of Theology (ACT), Mary Andrews College adheres to the values of the ACT which state that ‘the College is committed to open independent intellectual inquiry by faculty and students in line with its (the ACT’s) educational philosophy […] in academic and pastoral theology.’

Within the teaching and learning environment of MAC, it is expected that faculty:

- will accept and work within the boundaries of ADM’s statement of faith.

- will pursue God’s truth within their classroom disciplines and in research and writing.

- will be free to engage in scholarly, intellectual enquiry and critical thinking in an academic capacity, as shaped by a Christian worldview.

- will critically evaluate their own work and research.

- will model ‘non-threatening civil discourse [in the classroom] which respects the search for truth in the individual student and encourages others to similarly respect that process in their fellow student.’

- will welcome students of all faiths and none into the classroom community.

- will not make or allow discriminatory or offensive comments about another person’s spirituality or faith commitment, but encourage fair criticism of other theological perspectives.

- will be responsible for encouraging, facilitating and supporting positive, analytical discourse and awareness amongst students.

- will not assess students on the basis of their own personal faith/beliefs but solely on the grounds of academic merit and required standards.

Within the teaching and learning environment of MAC, it is expected that students:

- will acknowledge and respect Mary Andrews College’s Christian worldview and its teaching within an evangelical framework of the Christian faith.

- will subject their own beliefs to reasoned critique.

- will not make discriminatory or offensive comments about another person’s spirituality or faith commitment.

This policy will be reviewed every three years.

If there is any reason to believe that this policy has been breached, procedures as outlined in the Grievance Policy should be followed.

Sources:

In the formation of this document, the following sources were used for ideas and phrasing:

Statements/Policies of Academic Freedom:

Morling College Academic Freedom Policy, Version 2, February 2014. Cited 16 December 2015 on http://www.morlingcollege.com/wp- content/uploads/2014_Academic_Freedom_Policy.pdf

NSW Higher Education Free Intellectual Inquiry Policy – TAFE NSW. Cited 16 December 2016 on: https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/students/high_edu/intell_inq/

Bible College of South Australia Academic freedom Policy 2022: https://actheology.tod.net.au/download/document/398

Other Sources:

The Australian College of Theology ‘Academic Freedom in a Theological Context: Occasional Paper No.4 by Professor Neil Ormerod, July 2008. Cited 16 December 2015 on: http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=68c86f50-6fbd-4de7-b2b5-d22541ca9339

Australian College of Theology, ‘The Mission, Objectives, Values and Vision of the Australian College of Theology’, Australian College of Theology 2014 Undergraduate Handbook.

Download the current MAC Student Code of Conduct Policy here