Monash University

Academic Board Meeting 8/96

Meeting No 8/96 of the Academic Board was held on Wednesday, 27 November 1996 in the Council Room of the University, from 2:15pm to 4:35pm.

There were present:

Vice-Chancellor Professor MI Logan AC - presiding, Ms H Anderson, Professor W Anderson, Mr P Annal, Mr C Avram, Professors DH Barkla, AJ Bishop, A Bond, ML Brisk, RL Brown, Assoc Professor RAR Bywater, Professors B Caine, L Cairns, R Cas, MN Clayton, Ms V Clulow, Ms O Cornelius, Professors JN Crossley, PLeP Darvall, RW Davies, DM de Kretser, RR Doherty, Assoc Professors M Evans, A Farley, Ms C Fletcher, Professor R Fox, Assoc Professor MSJ Gani, Professors C Gibbs, G Griffin, RHJ Grimshaw, P Grundy, RF Gunstone, JD Hamill, Mr B Harding, Professors J Harris, MTW Hearn, AS Henry, Dr M Iskander, Professors WR Jackson, JB Jacobs, R Jones, ML King, Mr BA Knox, Assoc Professor A Lill, Professor E Lim, Dr M Lindorff, Professors P Nagley, I Nicholls, Ms T Nicholls, Assoc Professor F Ng, Professors RJ Pargetter, B Parmenter, Ms A Parr, Professors JR Pilbrow, R Porter, M Quartly, J Ratnatunga, Dr J Redman, Professors J Redmond, D Schauder, Assoc Professor T Seddon, Professor M Skully, GW Smith, Dr K Stewart, Assoc Professors P Swatman, GV Taylor, Professors P Tharenou, P Thomson, PL Waller, Mr PB Wade, Dr CJ Williams, Professors LHT West, CR Williams and RJ Willis.

Apologies were received from:

Professor J Anderson, Ms A Bardoel, Dr J Brien, Ms M-L Brien, Dr C Browne, Assoc Professor JD Cashion, Ms BL Chew, Professor R Coppel, Dr G Davies, Professors G Davison, GK Egan, Ms R Gedge, Assoc Professor M Gill, Dr B Hatley, Assoc Professor M Hooper, Professor MJ Katomi, Assoc Professor P Nestor, Professors J Northfield, C Probyn, U Proske, A Rizvi, Ms J Southcott, Ms C Spencer, Professors PJ Stewart and N Thomson.

In attendance were:

Ms JH Newham, Secretary to Academic Board and Ms K Wilson-Reid, Executive Officer to Academic Board.

Present by invitation:

Professors T Hore and RB McKern.

Observers:

Mr R Burnet, Ms T Kovac and Mr K Ryan.

The Steering Committee had met on Tuesday 19 November in the James McNeill Room.

Present were: Professors RJ Pargetter (Chair), B Caine, JR Pilbrow and Associate Professor M Gani.

Present by invitation were: Ms O Cornelius, Professor PLeP Darvall and Ms E Anderson.

In attendance were: Ms JH Newham and Ms K Wilson-Reid.

M I N U T E S

*1. ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA AND PROCEDURAL MATTERS

1.1 Starring of Items

Items 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 6.5, 16.4.7 and 16.8 were starred, and items 5.11 and 5.12 were added by members of the Board.

1.2 Approval of Non-Starred Items

The recommendations of the Steering Committee were adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred.

2. MINUTES

*2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting No 7/96 held on 16 October 1996

The Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 7/96 were confirmed and signed subject to the addition of Professor U Proske to the list of those present and Professor R Willis to the list of apologies, and an amendment to point two of Minute 5.7 to read:

Secretary

• "approximately 23.5% of the commencing international students were postgraduates, which was considered to be a welcome trend..."

3. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

*3.1 Degree of Master of Management

This item was starred at the meeting of the Steering Committee of Academic Board.

At Meeting 5/96 of the Academic Board, amendments to the degree of Master of Management were approved, subject to provision of further information, which was submitted to Meeting 7/96 of the Board.

At Meeting 7/96, concerns were expressed by Professor RB McKern, Chief Executive Officer, Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd, regarding the potential for competition between the amended Master of Management and the Master of Business Administration. The Vice-Chancellor agreed to resolve the matter on behalf of the Academic Board, and report the outcome to Meeting 8/96.

A memorandum dated 23 October 1996 from Professor RJ Pargetter, Acting Vice-Chancellor, concerning the resolution of issues relating to the Master of Management was circulated (pp 291-292). The Board was asked to approve the recommendations therein.

In response to a member's query, Professor Rickard confirmed that the two recommendations did not prohibit use of the word "Management" in the titles of awards and subjects of other faculties.

The Academic Board:

• noted the advice of the Acting Vice-Chancellor concerning this matter, as detailed in the memorandum presented regarding the resolution of concerns relating to amendments to the degree of Master of Management which were approved at Meeting 5/96 of the Board;
• approved the two recommendations presented in the document as follows:

1. The term "Business Administration" be permitted only in graduate awards offered by Monash Mt Eliza Business School. This would include any future professional doctorates offered either by the Faculty or the Business School.
2. The terms "Management" and "Business Management" be permitted only in graduate awards offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics and not in awards of the Business School. The Faculty should be granted as much freedom as possible in its development of such programs, provided that they satisfy the conditions laid down by the University's Graduate Studies Policy concerning the entry level for the programs and the level of subjects taken within the programs (without any dispensations whereby the program would need to be listed on the Schedule of Exceptions). This would require a legal amendment to the agreement between the University and Monash Mt Eliza Business School.

• asked that the question of the review of the agreement between the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Monash Mt Eliza Business School be treated as a matter of urgency by the new Vice-Chancellor in 1997.

Professor DA Robinson
Professor JA Rickard
Professor RB McKern
Professor G Griffin
University Solicitor
(File No 87/0555)

*3.2 Restructure of the Faculty of Business and Economics

At Meeting 7/96 of Council, a re-structure of the Faculty of Business and Economics was approved, subject to two provisions laid down by the Academic Board. One of those provisions was that the proposed establishment of a Department of Business and Taxation Law be considered at Meeting 8/96 of the Board, allowing time for discussions regarding this matter between the Deans of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Law.

Two documents were presented: a memorandum from the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics dated 18 November 1996 (pp293-294), and a memorandum from the Dean of the Faculty of Law dated 13 November 1996 (pp295-297).

On 27 November 1996, the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Professor JA Rickard, provided by facsimile to the Secretary variations to the previously approved titles of the Departments of the Faculty, which were tabled as an amended recommendation to the Academic Board.

The proposed revised list of names of Departments for the Faculty of Business and Economics were as follows:

• Department of Economics
• Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics (replacing "Econometrics")
• Department of Management (replacing "Business Management")
• Department of Marketing
• Department of Accounting and Finance
• Department of Trade and Taxation (replacing "Business and Taxation Law")

Professor Rickard asked for more time to consult with his colleagues regarding an appropriate title for the last named Department. The Board gave permission for the Vice-Chancellor to approve a title on behalf of the Academic Board and submit it to Council for approval.

The Academic Board:

• noted the correspondence from the Deans of the Faculties of Business and Economics and Law regarding the proposed establishment of a Department of Business and Taxation Law within the Faculty of Business and Economics;
• approved for submission to Council a change of the name of the Department of Econometrics to be known as the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, and the Department of Business Management to be known as the Department of Management; and
• in relation to the title of the proposed Department of Trade and Taxation (named as the Department of Business and Taxation Law in previous proposals):
  1. noted that Professor JA Rickard would further discuss with his colleagues an appropriate title for the proposed Department for submission to the Vice-Chancellor; and
  2. authorised the Vice-Chancellor to approve on behalf of the Board the title proposed by the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, for submission to Council.

Professor JA Rickard
Ms A Pilgrim
Secretary
(File No 95/0991)

3.3 Human Ethics

Refer to the proceedings under item 15, pp 84-85.

At Meeting 5/96 of the Board, issues of concern regarding ethics committees' workload and terms of reference were referred to CADRES for further c
onsideration.

The Academic Board noted the response of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research), detailed in Proceeding 3 of item 15 in the Agenda, regarding issues referred to CADRES by the Academic Board at Meeting 5/96.

Ms L Gash
Ms M Gleeson (File No 95/1453)

4. MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL

4.1 Graduate Programs Offered in 1996

Refer also to item 28, Council Resolution CL7/96/484, in the attachement to the Agenda (pp 287-289).

A list of Graduate Programs offered in 1996 was submitted by the Academic Board to Council Meeting 7/96.

A query had been raised at the Council meeting regarding the status of those executive certificates of the Faculty of Business and Economics which were designated as 'awards of the faculty', as opposed to 'awards of the University'.

The attention of the Board was drawn to the statement concerning faculty certificates under section 1.2 of the Graduate Studies Policy approved by Council on 11 December 1995, which read as follows:

"Faculty Certificates

A recent initiative of the Faculty of Business and Economics, which has been commended by the Executive of the University, is the introduction of what are called in that Faculty "executive certificates". These are non-award courses with a certificate of completion given to successful candidates by the faculty rather than the University. Faculties introducing similar programs may elect to use nomenclature other than "Executive". These one semester programs are intended to be an entry point into many of the 'professional' graduate diplomas and create the possibility of subsequent entry into masters programs of that faculty for the non-graduate with relevant work experience. In order for a non-graduate to progress further (that is, to enrol in a graduate diploma) the student must demonstrate the academic capability to progress at a higher level, and therefore must achieve a Credit average in the certificate course.

This solution to the question of meeting demand for professional development while retaining academic integrity within the graduate programs of the University is recommended for investigation by all faculties of the University."

Council approved the following recommendation:

"That the University endorse the introduction of faculty certificates as an entry point, particularly into professional graduate diplomas, for applicants with no prior tertiary qualification but with relevant and substantial work experience, which in the opinion of the Faculty provides an appropriate preparation for study. For progression to the graduate diploma in the same discipline, the student would be required to demonstrate academic capability: that is, must attain a Credit average in the certificate course. This program would be of one semester full time duration."

The Academic Board agreed to provide to Council the above advice regarding executive certificates.

Secretary
(File No 96/1201, 96/0040, 92/0547)

*5. REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

5.1 1997 University Budget

A document prepared on 11 November 1996 by the Budget and Statistical Services Branch containing details of the 1997 Monash University Budget was circulated (pp1-7).

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor MI Logan AC, and the General Manager, Mr PB Wade, spoke to the Board regarding the 1997 University Budget, mentioning in particular that:

• Monash University would operate with comparatively low level funding cuts in 1997, followed by more significant cuts in 1998 and 1999;
• the new Vice-Chancellor would be allocated a New Directions Fund off the top of the budget to be used at his discretion;
• broader application of fee-paying would be considered for some courses, from which any increased income would be directed towards teaching activities;
• payment of the debt incurred by the University from the former Faculty of Professional Studies would be completed in 1997;
• penalties would be payable to the Commonwealth Government where either March or August student load targets were not met;
• funding for the Language and Learning Services Unit had been maintained at the same level as 1996;
• University wide costs including components such as Microsoft and ARNET licenses, water rates and examination expenses were increasing at a rate of 7.7%;
• the surplus to be carried over by the University from 1996 to 1997 was approximately half that of the surplus carried over from 1995 to 1996;
• the University would be required to reduce its costs by 4-5% in order to make provision for Monash staff pay rises from within budget;
• significant reductions had been sustained by the University's non-operating budget;
• two items of major impact on the budget were the changes to student load in Nursing, and the Monash University Package operative in 1997, both of which had been the subject of consultation with staff and the NTEU;
• funding for the Language Study Abroad Program could be supplemented by external sources;
• faculties with a higher percentage of fee-paying students had been less affected by the budget cuts.

The process of consultation and co-operation in budget preparation was commended by Deans and the members of the Vice-Chancellor's executive group.

The President elect of the Monash Student Association (MSA) attending as an observer, had been granted permission to speak on behalf of MSA and MUSU by the Chair prior to the meeting. She outlined student concerns about the impending budget reductions in Community Services. The Board noted the concerns, and the General Manager explained that all administrative areas, including the Student Services Division, had to sustain budget cuts in order to fund a salary increase in 1997. The Vice-Chancellor suggested it would be valuable for the Board to stay informed concerning the impact of cuts to the Student Services budget.

The Board noted the advice of the Vice-Chancellor that he had requested the development of official guidelines for the Academic Board, similar to those currently in place for Council, to goveren the speaking and voting rights of members, observers, and those in attendance at meetings of the Academic Board.

The Academic Board noted the advice of the Vice-Chancellor and the General Manager regarding the 1997 University Budget, and noted the details of the Monash University 1997 operating and non-operating budget in the document presented.

Mr J Levine
Secretary
(File No 96/0674)

5.2 Report of the Academic Board Working Party on Council Structure and Function

Under the Report of the Committee of Deans, a revised version of the Report of the Working Party on Council Structure and Function, prepared on 11 November 1996 subsequent to discussions between members of the Working Party and members of the Committee of Deans, was circulated (pp 15-28).

Professor JR Pilbrow, Chair of the Working Party, spoke briefly about the amendments to the original Working Party document presented to the Board at Meeting 7/96. Professor Pilbrow reminded the members of the Board that the Council Retreat to which the document would be submitted was to be held on 5 December 1996, and urged the Academic Board to endorse the document.

In response to a question, Professor Pilbrow advised that the Working Party was not wishing to limit the number of standing committees of Council to four. He also answered a query about the logistics of student representation on Council.

Professor Pilbrow took into account suggestions made for further changes to some of the document's recommendations, and agreed to incorporate those points into his oral presentation, on behalf of the Academic Board, at the Council Retreat on 5 December 1996.

The Vice-Chancellor suggested that in order to express to the Council Retreat the need for preservation of certain conventions in the current approval processes, Professor Pilbrow discuss appropriate terminology for his presentation with Professor Waller.

The Academic Board:

• noted the advice of Professor JR Pilbrow concerning the amendments made to the previous version of the Report;
• unanimously endorsed the revised version of the Report of the Working Party on Council Structure and Function as its input to the review of Council; and

• agreed that Professor Pilbrow, on behalf of the Academic Board, could use his discretion in the inclusion of additional points made by Board members, in his presentation at the Council Retreat on 5 December 1996.

Professor JR Pilbrow
(File No 96/1161)

5.3 Restructure of Nursing

A document prepared by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor R Porter, dated 7 November 1996, detailing a proposal to restructure Nursing within the Faculty of Medicine was circulated (pp 9-10).

The Academic Board was asked to note that implementation of the changes to Nursing within the Faculty of Medicine should be discussed with the NTEU in accordance with Clause 8.3 of the Enterprise Agreement.

Professor R Porter, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, advised the Board that the review of Nursing within the Faculty of Medicine had been initiated in February 1996 by the Vice-Chancellor. Members noted the Dean's advice that the proposal for the restructure, which had received almost unanimous support from the staff of Nursing and the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, had been developed by the nursing staff within the Faculty, taking into account cost issues and comments made by the Minister for Education, Senator A Vanstone.

The Dean informed members that although ideally it would have been preferable to form a single school of Nursing incorporating the current Graduate School, it was not at this stage a viable solution. Professor Porter added that the Faculty Board and staff of the Faculty of Medicine would facilitate the restructure of the two current campus based schools wherever possible.

Noting that discussions about implementation of the changes were to be held with the NTEU, the Academic Board approved for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to restructure Nursing within the Faculty as detailed in the document presented.

Mr B Ruck
Secretary (File No 96/0289)

5.4 Research

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall, informed the Board regarding current matters of interest relating to the research activities of the University, which are detailed in the document attached. (Attachment A )

Ms MJ Gleeson

The Academic Board noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall, regarding research.

(File No 94/0902)

5.5 International Matters

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor LHT West, informed the Board about international matters, including the success of the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) program. Professor West advised that approximately 75% of MUFY students were offered places within the University, and that MUFY students overall performed well at Monash.

Mr A Pollock

The Academic Board noted the advice of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor LHT West, regarding MUFY.

5.6 Academic Performance of Halls of Residence Students

A document prepared by Budget and Statistical Services Branch was circulated (pp 299-300).

Mr V Prpich

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor LHT West, advised the Board that in the past cases had been made by some students of the University that their poor academic progress had been a negative result of having lived in the Halls of Residence. Professor West drew to the attention of the Board the "Student Progress Analysis" presented, based on the academic results of rural and international students living in and out of the Halls of Residence, which indicated a positive success rate for Halls residents.

The Academic Board noted the "Student Progress Analysis" presented, which provided a comparison between the academic progress of Halls of Residence and non Halls of Residence students on the Clayton Campus.

(File No 89/0818)

5.7 VTAC Preference Data

A document prepared by Mr CT Vernon, Manager, Admissions and Records was circulated (pp 301-307).

Mr CT Vernon

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor RJ Pargetter, briefed the Board on factors influencing the changes in VTAC preference levels, both at Monash and across the whole university sector. The impact of the change of prerequisites for Business degrees was a particular factor at Peninsula and Caulfield campuses. The Board noted that despite the unfavourable overall figures for Monash over the two year period, the University had held its position in relation to other universities.

In response to a query, Professor Pargetter advised the Board of the process in place to ensure that the quality of enrolling students at Monash was maintained.

The Academic Board received the document presented regarding VTAC preference data, and noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor RJ Pargetter, regarding this matter.

(File No 96/0832)

5.8 Doctor of Psychology

Refer also to Proceeding 18 under item 16, and Proceeding 4 under item 19.

An executive summary of the draft joint proposal from the Faculties of Medicine and Science to establish a professional Doctor of Psychology was circulated (pp 309-314). A copy of the full draft proposal was available for perusal by members of the Board.

The Board noted that PhD and Scholarships Committee, under Statute 2.5 - Committees, boards of studies and institutes, was responsible for the "conduct of all matters pertaining to any professional doctorate program that may be established in accordance with and subject to the regulations concerning these degrees".

The draft proposal to establish the Doctor of Psychology had been endorsed by the Boards of the Faculties of Medicine and Science and the Education Committee, and revisions had been made in accordance with comments from the PhD and Scholarships Committee. Members noted that the draft proposal was being considered by two external assessors, and that final approval based on the results of that assessment was to be given by the PhD and Scholarships Committee.

The Board noted that the proposal had also received the endorsement of the Dean of the Faculty of Education.

Subject to the approval of the PhD and Scholarships Committee, the Academic Board approved the joint proposal of the Boards of the Faculties of Medicine and Science to establish a professional Doctor of Psychology as detailed in the draft proposal presented, and noted that this was endorsed by the Education Committee.

Mrs P Herman
Mr B Ruck
Mr P Rodan
Secretary

(File No 96/0985)

5.9 1996 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Teaching

The Academic Board extended its congratulations to Mr Rolf Bergman from the Department of Business Management, and Dr David Mills from the Department of Physics, who were selected for the 1996 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Teaching.

Mr R Bergman,
Dr D Mills
(File No 96/0129)

5.10 1996 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Postgraduate Supervision

The Academic Board extended its congratulations to Dr Keith Murray from the Department of Chemistry, and Professor Max King from the Department of Econometrics, who were selected for the 1996 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Postgraduate Supervision.

Dr K Murray,
Professor M King
(File No 96/0699)

5.11 AVCC Meeting

This item was added by the Vice-Chancellor at the commencement of the meeting.

The Board noted the advice of the Vice-Chancellor that no significant decisions had been reached at the recent meeting of the AVCC.

The Vice-Chancellor informed members that meeting dates for the "Group of 8" had been established for 1997, and indicated that beneficial outcomes for the relevant universities may result from meetings of the "Group of 8" during the forthcoming year.

The Academic Board noted the advice of the Vice-Chancellor regarding recent meetings of the AVCC and the "Group of 8".

(File No 06/0815)

5.12 The "Monash Package"

This item was added by the Vice-Chancellor at the commencement of the meeting.

Mr PS Marshall

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor PLeP Darvall, advised the Board concerning Monash University Voluntary Early Retirement package offered during 1996, and the Monash Package to be offered during 1997.

Professor Darvall informed the Board that Monash would continue to offer the existing Voluntary Early Retirement packages until the end of 1996 with applications closing 13 December, and that the Monash Package would be conditionally available to tenured and fixed-term academic and general staff between January and December 1997. The Board noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor that the Committee of Deans had endorsed the Monash Package on 26 November 1996.

In response to a question, Professor Darvall advised the Board that the Monash Packages would be funded by individual units; however that a loans system would be established by the University for that purpose.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor informed members that the matter of pay rises for Monash University staff was to be further considered when the University could provide funding from within its own budget.

(File No 96/1379)

6. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DEANS

Receipt of Report

(Circulated pp 11-53).

The Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meetings 13/96 and 14/96 of the Committee of Deans, held on 15 October and 5 November 1996.

6.1 Report of the Academic Board Working Party on Council Structure and Function

(Circulated pp 15-28).

This item was submitted to the Board for endorsement under item 5.2.

(File No 96/1161)

6.2 Chair of Molecular Pharmacology

At Meeting 7/96, the Academic Board and Council approved, subject to the endorsement of the Committee of Deans, the establishment of a Chair of Molecular Pharmacology. The Committee of Deans endorsed the proposal on 26 November.

The Academic Board noted the endorsement of the Committee of Deans for the establishment and filling of a Chair of Molecular Pharmacology.

(File No 96/0061)

*6.3 Report of the University Librarian to the Committee of Deans

A Report of the University Librarian to the Committee of Deans dated 2 October 1996 was circulated (pp 29-46).

The University Librarian, Professor E Lim, spoke to the Board highlighting aspects of his report.

The Academic Board received the report of the University Librarian to the Committee of Deans, dated 2 October 1996, and noted the information presented at the meeting.

Professor E Lim
(File No 95/0673)

6.4 Standing Committee on Ethics in Animal Experimentation (SCEAE)

A proposal prepared by Dr N Johnston, Executive Officer to the SCEAE, regarding a new role for the SCEAE was circulated (pp 47-50).

The Academic Board approved the proposal dated 10 October 1996 for a new role for the SCEAE.

Dr N Johnston
(File No 93/0599)

*6.5 Report of the Associate Deans (Teaching)

The report of a meeting of the Associate Deans (Teaching) held on 11 September 1996, was circulated (pp 51-53).

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor MI Logan AC, commended the Associate Deans (Teaching) for their efforts relating to the University's use of the World Wide Web for teaching and administrative purposes, and emphasised the importance of promotion of these issues within the University in 1997.

The Academic Board received and noted the report of a meeting of the Associate Deans (Teaching) held on 11 September 1996.

Ms ER Brooks
(File No 94/0985)

7. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS

(Circulated pp 55-56).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 6/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on Wednesday 23 October 1996.

Ms C Jordon
(File No 91/1098)

7.1 Honorary Appointments

The Academic Board noted for transmission to Council the following honorary appointments approved by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts:

Department of Romance Languages

• Professor A Kenwood as Honorary Associate for the period 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1998.

Centre for Southeast Asian Studies

• Mr JA Jeldres as honorary Research Associate for the period 1 September 1996 to 31 August 1997, and
• Dr J Penny as Honorary Research Associate for a three year period from 1 September 1996 to 31 August 1999.

Department of Philosophy

• Dr RF Khan as Honorary Research Associate for a 2 year period from 1 August 1996 to 31 July 1998.

Monash Asia Institute

• Dr J Diamond and Ms Lauri J Jones as Honorary Research Associates for a period of 1 year commencing 9 August 1996.

(File No 96/0066 - Personnel File)

8. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND

ECONOMICS

(Circulated pp 57-59).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 5/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held on Thursday 17 October 1996.

Ms A Pilgrim

(File No 93/1071)

8.1 Master of Management Course

This item was submitted for consideration by the Board under item 3.1.

(File No 88/0029)

8.2 Membership of University Readership and Associate Professorship Standing Committee

This item was submitted to the Board for approval under item 26.9.7.

(File No 88/2209)

8.3 Prizes and Scholarships

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to accept an increase from $4000 to $5000 for the scholarship offered by the Bankers Trust Australia Limited, for a student in either the Bachelor of Accounting (Honours), the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) or the Bachelor of Economics (Honours) in 1997.

(File No 94/1539)

8.4 Faculty Board Membership

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the nomination of Mr K Tant, Department of Accounting and Finance, to fill a casual vacancy on the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

(File No 93/1071)

8.5 Faculty Board Meeting Dates for 1997

The Academic Board noted the 1997 meeting dates and venues for the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

12 February (Caulfield), 2 April (Peninsula), 11 June (Clayton), 20 August (Caulfield), 15 October (Clayton), and 3 December 1997 (Gippsland).

(File No 93/1071)

9. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(Circulated p 61).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 6/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology held on Wednesday 23 October 1996.

Mr K Hobbs

(File No 94/1208)

9.1 Bellamy Prizes for the Bachelor of Business Systems

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology to establish three prizes each of $500, to be awarded to the best Bachelor of Business Systems students at first, second and third year level, to be funded by sponsoring companies of the Business Systems Cooperative Education program; said prizes to be named in honour of Professor CJ Bellamy, foundation Dean of the Faculty:

• "Bellamy Prize for first year Business Systems";
• "Bellamy Prize for second year Business Systems"; and
• "Bellamy Prize for third year Business Systems".

(File No 96/1348)

10. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

(Circulated p 63).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 4/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Education.

Professor RT White
Mr P Yates

(File No 90/0687)

10.1 Appointment of Associate Dean

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to appoint Professor A Bishop as Associate Dean of the Faculty until 30 June 1997.

(File No 91/0410)

*10.2 Centre for Early Childhood Research and Development

The Steering Committee had suggested that the Dean of the Faculty be asked to clarify the reason for the change of title to "Centre for Early Childhood Research and Professional Development".

Professor A Bishop, Acting Dean, advised the Academic Board of the Faculty Board's view that the Centre's proposed name more accurately described and emphasised the developmental activities within the Centre.

A number of members of the Board expressed concerns about the ambiguity and lack of meaning of the new title.

The Academic Board asked that the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Education to change the name of the Centre for Early Childhood Research and Development to the "Centre for Early Childhood Research and Professional Development", be sent back to the Faculty Board for further consideration.

(File No 96/1352)

11. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF LAW

(Circulated pp 65-66).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 3/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Law held on 21 October 1996.

Ms E Wilson
(File No 91/0904)

11.1 Appointment of Associate Deans

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to appoint the following as Associate Deans for the Faculty for 1997:

(File No 94/1538)

11.2 Prizes

11.2.1 Department of Forensic Medicine Prize

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish a prize of $200, to be awarded to the best student in the Faculty of Law subject Elements of Forensic Medicine; said prize to be named the "Department of Forensic Medicine Prize".

(File No 96/1351)

11.2.2 Jeffrey L Sher Prize

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Law to establish a prize of $400, to be awarded to the best student in the subject Trial Practice and Advocacy; said prize to be named the "Jeffrey L Sher Prize".

(File No 96/1345)

11.3 Fellows of the Faculty

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the conferring of the title of Fellow of the Faculty of Law on Mr P Heffey and Mr B Dwyer.

(File No 96/162)

12. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE

(Circulated pp 67-68).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 6/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine held on 6 November 1996.

Mr B Ruck

(File No 87/0301)

12.1 Annual Report of the Centre for Rural Health 1995/96

An executive summary of the Annual Report of the Centre for Rural Health 1995/96 was circulated (pp 69-71).

The Academic Board received and noted the executive summary of the Annual Report of the Centre for Rural Health 1995/96 as presented.

(File No 96/0713)

12.2 Minute of Appreciation - Professor VC Marshall

A Minute of Appreciation for Professor VC Marshall was circulated (pp 73-76).

The Academic Board endorsed the Minute of Appreciation for Professor VC Marshall of the Department of Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, who was to retire at the end of 1996 after 21 years with the University.

(Professor VC Marshall - Personnel File)

12.3 Award of Degree

A memorandum from Professor R Porter, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, dated 15 November 1996 was circulated (p 315).

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to award the degree of Doctor of Medicine to Dr Margot Nash for her thesis entitled 'Endothelial function and autoantibodies in Kawasaki disease'.

(File No 95/1081)

*12.4 Obituary for Professor GD Thorburn

An obituary for Professor GD Thorburn prepared by Associate Professor G Jenkin, Deputy Head of the Department of Physiology, and an extract from The Age regarding Professor Thorburn were circulated (pp 317-319).

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor MI Logan AC, spoke to this item.

The Academic Board noted that Professor GD Thorburn, former Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology, passed away on 28 October 1996. The Board endorsed the obituary presented by Associate Professor G Jenkin in honour of the esteemed Professor, and noted the personal comments made by the Vice-Chancellor about the significant contribution Professor Thorburn had made to the academic community at Monash.

(Professor GD Thorburn - Personnel File)

13. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

(Circulated p 77).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 5/96 of the Board of the Faculty of Science held on Wednesday 2 October 1996.

Dr P Rodan

(File No 90/1156)

13.1 Appointment of Deputy and Associate Deans

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the following appointments of Deputy Dean and Associate Deans of the Faculty of Science for the period 1 January to 31 December 1997:

(File No 92/0401)

13.2 Minute of Appreciation - Dr JB Bapat

A Minute of Appreciation for Dr JB Bapat was circulated (p 79).

The Academic Board endorsed the Minute of Appreciation for Dr JB Bapat who had taken early retirement from the Department of Chemistry.

(Dr JB Bapat - Personnel File)

13.3 Yakult Prize for General Excellence in Microbiology

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Science to establish a prize of $250.00, to be awarded annually to a top student in the third year of the BSc course. The assessment was to be made on the basis of examinations, essays and practical work and be nominated by the Head of the Department; said prize to be named the "Yakult Prize for General Excellence in Microbiology".

(File No 96/1349)

14. REPORT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE KOORIE RESEARCH

CENTRE

(Circulated pp 81-82).

Receipt of Report

Ms K Leow

The Academic Board received and noted the report of a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Koorie Research Centre held on Monday 30 September 1996.

(File No 88/0734)

15. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ASSOCIATE DEANS (RESEARCH)

(Circulated pp 83-87).

Receipt of Report

Refer also to item 3.3.

Ms MJ Gleeson

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 6/96 of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research) held on Thursday 12 September 1996.

(File No 96/1164)

16. REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

(Circulated pp 89-105).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 7/96 of the Education

Committee held on 6 November 1996.

Ms ER Brooks
Faculty Registrars
Mr CT Vernon
Mr N Thorburn
Mr R Burnet
UniversitySolicitor
Secretary
(File No 96/1007)

16.1 Student Academic Grievance Policy

The proposed Student Academic Grievance Policy, which was prepared andamended in accordance with comments from the faculties, was circulated(pp 107-108).

The Steering Committee had proposed one amendment to the document as

detailed below.

The Academic Board approved the University Student Academic Grievance Policy, subject to the drafting of appropriate legislation, and an amendment to point 1 of the policy to read:

"1. The student is encouraged to resolve the difficulty with the staff member(s) in question, in accordance with the relevant faculty procedures."

(File No 91/1410)

16.2 University Grading System

The Education Committee considered a proposal to change the grading scale currently in use by the University in order to align the scale with the recommendations made by the AVCC in 1988 and with the changed grading scale to be adopted for honours programmes in 1997.

A number of faculties requested the continued use of a number of additional grades, including PII, SFR and PGO. All information relating to these additional grades has been referred to the Examinations and Certifications Branch for information or comment.

The Academic Board approved the proposal to amend the grading (marking) scale in use by the University from the examination period following Semester One 1997, to become:

(File No 91/1455)

16.3 Workload Requirements

16.3.1 Intensively Taught subjects

The Academic Board noted that whatever the mode of delivery of a subject (including traditional delivery, distance education, intensively taught subjects, summer school subjects, and other subjects) the total workload should be that recommended in the Education Policy; and noted that a period of reading prior to the commencement of the subject or a period after the conclusion of teaching in which a student would be required to complete an assessment task should be included in the subject proposal and the time commitment included in the total workload expected of students.

16.3.1 Graduate Level subjects

The Academic Board noted the recommendation of the Education Committee that all students regardless of level should be required to make the same time commitment to their studies and that the workload requirements for all students should remain as stated in the Education Policy.

16.4 New Course Proposals

16.4.1 Bachelor of Arts (Communication) / Diploma of Arts

(Professional Writing and Editing)

(Circulated pp 109-124).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to establish a new double award, to be titled Bachelor of Arts (Communication) / Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing), to be offered in conjunction with the Outer Eastern College of TAFE.

16.4.2 Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems

(Circulated pp 125-130).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology to establish a new course to be titled Graduate Diploma in Decision Support Systems.

16.4.3 Graduate Certificate in Information Systems

(Circulated pp 131-134).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology to establish a new course to be titled Graduate Certificate in Information Systems.

16.4.4 Master of Information Management (Archives and Records)

(Circulated pp 135-146).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology to establish a new course, to be titled Master of Information Management (Archives & Records).

16.4.5 Master of Information Management (Librarianship)

(Circulated pp 135-146).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology to establish a new course, to be titled Master of Information Management (Librarianship).

16.4.6 Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging

(Circulated pp 147-191).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Medicine to establish a new course, to be titled Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging.

*16.4.7 Establishment of Masters Preliminary Years for Enrolment of International and Local Students (Business and Economics)

(Circulated pp 193-194).

This item was starred at the meeting.

Professor R Cas indicated his support for this proposal, emphasising the need for students who did not complete a Masters degree to have the opportunity to obtain a preliminary qualification. Professor Pargetter drew to the Board's attention the Graduate Studies Policy (p 12) which allowed for the development of such proposals by individual faculties.

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish a Masters Preliminary Year for all masters degrees listed in the documents presented, with conditions as described in the documents which were presented to the Education Committee.

16.5 Amendments To Existing Courses

16.5.1 Graduate Certificate in Management - amendment to structure

(Circulated pp 195-196).

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the structure of the existing Graduate Certificate in Management as detailed in the document presented.

16.5.2 Graduate Diploma in Business (Labour Management Relations)

- change of title

(Circulated p 197)

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the title of the Graduate Diploma in Business (Labour Management Relations) so that it becomes the Graduate Diploma in Human Resources.

16.5.3 Bachelor of Accounting - amendment to structure

(Circulated p 199)

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to amend the structure of the existing Bachelor of Accounting as detailed in the document presented.

16.5.4 Bachelor of Business Systems - amendment to requirements

for Industry Based Learning component

(Circulated pp 321-322).

The Board noted that each of the amendments proposed in the document circulated incorporated an overload for students undertaking the courses, but also noted that the students, being generally above average in academic terms, should be capable of coping with such overloads, and that the students were adequately informed of the requirements prior to their choice of the courses in question.

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology to amend the regulations for the Bachelor of Business Systems to allow an expansion of the Industry Based Learning (IBL) section of the course by relaxing the conditions under which a student would be eligible to participate in IBL, noting that the amendments proposed incorporate an overload for students undertaking the courses together with the rationale presented by the Faculty.

16.5.5 Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) / Bachelor of Laws - amendment to structure

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Law that the structure of the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) / Bachelor of Laws be amended to become:

Year 1 24 points non-law subjects, Legal Process and Criminal Law and Procedure

Year 2 42 points non-law subjects and Contract

Year 3 36 points non-law subjects and Property

Year 4 Torts, Constitutional Law and 30 credit points elective law subjects

Year 5 Administrative Law, Moot Court and 42 credit points elective law subjects

16.5.6 Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws - amendment to structure

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Law that the structure of the Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws be amended to become:

Year 1 24 points non-law subjects, Legal Process and Criminal Law and Procedure

Year 2 36 points non-law subjects and Contract

Year 3 36 points non-law subjects and Property

Year 4 Torts, Constitutional Law and 30 credit points elective law subjects

Year 5 Administrative Law, Moot Court and 42 credit points elective law subjects

16.5.7 Bachelor of Economics / Bachelor of Laws - amendment to structure

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Law that the structure of the Bachelor of Economics / Bachelor of Laws be amended to become:

Year 1 24 points non-law subjects, Legal Process and Criminal Law and Procedure

Year 2 36 points non-law subjects and Torts

Year 3 24 points non-law subjects, Contract and Property

Year 4 Constitutional Law and 36 credit points elective law subjects

Year 5 Administrative Law, Moot Court and 36 credit points elective law subjects

16.5.8 Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine - amendment to duration

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Medicine that the duration of the existing Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine be extended to two and one-half years with a three year maximum.

16.5.9 Master of Family Medicine - amendment to duration

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Faculty of Medicine that the duration of the existing Master of Family Medicine be extended to four and one-half years with a five year maximum.

16.6 Resolution of Matters Raised at Previous Meetings of the Academic Board

16.6.1 Course and Subject proposals from Academic Board Meeting 5/96

(Circulated p 201)

The Academic Board noted:

• that there were no further questions relating to the following courses, approved subject to provision of further information at Academic Board Meeting 5/96:
• Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Language);
• Graduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Business Interpreting and Translation);
• that there were no further questions relating to the following amendments to courses approved at Academic Board Meeting 5/96:
• Master of Arts - amendment to structure of stream in Applied Japanese Linguistics;
• Graduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Japanese Linguistics) - amendment to structure;
• Master of Arts - merger of streams 'Japanese Business Communication' and 'Interpreting and Translation' became 'Japanese Business Interpreting and Translation';
• that the subject DTS1260 was endorsed for introduction by Academic Board Meeting 5/96 with an incorrect title and that the correct title is "Production Practice: An Introduction"; and
• that the Academic Board Minute 14.6.17, approving amendments "as detailed in the document presented" to the Bachelor of Business (Management), referred to an incorrect version of the document. The correct version was circulated with Agenda 8/96 (p 201).

16.6.2 Course and Subject proposals from Academic Board Meeting 6/96

The Academic Board noted that Minute 13.4 endorsed for introduction the subject Paradigms for Practice with an incorrect subject code GSC4303, and that the correct code was GSC4304.

16.7 New Subject Proposals

The Education Committee had endorsed for transmission to the Academic Board the proposals for subjects detailed below. Full documentation was available for perusal by members of the Board.

The Academic Board was advised that 27 new subjects had been proposed for approval at Meeting 8/96: 1 from the Faculty of Arts, 5 from Business and Economics, 9 from Computing and Information Technology,2 from Education, 1 from Engineering and 10 from Medicine.

The Academic Board approved the subject proposals from the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Computing and Information Technology, Education, Engineering and Medicine as detailed below:

• GES3610 Geographic Information Systems for Geodemographic and Local Government Applications.
• FINxxxx Ethics, Privacy and Legislation in Direct Marketing
• MKTxxxx Database Strategy and Development
• MKTxxxx Direct Marketing
• MKTxxxx Direct Marketing: Creative and Media
• MKTxxxx Direct Marketing Statistics and Mathematics
• SYS4214 Strategic Issues in Inter-Organisational Systems
• SFT5060 Multimedia Applications on the Web
• CFR5100 Modern Cryptology
• CFR5110 Network Security
• CFR5200 Software Architecture
• CFR5210 Software Process Modelling and Management
• CFR5300 Multimedia Programming Techniques
• CFR5320 Multimedia Design
• CFR5400 Information Retrieval and Browsing
• GED2856 Globalization and Educational Policy
• CIV5250 Project Management for Engineers
• RAD1011 Radiographic Imaging and Methods 1
• RAD1021 Radiologic Physics
• RAD1031 Radiologic Biology 1
• RAD1041 Radiologic Professional Skills 1
• RAD1092 Radiologic Professional Skills 2
• RAD1051 Clinical Studies 1
• RAD1062 Radiographic Imaging and Methods 2
• RAD1072 Radiologic Dosimetry and Safety
• RAD1082 Radiologic Biology 2
• RAD1102 Clinical Studies 2

(File No 95/0993)

*16.8. Disestablishment of Existing Subjects

This item was starred at the Meeting.

The Academic Board was advised that 360 subjects had been disestablished as listed in the Agenda: 340 from the Faculty of Arts, 19 from Business and Economics and 1 from Law.

Members were asked to note that where subjects with more than one code had been disestablished, each code had been counted as a separate entity for the purpose of counting subjects.

The Vice-Chancellor commended the Board of the Faculty of Arts for their effort in having disestablished a total of 340 subjects.

The Academic Board noted the disestablishment of existing subjects of the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics and Law:

• COM5015 Research Project
• AUS5040 Research Paper
• AUS4090/AUS5090 Twentieth Century Drama
• AUS4110/AUS5110 Aboriginal History
• AUS4160/AUS5160 History of Popular Culture
• AUS4180/AUS5180 Languages in Australia
• ATD4050/ATM4050/ATM5050 Tourism Law
• ATD4080 Management Accounting and Finance
• INM4330/INM5330 Introduction to Malaysian Language Part 1
• INM4340/INM5340 Introduction to Malaysian Language Part 2
• THA5370/LAO4370/LAO5370 Introduction to Lao, Part 1
• THA5380/LAO4380/LAO5380 Introduction to Lao, Part 2
• CHS2550/CHS3550 Second Language Acquisition and Attrition
• HIN4110/HIN4111/HIN5110 Beginning Hindi Part 1
• HIN4120/HIN5120 Beginning Hindi Part 2
• HIN4210/HIN5210 Intermediate Hindi, Part 1
• HIN4220/HIN5220 Intermediate Hindi, Part 2
• HIN4211/HIN4222/HIN5211/HIN5222 Intermediate Hindi (Intensive Summer Subject in India)
• HIN4310/HIN5310 Advanced Hindi, Part 1
• HIN4320/HIN5320 Advanced Hindi Part 2
• ALM4440 Language and Media
• AST5020 War and Revolution in Indo-China 1945-1979
• DSM4080/DSM5140 International Economics and Development
• DSM4100 Aspects of Contemporary India
• DSM4160 Pacific Islands: Politics and Diplomacy
• DSM5005 Special Reading Course
• DSM5030 Development Lifestyle and Health
• DSM5060 Adm and Planning of Education Development Countries
• DSM5100 Education and Society in the Asia-Pacific Region
• ENM4080 The Authority of the Text
• ENM4180/ENM5180 Writing Women
• ENM4340/ENM5340 Australian Autobiography
• ENM4500/ENM4170 Special Reading Course
• ENM4680/ENM5680 Rural England from Wordsworth to Lawrence
• ENM4860/5860 Modern Poetry: High Modernism to postmodernism
• ENM4880/ENM5880 American Literature
• ENM4950/ENM5950 Contemporary Women's Fiction and Theory
• HYD4350/HYM4350 Contemporary America
• HYD4410/HYM4410/HYM5000 Issues in Public History I: the Heritage Industry
• HYD4420/HYM4420 Issues in Public History II: Presenting the Past
• HYD4900/HYM4900/HYM5900 Biography and the Historian's Craft
• HYD4990 Individual Research Project
• HYM4041 Special Reading CourseHYM4460 Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam Since 1945
• HYM4810 Gender and Sexuality in Victorian Britain
• HYM4290/HYM5920 Using the Past: Three Traditions
• HYM4940/HYM5940 Advanced Topics in Biography and History
• HYM5001 Special Research Project: Public History
• HYM6012 Special Subject: The Raj in Fiction/Indian Novels
• HYM5030 The Australian Ethnic Experience
• PHL0010/PHL001E/PHL0020/PHL002E Philosophy for Engineers
• PHL1A Philosophy 1: Part A
• PHL2290 Philosophy of History
• PHL2570 Recent Logic
• PHL3130 Greek Philosophy
• PHL3170 Symbolic Logic
• PHL3230 Feminist Philosophers
• PHL3270 Intro to Aesthetics
• PHL3330 Issues in Political Theory
• PHL3430 Existentialism
• PHL3650 Philosophy of Mind
• PHL3730 Advanced Aesthetics
• PHL3850 Indian Philosophy
• SWM1100 Social Work Theory and Practice
• SWM1200 Research Methods
• SWM1300 Social Work Studies
• SWM1400 Dissertation Seminars
• SWM2110 Management and Organisation
• SWM2120 Studies in Policy and Administration
• SWM2130 Differential Social Work Practice
• SWM2140 Looking at Social Work in Australia
• SWM2210 Politics of Welfare
• SWM2220 Evaluation in Society
• SWM2230/SWM2250 A Special Study
• SWM3110 Advanced Casework Practice
• SWM3120 Criminology and Social Work
• SWM3130 Social Service Organisations: Their Behaviour and Management
• SWM3140 Policy, Program Planning and Evaluation I
• SWM3150 Policy, Program Planning and Evaluation II
• SWM3160 Child Abuse, Child Protection and the State
• SWM3180 Management of Human Resources in the Social Services
• VSA4600/VAD4600 Film, Culture, Class
• VAD4060/VAM4060 Readings in Australian Art
• VAD4080/VAM4080 Readings in Italian Renaissance Art
• VAD4670 Asian Cinema
• VAM4019 Theory and Culture of Art Museums and Galleries
• VAM4250 Current Architecture
• VAM4270 Australian Architecture
• EUM4240/PLM4240 The Impossible Dream of European Unity
• HSD4020 Personal Development
• HSD4060 Community Program Evaluation
• HSD4070 Administration in Community Education
• HSD4080 Community Development
• HSD4100 Interpersonal and Socio-Cultural Communication
• HSD4130 Helping Skills
• HSD4140 Gender, Sexuality and Social Control
• HSD4150 No Title Given
• HSD4160 No Title Given
• GYM4390 Techniques of Survey and Analysis
• GYM5320 Energy and Society
• GYM5340 Conserver Society
• GYM5360 Built Environments
• GYM5120 Law, the Environment and the Policy Process
• ENV4330 Public Health Engineering
• ENV5000 Special Research Project (English)
• ENV5250 Marketing
• ENV5550 Economics of Developing Countries
• ENV5570 Agricultural Economic Development
• ASM4010/SYM4010 Qualitative Research Strategies
• ASM4030/SYM4030 Survey Research
• ASM4040/SYM4040 Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Applied Social Research
• ASM4300 Alternatives to Straight Sex
• ASM4320 The Research Process
• ASM4390 Women and Social Control
• ASM4400 Ethics, Theory and Method in Anthropological Research
• ASM4640 Structuralisms and Post-Structuralisms
• ASM4620/ASM5620 Power, Policy, Patriarchy and the State
• ASM5010 On Culture and Inequality
• ASM5020/SYM4020 Applied Statistics
• ASM5050/SYM5050 Secondary Analysis in Social Research
• ASM5060/SYM5060 Applications of Computer Techniques
• ASM5090 Looking at Women in Australia
• ASM5130 Issues in Public Policy
• ASM5110 Sexual/Social Theory and Feminist Research A
• ASM5120 Sexual/Social Theory and Feminist Research B
• SYM5070 Research Project
• CLC4720 Postmodernism and the Novel
• CLC4010/CLC5010 On Culture and Inequality: Theorising Cultural Difference
• CLC4240/CLC5240 Culture and Society in English Studies
• CLC4330/CLC5330 Art and Politics: Modernism and the Avant-Garde
• CLM4240 Literary Theory
• CLM4380 Literature and Society
• CLT4090/CLT5090 The Authority of the Text: the Hermeneutical Question
• JAL5590 Advanced Studies in Japanese Linguistics
• JAM4010/JAM5010 Japanese I Part I
• JAM4020/JAM5020 Japanese I Part II
• JAM4030/JAM5030 Tourism Japanese I
• JAM4040/JAM5040 Tourism Japanese II
• JAM4050/JAM5050 Japanese I Off-Campus Part 1
• JAM4060/JAM5060 Japanese I Off-Campus Part 2
• JAM4190/JSM4190 Japanese Economics
• JAM4210/JAM5210 Japanese II Part I
• JAM4220/JAM5220 Japanese II Part 2
• JAM4250/JAM5250 Japanese II Off-Campus Part 1
• JAM4260/JAM5260 Japanese II Off-Campus Part 2
• JAM4330/JAM5330 Japanese III Part I
• JAM4340/JAM5340 Japanese III Part 2
• JAM4350/JAM5350 Japanese III Off-Campus Part 1
• JAM4360/JAM5360 Japanese III Off-Campus Part 2
• JAM4410 Advanced Japanese in Melbourne
• JAM4420 Advanced Japanese in Japan
• JAM4710/JSM4710/JSM5710 Japanese Institutions
• JAM4720/JSM4720/JSM5720 Japanese Companies Overseas
• JAM4810/JSM4810/JAM5810 Advanced Japanese Postgraduate Expression
• JAM4820/JAM5820 Japanese Business Communication
• JAM4830/JAM5830/JLG5851 Japanese Postgraduate Reading
• JAM4840/Jam5840 Newspaper Japanese A
• JAM4850/JAM5850 Special Japanese Postgraduate Expression
• JAM4910/JAM5910Administrative and Business Japanese
• JAM4920/JAM5920 Newspaper Japanese B
• JAM4930/JAM5930 Translation from Japanese to English
• JAM4940/JAM5940 Business Interpreting and Translation
• JAM5590/JSM4591/JSM5590 Advanced Japanese Linguistics
• JAM5950 Advanced Interpreting
• JAM5960 Advanced Translation
• JAM5970/JSM5970 Theories and Principles of Interpreting and Translation
• JSM4050/JSM5050 Australian-Japanese Cultural Interaction
• JSM4110 Japanese Society
• JSM4120/JSM5120 Work and Economic Organisation in Japan
• JSM4130 Japanese Sociolinguistics
• JSM4140/JSM5140 Japanese Language and Society
• JSM4150 Japanese Culture
• JSM4160/JSM5160 Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture
• JSM4200/JSM5200 Economic Policy in Contemporary Japan
• JSM4210 History of Japanese Science and Technology
• JSM4530 Introduction to the Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language
• JSM4540/JSM5540 Methods in Teaching Japanese
• JSM4570 Modern Japanese Literature
• JSM4580/JSM5580 Japanese Literary Analysis
• JSM4590 Japanese Linguistics
• JSM4610/JSM5610 Research Seminar
• JSM4630 Japanese Anthropology
• JSM4680/JSM5680 Research Paper A
• JSM4690/JSM5690 Research Paper B
• JSM4700/JSM5700 Dissertation
• JSM4860/JSM5860 Japanese Discourse Acquisition
• JSM4890/JSM5890 Japanese Systematic Grammar
• JSM4910 Australia-Japanese Economic Relations
• MUM4390 Music Aesthetics Criticism Sociology and Psychology
• MUM4410 Research Methods
• MUM4940 Music of India and the Philippines
• FRM4140 French IV (Language)
• FRM4160 Culture and Difference: French Writing in North Africa and Canada
• FRM4200 French Dissertation
• FRM4610 Seventeenth Century French Theatre
• FRM4710 The French Enlightenment
• RLM5000 Research Paper in Religion and Theology
• PLM4140/PLM5140 Grand Theories of Politics
• PLM4230/PLM5230 Culture, Norms and Ideas
• PLM4170 Approaches to Politics II
• PLM4190 Australia-Asia Relations
• PLM4250/PLM5250 Tourism and Development in the Pacific
• PLM4330 Political Action and Political Sense
• PLM4380/PLM5380 Capitalism, Rationalism and the Evolution of East Asia
• PLM4450 Revolution, the State and the Individual
• PLM4581 Special reading Subject Politics
• PLM4910 Politics of the Australian Economy
• PLM4960/PLM5960 Power, Order and Emancipation in International Relations
• PLM5040 Individual Research Paper
• PLM5150 Transition to Democracy in Europe
• PLM5330 Modernism and Politics
• PLM5580 Ethics and International Politics
• WSM4080/WSM5080 Gendered Cities
• WSM4190 Legal Fictions: Intersections Between Law and Literature
• WSM4640 Bodily Representations
• WSM4651 The Unconscious in Social Life: Psychoanalytic and Feminist Perspectives
• WSM4670 Gender Representation in Classical Literature
• WSM4760 Women in German Writing
• WSM5160 Contemporary Issues in Feminist Theory
• WSM4004 Gender, Sate and Religion in South Asia
• WSM4007 Gender and Genre: Masculinity in Film
• FIN5031 Advanced Financial Practice
• FIN5040 Strategic Planning
• FIN5061 Financial Product Development and Marketing
• FIN5090 Research Practical Report
• FIN5211 Economic Policy
• FIN5300 Pacific Islands Banking and Finance
• FIN5310 Pacific Islands Business Law
• FIN5410 Advanced Taxation (Business)
• FIN5420 Advanced Taxation (Finance)
• FIN5490 Research Project (Taxation)
• FIN6390 Penalties and Prosecutions
• FIN6420 Company and Commercial Law
• FIN6450 Taxable Entities
• FIN6470 Superannuation, Retirement and Fringe Benefit Taxes
• FIN6500 Indirect and Other Taxes
• FIN7150 Competition and Consumer Law
• FIN7160 Contemporary Tax Issues
• FIN7170 Issues and Corporate Law
• FIN7270 Issues in Finance Law
• Advanced Taxation of Trusts

16.9 Disestablishment Of Courses

The Academic Board noted the disestablishment of the following courses (no intake after Semester Two 1996) by the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology:

• Master of Arts (Archives & Records)
  • Master of Arts (Librarianship)

(File No 96/1355)

17. REPORT OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE

(Circulated p 203)

Receipt of Report

Ms J Burke

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 3/96 of the General Library Committee held on Wednesday 11 September 1996.

(File No 96/0502)

18. REPORT OF THE OPEN DAY COMMITTEE

(Circulated pp 205-211).

Receipt of Report

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 4/96 of the Open Day Committee held on Friday 16 August 1996.

Ms A Dunemann
(File No 051423)

18.1 Budget

The Academic Board:

(i) Referred to the Central Budgets Committee the proposal of the Open Day Committee that Open Day be included within the calendar of events budgeted annually by the university, with the agreed amount to be transmitted to the Chair of the Open Day Committee as soon as decided.
Mr PB Wade

(ii) Referred to the Vice-Chancellor for consideration the proposal of the Open Day Committee that an Open Day Committee policy be established to award time-in-lieu to all staff working on Open Day.
Professor MI Logan

(iii) Referred to the Central Budgets Committee the proposal of the Open Day Committee that from 1997 all campuses including Gippsland and Berwick campuses be within Open Day Committee campus funding allocations.
Mr PB Wade

18.2 Open Day 1997

The Academic Board noted that the 1997 Open Day would be held on Sunday 3 August 1997.

(File No 95/1424)

19. REPORTS OF THE PhD AND SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE

(Circulated pp 213-216).

Receipt of Reports for Meetings 9/96 and 10/96

Refer also to item 5.5.

The Academic Board received and noted the reports of Meetings 9/96 and 10/96 of the PhD and Scholarships Committee held on Friday 11 October and Friday 1 November 1996, and noted that the date from the Report of Meeting 10/96 had been corrected.

(File No 96/0969)

19.1 Termination of PhD Candidature

The Academic Board received and noted the recommendation of the Committee that the candidature of a student be terminated and the thesis be withdrawn from examination forthwith, as detailed in the report of Meeting 10/96 presented.

Ms P Herman
(File No 96/1113)

20. REPORT OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

(Circulated pp 217-218).

Receipt of Report

Refer also to item 26.9.4.

The Academic Board received and noted the report of Meeting 5/96 of the Publications Committee held on Wednesday 30 October 1996.

Mr C Lucas

(File No 88/1487)

20.1 Financial Statement

A Financial Statement of the Publications Committee as at 22 October 1996 was circulated (pp219-221).

The Academic Board noted the Financial Statement of the Publications Committee as at 22 October 1996.

(File No 88/1487)

21. CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP COMMITTEE

21.1 Honorary Clinical Associate Professorships

The Academic Board noted for transmission to Council the recommendations approved by the Clinical Associate Professorship Committee to appoint the following as Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, for the period ending 31 December 1997:

Ms B Meredith

(File No 95/0640)

22. READERSHIP/ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP COMMITTEE

22.1 Honorary Associate Professorships

The Academic Board noted for transmission to Council the recommendations approved by the Readership/Associate Professorship Committee to appoint the following as Honorary Associate Professors in the Faculty of Medicine for terms ending 31 December 1997:

Ms B Hateley

(File No 96/0100 - Personnel File)

23. ANNUAL REPORTS 1997

Under Section 2.9 of Statute 3.3 - Deans, Associate Deans and Subdeans of Faculties, - a Dean "shall submit to the Registrar for transmission through the Academic Board to Council at its first meeting in each year a concise report of the work done in the faculty during the preceding year".

At Professorial Board Meeting 2/90 (item 9.1) it was agreed that the Registrar, the Comptroller and the University Librarian be required to compile annual reports. On this basis, annual reports from the General Manager and the Librarian are also submitted. The Director of the Computer Centre was added to the list after a more recent request from the Academic Board.

The Board was informed that a memorandum had been distributed by facsimile on 11 November 1996 to those listed below requesting confirmation of the following schedule of submission dates for 1996 Annual Reports to Council through the Academic Board.

The Academic Board:

1. endorsed for submission to Council the following schedule of 1996 Annual Reports to Council through the Academic Board prepared in accordance with the decision of the Committee of Deans at Meeting 3/96:

Annual Reports to Council 3/97 through Academic Board 3/97, 16 April 1997:

• Dean Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
• Dean, Faculty of Law
• Dean, Faculty of Science
• University Librarian

Annual Reports to Council 4/97 through Academic Board 4/97, 4 June 1997:

• Dean, Faculty of Education
• Dean, Victorian College of Pharmacy
• Director, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)
• Director, Computer Centre
• General Manager

Annual Reports to Council 5/97 through Academic Board 5/97, 23 July 1997:

• Dean, Faculty of Arts
• Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics
• Dean, Faculty of Engineering
• Dean, Faculty of Medicine

2. in view of agreed current practice regarding the submission of annual reports to

Council, requested the University Solicitor to draft an appropriate amendment to

Statute 3.3.

Deans
University Librarian
Director Computer Centre
Director CHED
General Manager
University Solicitor Secretary
(File No 96/1364, 96/1314)

24. GRADUATION DATES FOR 1997

A revised schedule of 1997 Graduation Dates was circulated (pp 223-225).

The Academic Board approved for submission to Council the revised schedule for 1997 local and overseas Graduation dates and noted the addition of dates scheduled for Gippsland.

(File No 94/0822, 96/0876)

*25. LEGISLATION

The University Solicitor had prepared legislation in accordance with instructions from the appropriate faculties and other offices, to implement proposals which have been approved by the Academic Board for submission to Council. A copy of the following items of legislation was tabled for perusal by members of the Board, and a copy of the explanatory memoranda prepared with each item of legislation was included in the Agenda (pp 225-261).

University Solicitor
Faculty Registrars
Mr R Burnet
Mr N Thorburn
Mr CT Vernon

25.1 Faculty of Medicine (Master of Reproductive Sciences)

(Amendment No 1 1996) Regulations

(File No 96/1148)

25.2 Faculty of Law (Amendment No 3 1996) Regulations

(File No 94/1298)

25.3 Faculty of Science (Undergraduate Degrees)

(Amendment No 2 1996) Regulations

(File No 94/0857)

25.4 Subfaculty of Art and Design (Change of Name and Miscellaneous

Amendments 1996) Regulations

(File No 93/1631, 93/0868)

25.5 Faculty of Arts (Undergraduate Degree) Regulations

(File No 92/0094)

25.6 Faculty of Education (Undergraduate Pre-service Degrees) Regulations

(File No 96/0856)

25.7 Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

(Undergraduate degrees) (Amendment No 1 1996) Regulations

(File No 95/0626)

25.8 Transfer of Courses and Miscellaneous Amendments (No 1 1996)

Regulations

(File No 90/1607)

25.9 Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees (Amendment No 7 1996) Statute

(File No 06/0861)

25.10 Statute 6.1.2A - Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business

and Government Ltd (Amendment No 1 1996) Statute

(File No 94/1578)

25.11 Bachelor of Applied Science (Gippsland) Regulations 1996

(File No 92/1290)

25.12 Pharmacy (Undergraduate Degrees) Regulations

(File No 96/1219)

25.13 Master of Pharmaceutical Science Regulations

(File No 96/1220)

25.14 Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees (Amendment No 8 1996) Statute

(File No 96/0861)

25.15 Faculty of Business and Economics (Undergraduate Awards) Regulations

(File No 94/1577)

25.16 Statute 6.1.1 - University Entrance and Admission to Courses

(Amendment No 1 1996) Statute

(File No 93/1940)

25.17 Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees (Amendment No 9 1996) Statute

(File No 96/0861)

25.18 Chapter 6A - Candidature for and Admission to Degrees Relating to the Open Learning Program (Repeal) Statute

(File No 92/1428, 93/0401)

Attached to these minutes is an explanatory memorandum for the legislation under item 25.18 above which was tabled at the meeting. (Attachment B)

The Academic Board:

• approved for transmission to Council the above draft legislation;
• noted that in accordance with Minute 8.4 of Council Meeting 2/96, all draft legislation for courses to be offered in 1997 had been prepared, with the exception of the degree of Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration) which was due to be submitted pending approval of the restructure of Nursing within the Faculty of Medicine; and
• approved an extension for submission of regulations for the degree of Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration) until early in 1997.

26. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

26.1 Selection Committee for the 1996 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Exceptional Service by General Staff

The Academic Board ratified the nomination made by the Vice-Chancellor on behalf of the Board of Professor S Crossley, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science, to the selection panel of the 1996 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Exceptional Service by General Staff.

Professor S Crossley Ms B Meredith

(File No 93/1606)

26.2 Selection Committee for a Chair in Molecular Pharmacology (Faculty of Medicine)

The Academic Board nominated Professor CB Chapman as the representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for a Chair of Molecular Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine.

Professor CB Chapman

(File No 96/0061 - Personnel File)

26.3 Selection Committee for the Position of Director, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)

The Academic Board nominated Professor DE Schauder as the representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the position of Director, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED).

Professor DE Schauder

(File No 96/0029 - Personnel File)

26.4 Selection Committee for the Position of Professorial Fellow in Housing; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)

The Academic Board nominated Professor W Young as the representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the position of Fellow in Housing; Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

Professor W Young

(File No 96/0101 - Personnel File)

26.5 Fixed Term Professorial Committee

The Academic Board nominated Professor M Clayton as the representative of the Board on the Fixed Term Professorial Committee, for a term expiring December 1999.

Professor M Clayton

(File No 94/1505)

26.6 Affiliation Committee

Due to the expiration of the term of office of Professor CR Williams on the Committee, and the impending retirement from the University of Professor VC Marshall, the Board was requested to nominate two professors.

The Academic Board nominated as the two representatives of the Board on

the Affiliation Committee Professor A Duggan for a term expiring December

1999, and Professor RR Doherty to fill a casual vacancy for a term ending RR Doherty

December 1997.

Professors
A Duggan
Mr M Simmonds
(File No 95/0278)

26.7 Bookshop Board

The Academic Board re-nominated Associate Professor BJ Costar and Dr M Lindorff as the two representatives of the Academic Board on theBookshop Board for a term ending December 1997.

Professors
BJ Costar
M Lindorff
(File No 93/1778)

26.8 Nominations Committee

The Academic Board nominated Professor JR Pilbrow as the representative of the Board on the Nominations Committee for a term ending December 1999.

Professor JR Pilbrow Ms JM Allen

(File No 95/0597)

26.9 Standing Committees - Membership

26.9.1 Annual Update - Academic Board Standing Committees

The following updated membership lists for the Board's committees were circulated (pp 263-286):

Admissions Committee

Advisory Board of the Koorie Research Centre

Associate Deans (Teaching)

Committee of Associate Deans (Research)

Education Committee

Exclusion Appeals Committee

General Library Committee

Honorary Degrees Committee

Monash Orientation Scheme for Aborigines (MOSA) Committee

Open Day Committee

Performing and Creative Arts Committee

PhD & Scholarships Committee

Publications Committee

Readership/Associate Professorship Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Ethics in Research on Humans

Steering Committee of Academic Board

The Academic Board approved the updated membership lists for Standing Committees of the Board as presented.

(File No 90/1778)

26.9.2 Committees Under Consideration/Review

The Academic Board noted that some committees of the Academic Board were under review and/or consideration, and their membership and terms of reference were not available for Meeting 8/96 of the Board.

The Academic Board noted that the membership and terms of reference for the following committees of the Board would be submitted to the Board at a later date:

• Computing Committee
• Orientation Committee
• Oscar Mendelsohn Lecture Committee
• Standing Committee on Animal Services
• Standing Committee on Animal Experimentation

Secretary

(File No 89/0102, 96/0079, 93/0174, 93/0170, 93/0599)

26.9.3 Standing Committee on Ethics in Research on Humans

Ms L Gash

The Academic Board approved the appointments to membership of the Standing Committee on Ethics In Research on Humans as follows:

• Dr B Canny to be reappointed for a further term of office from 1 January 1997 to 30 December 2000;
• Associate Professor P Gronn to be reappointed for a further term of office from 1 January 1997 to 30 December 2000, and
• Dr H Krum to be appointed to serve as an alternate in the position of a medical researcher on Committee A.

Dr B Canny
A/Professor P Gronn
Dr H Krum
(File No 95/1453)

26.9.4 Publications Committee

Refer also to item 20.

26.9.4.1Change of Name - Publications Committee

At Meeting 7/96 of Academic Board, the Report of the Course Publications Overview Committee (subsequently named University Publications Overview Committee), Item 13, suggested that the Publications Committee review its title to reflect its function in relation to scholarly publications.

The Academic Board approved the proposal of the Chair ofthe Committee that the name of the Publications Committee become the Publications Grants Committee.

Mr Lucas
Professor R Fox 26.9.4.2 Membership

The Academic Board approved the reappointments of Professor Peter C Gronn and Dr G Dixon as the Board's representatives to membership of the Publications Grants Committee, term of office ending December 1999. Professor PC Gronn
Dr G Dixon

(File No 88/1486)

26.9.5 Honorary Degrees Committee

The terms of office of Professor A Duggan and Professor E Campbell (alternate) on the Honorary Degrees Committee were due to expire in December 1996; both offered themselves for reappointment to the Honorary Degrees Committee for a further term of three years.

The Academic Board:

• approved the reappointment of Professor A Duggan and Professor E Campbell, as alternate member, as the Board's representatives on the Honorary Degrees Committee, term of office ending in December 1999; and
• approved the appointment of Professor R Brown, Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance, as the representative of the Board on the Honorary Degrees Committee, to fill a casual vacancy created by the retirement of Professor R Axford, term of office expiring December 1997.

Professors
A Duggan
E Campbell

(File No 88/2436)

26.9.6 Religious Centre Advisory Committee

The Academic Board approved the appointment of Ms S Brown, Professional Development Centre, as the Board's non-professorial representative on the Religious Centre Advisory Committee.

Ms S Brown
Ms M Roennfeldt

(File No 95/1171)

26.9.7 Readership/Associate Professorship Committee

Refer also to item 8.2.

The Academic Board endorsed for transmission to Council the following nominations made by the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, and ratified by the Faculty Board, to the University Readership and Associate Professorship Standing Committee:

• Professor P Tharenou, Department of Business Management; and
• Professor G O'Brien, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, LaTrobe University.

Professors
P Tharenou
G O'Brien
Ms B Hateley
(File No 94/1073)

27. ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP

27.1 Report of the Returning Officer

27.1.1 Undergraduate and Diploma Students

Between Monday 14 October and Thursday 17 October 1996 a ballot was conducted for the election of four undergraduate and diploma (including graduate diploma) student members to membership of the Academic Board.

The Academic Board noted that following the counting of votes in accordance with the Election Statute of the University Calendar, the undergraduate students below were declared elected to the Board, from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1997:

Mr Donny Wong

Ms Sarah Varney

Mr David Imber

Mr Hal Greenham

27.2 Casual Vacancies

27.2.1 Graduate Students

As no nominations were received for the position of two graduate student members of Academic Board at recently held elections, the Academic Board appointed two students nominated by the Monash University Federation of Student Organisations (MUFSO) in accordance with the Election Statute, Ms Caroline Spencer and Mr Mark Vitlin, to fill the two casual vacancy positions from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1997.

(File No 96/0688)

28. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MINUTES OF COUNCIL

Refer also to item 4.1. A document was circulated for information. (pp 287-289). The academic board noted the document dated November 1996 prepared by the Academic Registrar.

*****

At the close of the meeting Professors Pilbrow and Jackson, on behalf of the Academic Board, extended thanks to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor MI Logan AC, for his contribution to the Academic Board and the University as a whole over ten years as Vice-Chancellor.

The Meeting concluded at 4.35m.