Meeting No 5/99 of the Academic Board was held on Wednesday, 21 July 1999 in the Council Room of the University, commencing at 2:15 pm.
There were present:
Professor AW Lindsay - Chair, Dr H Abachi, Dr G Acquaah-Gaisie, Associate Professors R Alfredson, F Alpert, Professor W Anderson, Mr J Arnold, Mr C Avram, Professors G Bouma, ML Brisk, R Brown, Associate Professors J Breen, JD Cashion, Professors CB Chapman, M Clayton, Dr V Clulow, Professors P LeP Darvall, RR Doherty, RW Davies, G Egan, M Evans, Associate Professor A Farley, Professor P Forsyth, Dr L Farrell, Professors CL Gibbs, G Griffin, Associate Professor M Gill, Professors J Harris, Mr B Harding, Associate Professor B Hoffert, Dr H Irving, Professors WR Jackson, JB Jacobs, J Jarvis, B Jarrott, Mr P Joshi, Ms A Jawary, Professors B Kent, ML King, Mrs E Lanyon, Ms S Lawson, Professors H Le Grand, E Lim, Dr R Lisner, Dr K Macrae, Associate Professor K McLaren, Mr A McMeekin, Associate Professor S McNicol, Ms C Mingins, Professor R Mouer, Dr R Nelson, Professor KT Ng, Professors S Parker, B Parmenter, JR Pilbrow, Associate Professor MA Page, Professors JK Redmond, J Rosenberg, A Russell, Associate Professors J Sheridan, A Stonehouse, Professor M Skully, Ms E Tava, Associate Professor J Teicher, Professor F Trindade, Mr I Walker, Professors J Warren, G Webb, RT White, Mr J White, Associate Professor HR Wu and Professor W Young.
Apologies were received from:
Professors D Abramson, D Arnott, T Ban-Hok, Associate Professor C Browne, Professor C Cocklin, Mr N Grills, Professors R Grimshaw, MTW Hearn, JE Maloney, P Nagley, Dr N Nichols, Mr A Pollock, Dr C Porter, Professors B Reed, JA Rickard, D Robinson (Vice-Chancellor), N Saunders, D Schauder, GC Smith, Associate Professor Margot Story, Mr P Wade and Professor H Walters.
Present by invitation:
Ms A Monotti, Ms A Lazar and Professor P Stewart.
Observers:
Ms I DiTrocchio, Ms S Stafford, Mr R Burnet, A/P R Pollard and Mr P Siggins.
In attendance was:
Mr Tony Calder (Secretary).
*A PROCEDURAL MATTERS
1 ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA
1.1 Starring of Items
No additional items were starred at the meeting.
1.2 Approval of Non-Starred Items
The recommendations of the Steering Committee were adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred.
1.3 Confidential Items C
There were no confidential items on the agenda.
2 MINUTES
2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting No 4/99 held on 2 June 1999
The Minutes of Academic Board meeting 4/99 held on 2 June 1999 were confirmed and signed subject to deletion of the second dot point included in the recommendation for item 3.1 – Leading the Way.
*B STARRED ITEMS
3 REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR’S GROUP
3.1 Leading the Way – Faculty and Campus Planning RMO97/0219
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay introduced this item by noting the importance of linking strategic planning and operational planning. In addition, Professor Lindsay advised the Board that Campus Directional Statements were being developed and were due for submission by 6 December 1999.
Academic Board noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay.
3.2A Monash University Malaysia RMO98/3170
The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor P LeP Darvall introduced this item by announcing the appointment of Associate Professor Bob Bignall to the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor Monash University Malaysia. Associate Professor Bignall is to take up his position early next year.
During a discussion on enrolment levels for the July semester, Professor Warren advised the Board that although reliable figures were not yet available, indications were that enrolment levels may be down by up to 10% of the revised figures. In response to the increased competition from local colleges offering franchised courses, the marketing strategies employed are to be reviewed in order to ensure that Monash University Malaysia and its programs are clearly differentiated from the local Colleges.
Additional matters noted during discussion included the availability of Mr Peter Summers to assist Campus Directors in the preparation of their Campus Directional Statements, that Academic Board Campus Representatives be invited to provide input as part of the campus planning process and faculties would be advised of the final enrolment figures in Malaysia as soon as practicable.
Secretarial note: The above paragraph also relates to matters discussed under item 3.1 – Leading the Way – Faculty and Campus Planning.
Academic Board noted the advice of the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Darvall and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash University Malaysia, Professor J Warren.
3.2B Academic Programs at King’s College – University of London RMO99/1275
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay advised the Board that the Monash – King’s College Agreement linked Monash with a partner with wide-ranging and strong research, teaching and community activities. Members were encouraged to ulitise this new opportunity by providing inputs to the development of joint teaching and research opportunities.
Academic Board noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay.
3.2 2000 Budget–Process, Timetable and Linkage with Academic Planning RMO97/0611
A document in relation to this matter was tabled.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay introduced this matter by referring members to the tabled paper where it was noted that preliminary income estimates for the year 2000 were below those shown in the current budget document. Members were advised that the budget for the year 2000 was being developed in a tight financial environment where there was potential for increased expenditure dependent on the outcome of the next round of enterprise bargaining.
In addition, the Board noted the advice of Professor Lindsay which highlighed various aspects of the budget process including the need, at faculty level, to link academic and resource implications when making decisions about academic programs and that all non-faculty budgets are to be reviewed by Professors Lindsay and Darvall and Mr PB Wade.
Noting Academic Board’s long standing role in the approval process for courses and subjects and the importance of academic decisions being informed by resource implications, members were advised that a range of new course and subject approval mechanisms to facilitate such linkages were being discussed.
In response to a question, members were advised that an appointment had been made to manage and/or coordinate the fund raising activities of the University.
Secretarial note: Mr Serhat Abdurazak, formerly Manager – Development (Funding) at RMIT has been appointed and can be contacted on ext. 52340.
Academic Board received and noted the document presented and noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Professor AW Lindsay.
3.4 Research Green Paper - New Knowledge, New Opportunities RMO99/1260
A document was circulated (p187-192).
The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor P LeP Darvall introduced this item. Professor Darvall noted that the recently released Green Paper had no good news, except for medical research, in relation to the overall quantum of research funding for the university sector. Other matters raised during discussion included portability of candidature for the higher degree by research students, the retention of a restructured Australian Research Council, and the need to explore innovative ways of attracting research support from both government and the private sector.
Academic Board received and noted the document presented and the advice of the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor P LeP Darvall.
3.5 Future Directions Report – Dean of the Faculty of Engineering RMO98/0673
A document was circulated (p181-182).
The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Mike Brisk, presented a report on the future directions of the Faculty of Engineering.
Commencing his presentation, Professor Brisk advised members that HECS funded engineering enrolments had increased by 10% across the country with no loss of quality. Engineering at Monash had met its enrolment targets with a 3.3% increase in the ENTER at Clayton and greater increases being achieved at both Caulfield and Gippsland. In addition, international student numbers increased by 30% over 1998 levels. With this rather "upbeat" backdrop, the faculty was directing its efforts for 1999 and forward in the new century to several key issues.
Gippsland
Professor Brisk advised the Board that the operations of the Gippsland School of Engineering had for some time been subsidised due to declining numbers. In order to assist the school restructure and develop new infrastructure for the Mechatronics program, the faculty obtained a $650,000 loan from the University. The School is now vigorously marketing the program in Singapore and planning to offer it offshore. Other initiatives include offering the graduate program in Maintenance and Reliability Engineering offshore through flexible delivery and the recent signing of an partnership arrangement with the University of Tennessee to provide the program to students in the USA.
The Board was also informed that the School had doubled its first year BE intake. This was due to a mix of new initiative including a new alternative entry program, a common first year on all campuses for the new BE introduced in 1999, relaxed entry prerequisites and that students with lower ENTERs see the Gippsland Campus as a way to attain the levels required for second year entry to Clayton Campus.
Teaching and Learning
Complementary to the 1996/7 Australian Review of Engineering Education, and as a signatory to the Washington Accord, the faculty was continuing to focus on ensuring uniform quality of programs across all campuses, on-going development and review of performance indicators and the measurement of graduate outcomes. The faculty was working with other ‘Go8’ universities collecting profiling data; and was taking a lead role through the Australian Council of Engineering Deans in a profiling study involving all Australian Engineering faculties.
Teaching initiatives underway include the re-establishment of graduate level coursework programs for practicing engineers via flexible delivery, the on-going development of DE programs and the development of twinning arrangements with Thai and Indonesian universities.
Access, Equity and Student Support
With assistance from industry sponsorship, the faculty introduced a mentor scheme to provide transition assistance to first year students and final year students preparing for employment.
The under-representation of women remains a key issue with the Faculty continuing its efforts to attract more women to study engineering. The first two phases of the faculty’s award winning program ‘Enhancing Equity in the Engineering Environment’ were now complete with a code of practice for staff and students under development.
International Marketing
The Board was advised that the Faculty was committed to increasing the international student enrolment levels from the existing 16% of all student fee income to 50%. The Faculty has initiated a direct marketing program to Chinese Independent Schools in Malaysia with India, Germany and Scandinavia seen as areas to further explored.
A major new offshore initiative has been the development of standards for automatic credit transfer for diplomates from the four Singapore Polytechnics. This initiative has been so well received that the Faculty is looking to extend the initiative to similar institutions in Hongkong and Malaysia.
Research
Noting the importance of research to the Faculty, Professor Brisk advised the Board that income from research related activities generated 35% of the Faculty’s income in 1999. Further, following the 1999 round of new and renewal applications, the Faculty was still involved in seven CRCs; three being new ventures.
Commenting on some specific developments relating to research, Professor Brisk advised the Board that research at Gippsland still required development and would be focused on regionally relevant research, including current initiatives relating to the timber industry. Staff in Malaysia were now involved in joint research with Clayton personnel and this collaboration would continue to be encouraged.
Concluding his remarks on research activity, Professor Brisk reported that the Faculty was progressing a study to benchmark the Faculty’s research performance with peer institutions, both in Australia and internationally and was close to finalising agreements to relocate two external research and development groups, one at Clayton and the other at Caulfield campus.
Faculty Infrastructure
Acknowledging a generous bequest, the faculty has occupied a new building at Clayton that includes the Sir Alexander Stewart Conference Centre. However, pressures from new CRCs, the need to expand computing laboratories and efforts to increase research student numbers continue to make space a serious issue for the Faculty.
Concluding his presentation, Professor Brisk recorded his thanks to all members of staff for their contribution to the work of the Faculty, particularly during a period of change.
Academic Board received and noted for transmission to Council the Report of the Dean of Engineering, Professor Mike Brisk, and noted the Dean’s comments.
4 ITEMS ORIGINATING FROM SECTION C
4.1 New Subject Proposals RMO97/0087
This item originated from item 7.3 – Report of the Education Committee.
Documentation for the subject proposals under this item was available for perusal upon request to the Executive Officer, Education Committee.
The Academic Board was invited to note that two hundred and fifty-one new subjects were proposed for establishment in this Report. Of those, one hundred and forty-five are from the Faculty of Arts, nineteen are from the Faculty of Business and Economics, seven are from the Faculty of Education, fifty are from the Faculty of Engineering, four are from the Faculty of Information Technology, two are from the Faculty of Law, six are from the Faculty of Medicine and eighteen are from the Victorian College of Pharmacy.
Of the one hundred and forty-five subjects proposed by the Faculty of Arts under this item, eighty-six were new subject proposals (which are partially countered by the forty-six Arts subjects being disestablished under item 5 of the Report), thirty-six were new subjects by virtue of changes to credit point values and twenty-three were new subjects by virtue of an additional year level of offering. The fifty new subjects proposed here by the Faculty of Engineering are largely a result of the major amendments being made to the Bachelor of Engineering to introduce the new third and fourth levels of the degree (refer to item 3.5 of the Report). In the establishment of new subjects through this meeting of the Board, all faculties were working to meet the deadline for submission of handbook entries for the University’s "Courses and Subjects 2000" guide.
Introducing the item, Professor AW Lindsay commented on the need to link the academic and resource implications when making decisions about academic programs.
Following an invitation to comment on this matter, Professor H Le Grand, Dean - Faculty of Arts, advised the Board that the Faculty of Arts had commenced a review process that would consider issues such as staff workloads, the appropriate balance between research, teaching and community activities and how best to foster inter-faculty and cross-campus interaction. In addition, Professor Le Grand advised the Board that the review process would consider honours and coursework programs and attempt to reduce subject numbers where appropriate.
Professor Brisk, Dean – Faculty of Engineering, advised the Board that the introduction of the common BE across all campuses would result in the disestablishment of many subjects once pipeline numbers had reduced.
Professor Lindsay thanked the Deans for their advice and advised the Board that the matter would continue to be monitored and periodically reported to the Board for information and/or action.
Academic Board:
Received and noted the advice of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Planning) Professor AW Lindsay, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor HE Le Grand and the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor ML Brisk, and
approved the proposals of the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Information Technology, Law and Medicine and the Victorian College of Pharmacy to establish the subjects listed below:
AGS1030 Ancient Athens: The Golden Age
AGS1040 Philip of Macedon & Alexander the Great
AGS2030 Ancient Greek Epic and Pre-Classical Greece
AGS2040 Ancient Greece through its Drama
AUS2021 Cultural Tourism (International)
DTS1420 Body, Voice, Text
DTS3400 Script Development
DTS2070/3070 Music Theatre
DTS2170/3170 Musical Theatre Workshop
DTS2510/3510 Choreographic Project
DTS2160/3160 Women and Theatre
DTS4760/VSA4760 Gender, Body and Performance
ENH4650/VSA4650/CLS4650 Seeing/Reading Text
ENH2120/3120 True North: Representations of the North of England
FRN3995 Language study abroad program
FRN1410 French Year 1 Level 4A
FRN1420 French Year 1 Level 4B
FRN2500/3500 French Noir
FRN1210 French Year 1 Level 2A/FRN1220 French Year 1 Level 2B
FRN2950/3950 Business French
FRN3240/4240 Introduction to Translation Subjects
GES2760 Re-Mapping Cultural Geographies
GES3490 Research in Human Geography
GRN3385/4385 The Age of Goethe: Literary Culture at the Dawn of Modernity
GRN3295/4295 Introduction to the study of German Media Culture
GRN3250/4250 German Travel Writing from the 18th to the 20th Century
GSC1613 Foundation Project
GSC1612 Knowledge and Context
GSC4413 Writing, Media Cultures, Citizens
GSC2510/3510 Governing Australia: Federal Politics and Policy (Distance Education)
HSY2490/3490 / WMN2490/3490 Australian Feminisms
HSY4500 Contours of Racial Thought
HSY2650/3650 Troubadours and Street-Singers: Music and Popular Culture 1100-1600
HSY2990/3990 The American Civil War
HSY3800 Teaching History
HSY4800 Teaching History
HSY4140 The Raj Imagined: Stories and Films of "British" India In Their Historical Context
HSY4180/GES4180 Plagues, people and the natural world
HSY4230 Happy Families: the Western European family, 17th-19th centuries
HSY4150 Freud, Sexuality and History
INM4929 Honours Thesis - Indonesian
INT3080 Second Languages in Use
JPS2140/3140 Japanese Culture in Japan
JWC2260/3260 Literature of Destruction and Redemption
JWC2090/3090 Contemporary Middle Eastern Politics
KOR2450/3450 Studies in translation: English - Korean, part 1
KOR2460/3460 Studies in translation: English - Korean, part 2
MUS2040 Music Composition and Technology Ensemble
RLT4400/HSY4400 Hildegard of Bingen and her world
RLT3980/HSY3980 Thinking God - Philosophical Theology and Postmodernity
RLT4780/HSY4780 Thinking God - Philosophical Theology and Postmodernity
RLT4600/HSY4600 The Search for Meaning: Expressions of Belief
VSA2460/3460 / CLS2460/3460 Cyberculture: From Digital to Virtual Representation
VSA2440/3440 / CLS2440/3440 Camera-culture: From Analogue to Digital Representation
VSA4100 Issues in Australian architecture and heritage
VSA3020 From Film Theory to Video Practice
WMN2040/3040 Feminism and Popular Culture: Reading Mainstream Cinema
WMN2030/3030 Women, Media, Consumption: Feminist Cultural Studies
WMN4940/HSY4940 Lovers and Letters: Researching Private Lives
WMN1010 Sex, Gender and Knowledge: Introduction to Women’s Studies
WMN4700 Issues in Feminist Cross-Cultural Research
ARY4050 The Archaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
ARY4730 Dissertation
CBL2213 Intermediate Business Chinese, part 1
CBL2223 Intermediate Business Chinese, part 2
GES3240 Sustainable Cities
HSY4020 Making Histories
HSY4030 Special Subject 1: first semester
HSY4040 Special Subject 1: second semester
HSY4210 Life Stories: Memory, Narrative and History
HSY4730 Reading and Writing Australian History
HSY4760 Gender and History
HSY4810 Biography and History
HSY4860 Social Theory and Social History
HSY4840 The Making of Modern Paris
INM2213 Intermediate Indonesian part 1 (Peninsula)
INM2223 Intermediate Indonesian part 2 (Peninsula)
JPL2213 Japanese 2B part 1 (Peninsula)
JPL2223 Japanese 2B part 2 (Peninsula)
JPL2313 Japanese 2C part 1 (Peninsula)
JPL2323 Japanese 2C part 2 (Peninsula)
VSA4002 Minor Thesis
VSA4009 Gender & Genre: Masculinity in Film
VSA4012 Approaches to Art History
VSA4022 Beyond the Museum
VSA4025 Museum Practice and Research
VSA4036 Nineteenth-Century Australian Art
VSA4056 Twentieth-Century Australian Modernism
VSA4042 Film Theory and Criticism: Part 1
VSA4052 Film Theory and Criticism: Part II
VSA4076 Australian Postmodernism
VSA4086 The Culture and Imagery of Cities
VSA4122 Australian Film History
VSA4292 Cultural Theory and Visuality
VSA4642 German Screen Studies
VSA4752 Southeast Asian and Indonesian Film and Television
VSA4032 Theory of Art History and Criticism
ANY3120 Magic, Science and Religion
ANY3530 Tradition and Change: The Dynamics of Culture, Colonialism and Modernity
ANY2490 Knowledge, power and social transformation in Southeast Asia
ANY2350 Questions of identity: Ethnicity, nationalism and globalisation
ARY3810 An Introduction to Middle Egyptian Language
GSC3512 United States Politics: Media and Power
INM2990 Language Study Abroad
ITA2990 Language Study Abroad Program
JPL1510 Japanese 1E: part 1
JPL1610 Japanese 1F: part 1
JPL1520 Japanese 1E: part 2
JPL1620 Japanese 1F: part 2
JPL2610 Japanese 2F: part 1
JPL2620 Japanese 2F: part 2
JPS4081 Critical issues in Japanese studies
JPS4082 Critical debate on contemporary Japan
SCY2272 Sociology of Popular Music
SCY3150 Sociological research techniques for public policy
SCY2142 Sociology of Education
SCY3042 Sociology of Ethnicity and Minority Relations
SCY4310 Population and Migration
SCY3100 Marx, Weber and Durkheim: Sociological Perspectives
WMN3110 Representations of Women and Gender in Australian Society
MGY5XXX Reading Unit
BTC2191 International Trade Law
MGC2XXX Asian Management
MKG24XX Business Marketing
MGC3104 Management Ethics
MGC3114 Strategic Management
MGC3124 International Management
MGC3134 The Management of Change
MGC3234 Services Management and Marketing
MGC3254 Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
MGC3264 International Industrial Relations
MGC3314 Managing Public Policy
MGC3414 Employee Relations Practice: Policy and Skills
MGC3424 Human Resource Development
MGC3434 International Human Resource Management
MGC3444 Equity Diversity and Participation
MGC3454 Managing Conflict
MGC3514 The Management of Technology
MGC3654 Management Research Methods
EDF2203 Curriculum Studies: Primary Studies of Society and Environment
EFF5101 Teaching in Schools
EDF5103 Primary Mathematics Education
EDF5104 Primary English Education
EDF5105 Curriculum Studies: Primary Studies of Society and Environmental Education
EDF5108 Primary Health and Physical Education
GED3854 Curriculum Design in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
CHE3130 Chemical engineering computer applications
CHE3101 Reaction engineering I
CHE3012 Heat and mass transfer I
CHE3103 Heat and mass transfer II
CHE3104 Momentum transfer II
CHE3108 Process design and operation I
CHE3109 Process design and operation II
CHE3111 Transport phenomena I
CHE3113 Thermodynamics II
CHE3118 Chemical engineering practice III
CHE4102 Reaction engineering II
CHE4114 Management
CIV3204 Engineering Investigation
CIV3205 Project Management for Civil Engineers
CIV3221 Building Structures and Technology
CIV3222 Bridge Design and Assessment
CIV3247 Geoengineering
CIV3248 Groundwater and Environmental Engineering
CIV3264 Urban Water and Wastewater Systems
CIV3282 Rural Road and Water Engineering
IND3313 Systems Modelling and Simulation I
IND3317 Design for Manufacture
IND3318 Professional Practice for Engineers I
IND4336 Systems Modelling and Simulation II
IND4337 Professional Practice for Engineers II
IND4338 Industrial Marketing
IND3319 Facilities Planning and Design
IND3320 Quality Systems and Control
IND3315 Engineering Economy
IND3316 Real Time and Information Systems
IND4309 Engineering Practices: Project Thesis A
IND4310 Engineering Practices: Project Thesis B
IND4313 Production Planning and Control
IND4314 Design of Productive Systems
IND4315 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
IND4316 Systems Reliability and Maintenance
GSE3701 Engineering Computer Applications
GSE3800 Mechatronics Project
GSE3801 Sensors and Artificial Perception
GSE3803 System Dynamics and Control
GSE3804 Production Engineering
GSE4703 Artificial Intelligence in Practice
GSE4803 Computer Systems & Networks
ECE3801 Bioelectricity
ECE3802 Medical Instrumentation
ECE3803 Clinical Engineering Management
ECE4804 Biomechanics
ECE4805 Medical Signal Processing
ECE4806 Medical Imaging Techniques
ECE4807 Biomedical Equipment Design, Development and Innovation
BUS2040 Business Systems for Multimedia and the Entertainment Industries
CPE3005 Networked Multimedia Systems
CSE3210 Software Component Technologies
CSE3231 Client – Server Database Systems
LAW4160 Negotiation and Mediation
LAW4161 European Union Law
CWH1001 Family Planning: Sexual and Reproductive Health
CWH1002 Women’s Health in Society
FOR2005 Adult Sexual Assault
FOR2006 Paediatric Forensic Medicine
MPH2071 Gender Issues in Public Health
BME1130 The Human Being in Health and
VCF1081/VCP1081 Physiology
VCF1021/VCP1021 Chemistry I
VCF1071/VCP1071 Formulation Chemistry I
VCF1091/VCP1091 Mathematics
VCF1101 Product Development I
VCF2041 Microbiology
VCF2031 Biochemistry
VCF2071 Formulation Chemistry II
VCF2101 Product Development II
VCF2021 Chemistry II
VCF2051 Industrial Experience I
VCF3101 Product Development III
VCF3071 Toxicology
VCF3051 Industrial Experience II
VCP4011 Pharmacy Practice IV
VCP4051 Clinical Pharmacy II
VCP4031 Pharmaceutics III
VCP4021 Drug Development
4.2 Disestablishment of Subjects RMO97/1181
This item originated from item 7.4 – Report of the Education Committee.
Academic Board noted that forty-six (46) subjects were disestablished by the Education Committee at its Meeting 4/99, all of which were from the Faculty of Arts.
4.3 Intellectual Property Committee – Report on Intellectual Property Policy RMO97/0908
A document was circulated (p125-134).
This item originates from item 18 - Intellectual Property Committee – Report on Intellectual Property Policy.
Ms A Lazar, Deputy University Solicitor and Ms A Monottii, Lecturer – Faculty of Law were in attendance and were granted speaking rights for this item.
Prior to discussion of this item, the Chair requested that members recognise that a potential conflict of interest could arise when discussing some aspects of this matter.
During discussion of this matter, clarification was sought by members on a range of matters relating to recommendation 2(i). Specific issues raised by members included the definition of a ‘team’, whether Supervisors, Associate Supervisors and students on APAs constitute a team, the role of PhD student(s) in research undertaken by a team and whether the proposal was more restrictive on team research than non-team research.
Following discussion of the above issues, Professors King and Parmenter were invited to meet with Ms Lazar and Ms Monotti to reconsider recommendation 2(i) for representation to the Board as soon as practicable.
Academic Board approved the proposals of the Copyright Working Party Report on Intellectual Property Policy as detailed below subject to reconsideration and representation of recommendation 2.1:
That further consideration be given to the University’s position on ownership of computer software.
2 That university policy and procedures be amended to achieve the following
a University claim to ownership of research materials and copyright works, other than publications, arising from research undertaken by teams of three or more staff where the research project is funded by an external body or by the University.
This recommendation is subject to further consideration and will be represented to Academic Board as soon as practicable.
(ii) Where the outcome of the research would be a copyright work which the University does not wish to own, the researchers would be required to enter into an agreement regarding ownership of copyright in the complete work.
Researchers would have the right to negotiate a re-assignment of rights held by the University.
Where team research is undertaken with an external/Monash grant, the University’s Research Office should be responsible for ensuring that members of a research team enter into an agreement with the University under which Monash will own research materials and copyright works, other than publications, arising from the research project.
4. Where team research is undertaken with money from a faculty or department, that the Associate Deans (research) ensure that the researchers enter into agreements amongst themselves regarding ownership of research results and that ‘team research’ become a standard reporting item on the Research Committee’s agenda.
That after reviewing relevant policies in US universities, that the University develop its own policy on ownership of tangible research materials, with special reference to materials generated from team research.
6 That further consideration be given to circumstances in which the University might be paid a royalty share from the exploitation of copyright works.
That the Statutes and Regulations be amended to provide for University ownership of multimedia products by inter alia
adding "a multimedia product" to the exceptions in section 2.1.1 in the Regulations and by removing the exceptions in paragraph (e); and
deleting "cinematograph film" "sound recording" "television broadcast" and "sound broadcast" from the definition of "copyright work" in section 1.1. of the Statute and including these terms as "Subject Matter other than Works".
8. That consideration be given to investigating the merits of developing a multimedia policy.
9. That section 2.5 of Statute 11.2 and section 2.1 of the Intellectual Property Regulations, be amended to vest ownership of copyright in copyright works in the University and that section 2.6 be amended to achieve an effective grant of licence which will enable the University to use a copyright work in a multimedia work.
That staff be advised to inform their publishers that the University has a royalty free licence to use a copyright work for its educational and research purposes.
11 That Statute 11.2 be amended as follows
by adding course materials to the exception in subsection 2.3.2. There is also need for further consideration of circumstances in which an originator might be entitled to a share of revenue from the licensing or sale of a copyright work owned by the University
b) replacing subsection 2.15 with the following
"2.15 Prior to entering into an agreement to assign or licence a copyright work owned by the University, the University shall consult with the originator of the work and reach agreement on whether authorship of the work is to be acknowledged and if so, the form of that acknowledgment."
c) that the words ‘course materials’ be removed from subsection 2.10.1 of the Statute.
12 That Statute 11.2 provide that
"At the request of an originator, the University shall remove the acknowledgment of authorship carried on course materials created by the originator."
4.4 Working Party on Non-Award Offerings/Quality Assurance [Non-Award Offerings] – Final Report RMO98/2484
A document was circulated (p135-156).
This item originated from item 19.1 - Working Party on Non-Award Offerings/Quality Assurance [Non-Award Offerings] – Final Report
Attached for consideration by Academic Board is the final report of the Academic Board LTOP Working Party on Non-Award Offerings/Quality Assurance [Non-Award Offerings].
Professor Stewart was in attendance and was granted speaking rights for this item.
During discussion of this item, members expressed reservations concerning the prohibition on the use of the University crest on non-award certificates. Noting the strategic importance of non-award offerings to all faculties, the report of the working party, including the use of the University crest, was referred to the Committee of Deans for further consideration.
Academic Board received the Report of the LTOP Working Party on Non-Award Offerings/Quality Assurance [Non-Award Offerings] and referred the report to the Committee of Deans for further consideration.
C ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OR INFORMATION
5 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
6 MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL
7 REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE RMO98/0712
7.1 New Course Proposals
RMO97/1365
7.1.1 Graduate Certificate in Women’s Health
A document was circulated (p11-14).
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Women’s Health, to be offered by distance education through the Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, commencing semester one, 2000.
7.1.2 Graduate Certificate in Culture, Trauma and Mental Health
A document was circulated (p15-16).
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Graduate Certificate in Culture, Trauma and Mental Health, to be offered as an on-campus course taught by the Department of Psychological Medicine (Monash Medical Centre), commencing semester two, 1999.
7.1.3 Bachelor of Formulation Science
A document was circulated (p17-20).
That Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Victorian College of Pharmacy to establish the Bachelor of Formulation Science, to be offered initially as an on-campus course at the Parkville campus commencing semester one, 2000, noting the future intention of the College to also offer the course at the Malaysia campus and by distance education.
7.2 Major Amendment to Existing Courses RMO97/1365
7.2.1 Matter Referred from Academic Board Meeting 4/99 – Further amendment to the Graduate Diploma in Diplomacy and Trade and the Master of Diplomacy and Trade
At its Meeting 4/99 the Academic Board approved two separate proposals of the Faculty of Business and Economics for major amendments to the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and the Master of Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade).
The Board noted that the supporting documentation which was presented in the agenda for those items included a proposal to "add a distance education option to the current on-campus approval". (The documentation was relevant to both proposals which were considered as agenda items 7.3.5 and 7.3.6.)
As it was unclear whether the distance education option had been explicitly addressed as part of the approval process for the major amendments to these courses, the Academic Board referred the matter to the Education Committee for further consideration.
In relation to the Graduate Diploma in Diplomacy and Trade and the Master of Diplomacy and Trade, the Academic Board:
noted that for both courses, it approved a change of title and a change of ownership from the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Business and Economics at its Meeting 4/99;
noted that the Master of Diplomacy and Trade would be included in the Schedule of Exceptions in the Graduate Studies Policy; and
approved the proposal to include the option of distance education for both courses, in addition to their existing on-campus enrolment mode.
7.2.2 Bachelor of Arts – New disciplinary major in Comparative Cultures; and combined major sequence in Anthropology and Koorie Studies
Documentation was circulated (p21-26).
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Arts to amend the Bachelor of Arts as detailed in the documentation presented, including the establishment of:
a new discipline major titled Comparative Cultures (replacing the discipline major "Comparative Societies"), effective from 2000;
a combined major sequence in Anthropology and Koorie Studies; and
an honours program in Anthropology and Koorie Studies.
7.2.3 Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws – First year admission; and addition of the branch of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Documentation was circulated (p27-32).
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to amend the Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws as detailed in the document presented, including:
allowing admission to the double degree program at first year level; and
the addition of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management to the branches of engineering study available in the program.
7.2.4 Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering – Subject Substitutions and Transitional Arrangements
On the recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, Academic Board approved the amendments to the Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering as detailed in the document presented, including proposed subject substitutions, the amended subject list and transitional arrangements.
7.2.5 Bachelor of Engineering
A document was circulated (p37-46).
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering to amend the Bachelor of Engineering as detailed in the document presented, to include alternative subjects, to facilitate the offering of the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management programs in Malaysia, and to provide further flexibility in the delivery of the programs at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses.
Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Chemical Engineering
Documentation was circulated (p47-56).
At its Meeting 8/97, the Academic Board approved major amendments to the Bachelor of Engineering to enable the offering of a single Engineering degree across four campuses in eight branches of Engineering. The common first year was introduced in 1998 and the second year in all branches in 1999.
(Details of consequential amendments to the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering program are still being considered.)
On the recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, Academic Board:
approved a change to the existing subject CHE4118 – Chemical Engineering Research Project, from an elective to a core subject;
approved the introduction of the new levels three and four in the branch of Chemical Engineering from 2000; and
noted the revised subject lists for the Bachelor of Engineering and the consequential amendments for the Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Engineering, the Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws and the Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Engineering double degree programs in the branch of Chemical Engineering.
Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Civil Engineering
Documentation was circulated (p57-62).
(Details of consequential amendments to the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Engineering program are still being considered.)
On the recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, Academic Board:
approved the introduction of the new level three in the branch of Civil Engineering from 2000; and
noted the consequential amendments (detailed in the subject lists presented) to the Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws and the Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Engineering double degree programs in the branch of Civil Engineering.
Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Documentation was circulated (p63-66).
On the recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, Academic Board:
approved the inclusion of the two existing subjects IND2352 Manufacturing Processes, and IND2382 Fluids and Energy, as core subjects in the Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management branch of the Bachelor of Engineering;
approved the introduction of the new levels three and four in the branch of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from 2000; and
noted the revised subject list for the Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management.
Bachelor of Engineering in the branch of Mechatronics Engineering
On the recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering, Academic Board:
approved the introduction of the new level three in the branch of Mechatronics Engineering from 2000; and
noted that retrospective approval is sought under item 4 of the Report for the establishment of the subject GSE4803 Computer Systems & Networks from the fourth year of the Mechatronics program, for introduction with effect from semester one, 1999.
7.3 New Subject Proposals
See starred item 4.1 – Section B.
7.4 Disestablishment of Subjects
See starred item 4.2 – Section B.
8 REPORT OF THE PhD AND SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE RMO97/1156
Documentation was circulated (p 67-70)
Academic Board received and noted the report of the PhD and Scholarships Committee held on 17 June 1999.
9 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ASSOCIATE DEANS (RESEARCH) RMO98/0450
Documentation was circulated (p 71-74)
Academic Board received and noted the report of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research) held on 6 May 1999.
10 REPORT OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE RMO97/0902
Documentation was circulated (p 75-76)
Academic Board received and noted the report of the General Library Committee held on 16 June 1999.
10.1 Chair of the General Library Committee RMO98/0324
Academic Board approved the appointment of Professor G Davison as Chair of the General Library Committee due to the departure of Professor T Threadgold.
11 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS RMO98/0455
Documentation was circulated (p 77-78)
Academic Board received and noted the report of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on 9 June 1999.
12 REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS RMO98/0456
Academic Board received and noted the reports of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held on 19 May, 9 June and 30 June 1999.
12.1 Report of Faculty Board meeting 3/99 held on 19 May 1999
Documentation was circulated (p79-80)
12.2 Report of Faculty Board meetings 4/99 and 5/99 held on 9 June and 30 June 1999
Documentation was circulated (p 81-82)
13 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION RMO98/1367
Documentation was circulated (p 83-84)
Academic Board received and noted the report of the Board of the Faculty of Education held on 12 May 1999.
Proceedings
14 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING RMO98/1368
Documentation was circulated (p85-86)
Academic Board received and noted the report of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering held on 26 May 1999.
Proceedings
15 REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RMO97/1603
Academic Board received and noted the reports of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology held on 5 May and 30 June 1999.
15.1 Report of Faculty Board meeting 2/99 held on 5 May1999 RMO98/3081
Documentation was circulated (p 87-114)
15.1.1 Disestablishment of the Centre for Information Management & Systems Practice
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to disestablish the Centre for Information Management & Systems Practice.
15.1.2 Membership of Admissions Committee RMO97/1150
Academic Board approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology to appoint Mr C Avram to membership of the University Admissions Committee.
15.2 Report of Faculty Board meeting 3/99 held on 30 June 1999 RMO97/1603
Documentation was circulated (p 115-116)
16 REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE RMO97/0904
Academic Board received and noted the reports of the Board of the Faculty of Science held on 24 March and 12 May 1999.
16.1 Report of Faculty Board meeting 1/99 held on 24 March 1999
Documentation was circulated (p 117-118)
16.2 Report of Faculty Board meeting 2/99 held on 12 May 1999
Documentation was circulated (p 119-122)
17 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY RMO98/0710
Academic Board received and noted the report of the Board of the Victorian College of Pharmacy held on 2 June 1999.
Documentation was circulated (p 123-124)
18 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMITTEE – REPORT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
RMO97/0908
See starred item 4.3 – Section B.
19 LTOP WORKING PARTY OF ACADEMIC BOARD RMO98/2484
19.1 Working Party on Non-Award Offerings/Quality Assurance
[Non-Award Offerings] – Final Report
See starred item 4.4 – Section B.
20 LEGISLATION RMO99/0213
20.1 Faculties Regulations (Amendment No 1 1999)
Documentation was circulated (p 157-158)
Academic Board endorsed for submission to Council the above draft legislation.
21 MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC BOARD RMO97/1106
21.1 Casual Vacancies on Academic Board
Documentation was circulated (p 159-162)
Academic Board approved the proposals of the Boards of the Faculties of Arts & Design, Engineering, Law and Medicine to appoint to follows persons to fill casual vacancies on the Academic Board:
Dr R Nelson Faculty of Art & Design
Professor J Sheridan Faculty of Engineering
Professor J Jarvis Faculty of Engineering
Professor F Trindade Faculty of Law
Mr J Duns Faculty of Law
Assoc. Prof. S McNicol Faculty of Law
Ms E Lanyon Faculty of Law
Professor H Walters Faculty of Medicine
Assoc. Prof. M Storey Faculty of Medicine
Dr N Nichols Faculty of Medicine
21.2 Current Membership List of Academic Board
Documentation was circulated (p 163-166)
Academic Board received and noted the document detailing the current membership of the Board.
21.3 Special Leave – Dr Margaret Lindorff
Academic Board granted Dr Margaret Lindorff special leave from attendance at meetings of the Board from 21 July 1999 to 31 December 1999.
22 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
22.1 Election of Members and Alternate Members of the Steering Committee RMO97/1103
of Academic Board
Documentation was circulated (p 167-172)
Members are invited to note that Professors B Caine and B Melbourne are no longer members of Academic Board and therefore are no longer eligible to membership of Steering Committee.
The term of office of Professor B Jacobs and Associate Professor C Browne expire on 31 August 1999.
Academic Board noted the following information:
Nomination of candidates for two vacancies (one non-professorial and one professorial) for membership of Steering Committee and candidates for two vacancies (professorial) for alternate membership of Steering Committee will close at noon on Tuesday 27 July;
All members of Academic Board are eligible to vote and/or nominate candidates for each position;
Nomination forms may be obtained from the University Secretariat; and
If necessary, elections will be held on Tuesday 17 August.
22.2 Honorary Degrees Committee – Membership RMO98/0220
Documentation was circulated (p 173-174)
Academic Board was invited to note that Professor A Duggan (member) and Professor T Threadgold (alternate) have resigned from their positions as Academic Board appointees on the Honorary Degrees Committee.
Nominations to fill both positions will be brought forward to the next meeting of the Academic Board on 1 September 1999.
22.3 Selection Committee for Chairs of Education (two positions) RMO97/1623
Academic Board nominated Professor Margaret Clayton as a representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Chairs of Education.
22.4 Selection Committee for Chairs of Law (three positions) RMO97/1623
Academic Board nominated Professor Thea Brown as a representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Chairs of Law.
23 ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM COUNCIL RMO98/1225
Documentation was circulated (p 175-180)
Academic Board noted the matters of interest to the Academic Board from Council meeting 4/99 held on 28th June 199.
24 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MONASH UNIVERSITY ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE RMO99/1362
A document was circulated (p183-186).
Academic Board received and noted the Annual Report of the Monash University Animal Welfare Committee.
Next meeting
The next meeting of the Academic Board will be held on 1 September 1999.
Submissions for the Agenda should reach the University Secretariat by 16 August.