Meeting No 4/2001 of the Academic Board will be held on Wednesday, 25 July 2001 in the Council Room of the University, commencing at 2:15 pm.

Professor A Lindsay (Chair), Dr G Acquaah-Gaisie, Mr C Avram, Dr D Bednall, Mr K Bensley, Professors A Bond, G Bouma, M Brisk, R Cas, Associate Professor J Cashion, Professors CB Chapman, S Cordner, Ms A Crook, Professors P LeP Daravall, G Davison, Mr M Davison, Professor R Dickson, Associate Professor T Dingle, Professor R Doherty, Associate Professor R Edwards, Professor M Evans, Associated Professors A Farley, J Glover, Professors J Goldsworthy, P Hamill, Mr B Harding, Professor J Harris, Mr A Herzberg, Progfessor G Hodge, Associate Professor B Hoffert, Professors K Hourigan, O Hughes, Associate Professor J Hurst, Dr H Irving, Professors J Jarvis, S Joy, D Karoly, M King, H Le Grand, E Lim, B Mackenzie, Associate Professor K McLaren, Professor R Norris, Associate Professor M Page, Professor S Parker, Mr A Pollock, Dr C Porter, Professors J Redmond, DA Robinson, Dr M Rosa, Professor J Rosenberg, Professors T Seddon, J Sheridan, G Smith, Dr K Smith, Professors D Smyth, T Sridhar, Dr K Stewart, Professor P Stewart, Associate Professors M Story, J Teicher, Mr J White, Professors R Willis, S Willis.

Dr H Abachi, Professor D Abramson, Professor W Anderson, Associate Professor L Angus, Professor M Ariff, Mr J Arnold, Dr K Blashki, Associate Professor C Browne, Professor J Crossley, Professor D de Krester, Professor G Giffin, Dr M Iskander, Professor D Kinley, Dr M Lindorff, Mr A McMeekin, Professor P Nagley, Professor J Rood, Professor N Saunders, Professor B Schroder, Professor M Skully, Professor K Styles, Professor N Tapper, Professor B Toh, Dr A Tokita, Professor G Webb.

Dr H Edwards (CHEQ), Mr P Marshall

Ms D Brown, Mr M Fenaughty, Ms S Gleeson, Mr L Hilakari, Ms K Lock, Ms S Rose, Ms S Stafford, Ms J Symington

Mr Tony Calder (Secretary)

Items 9.2 and 14.2.2 were starred at the meeting.

A document was circulated. (p97-110)

Professor J Anderson, Pro Vice-Chancellor Monash South Africa, spoke to this item.

Professor Anderson provided the Board with an overview of current issues relating to Monash South Africa. Professor Anderson highlighted the support services of the campus including the fully integrated library services and advanced information technology infrastructure. Other matters raised during discussion included marketing of the campus in South Africa and surrounding countries, the need for student accommodation, building a research profile and interaction with industry.

A document was circulated. (p 111 – 112)

Professor R Norris, Dean of the Faculty of Science, was invited to speak to the report. Professor Norris outlined the following major themes:

Advancing and applying knowledge – key features included the development of the Monash Science and Technology Research and Innovations Precinct (the Monash STRIP), the recently announced National Synchrotron Facility and construction of the Monash Science Centre.

Education Scholars and Professionals – the Bachelor of Science is the major vehicle for students seeking a science award and provides training across a wide range of discipline areas. Further, the BSc provides the medium for disciplinary and professional training as well as the acquisition of key generic vocational skills.

The Monash Environment – the faculty is looking to increase its visibility to overseas students, further develop its Planning and Quality Assurance processes and build on the benefits derived from restructuring into schools that have formal and informal links with other areas of science at Monash.

A document outlining the future directions of the Faculty of Science as presented to the Board is available at the following url:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/res/fdr.html

A document was circulated. (p 113 – 128)

Major aspects of Mr A Pollock, Executive Director - Office of International Affairs, presentation to the Board included:

• The growth in on-campus enrolments on Australian campuses with Caulfield and Peninsula enrolment levels growing strongly.
• Other Postgraduate (OPG) enrolments continue to be the main growth area while Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) enrolments remain low.
• The faculties of Art and Design, Information Technology, Arts and Business and Economics achieved significant growth in enrolments.
• The relative positioning of Monash in the Australian higher education market.

A copy of the slides used by Mr Pollock during his presentation are attached to the Minutes. (Attachment 1).

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Professor J Rosenberg, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology spoke to this item.

Professor Rosenberg informed the Board that the recent announcement of the formation of Olympic Knowledge Services, a joint venture between the International Olympic Committee and Monash Ed, a company of Monash University, was the culmination of one years work.

Members were informed that the focus of the joint venture company was the delivery of a range of educational, management and consulting services to organising committees and candidate cities.

Professor P Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) spoke to this item.

Professor Darvall informed the Board that Ms Meredith Jackson had been appointed to the position of Executive Director, Marketing and Public Affairs and would commence work on October 15, 2001.

Mr P Marshall, Divisional Director - Student and Staff Services spoke to this item.

Mr Marshall informed the Board that the objectives of the survey included the identification of key needs and expectations of students and staff, to measure the performance of support areas and to obtain data that would facilitate the allocation of resources towards those areas requiring performance improvement.

A copy of the slides detailing the survey data and used by Mr Marshall during his presentation are attached to the Minutes (Attachment 2).

In concluding his presentation, Mr Marshall informed the Board that the survey data indicated that resources should prioritised as follows:

Staff services

• Improved delivery of resources via the Monash website
• Address the timeliness of responses to HR/payroll/employee relations enquiries and the processing of changes to employment records for payroll
• Maintain the emphasis on access to staff training and development
• The reappointment process and reclassification process

Student services

• Focus resources on fee payment services
• Focus attention on the re-enrolment process
• Scholarships

Academic Board noted the advice of Mr P Marshall, Divisional Director - Student and Staff Services.

A document was circulated. (p 1 – 4)

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 5/2001 of the Research Graduate School Committee held Friday, 8 June 2001.

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This item was starred at the meeting.

In response to a question regarding the proposed reduction in student representation on Faculty Board, it was proposed that student representation on the Faculty Board remain at ten for the remainder of 2001 and then be revised taking into account the number of student members attending each meeting of the Board for the remainder of 2001

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Members were informed that the proposed transfer of the Department of Psychology to the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences would help building stronger research links and enhance research collaboration while ensuring that psychology was still available to students undertaking undergraduate programs as part of cross faculty programs.

A document was circulated. (p 49 – 50)

At meeting 3/2001, Academic Board established a Review Group to develop appropriate terms of reference for a review of the regulations and authority pertaining to all non PhD/professional doctoral degrees and to report the terms of reference to this meeting of the Academic Board.

A document was circulated. (p 51 – 52)

(i) Vacancies exist on Steering Committee of Academic Board for the following -

• One professorial member
• Two professorial alternate members
• One academic (other than professorial) alternate member
• One academic (other than professorial) alternate member

(ii) Nomination of candidates will close at noon 27 July 2001.

(iii) All members of Academic Board are eligible to vote and nominate candidates.

(iv) Nomination forms may be obtained from the University Secretariat.

(v) If necessary, elections will be held on Tuesday, 28 August 2001.

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21 PROPOSAL TO ADVERTISE AND FILL TWO EXISTING POSITIONS OF PROFESSOR OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING AND ESTABLISH AND FILL THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Personnel Files

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Members were invited to note the table on page 135 detailing Teaching Staff (Full Time Equivalence) by classification level.

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