Monash University

Academic Board Meeting 1/2002

Meeting No 1/2002 of the Academic Board will be held on Wednesday, 20 February 2002 in the Council Room of the University, commencing at 2:15 pm.

The Agenda papers have been circulated. The Index of Recommendations is set out below and supplementary and replacement papers are attached. New items, or items with new / revised attachments, are indicated in the Index of Recommendations by a vertical line on the left-hand side of the page.

Meetings of the Academic Board are attended by ex officio and elected members. A current list of members may be obtained from the Secretary. A non-member may request permission to attend a meeting of the Board as an observer, by telephoning extension 59004. Observers have no speaking or voting rights.

Members are reminded that items may be starred prior to the Meeting by contacting the Secretary, or at the commencement of the Meeting under item 1.1 of the Agenda.

Tea and coffee will be served in the foyer prior to the meeting.

Janty Taylor

Secretary

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A G E N D A

INDEX OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS

*A PROCEDURAL MATTERS

1 ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA

1.1 Starring of Items

Members who wish a non-starred item to be discussed may do so at this point.

1.2 Approval of Non-Starred Items

The Chair will move:

Any confidential items will be resolved at this point.

1.3 Confidential Items C

1.3.1 Report of the Honorary Degrees Committee p 1-2

1.3.1.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the report of the Honorary Degrees Committee Meeting 1/01 held on Tuesday 27 November 2001.

1.3.1.2 Nominations for the Award of Honorary Degrees

Professor A Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Planning), will read the names recommended by the Honorary Degrees Committee for the award of honorary degrees.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve, without discussion, the recommendation of the Honorary Degrees Committee for the award of honorary degrees as presented orally by the Chair of Academic Board, Professor Alan Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic and Planning), on behalf of Professor David Robinson, Vice-Chancellor and President.

2 MINUTES

2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting No 7/2001

The minutes for Meeting 7/2001 have been circulated.

RECOMMENDATION

That the minutes of Academic Board Meeting 7/2001, held 28 November 2001, be confirmed.

*B STARRED ITEMS

3 REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR’S GROUP

3.1 Monash in Europe p 3-6

A document is attached. Professor S Parker, Dean, Faculty of Law , will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the report of Professor S Parker, Dean, Faculty of Law.

3.2 Report on Review of Higher Doctorates p 7-40

A document is attached. (Secretarial note: Refer to Item 7.1 Report of the Monash Research Graduate School Committee meeting 11/2002)

Professor P Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development) and Professor Max King will introduce the item. Ms P Herman will be in attendance.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive the report and approve the recommendations of the review group.

3.3 Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements p 41-46

A document is attached.

Professor P Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development), will introduce the item.

Professor S Willis, Dean, Faculty of Education, will speak to this item.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the progress towards the establishment of the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements.

4 ITEMS ORIGINATING FROM SECTION C

4.1 REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ETHICS IN RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMANS

Professor P Darvall will comment on the report and invite Professor G Bouma to speak. (Secretarial note: Refer to Item 10.1 Report of the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research involving Humans p85-90)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Annual Report for 2001, for the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans.

4.2 Statute 4.1 – Discipline (Amendment No 1/2002) p 123-140

A document is attached. Ms Amanda Lazar will speak to the item. (Secretarial note: Refer to Item17.1 Statute 4.1 – Discipline (Amendment No 1/2002))

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the above draft legislation.

C ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OR INFORMATION

5 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

5.1 Amendment to Academic Board Meeting Schedule 2002

Meeting 5/2002 of the Academic Board has subsequently had to be re-scheduled, from 16 to 9 October, due to a change to Council’s South Africa meeting. The revised schedule for meetings of the Board in 2002 is set out below for reference:

1/2002	20 February 2002
2/2002	10 April 2002
3/2002	12 June 2002
4/2002	14 August 2002
*5/2002*	*9 October 2002*
6/2002	13 November 2002

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve a change of the date for Meeting 5/2002 to 9 October 2002.

6 REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE p 47-72

6.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meetings 6/2001 and 1/2002 of the Education Committee, held on Wednesday, 21 November 2001 and Wednesday, 30 January 2002.

6.2 Qualifications Categories Policy

(Secretarial note: Refer to item 7.2 Report of the Monash Research Graduate School Committee meeting 1/2002)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve the draft ‘Qualifications Categories Policy’ presented.

6.3 Final Year Honours Components / Marks and Grades

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Academic Board approve the recommendations in the paper presented by the working group regarding honours structure and marks and grades as set out below:

Recommendation 1:

That the requirement of awarding numerical marks in addition to the grades awarded for the honours program and its components, approved by Council 8/95, should be implemented for all courses and their component units from the commencement of 2002.

Recommendation 2:

For honours program components:

where there are significant and distinct components of the program, with a start and finish date, these should receive a separate assessment including both a mark and grade.

the individual components within an honours program should be identified as separate subjects/units and allocated points, in multiples of six, where possible and appropriate. (Note: In some instances, where required for professional or other reasons, a three point unit would be an acceptable component of an honours program that would allow a smaller unit to have a result recorded.)

variations are acceptable if justified on academic grounds. (Note: In accordance with the devolution of the course approval process, faculties would be responsible for the approval of variations that are justified on academic grounds.)

The division of an existing honours program into appropriate identifiable units should be implemented no later than the commencement of 2003.

6.4 Access to Unit Web Pages inside and beyond the University (Protection of Courseware on the Web)

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation 1

That access to web based course materials be based on the following levels:

Open public access.
Monash staff and students only.
Students enrolled in and staff teaching specific units.
Nominated individuals or groups requiring access to the teaching and learning resources/sites or materials for the purposes of collaboration, research, or other joint activities.

Recommendation 2

All units should have at least one page at level (a) to enable students to make an informed choice on unit selection, and to provide some public exposure of teaching quality within the university. Such a page should be available as a link from the handbook entry.

Recommendation 3

That the University Solicitor ensure that where contractual partnerships are established that access to web based materials be specified in the agreement.

Recommendation 4

That staff be informed that where they allow non Monash staff or students access to web based materials, for purposes of collaboration, research or other joint activities, that these people be informed of Monash policies on copyright and IP and that consequences of breaching these policies be clearly communicated in writing.

Recommendation 5

That faculties be asked to implement a default level of access (as defined by Recommendation 1), that will be reported to the Education Committee, bearing in mind the types of course material made available within units offered by the faculty.

Proceedings

7 REPORT OF THE MONASH RESEARCH GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEE

7.1 Receipt of Report for meeting 11/2001 p 73-76

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Research Graduate School Committee Meeting 11/2001 held Friday, 7 December 2001.

Proceedings

7.2 Receipt of Report for meeting 1/2002 p 77-78

(Secretarial note: Refer to Item 6.2 Qualifications Categories Policy)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Research Graduate School Committee Meeting 1/2002 held Friday, 1^st February 2002.

Proceedings

8 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ASSOCIATE DEANS (RESEARCH) p 79-80

8.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research) Meeting 7/2001 held on Thursday, 25 October 2001.

Proceedings

9 REPORT OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE p 81-84

9.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the General Library Committee Meeting 4/2001 held Wednesday, 12 December 2001.

Proceedings

10 REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ETHICS IN RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMANS p 85-90

10.1 Receipt of Report

(Secretarial note: Refer to item 4.1 Items originating from Section C)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Annual Report for 2001, for the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans.

11 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS p 91-104

11.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Faculty Board Meeting 6/2001 of the Faculty of Business and Economics held on 7 December, 2001.

Proceedings

12 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION p 105-106

12.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Education Meeting 5/2001 held Wednesday, 7 December 2001.

Proceedings

13 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING p 107-108

13.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering Meeting 5/2001 held Wednesday, 31 October 2001.

Proceedings

14 REPORT OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES

14.1 Receipt of Report 6/2001 of the Faculty Board p 109-110

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Meeting 6/2001 held on 21 November, 2001.

14.1.1 Proposal to establish and fill the position of Cardiovascular Medicine.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board note the establishment of the position of Professor/Director of Cardiovascular Medicine as by Council.

14.1.2 Proposal to establish and fill two positions of Professor /Associate Professor/ Director, Monash University at Bendigo and Gippsland Clinical Schools, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board note the establishment of the positions of Professor/Associate Professor/Director at each of the Gippsland Clinical School and Bendigo Clinical School as approved by Council.

14.2 Receipt of Report 1/2002 of the Faculty Board p 111-112

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Meeting 1/2002 held on 6 February, 2002.

14.2.1 Proposal to establish and fill the position of Professor/Director of Aged Care Medicine. p 113-116

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish and fill the position of Professor/Director of Aged Care Medicine.

14.2.2 Award of Degree of Doctor of Medicine

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the following awards of the M.D. degrees to Dr. Kenneth Opeskin, A Clinical and Pathological Study of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy and Dr. Alasdair Vance, Investigations of Anxiety in Clinically Referred Children with ADHT-CT.

Proceedings

15 PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A CHAIR IN BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. p 117-118

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal to establish a Chair in Biotechnology in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

16 REPORT TO THE BOARD OF THE EXCLUSIONS APPEALS COMMITTEE

16.1 Amendment to Exclusion Appeals Committee membership list. p 119-122

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve the replacement nomination to membership of the Exclusion Appeals Committee as provided.

17 LEGISLATION

17.1 Statute 4.1 – Discipline (Amendment No 1/2002) p 123-140

A document is attached. (Secretarial note: Refer to Item 4.2 Items originating from Section C)

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the above draft legislation.

18 ACADEMIC BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

18.1 Nomination of members of Academic Board to Appeal Committee

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board nominate the following members of Academic Board to the Appeals Committee to hear a student appeal on exclusion for health reason:

Professor Richard Doherty, Head of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences;

Associate Professor Margot Story, Department of Pharmaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences; and

Associate Professor Margaret Lindorff, Deputy Associate Dean – Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty of Business and Economics.

18.2 Approval of nomination to the General Library Committee

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board approve the nomination of Professor David Smyth to be the representative of the Board on the General Library Committee, for a term of office 2002-2003, to replace Mr Christopher Avram.

18.3 Non Professorial casual vacancies – Faculty of Arts

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board note that the Board of the Faculty of Arts has appointed Dr Chris Worth, Mr Peter Handsworth, and Associate Professor Graham Oppy to fill three casual non-professorial vacancies on the Academic Board for that Faculty, for terms ending 30 June 2003.

18.4 Professorial casual vacancies – Faculty of Arts

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board note that the Board of the Faculty of Arts has appointed Professor Margaret Kartomi to fill one casual professorial vacancies for a term ending 30 June 2002 and Professor Nigel Tapper and Professor John Bigelow to fill two casual professorial vacancies for terms ending 30 June 2003, on the Academic Board for that Faculty.

18.5 Campus-Based Member of Academic Board

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board appoint Dr Harry Ballis as a campus-based member of Academic Board on the nomination of Professor Brian Mackenzie, Campus Director of the Gippsland campus.

19 ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM COUNCIL

19.1 Receipt of Report p 141-142

A document is attached.

RECOMMENDATION:

That Academic Board note the matters of interest to the Academic Board from Council Meeting 8/2001, held 17 December 2001.