Meeting No 6/2002 of the Academic Board will be held at 2.15pm on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the Council Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton campus.

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, elected and appointed 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 55061. Observers have no speaking or voting rights.

Tony Calder

Secretary

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

Any confidential items will be resolved at this point.

The Minutes for Meeting 5/2002 have been circulated.

A document is attached.

Professor Peter Darvall, Vice-Chancellor, will speak to this item.

Documentation is attached.

Professor Gary Bouma, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) will speak to this item.

That Academic Board receive and note the advice of Professor Gary Bouma, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Research and Development) and the documentation presented regarding NH&MRC Results.

Documentation is attached.

Professor Alan Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning) and Professor Chris Browne, Associate Chair, Academic Board, will speak to this item.

That Academic Board provide comment on and approve the Learning and Teaching Plan 2003-2005.

Documentation to be circulated.

Ms Alison Crook, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources) will introduce this item. Mr John Levine, Divisional Director, Financial Resources Management Division will be in attendance.

That Academic Board note the Budget for 2003.

Documentation is attached.

Ms Alison Crook, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources) will speak to this item

That Academic Board note the advice of Ms Alison Crook, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources).

Documentation is attached.

Professor Alan Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Planning will introduce this item. Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and Staff Services will be in attendance.

That Academic Board endorse:

(Secretarial Note: This originated from item 8.2)

A document is attached.

This item was starred by the Steering Committee.

Originally the concept of a jointly conducted doctoral program was developed by the French Government as part of a cotutelle mechanism for developing partnerships between French and other research institutions. However, such programs now operate in a number of countries, especially in Europe.

Candidature is conducted under joint supervision and enrolment arrangements of the ‘home’ and ‘partner’ university. The candidate receives a doctoral degree from each of the two participating institutions, with the student’s testamur and official academic record stating that the degree was obtained under a cotutelle agreement.

A number of Australian universities, including Sydney, ANU and the University of Western Australia, have either established joint-badged programs, or are in the process of doing so.

Professor Max King, Director, Research Graduate School, will speak to this item.

The ‘Still Learning’ report of the 2002 Monash Self Review recommended the development of a Monash Student Experience Questionnaire to provide additional information for monitoring the student experience of Monash. The key purpose of the MEQ is to provide institutional and course level data that allows Monash to monitor, assure and improve the quality of its academic programs and student services, and to benchmark internally and with other universities. A paper outlining the proposed ‘Monash Experience Questionnaire’ (MEQ) was endorsed by the VCG, and circulated for comment. The MEQ has received extensive comment and review from staff across the university, from student focus groups and from the Education Committee. It is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate by coursework students.

That Academic Board:

At its Meeting 3/2002, the Academic Board approved a set of recommendations in relation to the ‘Protection of Courseware on the Web’ (refer item 7.2). (Those minutes, including the full set of recommendations that were approved, are located at: http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/unisec/com/ab/index.html)

The final recommendation was "that the university publish guidelines for staff about their rights and responsibilities in preparing web-based materials." As noted by the Academic Board, the Education Committee established a small working party to draft appropriate guidelines for consideration, convened by Associate Professor J Hurst. At its Meeting 6/2002, the Education Committee endorsed the attached guidelines that were drafted by the working party. (Attachment B)

Documentation is attached including draft revised terms of reference for the Education Committee, together with a copy of the existing terms of reference of the Committee for reference. (Attachment C)

It is timely to review the Education Committee’s terms of reference in light of the Committee’s continuing role in academic policy development and approval of procedures, its engagement in developing, reviewing and monitoring the Learning and Teaching Plan, and the devolution of the course and unit approval process to faculties.

(Secretarial Note: Refer to Item 4.1)

The Monash University admissions policy and procedures provide a mechanism for applying bonus points during selection to students from selected schools, via the Monash Schools Access Scheme. Many smaller rural schools and colleges which are in the catchment region of larger regional centres do not qualify for this scheme and that it is arguable that students in these schools may be educationally disadvantaged due to limited regional resources.

The documentation enclosed proposes the establishment by the Faculty of Law of a Rural Entry Scheme that would be implemented in accordance with the Monash University Admissions policies and selection guidelines.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2002 of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held on 25 September 2002.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/2002 of the board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, held on 23 October 2002.

That Academic Board approves the recommendation that Dr William Peters be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine for his thesis entitled ‘Minimally invasive cardiac surgery using endovascular cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia’.

14.2 Proposal to fill the established Chair of Meteorology in the School of Mathematical Sciences p 87 - 90

A document is attached.

This proposal has been endorsed by the Committee of Deans.