Monash UniversityAcademic Board Meeting 1-2004Meeting No 1/2004 of the Academic Board will be held at 2:15 pm on Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 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 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. 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. Crystal Chatterton A G E N D AIndex 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: That the recommendations of the Steering Committee be adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred. 1.3 Confidential Items C Any confidential items will be resolved at this point. 2 MINUTES 2.1 Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 6/2003 held Wednesday, 19 November 2003 The Minutes for Meeting 6/2003 have been circulated. RECOMMENDATION: That the Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 6/2003, held 19 November 2003, be confirmed. *B STARRED ITEMS 3 REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR'S GROUP 3.1 Vice-Chancellor's Report p 97 - 98 A document is attached. Professor R Larkins, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the Report of the Vice-Chancellor. 3.2 Chair's Issues Professor A Lindsay, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the advice of the Chair. 3.3 Delivery of IT Services at Monash p 1- 10 A document is attached. Mr A McMeekin, Executive Director, Information Technology Services Division, will introduce this item. Mr N Clarke, Manager ITS Network Infrastructure Services will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the report from Mr McMeekin, Executive Director, Information Technology Services Division and Mr Clarke, Manager, ITS Network Infrastructure Services. 3.4 Clayton Campus Urban Plan Ms A Crook, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Resources), will introduce this item. Ms P Sanderson, Chief Executive Officer, Monash Property Management, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive the presentation and note the advice from Ms Crook, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Resources) and Ms Sanderson, Chief Executive Officer, Monash Property Management. 3.5 University Annual Planning Cycle p 99 - 100 A document is attached. Professor S Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the advice from Professor Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor. 3.6 Monash University Planning Conference p 101 - 102 A document is attached Professor S Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the advice from Professor Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor. 3.7 Quality Matters Professor S Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the advice from Professor Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor. 4 QUESTION TIME Questions may be raised at this point regarding matters of interest to the Board. If a response to a question would require detailed information, it would be appreciated if some prior notice (eg 24 hours before the meeting) could be given. 5 ITEMS ORIGINATING FROM SECTION C C ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OR INFORMATION 6 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 7 MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ETHICS IN RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMANS p 11 - 16 A document is attached. The Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans, that reports to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), has forwarded an Annual Report to the Academic Board. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Annual Report 2003 of the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans, as submitted by Professor G. Bouma, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development). 9 REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE 9.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2003 p 17 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2003 of the University Admissions Committee, held on 9 October 2003. 9.1.1 Admissions Statute Amendments p 18 - 24 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That the Academic Board ratify and provide the following specific approvals for amendments to the University Admissions Statutes: i. the amendment to the renumbered ss 4.1 (admission with consent at 17 years) ii. the new ss 4.3 (admission under 17 years with a 95 ENTER and consent) iii. the new s.4A, particularly 4A.3 (the changed nature of the special admissions scheme - from qualifying to enter the university to qualifying for admission to a course of study) 10 REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 10.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 1/2004 p 25 - 28 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 1/2004 of the Education Committee, held on 4 February 2004. Proceedings 11 REPORT OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE 11.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2003 p 29 - 32 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2003 of the General Library Committee, held on 10 December 2003. Proceedings 12 REPORT OF THE RESEARCH GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 12.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 10/2003 p 33 - 36 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 10/2003 of the Research Graduate School Committee, held on 5 December 2003. That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 7/2003 of the Research Graduate School Committee, held on 1 August 2003. Proceedings 12.2 Receipt of Report of Meeting 11/2003 p 37 - 38 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 11/2003 of the Research Graduate School Committee, held on 15 December 2003. That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 7/2003 of the Research Graduate School Committee, held on 1 August 2003. Proceedings 13 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS 13.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2003 p 39 - 40 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2003 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on 29 October 2003. Proceedings 14 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 14.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 6/2003 p 41 - 44 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/2003 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held on 10 December 2003. 14.1.1 Proposal to establish a Centre for Health Economics p 45 - 52 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics to establish a Centre for Health Economics Proceedings 15 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION 15.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 5/2003 p 53 - 54 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 5/2003 of the Board of the Faculty of Education, held on 3 December 2003. Proceedings 16 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES 16.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 1/2004 p 55 - 58 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 1/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, held on 28 January 2004. 16.1.1 Proposal to establish and fill the position of Professor/Associate Professor and Director of Haematology p 59 - 62 (Secretarial Note: At the request of the Acting Dean, Professor L Piterman, this proposal was given executive endorsement by the Chair so that it could proceed to Council. Academic Board to note the executive endorsement by the Chair on behalf of the Board.) 16.1.2 Proposal to fill the position of Professor/Director of the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development p 63 - 68 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill the position of Professor/Director of the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development. 16.1.3 Casual Professorial Vacancies on Academic Board Refer to item 22.1 16.1.4 Awards of Doctor of Medicine Degree RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the recommendation of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to award the degree of Doctor of Medicine to:
Proceedings 17 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE 17.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 6/2003 p 69 - 72 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/2003 of the Board of the Faculty of Science, held on 26 November 2003. Proceedings 18 PROPOSAL TO FILL A PROFESSORIAL APPOINTMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMETRICS AND BUSINESS STATISTICS, CAULFIELD CAMPUS p 73 - 74 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics to fill a Professorial Appointment in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics. 19 PROPOSAL TO FILL THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, GIPPSLAND p 75 - 80 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council, the proposal of the Faculty of Business and Economics to fill the position of Professor and Head of the School of Business and Economics, Gippsland. 20 PROPOSAL TO FILL A CHAIR OF PURE MATHEMATICS p 81 - 88 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Dean of the Faculty of Science to fill the position of Chair of Pure Mathematics. 21 MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXCLUSION APPEALS COMMITTEE OF ACADEMIC BOARD p 89 - 92 Documentation is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the additional nominations to membership, as provided by the relevant Dean and detailed below: Faculty of Education
22 ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP 22.1 Nominations from Faculty Boards to fill casual vacancies on Academic Board Refer to item 16.1.3 RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the following appointments made by Faculty Boards to fill casual professorial and non-professorial vacancies on Academic Board:
22.2 Request for Special Leave from Meetings of the Board In accordance with Statute 2.2 - The Academic Board (section 7), a casual vacancy in the office of an elected member occurs where a member is absent from three consecutive meetings without special leave granted by the Board at or before the last of those meetings. A request has been received for special leave from Meetings 5/2003 to 1/2004 inclusive, from: Professor Douglas MacFarlane Faculty of Science RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board grant special leave from attendance at meetings of the Board to the member listed above. 22.3 Nominations to fill Campus Based vacancies RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the following appointments made by campus heads to fill Campus Based vacancies on Academic Board:
23 REPORT OF COUNCIL 23.1 Receipt of Report of Meetings 7/2003 and 8/2003 p 93 - 96 A document is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the items of interest from Council for Meetings 7/2003 and 8/2003. 24 ACADEMIC BOARD NOMINEES FOR PROFESSORIAL SELECTION COMMITTEES 24.1 Selection Committee for a Professor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board nominate Professor Karen Francis to be the professorial representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Professor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 24.2 Selection Committee for a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, and Faculty of Engineering RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board nominate Professor Kim Langfield-Smith to be the professorial representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia and Faculty of Engineering. 24.3 Selection Committee for a Professor of Neurosciences and Director, Monash University Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board nominate Professor Kate Burridge to be the professorial representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for the Professor of Neurosciences and Director, Monash University Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. 24.4 Selection Committee for a Chair of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board nominate Professor Margaret Clayton to be the professorial representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for Chair of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. |