Monash UniversityAcademic Board Meeting 4-2004Meeting No 4/2004 of the Academic Board will be held at 2:15 pm on Wednesday, 18 August 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 Secretary A G E N D AIndex of RecommendationsandSupplementary 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 3/2004 held Wednesday, 30 June 2004 The Minutes for Meeting 3/2004 have been circulated. Members attention is drawn to item 4.7.1, 3rd para, 3rd line, which should read, "5.8% of the royalty stream….". RECOMMENDATION: That the Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 3/2004, held 30 June 2004, be confirmed. *B STARRED ITEMS 3 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Professor C Browne, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the advice of the President. 4 REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR’S GROUP 4.1 Vice-Chancellor’s Report Professor R Larkins, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the report of the Vice-Chancellor. 4.2 Quality Matters 4.2.1 Monash University Employer Survey Report p 1 - 82 A report is attached. Professor G Webb, Director, Centre for Higher Education Quality, will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive the report and note the advice from Professor Webb, Director, Centre for Higher Education Quality. 4.3 The Teaching-Research Nexus and Action Plan p 83 - 86 A paper is attached. Professor G Webb, Director, Centre for Higher Education Quality will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive the paper and note the advice from Professor Webb, Director, Centre for Higher Education Quality. 4.4 Professorial Appointments Review p 253 - 286 A report of the Professorial Appointments Review Steering Committee is attached. Professor A Lindsay, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive the report of the Professorial Appointments Review Steering Committee and approve the recommendations as set out in the Report. 4.5 Senior Managers Conference 2005 Professor S Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the advice from Professor Parker, Deputy Vice Chancellor. 4.6 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 5.1 University Librarian’s Report - Transforming scholarly communication: A Monash University perspective p 87 - 96 This item originated from item 12.1 of the agenda. A report entitled "Transforming scholarly communication: a Monash University perspective" is attached. Ms. Cathrine Harboe-Ree, University Librarian, will speak to her report. RECOMMENDATIONS: That Academic Board receive the report from Ms. Harboe-Ree and endorse the following recommendations: 5.1.1 That the university, through the Vice Chancellor’s Group, the Committee of Associate Deans research (CADRES), faculties, Academic Board and other forums endorse the establishment of an institutional repository and encourage engagement with it. 5.1.2 That faculties follow the example of the Faculty of Business and Economics and commit to a memorandum of understanding with the library to actively support the library’s efforts to publicise the repository and obtain material for it. 5.1.3 That the mandating of lodgement of a digital version of higher degree theses be supported in principle, subject to consideration by faculties and the Research Graduate School. 5.1.4 That incentives for engagement with the repository be explored; for example, that academics seeking promotion be encouraged to lodge their papers in the repository (subject to permission by the publisher). 5.1.5 That the library continue to seek the research papers of individual scholars for inclusion in the repository. 5.2 Monash University Library Annual Report 2003 Attachment This item originated from item 12.2 of the agenda. The Monash University Library Annual Report 2003 is attached for information. Ms. Cathrine Harboe-Ree will speak to this item. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the ’Monash University Library Annual Report 2003’ and the advice of Ms. Harboe-Ree, University Librarian. C ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OR INFORMATION 6 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 7 MATTERS REFERRED TO ACADEMIC BOARD BY COUNCIL 8 REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE OF ASSOCIATE DEANS (RESEARCH) 8.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 3/2004 p 97 - 100 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 3/2004 of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research), held on 29 April 2004. Proceedings 8.2 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2004 p 101 - 104 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2004 of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research), held on 10 June 2004. Proceedings 9 REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 9.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2004 p 105 - 116 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2004 of the Education Committee, held on 14 July 2004. Proceedings 10 REPORT OF THE RESEARCH GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 10.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 6/2004 p 117 - 122 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/2004 of the Research Graduate School Committee, held on 9 July 2004. Proceedings 11 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MONASH UNIVERSITY ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE 11.1 Receipt of Annual Report for 2003 p 123 - 126 A report is attached. The Monash University Animal Welfare Committee, 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 Monash University Animal Welfare Committee, as submitted by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). Proceedings 12 REPORT OF THE GENERAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE 12.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 2/2004 p 127 - 130 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/2004 of the General Library Committee, held on 16 June 2004. Proceedings 12.2 Monash University Library Annual Report 2003 This item has been starred and has been included under item 5.2 of the agenda. 13 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 13.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 3/2004 p 131 - 134 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 3/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Business & Economics held on 9 June 2004. 13.1.1 Proposal to establish and fill the position of Professor of Marketing p 213 - 216 (Secretarial note: refer to item 20) Proceedings 14 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 14.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 3/2004 p 135 - 138 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 3/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology held on 21 July 2004. Proceedings 15 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF LAW 15.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 2/2004 p 139 - 142 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Law held on 22 July 2004. Proceedings 16 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES 16.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2004 p 143 - 146 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, held on 21 July 2004. 16.1.1 Proposal to establish a Centre for Gender and Medicine p 147 - 168 A proposal 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 the Centre for Gender and Medicine within the Institute for Health Services Research. 16.1.2 Proposal to fill the position of Professor/Director of Anatomical Pathology, Central & Eastern Clinical School p 169 - 178 A proposal is attached. This position became vacant following the retirement of the Unit Head, Anatomical Pathology at the Alfred. The position is fully funded by The Alfred Hospital. This proposal was approved by Council at meeting 4/2004. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board ratify the proposal, approved by Council, of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill the position of Professor/Director of Anatomical Pathology, Central & Eastern School. 16.1.3 Proposal to establish the Monash Institute of Health Research p 287 - 294 A proposal is attached. The proposal to establish the Monash Institute of Health Research was endorsed by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. This research institute is being established in line with the Monash University guidelines for the establishment of research centres, as outlined in Section 3.6 of the Research & Research Training Operational Manual. In line with these guidelines the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) has endorsed the proposal under this item for its submission to Academic Board. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish the Monash Institute of Health Research. Proceedings 17 REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF PHARMACY 17.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 1/2004 p 179 - 182 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 1/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Pharmacy, held on 24 March 2004. 17.1.1 Proposal to establish and fill a Chair in Clinical Pharmacy in conjunction with the Alfred Hospital p 183 - 188 A proposal is attached. The proposal under this item was endorsed by the Board of the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Dean of Pharmacy. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Faculty of Pharmacy to establish and fill the position of Chair in Clinical Pharmacy in conjunction with the Alfred Hospital. Proceedings 17.2 Receipt of Report of Meeting 2/2004 p 189 - 190 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Pharmacy, held on 23 June 2004. 17.2.1 Proposal to establish and fill a Chair of Formulation Science p 191 - 196 A proposal is attached. The proposal under this item was endorsed by the Board of the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Dean of Pharmacy. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the proposal of the Faculty of Pharmacy to establish and fill the position of Chair of Formulation Science. Proceedings 18 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE 18.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 3/2004 p 197 - 202 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 3/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Science, held on 7 July 2004. Proceedings 19 LEGISLATION 19.1 Amendment to Statute 2.3 and Repeal of Statute 2.4 p 203 - 212 Documents are attached. Statute 2.3 amendment updates the title of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and effects a redraft of subsection 1.1 to assist in the reading of the provision. Statute 2.4 The University Teaching Hospitals is repealed as it no longer serves any purpose and the schedule, listing the teaching hospitals, is out of date. Academic Board meeting 2/2004 approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences for these amendments. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board endorse for submission to Council the amendment to Statute 2.3 The Faculties (Amendment No 1 2004) and repeal of Statute 2.4 The University Teaching Hospitals. 20 PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AND FILL THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR OF MARKETING p 213 - 216 The attached proposal has been submitted by the Board of the Faculty of Business & Economics and approved by Council at meeting 5/04 on 9 August and is submitted to Academic Board for ratification. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board ratify the proposal, approved by Council, of the Board of the Faculty of Business & Economics to establish and fill the position of Professor of Marketing. 21 PROPOSAL TO FILL THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, CENTRAL AND EASTERN CLINICAL SCHOOL p 217 - 222 The attached proposal has been submitted by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and approved by Council at meeting 6/04 on 9 August and is submitted to Academic Board for ratification. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board ratify the proposal, approved by Council, of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill the position of Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, Central and Eastern Clinical School. 22 PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AND FILL THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR (OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR) OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SCHOOL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND HEAD, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PENINSULA HEALTH p 223 - 234 The attached proposal has been submitted by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and approved by Council at meeting 6/04 on 9 August and is submitted to Academic Board for ratification. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board ratify the proposal, approved by Council, of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish and fill the position of Professor (or Associate Professor) of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary Health Care and Head, Occupational Therapy, Peninsula Health. 23 PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AND FILL THE POSITION OF PROFESSOR (OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR) OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, SCHOOL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, AND HEAD, PHYSIOTHERAPY, PENINSULA HEALTH p 235 - 246 The attached proposal has been submitted by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and approved by Council at meeting 6/04 on 9 August and is submitted to Academic Board for ratification. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board ratify the proposal, approved by Council, of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to establish and fill the position of Professor (or Associate Professor) of Physiotherapy, School of Primary Health Care, and Head, Physiotherapy, Peninsula Health. 24 ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP 24.1 Casual vacancies on Academic Board as at meeting 4/2004. The following casual vacancies exist on Academic Board as at meeting 4/2004:
24.2 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:
RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board grant special leave from attendance at meetings of the Board to the members listed above. 24.3 Results for Election to Steering Committee of Academic Board p 247 - 248 A document is attached that includes the election results of two professorial members on the Steering Committee of Academic Board. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the results of the election held for two professorial members of the Steering Committee of Academic Board. 24.4 Casual vacancies for Alternate Membership of Steering Committee Following the elections for membership of Steering Committee referred to in item 23.3, three casual vacancies arose for alternate members: one professorial alternate and two academic (other than professors) alternate members. The following nominations have been put forward by the Chair and the Steering Committee of Academic Board. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board approve the following nominations made by the Steering Committee to fill casual vacancies for alternate non-professorial members of Steering Committee.
25 ACADEMIC BOARD NOMINEE FOR SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE VICE CHANCELLOR’S AWARDS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE BY GENERAL STAFF A request has been received from the Staff Development Unit for the nomination by Academic Board of a member of the academic staff to be a member of the above panel. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board nominate Associate Professor Denise Cuthbert as a member of the academic staff to be a member of the selection committee for the Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Exceptional Performance by General Staff. 26 REPORT OF COUNCIL 26.1 Receipt of Report of Meeting 4/2004 p 249 - 252 A report is attached. RECOMMENDATION: That Academic Board note the items of interest from Council Meeting 4/2004 held on 19 July 2004. 27 NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Academic Board will be held on Wednesday 29 September 2004 from 2:15pm – 4:30 pm in the Council Room, Administration Building 3A, Clayton Campus. |