A light lunch will be served in the foyer prior to the meeting.

That the Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 5/2004, held 29 September 2004, be confirmed.

That Academic Board note the advice of the President.

That Academic Board note the report of the Vice-Chancellor and receive the above papers.

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

That Academic Board receive the paper, note the advice of Professor Parker, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and endorse the Monash Directions 2025.

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.

That Academic Board note the advice of Professor Parker, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and endorse the Monash University Annual Plan.

That Academic Board receive the review report, note the advice of Professor Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), and approve the associated recommendations and implementation proposals.

That Academic Board note the advice of Professor Webb, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Quality), and endorse the paper on Unit Evaluation.

That Academic Board receive the paper and note the advice of Professor Parker, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

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.

That Academic Board receive the "Monash University Library Annual Report 2003" and note the advice of Ms Harboe-Ree, University Librarian.

That Academic Board recognise the vital roles that Assistant Lecturers play in the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, including, (a) assisting students, (b) freeing up lecturers’ time for research and other activities, (c) ensuring the quality of course content, and (d) providing administrative and technical support. That Academic Board recommend the continued employment of the Assistant Lecturers in the School for the above reasons.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 5/2004 of the Committee of Associate Deans (Research) held on 22 July 2004.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/2004 of the Education Committee, held on 27 October 2004.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 9/2004 of the Research Graduate School Committee held on the 8 October 2004.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 3/2004 of the General Library Committee, held on 15 September 2004.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on 20 October 2004.

That Academic Board approve, for transmission to Council, the proposal to rename the School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies to the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies

That Academic Board approve, for transmission to Council, the proposal to relocate Communications and Media Studies from the School of Political and Social Inquiry to the renamed School of English, Communications and Performance Studies.

That Academic Board receive and note the Reports of Meetings 2/2004 and 3/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Education held on 21 July and 15 September 2004 respectively.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 4/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology held on 15 September 2004.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 6/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, held on 27 October 2004.

That Academic Board approve the change of name of ‘School of Nursing’ to ‘School of Nursing and Midwifery’ from 2005.

That Academic Board ratify the proposal, approved by Council, to posthumously award the MB BS degree to the late Anthony Molan, Year 5 MB BS student.

That Academic Board receive and note the Report of Meeting 5/2004 of the Board of the Faculty of Science, held on 3 November 2004.

That Academic Board receive and note the Annual Report of the Exclusion Appeals Committee, that contains a summary of exclusion for unsatisfactory progress outcomes in relation to the 2003 academic year on behalf of the Faculty Academic Progress Committees and the Exclusion Appeals Committee.

That Academic Board endorse, for submission to Council, the proposal to amend Statute 4.1 Discipline (Amendment No. 1, 2004).

That Academic Board receive the report of Professor Cornish, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

That Academic Board receive the report of Professor Parker, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

That Academic Board approve the establishment of an Affiliation Committee as a Standing Committee of Academic Board to be implemented in accordance with the terms of reference and membership as detailed in the attached proposal.

That Academic Board approve the nomination of Ms Oyiela Litaba, Faculty of Law, to replace the membership of Dr Demetra Arsalidou, as provided by the Dean of Law, to the Central Discipline Committee panel for a term of office from 24 November 2004 to 30 June 2006,, in accordance with sub-section 13.1.1 of Statute 4.1 – Discipline.

That Academic Board approve the 2005 Exclusion Appeals Committee membership as detailed in the attached document.

That Academic Board note the results of the student elections held for 2 postgraduate and 4 undergraduate positions on Academic Board.

Faculty Vacancy Expiry Date

That Academic Board note the following appointments made by Faculty Boards to fill casual professorial and non-professorial vacancies on Academic Board:

That Academic Board grant special leave from attendance at meetings of the Board to the members listed above.

That Academic Board note the items of interest from Council Meeting 6/2004 held on 27 September 2004 and Meeting 7/2004 held on 1 November 2004.

That Academic Board recognise the vital roles that Assistant Lecturers play in the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, including, (a) assisting students, (b) freeing up lecturers’ time for research and other activities, (c) ensuring the quality of course content, and (d) providing administrative and technical support. That Academic Board recommend the continued employment of the Assistant Lecturers in the School for the above reasons.

That Academic Board approve the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of Business & Economics to fill two positions of Professor of Management, Department of Management, Faculty of Business & Economics.

That Academic Board nominate Professor Margaret Clayton to be the professorial representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for a Professor in the School of Business, Monash Malaysia.

That Academic Board nominate Professor Jane Kenway to be the professorial representative of the Board on the Selection Committee for a Chair (or Associate Professor/Reader) of Critical Theory/Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts.