Meeting 3/2002 of the Administrative Heads Group will be held at 8.30am on Thursday, 4^th July, 2002 in the Council Room, 1^st Floor, University Offices Building 3a, Clayton campus.

Apologies have been received for this meeting from Professor A Lindsay – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning), Mr A McMeekin – Executive Director, ITS, Professor G Webb – Director, CHEQ, Professor M Evans – Director, Planning and Academic Affairs, Ms M Jackson – Executive Director, Marketing and Public Affairs, Mr S Davey – Divisional Director, Facilities and Services, Mr G Connell – Director, Audit and Risk Management, Ms J White - Faculty Manager, Pharmacy, Mr N Thorburn - Manager, Compliance, Mr R Palin – Resources, Finance and Budgets Manager, Arts, Mr A Patterson – Faculty Manager, Law, Mr P Lawford - Faculty Manager, Education, and Mr J Curtis – Chief Executive Officer, Monash Unicomm Pty Ltd.

Ms J Dixon - Quality Advisor, Support Services, CHEQ, will attend as an observer on behalf of Professor Graham Webb.

The Minutes of Meeting 2/2002, held Thursday, 18 April 2002, were circulated previously.

For confirmation.

Documentation is attached for information including a covering page, and a media release from the Minister for Education, Science and Training, The Hon Dr B Nelson MP, with a paper titled ‘Higher Education at the Crossroads: An Overview Paper’.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor D Robinson, will speak to this item.

Documentation is attached including a memorandum from the Vice-Chancellor, the report titled ‘Still Learning: The Report of Our Self-Review’ and a response prepared by the Vice-Chancellor’s Group titled ‘Toward Monash 2020: a response to ‘Still Learning’’.

For information.

The ‘Financial Management Policy Relating to International Entities’, noted at Council Meeting 4/2002 on 24 June, is attached for information.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources), Ms A Crook, will speak to this item.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources), Ms A Crook, will introduce this item.

Dr K Macrae, Faculty Executive Officer, Faculty of Science, will provide a report on the Faculty Manager’s Retreat that was held on 17 and 18 June 2002.

Members are asked to note the amended schedule for meetings of the Administrative Heads Group, including a change to Meeting 5/2002, as set out below: