Committee of Deans Meeting 10-1992

Meeting No. 10/92 of the Committee of Deans was held on Tuesday, 4 August 1992, in Room 272 of the Humanities Building at the Clayton campus, between 2.15 and 4.30 pm.

There were present:

Professor M.I. Logan, Vice-Chancellor, in the Chair

Professor R.J. Pargetter, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts

Professor R. Porter, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Professor T. Kennedy, Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Professor P.C. Chandler, Dean, David Syme Faculty of Business

Professor C.J. Bellamy, Dean, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

Professor W.A. Sinclair, Dean, Faculty of Economics Commerce and Management

Professor D.N. Aspin, Dean, Faculty of Education

Professor P.LeP. Darvall, Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Professor C.R. Williams, Dean, Faculty of Law

Professor R.J. Snedden, Dean, Faculty of Professional Studies

Professor I.D. Rae, Dean, Faculty of Science

Professor C.B. Chapman, Dean, Victorian College of Pharmacy

An apology was received from Professor L.H.T. West

In attendance were:

Mr A.L. Pritchard, Registrar

Mr P.B. Wade, Comptroller

Mr G.F. Neat, Executive Director, University Development

Ms C.E. Anderson, Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor

Mr M.D. Watson, Secretary

M I N U T E S

73. Minutes

The minutes of Meeting No. 9/92 held on 14 July, copies of which had been circulated, were confirmed and signed.

74. Matters Arising From the Minutes

No matters were raised from the minutes.

75. Vice-Chancellor's Report

75.1 Monash: Toward 2000

The Committee endorsed the suggestion in the attached paper tabled by MIL Professor Logan that some of the issues be raised in the discussion paper Monash: Toward 2000 might usefully be worked up into a formal planning document. For their part, Deans agreed to draft, in no more All than 1000 words, plans for their respective faculties using the Deans Wollongong Engineering example as a model (notwithstanding its striking similarity to a Monash Engineering prototype).

76. Urgent Matters

76.1 1992 DEET - Related EFTSU

Mr Wade introduced and Deans discussed the attached paper PBW circulated to members prior to the meeting. In the light of a number of remaining apparent discrepancies and uncertainties about the data contained in the document, it was agreed that Mr Dobson and, if available, Mr Harris would visit each of the Deans within the following one or two weeks in attempt to resolve outstanding difficulties. On these occasions, Mr Wade said, Deans would also be asked to make bids for the some 110 EFTSU approved by DEET for additional load in 1993 which, on the basis of an earlier agreement by the Committee, would primarily be directed to higher degree by research. Professor Logan conceded that there was a good case for student load discrepancies to be given attention in the 1993 budget process.

76.2 Art and Design

The Committee received and briefly considered the attached RJP report of the Review of Art and Design submitted by Professor Pargetter. Most discussion centred on the designation of `Sub-Faculty' as the recommended semi-autonomous Art and Design unit, and its suitability to exist alongside other strata of the University's academic governmental structure.

76.3 Industrial Relations

The Committee noted and briefly discussed the attached paper tabled by Professor Pargetter addressing the current status of various ongoing industrial relations issues.

76.4 Parking

In response to a comment from Professor Darvall, Mr Wade PBW confirmed that use of the designated area in the Engineering Carpark for staff returning from off-campus duty had been very low during the monitoring period. He said a report would be made in the near future.

76.5 Litter

Mr Wade took note of a comment from Professor Darvall that PBW the litter problem, especially in garden areas, was of concern at the Clayton campus.

76.6 Monash Development Fund

The Committee noted the attached paper submitted by RP Professor Porter listing the outcome of bids for support in 1992 by the Monash Development Fund. it was agreed that the Academic Board, in receiving this information, might find it informative to have a listing of the successful bids for the $2,147,401 of available funding.

77. Academic Nomenclature

The Committee received and noted the attached paper, D47/92, submitted by Professor Pargetter.

78. Deferment Policy

Further to the discussion of an earlier draft at Meeting No. ALP 7/92, Minute 60, the Committee approved the attached revised deferrment policy submitted by Mr Pritchard, subject to: . the substitution of `may' for `will normally' in the second and third lines of the policy statement; and . the deletion of the second paragraph of the policy statement.

79. Academic Nomenclature and Appointment Provisions

The Committee received, noted, and largely endorsed the RJP attached papers submitted by Professor Pargetter, D49/92, D50/92, and D51/92, setting out the appropriate rubric and appointment provisions for the positions of Associate Dean, Sub-Dean, Deputy Dean, for Honorary Academic Appointments, for Heads of Departments, and for designation as the proposed new academic governmental unit of Sub-Faculty.

80. Quality

Professor Logan commended to Deans and underlined his commitment to the attached paper on quality issues, D52/92, and drew attention to the appended documentation on current practice in the United Kingdom in regard to academic auditing procedures. He also gave notice of a review of the University's senior management structure to be undertaken by himself, the two Deputy Vice-Chancellors, and Ms Harrison of Human Resources Management. The Committee generally acknowledged that quality and the related competency movement were likely to be the preeminent issues in higher education in the 1990s that the University could ill afford to ignore.

81. Gippsland Integration Project

The Committee received, noted, and endorsed for submission to RJP the Academic Board a collection of individual draft agreements that would form the basis of the full integration of Monash University College Gippsland within the faculty and administrative structure of the University. Professor Pargetter commented that the draft agreements contained no surprises and Professor Kennedy that the exercise had presented no enduring problems. It was noted that the composite document would be considered by the MUCG Advisory Council on 25 August prior to its submission to the Academic Board and Council.

82. 1993 Meeting Dates

The Committee agreed to meet at 2.15 pm on the following MDW dates in 1993: Tuesday, 16 February Tuesday, 09 March Tuesday, 30 March Tuesday, 20 April Tuesday, 11 May Tuesday, 01 June Tuesday, 22 June Tuesday, 13 July Tuesday, 03 August Tuesday, 24 August Tuesday, 14 September Tuesday, 05 October Tuesday, 26 October Tuesday, 16 November Tuesday, 07 December

83. Matters Pending

The Committee was advised that the following matters were not yet ready for attention:

Meeting Minutes Paper Action

Appraisal of Deans 1/92 4.9 MIL

Outside Earnings 7/92 56.1 PBW

84. Next Meeting

Members were reminded that the next ordinary meeting of the Committee was scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 25 August, at Monash University College Gippsland.

The Secretary undertook to inform members of detailed MDW arrangements, including transport, in due course.