Committee of Deans Meeting 2-1993

Meeting No. 2/93 of the Committee of Deans will be held on Tuesday, 9 March 1993, in the Council Room, University Offices, at the Clayton campus, commencing at 2.15 pm.

Lyn Gash
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Acting Secretary

5 March 1993

A G E N D A

11. Membership

Professor Ian Chubb will be attending his first meeting of the Committee since taking up his appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor on 1 March.

12. Minutes

The minutes of Meeting No. 1/93, held on 18 February 1993, have been circulated.

Following comment by the Steering Committee, it is recommended that the second sentence of item 4.3 - Reporting Mechanisms for CRCs and Key Centres be amended to read:

`After noting advice from Professors Porter and Pargetter, it was agreed that formal lines of reporting should be reaffirmed with the requirement that regular reports be forwarded through relevant faculty boards to Academic Board by CRCs and National Key Centres'.

13. Matters Arising from the Minutes

13.1 Guidelines Governing Amendments to Courses

Further to discussion at the previous meeting (item 5.5), the Acting Registrar draws attention to the following resolution adopted at Meeting No. 10/80 that the Committee may care to reaffirm or vary:

`All proposed new courses or changes which might lead to altered enrolment levels on an inter-faculty basis should be referred to and discussed by the Committee of Deans so that the full ramifications of student enrolment patterns, staffing and budgetary provisions could be determined in advance.'

14. Report of the Vice-Chancellor

15. Urgent Matters

16. Chair of Psychology

Professor Rae has submitted the appended proposal to fill the position of Professor and Head of the recently integrated Department of Psychology.

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17. Faculty of Business and Economics Implementation Task Force

The Committee is asked to endorse the proposal that Professor Rae replace Professor Williams as the Committee of Deans' nominee on the Implementation Task Force, with Professor Williams serving as Professor Rae's alternate when necessary.

Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled to be held at 2.15 pm on Tuesday, 30 March, at the Victorian College of Pharmacy in Parkville. Details about arrangements for this meeting will be circulated beforehand.