Committee of Deans Meeting 2-1994

Meeting No. 2/94 of the Committee of Deans was held on Wednesday, 2 February 1994, in the James McNeill Room, University Offices, at the Clayton campus, between 12.00 and 2.00 pm.

There were present:

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

Professor I.W. Chubb, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics

Professor R.J. Pargetter, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Projects)

Professor P.LeP. Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Professor L.H.T. West, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International Programs)

Professor J.L.C. Chipman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Gippsland Campus)

Associate Professor M. Quartly representing Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts

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

Professor R.T. White, Dean, Faculty of Education

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

Professor R. Porter, Dean, Faculty of Medicine

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

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

In attendance were:

Mr J. White, Acting General Manager

Professor R.McD. Anderson, Campus Director, Frankston

Ms O. Cornelius, Academic Registrar

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

Mr R. Burnett, Director, Student Services

M I N U T E S

9. Minutes

The minutes of Meeting No. 1/94 held on Tuesday, 18 January 1994, copies of which had been circulated, were confirmed and signed.

10. Matters Arising From the Minutes

10.1Deans' Retreat

The Committee noted that arrangements had been made for the Deans' Retreat to be held at the Queenscliff Hotel, Queenscliff, commencing Monday 21 March at 2.00 pm and concluding at 5.00 pm on 22 March 1994 (D3/94). Deans were invited to assist with the development of the agenda for the Retreat and noted that a list of suggested agenda items was to be brought to the next meeting of the Committee for consideration.

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Deans also noted that issues for consideration at the Retreat would relate to some extent to the Quality Review Team's recent assessment of the University.

10.2 1994 Undergraduate Enrolments

The Director, Student Services, spoke to the previously circulated interim report on 1994 enrolments (D4/94), advising that:

. while the situation remained fluid it was anticipated that, on the assumption of a 90% acceptance rate, DEET school leaver targets would be met;

. there may be some difficulty in achieving the State school leaver/TAFE target;

. potential shortfalls in intakes to Engineering and to Gippsland courses had been identified;

. trade-offs negotiated between and agreed by Deans had assisted the selection planning process.

During discussion, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Projects) advised of the new scoring system to be implemented for the 1995 VCE; it was anticipated that the new system would reduce identified problems with the 1994 system, and result in better verification and scoring of subject results. He undertook to provide more information on the new VCE scoring system, and on that employed for the International Baccalaureate, to the next meeting of the Committee.

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10.3 1993/1994 Re-enrolments

The Committee noted the advice of the Director, Student Services on the general success of the 1994 re-enrolment process (D5/94) and problems associated with procedures for allocating students to streams in the Faculty of Law. The Dean of Law advised that procedures were to be modified for the next re-enrolment session.

11 Report of the Vice-Chancellor

11.1Berwick Campus

The Vice-Chancellor advised of the interest expressed by the State Minister for Higher Education in proceeding with the development of the Berwick campus, and that a development proposal had yet to be finalised.

11.2 Koori Research Centre and MOSA

The Committee noted that financial difficulties associated with the Koori Research Centre and MOSA had been referred to the police and that procedures for the annual reporting of accounts were to be set in place. The Vice-Chancellor undertook to keep the Committee informed of developments.

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11.3 Privatisation of the Graduate School of Business and Government

The Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor outlined a proposal to privatise the Graduate School of Business and Government. The proposal provided for:

. absorption by the Graduate School of the Australian Management College, Mount Eliza, a facility valued at approximately $18 m with offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Beijing;

. the University to be closely involved in the operations of the School, through representation on its Board (8 members to be appointed by Council) and on its Academic Advisory Committee (3 members to be appointed by and from the Academic Board);

. establishment of the School (possibly to be called the Monash/Mount Eliza School of Business and Government Ltd) as a company limited by shares and guarantee, to be fully self-funding after a start-up period, with any profits generated to be re-invested in the School;

. the School to deliver the MBA, MPPM, full fee courses which articulate into those courses with credit, and to undertake research.

Further consideration was to be given to identifying an appropriate central focal site for the school. The Committee noted that the proposal was to be referred to the Academic Board later in the day.

12. Urgent Matters

12.1 Academic Board agenda

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) advised that he would speak in support of a proposal for the establishment of a travel (for study) grants-in-aid program, an item for consideration by the Board that afternoon.

12.2 Sale of Schools by State Government

Further to the matter he had raised at the last meeting (Minutes, item 4.2), the Dean of Medicine advised that the Monash Medical Centre had now purchased a school site near the Centre. He suggested that it was an ideal site for joint development for the University's Research Institute and advised that the Medical Centre was interested in pursuing such a plan with the University. The Dean undertook to follow up the matter with the Medical Centre.

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13. Research Matters

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14. Enterprise Bargaining

The Committee noted previously circulated papers (D6/94, D7/94). During discussion, the following issues were considered:

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. the role of Deans and the Executive as managers, and consequent responsibilities in relation to enterprise bargaining;

. the extent to which non-union members of staff (approximately 60%) were to be involved in the bargaining process.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor advised that he would bring to the next meeting, for consideration, a proposal for the composition of the group to represent the University as employer on the single Bargaining Unit which was to develop the university's enterprise agreement.

15. Chair Appointments

The Committee approved proposals from the Faculty of Arts to advertise a Chair in the Department of History and a Chair of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology (D8/94).

16. Membership of Council

The Committee noted that Professor Bellamy's term as a co-opted Dean on Council was to expire on 30 June 1994. The Secretary undertook to develop procedures, for consideration by the Vice- Chancellor and subsequent consideration by the Committee, for nominating Deans for co-option to Council, such procedures to be developed on a laboratory/non-laboratory and faculty alpha order basis.

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17. Next Meeting

The Committee noted that the next meeting had been re-scheduled for 3.00 pm on Wednesday, 23 February 1994 in the Faculty of Science Meeting Room.