Committee of Deans Meeting 1-1996

Meeting No. 1/96 of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15 pm on Tuesday 30 January 1996 in The Sir George Lush Room, Ground Floor, University Offices 3.1, Clayton Campus.

jahn Janice H Newham

95/0043 Secretary

A G E N D A

In item 3.4 Performance Indicators and Benchmarking, amend the last sentence to read "Dr Matchett, Executive Director, Marketing and Communications, undertook to ensure that the media were advised of the correct situation."

3. Vice-Chancellor's Report

Item 3.1 of the Minutes of Meeting 17/95 refers to a response, possibly to be developed by the Committee, to the Hoare Committee report. Members are asked to note that the Steering Committee of the Academic Board has recommended that the Board set up a small sub- committee to develop a response from the Board for the Vice-Chancellor. The sub- committee membership is to be decided at the Board meeting 1/96 to be held on 31 January.

According to Campus Review 6/1 of January 1996, the full text of the Hoare Committee Report can be accessed on the World Wide Web [http://www.deet.gov.au/pubs/hedmanrv.htm].

The Vice-Chancellor will speak to this item.

The Vice-Chancellor will speak to this item.

The Vice-Chancellor will speak to this item.

5. Research Matters

7. Special Items

Attached

For information and approval.

8.1 MEMFIS

9. Reports of Administrative Divisions / Departments

10. General Business

As part of a resolution concerning a proposed language policy for the University, at its Meeting 8/95 the Academic Board agreed to ask the Language and Learning Services Unit to report on the services to be offered by the Unit in 1996, how the services would be differentiated for each faculty and campus, and the extent to which the increase in budget granted to the Unit would facilitate these activities. A document prepared by Ms R Clerehan, Head of the Language and Learning Services Unit, is provided in response to this request.

For discussion and referral to the Academic Board.

Attached for the information of the Committee is the proposal regarding recognition of academic excellence which was approved by Council at meeting 7/95, held on 30 October 1995 (Resolution CL7/95/496).

Also attached is a document titled Recognition of Excellence: Academic Awards - Implementation Plan.

The Committee is asked to consider the Implementation Plan and approve the establishment of a joint working party of the Committee of Deans and the Academic Board. In addition, the Committee is asked to approve nine other recommendations detailed in the document.

The next meeting of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15 pm on 13 February 1996 in The Sir George Lush Room, Ground Floor, University Offices 3.1, Clayton Campus.

Distribution

Vice-Chancellor

Deputy Vice-Chancellors

Pro Vice-Chancellors

Deans

General Manager

Executive Director, Marketing & Communications

Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor

Associate Dean, Business and Economics Deputy General Manager

Deputy Dean, Business and Economics General Manager, Monash International

Directors, Administrative Divisions General Manager, Open Learning

University Librarian Academic Projects Office

Policy and Legal Counsel Managers, Administrative Branches

Policy and Planning Officer Faculty Registrars

Director, Computer Centre Personnel Services

Director, Professional Development Centre SWAS 1994

SWAS 1995

SWAS 1996