Committee of Deans Meeting 12-1997

Meeting 12/97 of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15 pm on Tuesday, 30 September 1997 in the Sir George Lush Room, Ground Floor, University Offices Building 3a, Clayton Campus.

Members having a direct commercial or financial interest in any item before this meeting must declare that interest to the Chair via the Committee secretary prior to consideration of the item, and must not take part in a vote on any matter concerning it.

Tony Calder
Secretary
97/0025

AGENDA

1. Attendance and apologies

Apologies have been received from Professor D A Robinson, Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor R W Davies, Professor J E Maloney and Professor C R Williams

Professor R Fox will attend for Professor C R Williams and Associate Professor I Nicholls will attend for Professor R W Davies.

Members of the Corporate Planning Group and Mr P Marshall will be in attendance.

2. Minutes

The minutes of meeting 11/97 have been circulated.

For confirmation and signature.

3. Matters arising from the minutes not dealt with elsewhere in the agenda

4. Vice-Chancellor's business

4.1 Vice Chancellor

4.1.2 Tenure Ratios

Professor Darvall and Mr P Marshall will speak to this item.

4.1.3 Faculty Plans - Progress Reports

The following faculty plans are enclosed.

• Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (D54/97) p.1-41
• Monash College of Art & Design (D55/97) p 42-50
• Faculty of Science (D56/97) p 51-87
• Faculty of Engineering (D57/97) p 88-110

Deans will be invited to provide an overview of their planning document.

4.2 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development)

4.2.1 Enterprise Bargaining

4.2.2 Docklands

The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Darvall will speak to these items.

4.3 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and Public Affairs)

Members will note that Professor J E Maloney has apologised for this meeting and will report to the next meeting.

4.4 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning)

4.4.1 Reorientating Annual Decanal Presentations to Council

Professor Lindsay will speak to this item.

4.4.2 Affirmative Action Plan

A document D58/97 is attached. Professor Lindsay will ask for comments. p 111-113

Item for discussion.

4.4.3 Language and Learning Services Unit

A document is attached. (D59/97) p 114-118

4.4.4 Strategic Innovations Fund

A document is attached. (D60/97) p 119-121

4.4.5 Monash/Melbourne Cooperation in Courseware Development

A document is attached. (D61/97) p 122

4.5 General Manager

4.5.1 1998 Budget Process

Mr Wade will speak to this item.

A document is attached (D65/97) p 132

4.5.2 Management Development Scheme

p 123-126

A document is attached. (D62/97)

5. Matters raised by Deans

5.1 Proposal for a Chair of Mathematical Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Professor Nicholls will speak to this item.

Document attached (D63/97) p 127-130

5.2 Proposal to fill a Chair in Pharmaceutical Biology

Professor Chapman will speak to this item

Document attached (D64/97) p 131

6. Other business

7 Items for information

8. Next meeting

The next scheduled Committee of Deans meeting will be held on 21 October 1997 at 2.15pm in the Sir George Lush Room.

Distribution

(Hard copy):

Vice-Chancellor
Deputy Vice-Chancellors
Deans
General Manager
Executive Assistant to Vice-Chancellor