Meeting 4/2002 of the Committee of Deans was held at
2.15 pm on Tuesday, 28 May, 2002 in the Sir George Lush Room, ground
floor, University Offices Building 3a, Clayton campus.
Professor David
Robinson, Vice-Chancellor and President
Professor Peter
Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research &
Development)
Professor Alan
Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic & Planning)
Ms Alison Crook,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Resources)
Professor Brian
Mackenzie, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Gippsland
Professor Homer
Le Grand, Dean, Faculty of Arts
Professor Sue
Willis, Dean, Faculty of Education
Professor
Michael Brisk, Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Professor John
Rosenberg, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology
Professor
Stephen Parker, Dean, Faculty of Law
Professor Robert
Norris, Dean, Faculty of Science
Professor Nick
Saunders, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
Professor Colin
Chapman, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy
Professor John
Redmond, Dean, Faculty of Art & Design
In Attendance:
Professor Max King, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Business &
Economics attended for Professor Gill Palmer, Dean, Faculty of Business
& Economics.
Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and
Staff Services for items 4.3.1, 4.4.2 and 4.4.3.
Professor Graham Webb, Director, Centre for Higher
Education Quality for item 4.3.1
Apologies:
Professor Gill Palmer, Dean, Faculty of Business and
Economics
2 Minutes
The minutes of meeting 3/2002 of the Committee of Deans
held on 22 April, 2002 were confirmed.
3 Matters arising from the minutes
4 Vice-Chancellor’s Group
4.1 Vice-Chancellor and President
4.1.1 Campus Developments
Hong Kong
The International Development Group would consider the
pre-feasibility study and provide a report to the 2 July 2002 meeting of
the Committee of Deans.
Singapore
Progress on this initiative would be reported to the
Committee of Deans by Mr T Pollock, Executive Director, Office of
International Affairs and Mr I Porter, Principal Advisor, International
and Government Relations.
Case study for campus planning
Caulfield campus would be used for developing, with the
assistance of Mr David Phillips, the integrated academic and resource
planning model.
Deans Discussion Group meeting – 4 June
Free ranging discussion/speculation on campus
developments over the next ten years would be the major item for
discussion.
Pro Vice-Chancellors – Malaysia and South Africa
Deans were reminded that appointments would need to be
made to the positions of Pro Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Schools in
Malaysia and South Africa.
4.2 Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and
Development)
Science, Technology and Innovation Initiative: Deans
were informed that the results for this round would most likely be
announced at the end of June.
CRC: Eleven new/renewal proposals had been
submitted.
Biotechnology Centre of Excellence: An announcement
of the successful bid is expected on 31 May 2002.
ICT Centre of Excellence: The Federation
consortium’s bid was unsuccessful.
4.3 Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic
and Planning)
4.3.1 Evaluation of Teaching for Performance Measurement
Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and
Staff Services and Professor Graham Webb, Director, Centre for Higher
Education Quality were in attendance for this item.
Mr Marshall informed Deans that due to other priorities
little progress had been made in developing a focused evaluation
instrument. Professor Webb informed Deans that a University wide policy
on Unit Evaluation enabled faculties to construct a series of questions
in six key areas:
-
content and objectives
-
teaching methods
-
assessment procedures
-
student workload and study behaviour
-
routine evaluation
-
expertise of teaching staff
Noting that the objective was to improve the overall
teaching of the University it was agreed that faculties would adopt the
unit evaluation approach.
4.4 Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President
(Resources)
4.4.1 Senior Management Development Program
Ms Alison Crook, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Resources
advised that work was continuing on developing the program. A consultant
had been employed to facilitate focus groups and undertake further
discussions with Deans.
4.4.2 Devolution of Classification Process HEW Level 1-7
Deans reaffirmed their commitment to the devolution of
the classification process for HEW Level 1-7.
4.4.3 General Staff Performance Management Scheme
Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and
Staff Services informed Deans of changes to the Performance Management
Scheme for general staff and the related documentation.
In response to questions Mr Marshall advised that:
Deans were requested to forward any additional issues /
comments to Mr Marshall by 31 May 2002.
The Committee of Deans approved the proposal of the
Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill
the position of Professor/Director of Respiratory Medicine.
The Committee of Deans approved the proposal of the
Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill
the position of Professor/Associate Professor – Director, Adult
Psychiatry at Southern Health.
5.3 Professor of Health Services Research/Director,
Monash Institute of Health Services Research
The Committee of Deans approved the proposal of the
Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill
the position of Professor of Health Services Research/Director, Monash
Institute Of Health Services Research.
The Committee of Deans approved the proposal of the
Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to fill
the position of Professor of Rural Health/Head of School of Rural
Health.
The next meeting of the Deans Discussion Group will be
held at 4.00pm on Tuesday 4 June 2002 in the City Office.
The next ordinary meeting of the Committee of Deans will
be held at 2.15pm on Tuesday 2 July, 2002 in the Sir George Lush Room.
