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Committee of Deans Meeting 3-2003

Meeting 3/2003 of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15pm on Tuesday, 15 April, 2003 in the Sir George Lush Room, ground floor, University Offices Building 3a, Clayton campus.

Tony Calder, Secretary

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.

AGENDA

1 Attendance and apologies:

Apologies have been received from Professor Alan Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Planning), Professor Homer Le Grand, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Professor Gill Palmer, Dean, Faculty of Business & Economics and Professor Rob Norris, Dean, Faculty of Science.

In Attendance:

Associate Professor Harry Ballis, Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts

Professor Alan Farley, Associate Dean – Teaching & Head of Department, Accounting & Finance, Faculty of Business & Economics

Associate Professor Michael Page, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science

Ms Melany Blackwell, Quality Advisor, Service Level Agreements, CHEQ for item 4.3.1

Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and Staff Services for item 4.3.2

2 Minutes

The minutes of meeting 1/2003 held on 28 January 2003 are attached (Attachment 1).

Meeting 2/2003 originally scheduled for 11 March 2003 was cancelled.

3 Matters arising from the minutes

4 Vice-Chancellor’s Group

4.1 Vice-Chancellor Issues

The Vice-Chancellor will speak to this item.

4.2 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development)

4.3 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning)

4.3 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources)

4.3.1 Service Level Agreements

Documentation has been distributed. (Attachment 2)

Ms Melany Blackwell, Quality Advisor, Service Level Agreements, CHEQ will be in attendance.

Ms Alison Crook, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources) will speak to this item.

4.3.2 On-Line Leave System

Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and Staff Services will speak to this item.

5 Matters raised by Deans

5.1 Proposal to replace the current School of Engineering and Science at Monash University, Malaysia with two new schools

Documentation is attached. (Attachment 3)

Members are invited to note that following consultation with Professor Norris, it is proposed that the names of the two schools be as follows (not as detailed in the documentation):

  • School of Engineering

  • School of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor Michael Page, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science will introduce this item.

5.2 Proposal to establish and fill a Chair of Biotechnology, in the School of Arts and Sciences, Monash Malaysia

Documentation is attached. (Attachment 4)

Associate Professor Michael Page, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science will speak to this item

5.3 Proposal to establish and fill a Chair of Archival Systems in the Faculty of Information Technology

Documentation is attached. (Attachment 5)

Professor John Rosenberg, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology will speak to this item.

6 Other business

6.1 Change of Venue for meeting 3/2003 of the Deans Discussion Group

Deans are invited to note that the venue for the next meeting of the Deans Discussion Group has been changed to:

Monash University Law Chambers, Ground Floor, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Maps detailing the location and parking facilities will be forwarded with the Deans Discussion group agenda and papers.

7 Next meeting

The next meeting of the Deans Discussion Group will be held at 4.00pm on Tuesday 13 May 2003 in the Monash University Law Chambers, Ground Floor, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne.

The next meeting of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15pm on Tuesday 3 June 2003 in the Sir George Lush Room.