Committee of Deans Meeting 7-2004

Meeting 7/2004 of the Committee of Deans will be held at 4.00pm on Wednesday, 10 November 2004 in the Monash City Office, Level 11, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne. Dinner will be served at 6.00pm.

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 Ms A Crook AO, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources), Professor J Anderson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, South Africa, Professor H Le Grand, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Professor T Sridhar, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Professor M King, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Research Training.

In attendance will be Associate Professor Denise Cuthbert for Professor Le Grand, Professor John Sheridan for Professor T Sridhar and Associate Professor Rod Devenish for Professor M King.

Mr Nick Thorburn, Executive Manager, Compliance, Audit and Risk Management will be in attendance for item 3.1. Associate Professor Michael Page, Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Science and Associate Professor Tony Luff, Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences will be in attendance for item 6.2.

2 Minutes

Minutes of meeting 6/2004 of the Committee of Deans held on Tuesday, 21 September 2004 are attached. (Attachment 1)

3 Matters arising from the Minutes (not dealt with elsewhere in the Agenda)

3.1 Revised legal compliance policy and legal compliance certification by heads of cost centres

The Vice-Chancellor will introduce the item. Mr N Thorburn, Executive Manager, Compliance, Audit and Risk Management will be in attendance. A paper is attached. (Attachment 2)

3.2 Evaluation of Deans and Pro Vice-Chancellors

The Vice-Chancellor will introduce the item. A paper is attached. (Attachment 3)

4 Vice-Chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor will introduce the following items:

4.1 Phasing in of the new senior management structure

4.2 Reporting lines of Deans to the Vice-Chancellor’s Group

4.3 Monash South Africa

4.4 Revised structures for Visual and Performing Arts

A paper is attached. (Attachment 4)

4.5 Academic committee structures

4.6 Fund raising – debrief on Dr Dellandrea’s visit

5 Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Professor S Parker, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, will introduce the following item and describe the feedback and research on which the Statement is based and the process that has led to its formulation:

5.1 University Development Framework (UDF) (Confidential)

A document is attached. (Attachment 5)

6 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Professor A Lindsay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), will introduce the following items:

6.1 Update on EB negotiations and threatened union bans

6.2 Report and Recommendations of the Biotechnology Education Review

Associate Professor M Page, Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Science and Associate Professor T Luff, Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences will be in attendance. A paper was distributed to members. (Attachment 6)

7 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Professor E Cornish, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), will introduce the following item:

7.1 Enhancement of Research Performance – ARC Discover, ARC Linkage, NHMRC Grants 2005

A paper is attached. (Attachment 7)

8 Pro Vice-Chancellor, Gippsland

Professor B Mackenzie, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Gippsland will introduce the following item:

8.1 Managing admissions and enrolments at Gippsland for 2005

9 Other Business

10 Next meeting

The next meeting of the Committee of Deans will be held at 4.00 pm on Wednesday, 15 December in the City Office.

Distribution

Vice-Chancellor

Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources)

Pro Vice-Chancellors

Deans