Committee of Deans

Meeting 1/2006 of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15 pm on Tuesday, 21 February 2006 in the Sir George Lush Room, 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 Homer Le Grand, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Professor Merilyn Liddell, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash Malaysia, Professor Tyrone Pretorius, Pro Vice-Chancellor, South Africa and Mr Peter Marshall, Vice-President (Administration).

Professor Nigel Tapper will be in attendance for Professor Le Grand and Mr David Phillips will be in attendance for item 8.1.

2. Minutes

Minutes of meeting 8/2005 of the Committee of Deans held on Wednesday, 14 December 2005 are attached. (Attachment 1) pp 1 - 5

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

4. Vice-Chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor will introduce the following items:

4.1 Vice-Chancellor’s Business

4.2 Report on Visit to India, Bangladesh and Malaysia

A paper is attached. (Attachment 2) pp 6 - 9

5. Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor

6. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)

Professor Stephanie Fahey will introduce the following item:

6.1 International Engagement

7. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

8. Vice-President (Administration)

8.1 Review of the Academic Performance Management Scheme

A paper will be distributed. Mr David Phillips will be in attendance for this item.

9. Vice-President (Advancement)

10. Vice-President (Finance)

11. Matters raised by members

11.1 Credit Assessment Policies and Articulation Agreements

(Sponsor Gill Palmer)

A paper is attached. (Attachment 3) pp 10 - 11

12 Other Business

13 Topics identified for discussion at future meetings

13.1 What processes and activities should cease at Monash?

14 Next meeting

The next meeting of the Committee of Deans will be held at 4.00 pm on Tuesday, 21 March in the Monash City Office, Level 11, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Distribution

Vice-Chancellor

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Vice-Presidents

Pro Vice-Chancellors

Deans/Acting Deans