Committee of Deans
Meeting 3/2006 of the Committee of Deans will be held at 2.15 pm on Tuesday, 30 May 2006 in the Dean (BusEco) Meeting Room, Level 9, Building S, Caulfield 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 Arie Freiberg, Dean, Faculty of Law, Mr Ron Fairchild, Vice-President (Advancement), Professor Stephanie Fahey Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), Professor Edwina Cornish, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Merilyn Liddell, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash Malaysia and Professor Tyrone Pretorius, Pro Vice-Chancellor, South Africa.
In Attendance
Professor HP Lee, Acting Dean for Professor Arie Freiberg
2. Minutes
Minutes of meeting 2/2006 of the Committee of Deans held on Tuesday 21 March 2006 are attached. (Attachment 1)
3. Matters arising from the Minutes (not dealt with elsewhere in the Agenda)
3.1 Activity Based Costings
An update on progress and university-wide implementation.
3.2 Budget process 2007
A discussion on the budget process focussing on the formulation of faculty budgets and a preliminary discussion on the issue of incentives/use of budget/faculty surpluses.
Secretarial Note: A special Budget Session involving Deans and the Vice-Chancellor’s Group has been scheduled for Monday 5 June 2006.
4. Vice-Chancellor
4.1. Vice Chancellor’s Report
The Vice Chancellor will report on a range of matters including:
Berwick Campus & Gippsland Campus – Consultancy with PhillipsKPA
Meeting with State Minister
Council Meeting Outcomes
Productivity Commission reference
5. Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor
6. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)
7. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
8. Vice-President (Administration)
9. Vice-President (Finance)
10. Matters raised by members
10.1 Briefing of the new EBA and AWA (Sponsor Professor John Redmond).
The University has recently signed a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and the Federal Government has also passed legislation allowing for Workplace Agreements. Members are invited to discuss the implications of, and opportunities introduced by these recent changes.
10.2 The size of Monash University (Sponsor Professor Ron Weber)
On a number of occasions matters discussed at the Committee of Deans have touched on the issue of ‘What is the appropriate size for Monash?’
While a wide range of issues would impact on this discussion including Australia’s aging population, the number of students embarking on Tertiary Education and both domestic and international competition for International student numbers it may be appropriate for the University to develop a framework within which a debate of this issue could be held.
11. Other Business
11.1 Proposal to establish a sponsored Professorship
A document is attached. (Attachment 2)
12. Topics identified for discussion at future meetings
12.1 What processes and activities should cease at Monash?
The minutes of meeting 3/2006 note that the Vice-Chancellor advised members to submit suggestions on this topic to facilitate an initial discussion of the matter.
To date no suggestions have been submitted to further this discussion.
13. Next meeting
The next meeting of the Committee of Deans will be held at 4 pm on Tuesday, 20 June in the Monash City Office, Level 11, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne.
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