University Council Meeting 6/91

Meeting No. 6/91 of the Monash University Council will be held on Monday, 23 September 1991, in the Council Room, University Offices, at the Clayton campus, commencing at 5.00 pm.

A post-meeting dinner will be held at 7.30 for 8.00 pm in the Private Dining Room of the Union. Members wishing to attend are asked to notify the Secretary before 12 noon on the day of the meeting.

Enquiries about any of the business listed below, or on Council matters in general, may be directed to the Secretary in Room G05, University Offices, or on telephone no. 565 4000, extension 2010.

ICG:dfa I.C. Gregory

12 September 1991 Secretary

A G E N D A

* 1.1 Apologies

Apologies have been received from Dr Knights, Mr Shore, Mr Justice Tadgell and Mrs McPhee, each of whom has special leave. Further apologies have been received from Dr Coogan and Mr Kricker.

1.2 Special Leave

Mr Kricker has applied for special leave for the meeting in hand. Dr Rodan has requested special leave for the Council meeting to be held on 4 November.

* 1.3 Membership

Nominations closed at 12 noon on Monday, 9 September for two elected undergraduate and diploma student members of Council. The following nominations were received:

Mr Rohan Cresp

Ms Emma King

Ms Sarah Porritt

Mr Jeffrey Sharp

Ms Helga Svendsen

An election will be held on the four University campuses between Monday, 14 October and Thursday, 17 October 1991.

* 1.4 Order of Business and Approval of Non-Starred Items

The Chancellor will move `that all items on the agenda not starred be adopted without discussion, and the action recommended be taken or the information therein noted.'

Members who wish a non-starred item to be discussed or any item to be given priority, may so request at this point.

Authorised observers will be admitted to the meeting following confirmation of the minutes and consideration of items classified as confidential.

* 1.5 Minutes

The minutes of Meeting No. 5/91, held on 12 August, have been circulated.

* 1.6 Matters Arising from the Minutes

1.6.1 Proposed New Graduate Courses in Nursing

At the July meeting of Council, a query was raised in respect of the resource implications of proposals contained in the Academic Report from the Faculty of Professional Studies for three new courses, Graduate Diploma in Nursing, Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing, and a Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care Nursing.

At the previous meeting of Council a further deferral of a decision in regard to the introduction of the proposed new courses was adopted as it appeared that the consultation set in place by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) had not been finalised.

1.6.2 Personnel Services Report

At the previous meeting of Council, a query was raised concerning the allocation of funding under the Training Guarantee Act in respect of academic staff compared with general staff (minute 4.6). The question raised by Mr John Blyth was as follows:

In meeting the requirements of the Training Guarantee Act, what proportion of funding was allocated to Staff Development for general staff compared with the allocation for academic staff.

A detailed reply has been prepared and forwarded to Mr Blyth.

1.7 Gifts and Grants

1.8 Donations to the Library

1.9 Use of the University Seal

1.10 Election of Chancellor and Deputy Chancellors

Pursuant to sections 16 and 17 of the Monash University Act and Statute 3.1 - The Chancellor and Deputy Chancellors, notice is given of term elections of a Chancellor and two Deputy Chancellors for three-year periods, commencing 24 February 1992 (being the proposed date for the first meeting of Council in 1992).

Nominations, which must be signed by a proposer and seconder, both being members of Council, and include the written consent of the nominee, will close on 29 October 1991 at 5.00 pm.

If one nomination only is received for the office of Chancellor and two nominations only are received for the offices of Deputy Chancellor, the nominees will be declared elected by the Registrar as Returning Officer at the meeting of Council on 29 October 1991.

If more than one nomination is received for the office of Chancellor or more than two nominations are received for the offices of Deputy Chancellor, elections will be held at 12 noon on Monday, 2 December 1991. Voting will be by post, by means of a voting paper issued to each member, and the result of the election will be announced by the Returning Officer at the meeting of Council on 16 December.

2. REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

* 2.2 The 1992 Monash University Budget Process

* 2.3 Academic and Building Developments in the University

* 2.4 Review of Council Committees

3. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

3.1 Monash University College Gippsland Advisory Council

3.2 Academic Board - Meeting 7/91

3.2.1 Recommendations

Council is asked to approve the recommendations arising from matters dealt with in the following items of the report:

2.1 Degree of Bachelor of Business Systems (Honours);

2.2 Bachelor of Business (Accounting)(Honours);

2.3 Graduate Certificate in Accounting;

2.4 Graduate Certificate in Internal Auditing;

2.5 Graduate Diploma of Business (Financial Management);

2.6 Master of Business (Accounting) by Coursework;

2.7 Master of Business (Banking and Finance) by Coursework;

3. Advertising of Chair in Pulp and Paper Technology;

4.1 Proposal for a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Arts;

4.2 Proposal for a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Science;

5. Honorary Appointments - General Staff.

3.2.2 Legislation

Council is asked to make the attached legislation arising from the recommendations in the following items of the Board's report:

3.3 Academic Board - Meeting 8/91

3.3.1 Recommendations

Council is asked to approve the recommendations arising from matters dealt with in the following items of the report:

2.1 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Welfare Administration);

2.2 Associate Diploma of Arts (Welfare Studies);

3.1 Chair of Medicine, Alfred Hospital;

3.2 Chair in Pure Mathematics; and

4. Award of Degree of Doctor of Medicine.

3.3.2 Legislation

Council is asked to make the attached legislation arising from the recommendations in the following items of the Board's report:

3.4 Reports of Standing Committees

3.4.1 Biosafety Committee

3.4.2 Discipline Committee

3.4.3 Equal Opportunity Committee

3.4.4 Finance Committee

3.4.5 Halls of Residence Committee

3.4.6 Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policy Committee

3.4.7 Patents Committee

3.5 Report of Ad Hoc Committees

3.5.1 Chair of Marketing Selection Committee

3.6 Report of Other Committees

4. GENERAL BUSINESS

4.1 Conferral of Degrees

4.2 Recent Appointments

4.3 Acceptance of Offer

Council is informed that Professor C.J. Bellamy has accepted appointment to the position of Dean, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology.

* 4.4 Appointment of Chair Selection Committees

4.4.1 Chair of Applied Mathematics

4.4.2 Second Chair of English

4.4.3 Chair in the Graduate Department of Librarianship, Archives and Records

4.4.4 Chair of Respiratory Medicine

It should be noted that Council approved the composition of this Chair at the previous meeting, including the Chairmanship and Council nominees. Since the last meeting, the names of the nominees of the Alfred Group of Hospitals Board of Management have been received.

4.5 Reports on Outside Studies Programmes and Overseas Leave

Reports are attached from the following members of the University staff:

5. ITEMS FOR REPORT

5.1 Next Meeting

Members are reminded that the next ordinary meeting of Council is scheduled to be held on Monday, 4 November, commencing at 5.00 pm.