University Council Meeting 4/92

Meeting No. 4/92 of the Monash University Council will be held at 5.00 pm on Monday, 29 June 1992, in the Council Room, University Offices, at the Clayton campus.

MDW:lb M.D. Watson

22 June 1992 Secretary

A G E N D A

* 1. An Apology has been received from Professor Chandler.

2. No requests for Special Leave have been received to date.

* 3. Membership

3.1 Dr H.M. Nugent resigned as a Governor in Council appointee on 11 June.

3.2 Mr R.L. Whyte has been reelected for a further term as a representative of the full- time academic staff.

3.3 Messrs T.M. Stiles and B.J. Weatherson have been elected as representatives of the undergraduate and diploma students to two and one year terms respectively from 1 July.

3.4 Ms M.G. Keys and Dr G.A. Knights have been reappointed by the Governor in Council pursuant to recommendations of the Nominations Committee forwarded to the Minister by the Vice-Chancellor.

* 4. Approval of Non-Starred Items

Members who wish a non-starred item to be discussed may so request at this point, after which 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'.

* 5. Minutes

The minutes of Meeting No. 3/92, held on 18 May, have been circulated.

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

6. Matters Arising from the Minutes

6.1 Student Membership of Council

* 8. Portrait of the Vice-Chancellor

The Chancellor will speak to this item.

9. Report of the Vice-Chancellor

* 9.1 Malaysia

* 9.2 Berwick

* 9.3 Off-Shore Graduations

* 9.4 Television Open Learning

9.5 Australian Computing and Communications Institute Limited

Council is asked to resolve in the manner recommended by the Vice- Chancellor in the appended paper and accompanying minutes of a meeting of ACCA Ltd held on 14 May.

9.6 Professorial Appointments

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Pargetter has submitted the appended paper and attachments for the endorsement of Council.

9.7 Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

The Vice-Chancellor recommends that Council appoint Professor G.D. Thorburn of the Department of Physiology as its nominee on the Board of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research.

* 10. Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

Professor Peter Darvell will table and speak to a paper on current issues confronting the Faculty of Engineering.

11. Report of the Monash University College Gippsland Advisory Council

Appended4

11.1 Name for Gippsland Campus

Proceedings

12. Report of the Academic Board (Meeting No. 4/92)

Appended

12.1 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Engineering) (Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Applied)) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations

12.2 Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees (Amendment No. 3) Statute

12.3 Master of Professional Accounting

12.4 Master of Commerce

12.5 Graduate Diploma of Commerce

12.6 Appointment to the Chair of Business Accounting in the David Syme Faculty of Business

12.7 Admission Requirements to the MSC - Syme Diploma in Business

12.8 Proposed New Subject in the Faculty of Economics Commerce and Management

12.9 Subject Quota in the Faculty of Engineering

12.10 Award of the Degree of Doctor of Engineering

12.11 Casual Vacancy on the Board of the Faculty of Engineering

12.12 Criteria for Appointment to Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine

12.13 Report of Clinical Associate Professorship Committee

12.14 Institute of Reproduction and Development - Proposed Composition of Advisory Board

12.15 Adolescent and Family Psychiatry Service for Dandenong

Proceedings

13. Report of the Academic Board (Meeting No. 5/92)

Appended

13.1 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Education) (Degree of Bachelor of Teaching) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations

13.2 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Engineering) (Graduate Diploma in the Faculty of Engineering) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations

13.3 Degree of Master of Business (Manufacturing Management)

13.4 Master of Taxation

13.5 Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Technology

13.6 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Engineering

13.7 Bachelor of Business (Business Administration)

13.8 Master of Business Administration

13.9 Bachelor of Business

13.10 Visiting Professorship in the Faculty of Law

13.11 Appointment of Associate Deans and Sub-Deans

- Faculty of Engineering

13.12 Chair Appointment - Faculty of Education

13.13 Faculty Board Membership

- Faculty of Law

13.14 Nomenclature on Testamurs awarded by the School of Engineering -Gippsland

Proceedings

14. Report of the Biosafety Committee

Appended

14.1 Membership

Proceedings

15. Report of the Buildings Committee

Appended

Proceedings

16. Report of the Finance Committee

Appended

16.1 Audit Committee of Council

16.2 Audited 1991 Annual Financial Statements of the University

16.3 Monash University Union and Sports and Recreation Association Annual Financial Report and Budget Proposals for 1992

Proceedings

17. Report of the Occupational Health and Safety Policy Committee

Appended

17.1 Monash University - Clayton Campus - Bicycle Plan.

Proceedings

18. Report of the Patents Committee

Appended

18.1 Annual Report

Proceedings

* 19. Report of the Search and Selection Committee for Appointment to the Position of Professor/Director of Hospital and Community Psychiatry

Appended

20. Report of the Union Board

Appended

Proceedings

21. Conferring of Degrees In Absentia

Council is asked to confer the degrees and award the diploma as set out in the appended listing submitted by the Registrar.

22. Report on Chair Appointments

Appended

23. Report on Recent Academic Appointments

Appended

24. Personnel Services Report

Appended

25. Legislation

Appended

25.1 Student Loan (Administration Committees) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations.

26. Reports on Outside Studies Programmes and Overseas Leave

26.1 Dr E. Boross, Department of History

26.2 Ms K. Brown, Centre for Health Program Evaluation

26.3 Dr K.W. Chu, Department of Mathematics

26.4 Dr I.F.S. Copland, Department of History

26.5 Associate Professor S.A. Crossley, Department of Psychology

26.6 Dr J.R. Davis, Department of Physics

26.7 Ms J. Dyer, Faculty of Education

26.8 Mr S. Easton, Department of Accounting and Finance

26.9 Dr P.L. Gardner, Faculty of Education

26.10 Professor B.W. Holloway, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology

26.11 Professor T. Hore, Higher Education Advisory and Research Unit

26.12 Dr D.R.F. Irvine, Department of Psychology

26.13 Dr H. Lausch, Department of Mathematics

26.14 Dr R. Lucas, Department of English

26.15 Mr A. McLean, Department of Mathematics

26.16 Dr S. Middleton, Department of Chemistry

26.17 Dr M.J. Pavlyshyn, Department of German Studies and Slavic Studies

26.18 Dr D.J.R. Prentice, Department of Mathematics

26.19 Dr N. Singh, Department of Mathematics

26.20 Dr R. Smith, Faculty of Education

26.21 Professor P. Spearritt, National Centre for Australian Studies

26.22 Associate Professor S.C. Sykes, Faculty of Education

26.23 Mr I. Walker, Faculty of Education

26.25 Ms K. Yoshimitsu, Department of Japanese Studies

27. Next Meeting

The next ordinary meeting of Council is scheduled to be held at 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 3 August.

Enquiries about any of the business listed above, or on Council matters in general, may be directed to the Secretary, Mr Michael Watson, in Room G05, University Offices, Clayton, on telephone 565 2010, or via facsimile 565 2016.

Following the meeting, drinks and light refreshments will be available in the ground floor lobby of the University Offices, after which dinner will be served in the Private Dining Room of the Union for those members who have notified the Secretary by midday on Monday, 29 June.