University Council Meeting 1/93
Meeting No. 1/93 of the Monash University Council will be held at 5.00 pm
on Monday, 22 February 1993, in the Council Room, University Offices, at the
Clayton campus.
L.M. Gash
Acting Secretary
15 February 1992
A G E N D A
* 1. An Apology
has been received from Dr Kolm.
2. No requests for Special Leave have been received to date.
* 3. 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'.
* 4. Minutes
| The minutes of Meeting No. 8/92 held on 14 December, have been
circulated. Council is asked to confirm the minutes subject to the
amendments to item 11 proposed in the appended paper from the Acting
Secretary. |
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Authorised observers will be admitted to the meeting following
confirmation of the minutes and consideration of any items deemed
confidential.
5. Matters Arising from the Minutes
5.1 Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress Statute
| Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress (Amendment
No. 7) Statute made by Council at its last meeting (item 8.14) was
later found to contain certain substantive drafting errors and was, as a
consequence, not submitted to the Governor in Council for approval.
Council is asked to make the appended revised version of the amending
Statute. |
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* 5.2 Gippsland Integration Legislation
It is anticipated that the following legislation, earlier drafts of which
were withdrawn at the previous meeting, will be tabled for Council to make:
5.2.1 Statute 2.13 - Special Provisions for the Governance of
Monash University (Gippsland campus) Statute; and
5.2.2 Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institute
(Amendment No. 21) Statute,
together with the resubmission of:
5.2.3 Statute 2.13 - Monash University College Gippsland
(Revocation) Statute.
5.3 Victorian College of Pharmacy Legislation
| Further to the action taken at the last meeting, Council is asked to
make, for the reasons explained in the covering memorandum from the
University Solicitor, the following legislation: |
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5.3.1 Statute 2.14 - Victorian College of Pharmacy (Amendment No.
1) Statute; and
5.3.2 Victorian College of Pharmacy Regulations.
6. Use of the University Seal
| A list of documents to which the University Seal has been affixed
since last reported is appended. |
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7. Australia Day Honours
| Council is informed of the following awards in the Australia Day
Honours List to persons with links to the University: .Emeritus
Professor Ian Polmear AO, foundation Chairman of the
Department of Materials Engineering and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor; .Professor
Alan Powell AM, former head of the Impact Project in the
Faculty of Economics Commerce and Management; .Professor Paul Zimmet
AM, of the Department of Medicine at the Alfred Hospital; and
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| .Ms Dorothy Anstee AM, a former member of Council of
Chisholm Institute and of the Transitional Council of Monash University.
8. Portrait of the Vice-Chancellor
Members may care to view, at their convenience, the completed
portrait of Professor Logan by artist Wes Walters that has been hung in
company of the other Vice-Cancellarian portraits in the foyer of Robert
Blackwood Hall. |
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| * 9.Report of the Vice-Chancellor As has become customary,
Professor Logan will table and speak to his report to Council. |
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10. Report of the Academic Board
| 10.1Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Medicine) (Diploma of
Reproductive Sciences) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations (1.1)
10.2 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Medicine) (Master of
Reproductive Sciences) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations (1.2)
10.3 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Medicine) (Degree of
Master of Biotechnology) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (1.3)
10.4 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Medicine) (Degree of
Master of Public Health) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (1.4)
10.5 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Medicine) (Degree of
Master of Surgery) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (1.5)
10.6 Statute 1.1 - Interpretation (Amendment No. 11) Statute
(1.6)
10.7 Faculties (Amendment No. 112) Regulations (1.7)
10.8 Helen Schutt Trust Scholarship Regulations (1.8)
10.9 Graduate Certificate in Primary Health Care (2.1.1)
10.10 Bachelor of Arts (Craft) Honours (2.1.2)
10.11 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Honours (2.1.3)
10.12 Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design) Honours (2.1.4)
10.13 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Welfare Studies) (2.2.1)
10.14 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) (3.1) |
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| 10.15 Computer Programming Units offered in the School of Applied
Science, Monash University College Gippsland (3.2)
10.16 Associate Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management)
(3.3)
10.17 Bachelor of Teaching (3.4)
10.18 Bachelor of Technology (Design) (4.1)
10.19 Bachelor of Arts (Police Studies) (4.2) |
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| 10.20Proposed Change of Subject Titles in the Graduate
Certificate in Nursing (Critical Care) - Faculty of Professional Studies
(5)
10.21 Proposed Restructuring of Subjects in the Graduate
Certificate in Nursing (Critical Care) - Faculty of Professional Studies
(6)
10.22 Appointment of Subdean - Faculty of Engineering (Clayton
campus) (7)
10.23 Subject and Course Quotas for 1993 - Faculty of Engineering
(8)
10.24 Location of Chair of Radiation Oncology (9)
10.25 Teaching of Existing Courses by Distance Education - Master
of Family Medicine (10.1.1)
10.26 Teaching of Existing Courses by Distance Education - Master
of Practising Accounting (10.2.1)
10.27 Teaching of Existing Courses by Distance Education -
Bachelor of Business Accounting (10.2.2)
10.28 Cessation of Intake into the Bachelor of Business
(Manufacturing Management) (11)
10.29 Chair in Computer Technology (12.1)
10.30 Chair in Business Systems (12.2)
10.31 Annual Reports to Council (13) |
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| 10.32 Membership of the Board of the David Syme Faculty of
Business (14) |
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| 10.33 Proposal to Establish a Centre for Early Childhood Research
and Development Within the School of Early Childhood and Primary
Education (15)
10.34 Heads/Deputy Heads of Departments 1993 - Faculty of Medicine
(16)
10.35 Science Subject Quotas for 1993 - Faculty of Medicine
(17)
10.36 Proposed Centre for the Study of Policing and Public Safety
(18)
10.37 Proposed Change of Name of the Department of Ceramic Design
- Faculty of Professional Studies (19) Proceedings |
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11. Report of the Biosafety Committee
Proceedings
12. Report of the Executive Committee
Council is informed that, on 29 January, the Executive Committee acted on
behalf of Council by:
| . approving the appended policy statement on International
Student Fees and Conditions; and |
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| . making the appended The Constitution of the University Union
(Amendment No. 21) Regulations. |
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13. Report of the Nominations Committee
A meeting of the Nominations Committee held on 14 December agreed to
recommend to Council that, upon the coming into force of the Monash
University College Gippsland (Revocation) Statute, the currently serving
Chairperson of the Monash University Gippsland Campus Advisory Council and
his successors be appointed to a standing vacancy for a coopted member of
the Monash University Council.
14. Report of Occupational Health and Safety Policy Committee
Proceedings
15. Annual Report of the Religious Centre Advisory Committee
* 16. Report of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Projects)
Selection Advisory Committee
17. Report of the Union Board
* 18. Report on Chair Appointments
Appointment of Selection Committees for:
18.1 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Gippsland)
18.2 Professor and Head, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Gippsland Campus
18.3 Professor and Head, Sub-Faculty of Nursing
18.4 Professor and Head, Sub-Faculty of Art and Design
Appointment for a Replacement Member on the:
18.5 Chair of Microbiology Selection Committee
The Vice-Chancellor will bring to the meeting nominations for Council
representatives on each of these selection committees.
19. Appointment of an Authorised Officer
Council is asked to appoint David Walter Ward as an authorised
officer of the University:
a) pursuant to section 77(4) of the Road Safety Act 1986 and Regulation
902(f) of the Road Safety (Procedures) Regulation 1988 for the purpose of
taking proceedings generally for any breach of Regulations made under Part
VIII of that Act;
b) pursuant to the Monash University Parking Permit Rules 1986 for the
purpose of enforcing those rules; and
c) generally to enforce discipline within the University.
20. Carl Moppert Prize in Mathematics
Council is asked to amend the regulations governing the Carl Moppert
Prize in Mathematics by the addition of the following provision:
If the Selection Committee so decides, the Prize can be shared between
two or more students.
* 21. Communication with Council Members
The Vice-Chancellor has acceded to a request from Senator Patterson that
Council should consider and determine for itself a policy on what access
individuals and groups from within the University community should be
granted to members of Council by way of the circulation of written material.
22. Delegation of Power to Confer Degrees
Council is asked to resolve as follows:
That pursuant to Section 27 of the Monash University Act 1958, at each
graduation ceremony to be held in 1993, the power given to Council to confer
any degree or award any diploma in any faculty shall hereby be delegated to,
and may be exercised by, the Chancellor or, in his absence, either of the
Deputy Chancellors or, in the absence of both of them, the Vice-Chancellor.
23. Reports on Outside Studies Programs and Overseas Leave
23.1 Dr R.J. Birrell, Department of Anthropology and Sociology
23.2 Associate Professor D.P. Chandler, Department of History and CSEAS
23.3 Professor M.G. Clyne, Department of Linguistics
23.4 Professor H.V. Emy, Department of Politics
23.5 Dr P.H. Fitzpatrick, Department of English
23.6 Associate Professor R.D. Francis, Faculty of Professional Studies
23.7 Dr B.M. Gatehouse, Department of Chemistry
23.8 Dr M.R. Godley, Department of History
23.9 Mr A. Kenwood, Department of Roman Languages
23.10 Dr H. Kuhse, Centre for Human Bioethics
23.11 Dr A. Markus, Department of History
23.12 Dr A.M. Rice, Faculty of Education
23.13 Dr M.J. Ryan, Department of Social Work
23.14 Professor C. Selby Smith, Graduate School of Management
23.15 Ms W. Stavrianos, Department of Fine Art
23.16 Mr C.L. Ten, Department of Philosophy
23.17 Professor R.T. White, Faculty of Education
24. Meeting Dates for 1993
Members are reminded that Council has agreed to meet the following dates
for the remainder of 1993:
Monday, 05 April
Monday, 17 May
Monday, 28 June
Monday, 09 August
Monday, 20 September
Monday, 01 November
Monday, 13 December
Further Information
Enquiries about any of the business listed above, or on Council matters
in general, may be directed to the Acting Secretary, Ms Lyn Gash, in Room
G09, University Offices, Clayton, on telephone 565 2052, or via facsimile
565 5342.
Refreshments and Dinner
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, 22 February.
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