University Council Meeting 4/93
Meeting No. 4/93 of the Monash University Council will be held at 5.00 pm
on Monday, 28 June 1993, in the Council Room, University Offices, at the
Clayton campus.
M.D. Watson
Acting Academic Registrar
21 June 1993
A G E N D A
* 1. An apology has been received from Professor Melbourne, who
has special leave.
2. No requests for special leave have been received to date.
* 3. Membership
Council is informed that the current terms of the following members are
due to expire on 30 June: Mr Baker, Dr Burden, Ms Chandler, Professor
Chandler, Mr Grayson, Dr James, Mr May, Professor Snape, and Mr
Weatherson. Action has been taken or is in hand for the filling of the
vacancies that will arise as a consequence.
Council is also informed that Mr Hatsell has submitted his
resignation from the Gippsland Campus Advisory Council as of 22 July and
will, as a consequence, cease to be a member of Council at that time. In
accordance with the action agreed to at Meeting No. 1/93, the incoming
Chairperson of the Gippsland Campus Advisory Council will be coopted as a
member of Council in succession to Mr Hatsell.
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. 3/93 held on 17 May, have been
circulated. |
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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
7. 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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8. Queen's Birthday Honours
Council is informed of the following awards in the Queen's Birthday
Honours List to persons with links to the University:
. Professor H.G. Burger AO, Honorary Professor in the Department
of Medicine and Director of the Prince Henry's Institute of Medical
Research;
. Emeritus Professor N.E. Carson AO, former professor and
foundation Chairman of the Department of Community Medicine;
. Professor M.G. Clyne AO, Department of Linguistics; and
. Emeritus Professor D.A. Lowther AM, former Professor of
Biochemistry and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
9. Report of the Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor will table and speak to his report to Council.
Among other matters, Professor Logan will report on:
| * 9.1Administrative Arrangements in the Vice-Chancellor's Office |
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* 9.2 Accident Report
* 9.3 Planning and the Budget
9.4 General Staff Award Restructuring
| A paper is appended for the information of Council |
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9.5 Equal Opportunity in Staff Selection
| Professor Logan commends the appended paper to Council. |
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9.6 VIEPS Committee of Management
Professor Logan recommends that Professor R.A.F. Cas be appointed
to succeed Professor G.S. Lister as a Monash University representative on
the Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences Committee of
Management.
* 10. Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Education
| Professor David Aspin will address Council. |
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11. Report of the Gippsland Campus Advisory Council
11.1 Monash Gippsland Union Rules of Incorporation
Proceedings
12. Report of the Academic Board (Meeting No. 4/93)
| 12.1Courses and Degrees (Doctor of Philosophy and Professional
Doctorate Programmes (All Faculties)) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations
(1.1) |
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| 12.2Appointment of Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts (2) |
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| 12.3Appointment of Associate Dean (Research) in the David Syme
Faculty of Business (3) |
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| 12.4Membership of the Board of the David Syme Faculty of Business
- Appointments to Fill Casual Vacancies (4) |
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| 12.5Membership of Academic Board - Appointment of Representatives
of the David Syme Faculty of Business to Fill Casual Vacancies (5) |
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| 12.6Proposal to Teach Existing Faculty of Business Courses in
Malaysia and Hong Kong - Master of Business (Accounting) and Master of
Practising Accounting (6) |
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| 12.7Introduction of Fees for Supplementary Assessment of Students
of a School of Business, Gippsland Course at Hong Kong Polytechnic
(7) |
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| 12.8Offering of Existing Faculty of Business Courses as
Postgraduate Fee-Paying Courses for Australian Residents - Graduate
Diploma in Marketing and Master of Business (Marketing) (8) |
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| 12.9Hire Charges for the Alexander Theatre |
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Proceedings
Council is also asked to make the following legislation as contained in
the appended supplementary report of the Academic Board:
| 12.10Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Law) (Amendment No. 36)
Regulations (1.1) |
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13. Report of the Academic Board (Meeting No. 5/93)
| 13.1Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Medicine) (Degree of
Master of Health Science (Nursing)) Regulations (1.1) |
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| 13.2Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees (Substitution) Statute
(1.2) |
44 |
| 13.3Statute 2.5 - Committees, Board of Studies and Institute
(Amendment No. 22) Statute (1.3) |
59 |
| 13.4Proposal to Introduce Subject Quotas in the Faculty of
Education (2) |
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| 13.5Proposal to Establish a Science Communications Centre (3) |
64 |
| 13.6Appointment of Heads of Departments and Directors of Centres
in the Faculty of Science at the Gippsland Campus (4) |
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| 13.7Proposal to Establish a Chair of Organisational Behaviour
(5) |
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| 13.8Appointment of Head of Department of Earth Sciences (6) |
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| 13.9Review of the Department of Computer Technology - Faculty of
Computing and Information Technology (7) |
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| 13.10Review of the Department of Software Development - Faculty
of Computing and Information Technology (8) |
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14. Report of the Biosafety Committee
Proceedings
15. Report of the Buildings Committee
Proceedings
16. Report of the Executive Committee
Council is informed that on, 16 June, the Executive Committee, by way of
a postal ballot of its members conducted in accordance with the provisions
of its constitution, approved a recommendation from the Vice-Chancellor that
it ratify decisions taken by the Academic Board between 8 May 1991 and the
present, in the light of technical problems associated with the terms of
office of some members of the Board during this period, as reported to
Council at its previous meeting.
17. Report of the Finance Committee
The report of the meeting of the Finance Committee held on 15 June was
not in hand when the Council agenda went to press.
18. Report of the Naming Committee
18.1 Naming of the New Public Lecture Theatre
Council is also asked to amend the wording of the recommendation it
approved at Meeting No. 2/93 by including the words `and Medicine'
following `Centre for Molecular Biology' that were inadvertently
omitted from the proposed new title for Block B of the Medical School on the
Clayton campus; the correct name being `Centre for Molecular Biology
and Medicine - H & L Hecht Wing'.
19. Report of the Nominations Committee
Proceedings
20. Report of the Occupational Health and Safety Policy Committee
20.1 Committee Composition
Proceedings
21. Report of the Patents Committee
Proceedings
* 22. Report of the Chair of Business Accounting Selection Committee
22.1 Recommended Offer of Appointment
23. Report of the Union Board
23.1 Constitutional Amendment - MPA Nominee on Union Board
23.2 Monash Bookshop Rental
Proceedings
* 24. Report on Chair Appointments
| Appointment of selection committees for: 24.1 Chair of Computing,
Department of Software Development 24.2 Chair of Public Sector
Management 24.3 Chair of Structural Engineering 24.4 Professor/Director
of Surgery, Box Hill Hospital The Vice-Chancellor will bring to the
meeting mominations for Council membership of these committees. |
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| 25.Gender Representation on Decision-Making Bodies |
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| Council is asked to approve the setting in train, for itself and for
its standing and ad hoc committees, a review of membership in
regard to gender balance as provided for in the appended policy on
gender representation on decision-making bodies approved by Council at
its previous meeting. |
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26. Legislation
In accordance with the advice of the Senior Assistant Solicitor, Council
is asked to make the following legislation, a copy of which is appended:
| 26.1Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Education) (Degree of
Master of Special Education) Regulations. |
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| 27.Supplementary Trust Deed |
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| In accordance with the appended advice of the Senior Assistant
Solicitor, Council is asked to make the appended supplementary deed to
the Monash University `M' Superannuation Scheme. |
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* 28. Institute of Reproduction and Development
The Vice-Chancellor will bring to the meeting a nomination for a Council
appointee on the Advisory Board of the University's Institute of
Reproduction and Development located at the Clayton campus of the Monash
Medical Centre.
29. Appointment of Secretary to the Academic Board
In accordance with section 4 of Statute 2.2 - The Academic Board,
Council is asked to appoint the Manager of the University Secretariat, Ms
J.A. Dunn, as Secretary to the Academic Board.
30. Reports on Outside Studies Programs and Overseas Leave
| 30.1 Dr I.A.E. Bayly, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
30.2 Dr J.L. Bradshaw, Department of Psychology |
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| 30.3 Dr I. Campbell, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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| 30.4 Dr M.N. Clayton, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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| 30.5 Associate Professor B.J. Costar, Department of Politics |
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| 30.6 Associate Professor J.P. Cull, Department of Earth Sciences |
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| 30.7 Dr G.B. Deacon, Department of Chemistry |
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| 30.8 Dr M.J. Englefield, Department of Mathematics |
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| 30.9 Associate Professor T.R. Finlayson, Department of Physics |
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| 30.10 Dr P.C. Gronn, School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of
Education |
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| 30.11 Mr P.G. Heffey, Faculty of Law |
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| 30.12 Dr S.G. Loo, Department of Mathematics |
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| 30.13 Dr C.B.G. McIntosh, Department of Mathematics |
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| 30.14 Professor W.R.A. Muntz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology |
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| 30.15 Dr J.E. Nelson, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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| 30.16 Dr M.A. Page, Department of Mathematics |
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| 30.17 Ms M.J. Pittard, Faculty of Law |
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| 30.18 Mr W.M. Richardson, Syme School of Accounting |
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| 30.19 Dr A. Simon, Syme School of Management |
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| 30.20 Dr D.A. Smith, Department of Physics |
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| 30.21 Professor G.C. Smith, Department of Psychological Medicine |
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| 30.22 Professor A.O. Trounson, Institute of Reproduction and
Development |
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| 30.23 Associate Professor I.D.S. Ward, Department of Economics |
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31. Next Meeting
Members are reminded that the next meeting of Council is scheduled to be
held at 5.00 pm on Monday, 9 August, in the Council Room on the Clayton
Campus.
Further Information
Enquiries about any of the business listed above, or on Council matters
in general, may be directed to the Acting Academic Registrar, Mr Michael
Watson, in Room G06, University Offices, Clayton, on telephone 565 2010, 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, 28 June.
Council is asked to confirm the minutes subject to the inclusion of the
words `and Medicine' following `Centre for Molecular Biology'
that were inadvertently omitted from the last line of item 18 - Report of
the Naming Committee.
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