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University Council Meeting 2/96

Meeting No 2/96 of the Monash University Council will be held at 5.00 pm on Monday 18 March 1996, in the Council Room, University Offices, Clayton Campus.

Olwen Cornelius
Academic Registrar
8 March 1996

A G E N D A

*1. Apologies

No apologies have been received.

*2. Special Leave

No requests for Special Leave have been received.

*3. Minutes

The minutes of Meeting No 1/96 held on 12 February 1996 have been circulated.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council confirm the minutes of Meeting 1/96 held on 12 February 1996.

* *4. Arrangement of Agenda and Procedural Matters 4.1 Starring of Items

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

4.2 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'.

* 4.3 Confidential Items

Identification of confidential items in the agenda and resolution of starred confidential items is required.

C 4.3.1 Selection of a New Vice-Chancellor

A paper will be tabled.

4.4 Admission of Observers

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

pp 15-16

5. Matters Arising from the Minutes
(not dealt with elsewhere in the Agenda)

5.1 Bachelor of Business / Associate Diploma of Business (Hospitality Supervision) and (Travel and Tourism)

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note that it is anticipated that a draft agreement between the University and Casey College of TAFE for the provision of the above courses will be referred to the next meeting of Council for consideration/approval.

pp 17-18

5.2 Department and Unit Name Changes

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note that it is anticipated that the working party established to develop proposals for consideration by Council on the use of the 'Syme' or 'David Syme' name in relation to department to departments within the Faculty of Business and Economics will report to Council at Meeting 3/96.

5.3 Review of Legislation Governing Election of Members of Council and Academic Board

RECOMMENDATION

The Council note that, prior to their referral to the Governor in Council the University Solicitor amended certain Statutes made by Council at Meeting 1/96, namely, Statute 9.1.5 - Election of Members of the Council by the Professors (Amendment No 1 1996) and Statute 9.2 - Election of Members of the Academic Board (Amendment No 1 1996), as requested by Council, to make explicit the categories of professors excluded from participation in elections to Council and Academic Board.

5.4 Council Venues 1996 - Visit to Berwick Campus

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note that the Chancellor has approved arrangements for members to visit Berwick campus immediately prior to the Council meeting scheduled for 12 August 1996, an invitation to members being enclosed with this agenda.

* 5.5 Affiliation Agreement : Latrobe Regional Hospital

See also item 11, Report of the Affiliation Committee, in this agenda.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the advice of the Chancellor concerning action take by the Committee established by Council and comprising the Chancellor, a Deputy Chancellor and the Vice- Chancellor to approve, on behalf of Council, a draft affiliation agreement between the University and Latrobe Regional Hospital.

*6. Report of the Vice-Chancellor 6.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive the report of the Vice-Chancellor.

pp 19-98

6.2 Annual Report of the Council 1995 See also items 9.2 and 10 in this Agenda.

RECOMMENDATION

(i) That Council approve the Annual Report of the Council of Monash University 1995 (Report of Operations) for forwarding to the Minister for Education together with, and subject to their adoption by Council, the University's consolidated financial statements for the year ending 31 December 1995. (ii) That Council note that it is anticipated that a statement on compulsory non-academic fees and charges, as required under the Tertiary Education Act 1993, will be presented to Council for consideration and approval at meeting 3/96, for subsequent publication and distribution to students and prospective students.

pp 21-88

6.3 Management Program for Members of University Senates, Council and Boards of Governors

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive and consider advice of the AVCC Management Program as detailed in the document presented.

pp 89-94

6.4 Award of Honorary Doctorate

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note that Emeritus Professor Jean P Whyte AM has accepted with pleasure and thanks Council's invitation to accept its award of the degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa.

pp 95-96

6.5 Heads of School, Subfaculty of Art and Design

RECOMMENDATION

That, on the

RECOMMENDATION

of the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Council approve heads of department/centre in the Subfaculty of Art and Design as detailed in the document presented.

pp 97-98

*7. Decanal Presentation to Council

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive a presentation by Professor M Brisk, Dean, Faculty of Engineering.

pp 99-100

8. Report of the Academic Board

8.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive and note the Report of Meeting 2/96 of the Academic Board.

pp 101-220

8.2 Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes (Amendment No 1 1996) Statute

RECOMMENDATION

That Council make the regulations entitled Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes (Amendment No 1 1996) Statute.

pp 115-120

8.3 Subfaculty of Art & Design

RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the

RECOMMENDATION

s of the Faculty of Arts and the Sub-Faculty of Art & Design that:

The Subfaculty of Art & Design continue as a Subfaculty until it is reviewed for faculty status;
A review of the Subfaculty regarding its potential to become a faculty be undertaken within two to five years;
The Subfaculty be known in future as the Monash University College of Art & Design;
The Head of the Subfaculty be known in future as the Director, Monash University College of Art & Design;
The agreements on the responsibilities of the Director of the College and the College be implemented with instructions to all University administrative departments;
The Director be the head of the College, the Chair of the College Board, an ex officio member of any committee of the College or the College Board and, at his or her discretion, may be Chair of any such committee; and
The student load and budget continue to be separate allocations from the University to the College, provided in conjunction with Faculty of Arts allocations.

pp 121- 126

8.4 Audit of Undergraduate Courses for 1996

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note: the information provided through the Academic Board by the Education Committee regarding the range of undergraduate degree programs available in 1996, and the assurance provided by that Committee prior to assessing undergraduate degree programs for offer in 1998; and the decision of the Board that careful consideration would be undertaken before further expansion of the number of tagged Bachelor of Business degree programs.

pp 127-132

8.5 Specialist Degree Titles

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the principles detailed in the document presented regarding degree titles and note the

RECOMMENDATION

s for action made through the Academic Board by the Education Committee to each Faculty indicated.

8.6 Annual Report of the University Librarian, 1995

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive and note the 1995 Annual Report of the University Librarian.

pp 133-160

8.7 Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd - amendments to structure of Master of Business Administration and to structure and title of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

RECOMMENDATIONS

(i) That Council note that only those pages in the documentation presented which refer to the Master of Business Administration and the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (also referred to in the papers as Graduate Diploma in Management) are matters for consideration by Council

(ii) That Council approve the proposal to amend the course program of the Master of Business Administration;

(iii) That Council approve the proposal to amend the course program of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration;

* (iv) That Council note that the proposal to amend the title of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration to Graduate Diploma in Management is subject to further consideration by Professors Pargetter, Rickard, Griffin and Wood, and that subsequent to that consideration a report will be made to Council on the matter by the Vice-Chancellor;

(v) That Council advise the Program Advisory Council of the Monash Mt Eliza Graduate School of Business and Government Ltd that the academic content and structure of the Master of Business Administration be subject to ongoing scrutiny, monitoring and review by experts in the discipline who are academic staff of Monash University as part of the University's normal course review and quality assurance processes;

(vi) That Council request a full review of the program structure and content of each of the other awards of the University offered through the Monash Mt Eliza School of Business and Government Ltd, to be submitted to the Board via the Education Committee within a time frame to be specified;

(viii) That Council note that the Academic Board agreed that in future when major amendments to Monash programs offered by Monash Mt Eliza were to be considered by the Board, the formal view of the Faculty would be sought and submitted to the Academic Board separately from the Mt Eliza submission.

pp 161-218
pp 219-220

8.8 New Course Proposals

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note that:

the Academic Board certifies to Council that it has received and approved proposals for new courses as listed below, in accordance with its delegated authority, and that the proposals approved by the Board comply with Council's standards and guidelines concerning such proposals; and
the Board recommends that Council note new courses as listed, and that related legislation will be referred subsequently by the Board to Council for approval:
- Bachelor of Information Systems
- the honours degree of Bachelor of Information Systems
- Bachelor of Business Systems / Bachelor of Law

8.9 Amendments To Existing Courses

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note that:

the Academic Board certifies to Council that it has received and approved proposals for amendments to courses as listed below, in accordance with its delegated authority, and that the proposals approved by the Board comply with Council's standards and guidelines concerning such proposals; and
the Board recommends that Council note amendments to courses as listed, and that related legislation will be referred subsequently by the Board to Council for approval: Bachelor of Nursing - Change to structure of the programs at the School of Health Sciences, Gippsland campus, and the Caroline Chisholm School of Nursing, Peninsula campus, so that both programs would have the same structure.

[This amendment was approved by the Board subject to satisfactory consultation with the providers of service teaching in the courses under consideration and the report of the outcome of those discussions to the Education Committee.]

8.10 Receipt of Proceedings

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the proceedings of Meeting 2/96 of the Academic Board as detailed in the document presented.

9. Report of the Finance Committee

9.1 Receipt of Report

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive the report of the Finance Committee meeting held on 4 March 1996.

9.2 Adoption of Consolidated Financial Statements of the University for Year ended 31 December 1995

See also items 6.2 and 10 in this Agenda.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council adopt the consolidated accounts of the University and of the Subsidiary Companies and Trusts, subject to the Auditor General's report.

pp 221-256

pp 225-250

9.3 Ratification of Purchase Orders

RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve two proposed purchases as detailed in the document presented.

9.4 Proceedings

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the proceedings of the Finance Committee, as detailed in the documents presented.

pp 251-254

* 10. Report of the Audit Committee

See also items 6.2 and 9 in this Agenda.

A paper will be tabled.

pp 257-258

11. Report of the Affiliation Committee