Council Meeting 1-1998
Meeting No 1/98 of the Monash University Council was held between 5.00 pm
and 6.40 pm on Monday, 16 February 1998, in the Sir George Lush Room,
Administration Building 3a, Clayton Campus.
There were present:
Mr D W Rogers AO, Chancellor (presiding)
Dr G A Knights, Deputy Chancellor
Mr P H Ramler AM, Deputy Chancellor
Professor D A Robinson, Vice-Chancellor and President
Professor A W Lindsay, Chair of Academic Board
Associate Professor F R Burden
Ms S McManamny
Ms J Cameron
Mrs J M McPhee
Ms J Dynon
Senator K C L Patterson
Mr J C Hutchinson
Mr F C Peck
Ms M G Keys
Miss D R Pizzey AM
Dr J E Kolm AO
Mr K J Russell
Mr W A Kricker AM
Mr M D Watson
In attendance were:
Professor P LeP Darvall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development)
Professor J E Maloney, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International & Public
Affairs)
Professor J K Redmond, Dean Faculty of Art and Design
Mr P B Wade, General Manager
Ms J Chandler, Executive Director, University Marketing and Development
Mr C T Vernon, Manager, Student Admissions and Records
Ms H Dunne, Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor
Ms K Wilson-Reid, Secretary to Academic Board
Secretary:
Mr P Siggins, Manager, University Secretariat
MINUTES
Part A Procedural Matters
1. Apologies
An apology was received from Professor J M Hearn.
2. Special Leave
A request for special leave from Meetings 1/98 and 2/98 was received from
Professor T R Threadgold. A request for special leave from Meeting 3/98 was
received from Mrs J M McPhee.
Council approved the special leave as requested.
For action or noting by: Secretary to Council
3. Starring of Items
Agenda items Part A: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Part B: 1, 2, 3, 4; and Part C:
1.3.6.2, 5 were starred and discussed at the meeting.
4. Approval of Non-Starred Items
Council resolved on the motion of the Chancellor:
‘that all items on the agenda not starred be adopted without
discussion, and the action recommended be taken or the information therein
noted’.
5. Confidential Items
Council identified and resolved confidential items Part B: 2.3, 2.4; Part
C: 3.1.2.1, 3.1.2.2, 3.1.2.3, 3.1.2.4, 3.1.2.5 and 4.
6. Confirmation of Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Minutes of Meeting No 8/97 held on 15 December 1997 were circulated.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/1
Council confirmed the Minutes of Meeting 8/97 held on Monday, 15 December
1997.
For action or noting by: Secretary to Council
7. Admission of Observers
Authorised observers were admitted to the meeting.
Part B Starred Items
1. Chancellor’s Business
1.1 Council Seminar - 9 February 1998
A paper, titled Council Seminar, was tabled. Members endorsed the
paper prepared by the Secretary and Professor G Webb (Facilitator) including
the scheduling of special topics for discussion at Council meetings. Members
agreed that the topic, Learning and Teaching, would be discussed at
meeting 3/98 (11 May 1998).
For action or noting by: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and
Planning), Secretary to Council
2. Vice-Chancellor’s Business
2.1 Australia Day Honours
RESOLUTION CL1/98/2
Council noted with acclamation Australia Day Honours awarded to the
Chancellor, key individuals associated with Monash and Monash Alumni as
follows:
The Chancellor, Mr Bill Rogers, AO for service to tertiary education
as the Chancellor of Monash University, to the gas and petroleum
industry and to the community.
Professor John Funder, AO for service to medicine, particularly in
the field of endocrinology research, and in the development of public
policy across a range of primary health issues.
Alumni recognised with Australia Day Honours were:
Mr Don Argus (Honorary Graduate LLD 1996), AO for service to banking
and finance, particularly as managing director and chief executive
officer of the National Australia Bank Ltd and for his contributions as
a member and supporter of a wide range of community and sporting
organisations.
Dr John Barton Best (PhD 1974), AM for service to the development of
quality assurance in health care in Australia, particularly through the
creation of the Peer Review resource Centre and as foundation editor of
the journal Australian Clinical Review.
Mr Maurice Hutchison Todd (BA 1966), OAM for service to social work
education, to professional organisations and to the community.
Brigadier Peter Francis Haddad (BEc 1979), AM (Member in the military
division of the Order of Australia) for exceptional service to the
Australian Defence Force in the field of logistics, in particular as the
director of the Defence Logistic Redevelopment Project.
Mr Alan Gilbert Henderson (BEd 1967, BEc Hons 1970 MEc 1972), PSM
(Public Service Medal) for outstanding public service in the management
of the Commonwealth’s input to the work program of the Council of
Australian Governments and for the provision of high quality policy
advice.
(File RMO97/0601, Alumni File)
For action or noting by: Director - International Alumni and
Development, Secretary to Council
2.2 1998 Selection
A paper was tabled titled Undergraduate Selection and Admission
1998 which replaced the distributed paper titled Round Two.
Members were advised that the Report of the Academic Board also referred
to this matter - page 8 of the Report at Item 16, Admissions Data
referred.
The Vice-Chancellor invited Mr C T Vernon, Manager, Admissions and
Records, to speak to this item. Mr Vernon advised that the University
was well placed with respect to meeting its targets for 1998. There was
discussion of the improved enrolment position of the Faculty of Science.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/3
Council noted the advice of the Manager, Admissions and Records,
regarding the 1998 Selection Report.
(File RMO97/0711)
For action or noting by: Manager, Admissions and Records
2.3 Malaysian Campus
Council received a briefing from Professor Maloney (Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, International and Public Affairs) regarding
developments concerning establishment of the proposed campus.
2.4 Distinguished Visitor
Council received a briefing from Professor Maloney (Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, International and Public Affairs) regarding the recent
and very successful visit by the Hon. Mr Justice Richard Goldstone of
the Constitutional Court of South Africa who was in Australia as a guest
of Monash University.
3. Matters Referred by Members of Council and Others
3.1 Motion to Council
A motion proposed by Associate Professor F Burden and Ms S McManamny
was distributed. The Chancellor invited the proposer, Associate
Professor F Burden to speak to the motion. Associate Professor Burden
indicated that it was his intention to withdraw the motion. However, he
requested that Council give an assurance that due process would be
followed in dealing with the matter under consideration. Associate
Professor Burden drew Council’s attention to the provisions of Statute
2.3 - The Faculties and in particular to Section 15 of that Statute
which makes provision for a meeting of members of a Faculty. The
Vice-Chancellor gave an assurance that proper procedures would be
followed. The motion before Council was withdrawn.
(File RMO97/0174)
4. Matters Arising from the Minutes (not dealt with elsewhere in the
agenda)
A member requested that Council be informed at future meetings of
developments relating to the Docklands Project.
For action or noting by: Secretary to Council
Part C Matters for Approval or Information
1. Reports of Committees and Boards
1.1 Report of the Executive Committee of Council
RESOLUTION CL1/98/4
Council noted that, on 5 January 1998, the Executive Committee of
Council, by way of a postal ballot of its members conducted in
accordance with its constitution, approved, on behalf of Council:
- that offers of appointments be made as detailed in the Report of the
Special Professorial Appointments Committee dated 9 December 1997;
- the Heads and Deputy Heads of Academic Units for 1998 document dated
3 December 1997;
- that an offer of appointment to a Chair of Civil Engineering be made
to the person named in the document presented; and
- that an offer of appointment to the position of Dean, Faculty of
Medicine, be made to the person named in the document presented.
For action or noting by: Secretary to Council, Manager - Senior
Appointments
1.2 Report of the Membership Committee of Council
1.2.1 Receipt of Report
RESOLUTION CL1/98/5
Council received the report of meeting 1/98 of the Membership
Committee of Council held on Monday, 9 February 1998.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/6
Council appointed Mr Francis Charles Peck as one of the three (3)
appointed members of Council serving on the Honorary Degrees
Committee. (Council noted that this vacancy had arisen with the
resignation of Mr H A Grayson).
RESOLUTION CL1/98/7
Council appointed Senator Kay Patterson and Mr William Austin
Kricker to two (2) vacancies as alternates to Council members on the
Honorary Degrees Committee. (Council noted that these two vacancies
had arisen with the resignation of Mr A H May and with the
expiration of Ms M Key’s term of office as an alternate on the
Honorary Degrees Committee.)
(File RMO97/1107)
For action or noting by: Secretary to Council, Secretary to
Honorary Degrees Committee
1.3 Report of the Academic Board
1.3.1 Receipt Of Report
RESOLUTION CL1/98/8
Council received and noted the Report of Meeting 1/98 of the
Academic Board held on Wednesday, 28 January 1998.
(File RMO97/1283)
For action or noting by: Secretary to Academic Board
1.3.2 Academic Appointments
1.3.2.1 Appointment of Associate Dean - Faculty of Arts
RESOLUTION CL1/98/9
Council approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of
Arts to extend the appointment of Associate Professor N White as
Associate Dean (Teaching), for a further six month period ending
31 December 1998.
(File Personnel)
For action or noting by: Dean and Registrar - Arts
1.3.2.2 Re-appointment of Fellows of the Faculty of Science
RESOLUTION CL1/98/10
Council approved on the recommendation of the Board of the
Faculty of Science the proposal to renew the appointments of Dr
J Kolm and Dr J Lane as Fellows of the Faculty of Science, for a
further one year period from 1 November 1997.
(File Personnel)
For action or noting by: Dean and Registrar - Science,
Manager - Senior Appointments
1.3.3 Faculty Structure - Monash University College Of Art And
Design
Council received a proposal from Professor J Redmond dated 12
January 1997, for the faculty structure, name and composition of the
proposed Board of the Faculty of Art and Design.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/11
Council:
- received the document titled "Monash University College of Art
and Design - Proposal for Faculty Name, Structure and Board",
dated 12 January 1998; and
- approved the five recommendations set out in the document as
follows:
1. That the Faculty be named:
THE FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN
2. That, with the exception of the Peninsula School of Art, the
existing schools, departments, centres and units be replaced with
the following departments:
- Department of Fine Arts
- Department of Design
- Department of Applied Arts
- Department of Theory of Art and Design
and, as part of a policy to provide focuses on regional
campuses, the following centre:
- Gippsland Centre for Art and Design
3. That the existing Peninsula School of Art be continued until
the 31st December 1998.
4. That the composition of the Faculty Board be approved as
detailed under Item 7.0 of the document presented.
5. That the positions of Associate Deans for Research,
Undergraduate Studies, Graduate Studies, and International and
External Affairs be established.
(File RMO97/0174)
For action or noting by: Dean and Registrar - The Faculty of
Art and Design
1.3.4 Establishment Of The Centre For Research In International
Education - Faculty Of Education
Council received a proposal, prepared by Professor F Rizvi, to
establish the Centre for Research in International Education.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/12
Council approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of
Education to establish a centre of the Faculty titled the Centre for
Research in International Education, as detailed in the document
presented.
(File RMO97/1492)
For action or noting by: Dean and Registrar - Education
1.3.5 Award of Doctor of Medicine
RESOLUTION CL1/98/13
Council approved the proposal of the Board of the Faculty of
Medicine to award the degree of Doctor of Medicine to:
- Dr David J Mutimer, for his thesis titled ‘Cytomegalovirus
infection of liver transplant recipients’; and
- Dr Peter W Schofield, for his thesis titled ‘Epidemiological
studies of aging and dementia in New York City’.
(File RMO98/0448)
For action or noting by: Dean and Registrar - Medicine
1.3.6 Establishment of Awards
1.3.6.1Establishment of the Award of Postgraduate Certificate
A document was distributed.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/14
Council approved the proposal to establish a new award of
Postgraduate Certificate, including the recommendations contained
within the document presented.
(File RMO98/0457)
For action or noting by: Secretary to Education Committee
1.3.6.2University Diplomas
A document was distributed.
There was extensive discussion of this item. There was general
support in principle for the proposal subject to clarification and
amplification of the rationale for and other details of the
proposal.
Members specifically requested more information about the
rationale for introduction of the undergraduate diplomas; would
these diplomas be located in one Faculty more than another? What
were the implications for HECS changes? What rationale underpinned
the setting of time limits for completion of these diplomas?
There was also discussion of equivalencies. Would a diploma
comprising 48 points of first year level subjects be regarded as
equivalent to a diploma comprising a sequence of studies? Members
commented that they appreciated the opportunities the proposed
diplomas may provide to talented students who wished to pursue
studies in a discipline that had not previously been accessible to
them. Nevertheless, members wished to receive a more structured
and detailed proposal.
In responding to these comments, Professor A Lindsay Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Planning) noted that the
recommendation that award offerings of Monash University include
the category of undergraduate Diploma was based on the following
rationale:
- These diplomas would provide an alternative to double degree
programs. Instead of two full degrees, a student could undertake
a single degree in a chosen field, and complement this with a
major sequence in a discipline taught from another faculty. This
would be particularly useful when the degree regulations make it
difficult to include the "outside" discipline. For example,
students enrolled in a tagged BBus degree were unable to include
a major in disciplines outside of the Faculty of Business and
Economics, yet there had been a demonstrated demand for the
ability to undertake studies in Psychology along with business
areas such as human resource management and marketing. This
demand could be met by a Diploma in Psychology which allows the
student to pursue parallel studies in the BBus. Another example,
highly compatible with the aim of increasing
internationalisation identified in the Monash Plan ("Leading the
Way"), was the possibility of undertaking a Diploma in
Languages, where a student completed a major sequence in a
language offered by the Faculty of Arts while studying science
or engineering.
- Undergraduate Diplomas would also constitute an opportunity
for those without previous tertiary qualifications to undertake
studies in defined discipline areas. Students could exit with
the diploma or articulate into an undergraduate degree program.
Such awards would be attractive to adults in full-time
employment, whether in a field related to their occupation, or
one chosen for interest; both would have the potential for
subsequent articulation with advanced standing into a degree.
In responding to the questions raised concerning time limits,
Professor Lindsay noted that it was also recommended that
undergraduate Diplomas should be completed in a maximum of six
years. The rationale for this lay in the recognition that a major
sequence in any discipline typically requires 3 years of study, as
Level 1 subjects are normally a prerequisite for Level 2 studies,
and similarly, Level 2 subjects for Level 3. The majority of
students enrolled in a diploma while completing a degree would
require more than three years to satisfy the requirements of both
awards, even if engaged in full-time study. The third year of the
diploma would normally involve 24 credit points, ie. half a full
academic year of study, and many students, especially those in
employment, would need to spread these subjects over two or more
years.
In order to take part-time study into account, and to allow
flexibility in the rate at which the student completes subjects
counting towards the respective awards, six years was considered a
reasonable maximum period of time in which to expect a student to
complete the diploma (and is consistent with the time periods
allowed in other award programs such as Graduate Certificates and
Graduate Diplomas).
Professor Lindsay concluded his comments by noting that these
diplomas would be part of the more flexible approach to offering
Monash courses as envisaged in the Learning and Teaching Plan. The
overall context for the diplomas was a Monash Qualifications
Framework which would place this new award and others introduced
recently in an overall framework of awards. The Monash
Qualifications Framework would also indicate relationships to the
Australian Qualifications Framework.
A further description and specification for the undergraduate
Diploma would be brought back to Council as part of a briefing on
the Monash Qualifications Framework at the meeting 3/98 - 11 May
1998.
For action or noting by: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic
and Planning), Secretary to Council, Secretary to Education
Committee
1.3.6.3 Master (Honours)
Council noted that at Meeting 6/97, the Education Committee
established a Master Nomenclature Working Party to investigate the
possibility of introducing a new level of award titled the Master
(Honours).
RESOLUTION CL1/98/15
Council approved the following recommendations contained in the
Report presented that:
- the University establish an additional award level of Master
(Honours) degrees and that faculties who wished to do so be
permitted to award a masters qualification titled Master of "X"
(Honours) with all of the following three characteristics:
- entry requirements of a "course sequence of major study in
the same discipline (or study area) or a closely related
discipline (or study area) at the Honours Bachelor level or
equivalent";
- studies build cumulatively and sequentially from this entry
requirement, with students completing at least one year of
full-time study (or equivalent); and
- successful completion of the Master (Honours) degree would
enable entry to a PhD program;
- the PhD and Scholarships Committee be asked to consider the
revision of Division 2 of the University’s Doctorate Regulations,
section 5.1.2.1, to read "graduated with or qualified for the
degree of master in this university where such a degree included a
significant research component"; and
- faculties be asked if they wish to take up this option and
report that information to the Education Committee, noting that if
one did, the Education Policy section of the University’s
Education, Research and Community Services Policy would require
revision to allow the change.
(File RMO98/0457)
For action or noting by: Secretary to Education Committee
1.3.7 Academic Dress - Professional Doctorates
Council noted that at Meeting 7/97 of the Academic Board, a
recommendation was made by the Board of the Faculty of Education to
change the academic dress of the Doctor of Education (EdD), with the
intention of affording the program appropriate academic status,
whilst still denoting the professional orientation of that degree.
Due to related implications for the academic dress of other
doctorate programs, the Academic Board established a working group
to further consider and provide advice to the Academic Board about
the proposal.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/16
Council, in accordance with Statute 7.1 - Academic Dress,
approved the following recommendations:
1. Academic dress for a professional doctorate deriving from one
faculty, including the degree of Doctor of Education
That the academic dress for a professional doctorate deriving
from one faculty, including the degree of Doctor of Education,
should be:
- a gown of black cloth similar to that worn by Masters of Arts
in the University of Cambridge, faced with ten centimetres of
peony red silk;
- a turquoise blue hood lined with silk of the colour of the
faculty, the lining being turned one centimetre on the outside of
the tippet, the inside and the outside of the cowl being piped one
centimetre with peony red silk;
- a black velvet brimmed bonnet with a peony red cord and
tassels.
2. Academic dress for a professional doctorate deriving from two
faculties, including the degree of Doctor of Psychology
That the academic dress for a professional doctorate deriving
from two faculties, including the degree of Doctor of Psychology,
should be:
- a gown of black cloth similar to that worn by Masters of Arts
in the University of Cambridge, faced with ten centimetres of
peony red silk;
- a turquoise blue hood lined with silk of the colour of the
faculty administering the degree, the lining being turned one
centimetre on the outside of the tippet, the inside and the
outside of the cowl being piped one centimetre with peony red
silk, and the inside of the cowl next to the piping being banded
with five centimetres of silk of the colour of the other faculty
from which the degree is derived;
- a black velvet brimmed bonnet with a peony red cord and
tassels.
3. Amendment to Legislation
Subject to approval of recommendations 1 and 2 under this item,
the Solicitor’s Office be requested to prepare appropriate
amendments to the regulations made pursuant to Statute 7.1 –
Academic Dress for submission to Council.
(File RMO98/0074)
For action or noting by: Assistant General Manager (Student
Services), Mr B Corless, Graduations Officer - Protocol and Special
Events, Ms L Quin, Graduations Officer - Examinations and
Certification Branch
1.3.8 Receipt of Proceedings
RESOLUTION CL1/98/17
Council noted the Proceedings of meeting 1/98 of the Academic
Board held on 28 January 1998, as detailed in the document
presented.
(File RMO97/1283)
2. Legislation
An Explanatory Memorandum was distributed.
2.1 Statute 2.3 - The Faculties (Amendment No 1 1998)
RESOLUTION CL1/98/18
Council made Statute 2.3 - The faculties (Amendment No 1 1998).
(File RMO97/1504)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrars - Art and Design,
University Solicitor
2.2 Statute 2.5 - Committees, Boards of Studies and Institutes
(Amendment No. 1 1998)
RESOLUTION CL1/98/19
Council made Statute 2.5 - Committees, boards of studies and
institutes (Amendment No 1 1998).
(File RMO97/1043)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrars - Art and Design,
Information Technology, University Solicitor
2.3 Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees (Amendment No 1 1998)
RESOLUTION CL1/98/20
Council made Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and degrees (Amendment No 1
1998).
(File RMO97/1038)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrars - Art and Design,
Information Technology, University Solicitor
2.4 Faculties Regulations (Amendment No 1 1998)
RESOLUTION CL1/98/21
Council made Faculties regulations (Amendment No 1 1998).
(File RMO97/0156)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrars - Art and Design,
Business and Economics, University Solicitor
2.5 Subfaculties (Repeal) Regulations 1998
RESOLUTION CL1/98/22
Council made Subfaculties (Repeal) regulations 1998.
(File RMO98/0199)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrar - Art and Design,
University Solicitor
2.6 Academic Dress Regulations (Amendment No 1 1998)
RESOLUTION CL1/98/23
Council made Academic dress regulations (Amendment No 1 1998).
(File RMO98/0200)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrars - Education, Science
and Art and Design, University Solicitor
3. Reports
3.1 Senior Appointments
3.1.1 Acceptance of Offers
RESOLUTION CL1/98/24
Council noted that the following had accepted their offers of
appointment and wished to pass on their thanks to Council:
- Professor N A Saunders, Dean Faculty of Medicine (to commence
1/6/1998);
- Professor R Hirschheim, adjunct professor in the School of
Information Management and Systems, Faculty of Information
Technology;
- Professor J L Keedy, adjunct professor in the Faculty of
Information Technology;
- Professor F Lawson, honorary professorial fellow in the
Department of Chemical Engineering;
- Adjunct Professor K W Ogden, adjunct professor in the Department
of Civil Engineering.
(File Personnel)
3.1.2 Recommendations for Appointment
3.1.2.1 Appointment of Professors in Monash Mt Eliza
Business School
A document is attached.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/25
Council approved that offers of appointment as Professor within
Monash Mt Eliza Business School, be made as detailed in the
document presented.
(File Personnel)
3.1.2.2 Selection Committee for an Appointment to a Chair of Civil
Engineering
A document is attached.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/26
Council approved an offer of appointment to a Chair of Civil
Engineering, be made as detailed in the document presented.
(File Personnel)
3.1.2.3 Selection Committee for an Appointment to a Chair of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Position of Head,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A document is attached.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/27
Council approved an offer of appointment to a Chair of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the position of Head,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, be made as
detailed in the document presented.
(File Personnel)
3.1.2.4 Report of the Joint Appointments Committee for the Position
of Professor/Director of Trauma, The Alfred
A document is attached.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/28
Council approved an offer of appointment to the position of
Professor/Director of Trauma, The Alfred, be made as detailed in
the document presented.
(File Personnel)
3.1.2.5 Recommendation for Appointment, Director, Monash University
Accident Research Centre
A paper will follow.
RESOLUTION CL1/98/29
Council approved an offer of appointment to the position of
Director, Monash University Accident Research Centre, be made as
detailed in the document presented.
(File Personnel)
For action or noting by: Manager - Senior Appointments
3.2 OSP Reports
RESOLUTION CL1/98/30
Council received reports from the following staff:
Dr W Hodgson, Department of Pharmacology
Dr R G King, Department of Pharmacology
(File RMO97/0028)
For action or noting by: Faculty Registrar - Medicine
4. Use of the University Seal
RESOLUTION CL1/98/31
Council noted the report of the Vice-Chancellor dated 4 February 1998 on
the affixing of the Common Seal to documents executed under Seal pursuant to
Statute 8.1, Section 2.1.5.
(File RMO97/0889)
5. Next Meeting
Council noted that the next meeting of Council is scheduled to be held at
2.00 pm on Monday, 16 March 1998 at the Gippsland Campus.
The Chancellor advised members that it was envisaged that the Secretary
would arrange transport as necessary, that a tour of the campus would be
available for members and that a Council luncheon would be arranged
commencing at 12.30 pm to which members of the Gippsland Campus Advisory
Council and other distinguished guests would be invited. The meeting would
commence at 2.00 pm and would be followed by afternoon tea. The Secretary
undertook to make the necessary arrangements.
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