Academic Heads' Network

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As part of a strategic approach to senior leadership and management development at Monash, and in response to issues raised at the annual Academic Heads Conference, an Academic Heads' Network was convened in 2007.

The purpose of the Academic Heads' Network is:

1. to support academic heads in their leadership and management roles by sharing good practice, drawing on the experience of the University and the group to solve common problems, and
2. to provide an opportunity to network in an informal environment.

A model of operation for the Network was formulated by the Academic Heads' Network Convenor Panel which currently comprises:

• Associate Professor Arthur de Bono (Head, Department of Design) CHAIR
• Associate Professor Jonathan Clough (Director-International , Faculty of Law)
• Associate Professor Louise Farnworth (Head, Department of Occupational Therapy)
• Associate Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda (Head, Caulfield School of IT)
• Professor Kim Langfield-Smith (Deputy Dean BusEco)
• Associate Professor Colleen Lewis (School of Humanities Communications and Social Sciences)  

Please note: As the convenor panel is small, members are expected to attend quarterly meetings regularly.

For relevance and sustainability, the Network is owned by its membership, which includes heads and deputy heads of school and department, campus-based heads of faculty, directors of academic units and directors of research, deputy deans and associate deans.

Meetings for 2009:

Tuesday 31 March - 12noon to 2pm  - Panel of Award winning teachers: Topic: 'Inspiring Innovative Teaching & Learning' 

Thursday 16 July  - 12 noon to 2pm - Ms Leanne Harvey, General Manager, Australian Research Council Topic: Emerging themes at the Australian Research Council 

Thursday 12 November - 12noon to 2pm - Professor Keryn Chalmers, Head of Department of Accounting and Finance. Topic: 'Managing an Academic Heads' Workload'.

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