A meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber, University, on Monday 3 August 1992 at 3.30 pm.
Present
Mr T C Borgeest, Mrs J Calvert-Jones, Mr L J Carden, Mr A Chernov, Dr R B Cullen, Dr N G Curry, Mr D Dollis, Dr B K Evans, Mr J C Finemore, Dr K E Forward, Mrs P A Fry, Mrs B M Hamer, Professor T W Healy, Professor T A McMahon, Mr C Muir, Dr D J Philips, Mr F J P Robotham, Mr J P Ryan, Professor C A Saunders, Mr K C Stone, and Mr H S Wragge.
Ms A Gray, Ms E O`Keefe, and Mr P O`Keefe were in attendance
The Chancellor welcomed Dr Ronald Cullen, Chairperson, Victorian Post- Secondary Education Commission, who was attending his first meeting, and Dr William Pryor, who succeeded Mrs Falkinder as the President of the Ballarat University College Council.
2.1 Apologies for absence were received from Mr Blamey, Mr Bruce, Ms Davies, Mr Stockdale and Mr Tricks.
2.2 Leave of absence for this meeting had been granted to Mrs Blainey, Professor Larkins, and Rev. Dr Manley.
2.3 Leave of absence for the September meeting was granted to the Chancellor, Mrs Davies and Mr Finemore, for the September and October meetings to Mr Dollis, and for the October meeting to Professor McMahon.
3.1 The Registrar confirmed the advice that Dr Cullen had been appointed to Council by the Minister for Employment, Post-Secondary Education and Training.
3.2 The Registrar advised that Dr Evans and Dr Philips had been elected by Council to the Academic Promotions Committee, and Professors Saunders, Healy and McMahon, and Dr Evans had been elected to the Staff Development Committee.
The minutes of the meeting of Council held on 6 July 1992, copies of which had been circulated, were confirmed.
Items B1.6, B2.11, B4.2 and D10.3 were starred for discussion. As there was no legislation to be considered, the starring of Item C was removed.
6.1 Council received the Vice-Chancellor`s Report and a supplementary tabled report.
Council approved the following recommendations:
Council endorsed the proposal for the introduction of a new version of the Crest, as shown in Attachment 1 to the report.
At the May meeting of Council, the Vice-Chancellor advised of the decision of the Commonwealth Heads of Government to lift people-to- people sanctions against South Africa and that the activities of universities were considered to fall within that category. At the July meeting of Council, the Legislation Committee recommended that Standing Resolution 5.21, South African Investments, be revoked. Although this matter was queried by a member of Council, the recommendation was adopted by Council at the July meeting.
To ensure that the question had been settled beyond dispute, the Vice-Chancellor, in his August report, recommended that Council confirm its intention that the University no longer requires that investment be withheld from companies trading with South Africa.
After the formal suspension of Standing Orders to allow the consideration of a motion to rescind a resolution of Council within three months of the date on which it had been passed, a motion by Mr Borgeest that Standing Resolution 5.21 be re-instated, was considered, put to the vote, and was LOST.
Council adopted the recommendations of the Academic Subcommittee of the Amalgamation Consultative Committee on Staffing Issues as set out in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report, and noted that the teaching of Chemistry for Bachelor of Education students would continue to be the responsibility of the Institute of Education, but that there was a commitment to review the situation before the end of 1994.
7.1 Council received the report of the Joint Committee on Policy meeting 6/92 held on 13 July, 1992.
Council adopted the recommendation that an appointment of Professor/Director of Neurology be established at The Austin Hospital and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, as set out in Appendix A to the report.
8.1 Council received the report of the Academic Board meeting 6/92, held on 23 July, 1992.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that a committee be established to appoint a Professor/Director of Neurology at the Austin Hospital and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, as set out in Appendix A to the report;
that Chair Standing Committees be established for the Coles Myer Chair of Retailing and Marketing, the Ian Potter Chair of International Finance and the William Vines Chair of Marketing, as set out in Appendices B, C, and D, respectively of the report and that Mr D V C Tricks be appointed as the member of Council on these Standing Committees who is not a member of staff of the University;
that following the resignation of Professor D Samson from the membership of the Standing Committee for the Pratt Family Chair of Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Professor L Mann be appointed to the vacancy;
that the Postgraduate Diploma in History be established as set out in Appendix E to the report;
that Council adopt appraisal procedures for Research Only staff, as set out in Appendix F to the report;
that Council adopt the University`s Research Management Plan 1992- 1993, as set out in Appendix G to the report; and
that a Committee of Management for the National Macaque Facility be established as a committee of Council, as set out in Appendix H to the report.
Council adopted the recommendation that the following new prizes be established:
8.8.1 Melbourne University Law School Foundation Prize, as set out in Appendix I to the report;
8.8.2 W McMahon Ball Prize in International Politics, as set out in Appendix J to the report;
8.8.3 The Australian Physiotherapy Association Foundation Prize, as set out in Appendix K to the report; and
8.8.4 Solander Prize, as set out in Appendix L to the report.
9.1 Council received the report of the Finance Committee meeting 6/92, held o n 3 August, 1992.
9.2 Council noted that the Summary of Financial Position at 30 June, 1992, was in response to a request for such information at the May meeting of Council, and welcomed the provision of the report.
10.1 Council received the report of the Central Budgets Committee meeting 2/92 held on 3 July,1992.
10.2 The Vice-Chancellor drew the attention of Council to the Analysis of Academic Budget Divisions, and pointed out that this information augmented the Summary of Financial Position.
Council received the report of the Libraries Committee meeting 4/92, held on 30 June, 1992.
Council received the report of the Buildings Committee meeting 5/92, held on 20 July, 1992.
Council received the report of Administrative Committee meetings 23/92 - 24/92.
14.1 Council received the report of the Committee of Convocation meeting 5/92, held on 15 July, 1992.
14.2 Council noted that the views of the Committee of Convocation had been referred back to the Libraries Committee for its consideration.
15.1 Council received the report of the Special Professorial Appointments and Awards Committee meeting 3/92 held on 21 July, 1992.
Re-appointment of Professorial Associates
Council adopted the following recommendations:
15.2 that the person whose career statement was circulated at the meeting of Council be re- appointed as a Professorial Associate in the Department of Surgery (St Vincent`s Hospital and Geelong Hospital) for the period 4 August, 1992 to 3 August, 1997; and
15.3 that the person whose career statement was circulated at the meeting of Council be re- appointed as a Professorial Associate in the Department of Surgery (St Vincent`s Hospital and Geelong Hospital) for the period 3 November, 1992 to 2 November, 1997.
16.1 Council received the report of the Associate Professor`s Sub- Committee meeting, held on 28 July, 1992.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that all members of staff whose career statements were circulated at the meeting of Council, who hold appointments at Principal Lecturer in the Institute of Education and the Department of Psychology, be granted the title Associate Professor in respect of their Level D appointments; and
that the person from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences whose career statement was circulated at the meeting of Council be appointed Senior Associate with the title Associate Professor from 3 August, 1992.
16.4 A recommendation concerning an appointment in the Faculty of Music, Visual and Performing Arts was withdrawn.
17.1 Council received the report of the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund Committee meeting 1/92, held on 24 July, 1992.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that $100,000 be provided from the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund toward the housing and conservation of the Collections, of which $20,000 would be a partial repayment of an interest-free loan of $200,000; and
that $32,000 be provided from the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund for the cataloguing of library materials from the Grimwade Collection.
Council adopted the recommendation that the following five categories of project be considered appropriate ways of allocating funds available " for general University purposes":
18.1 Council received the report of the Standing Committee on Staff Salaries meeting 5/92 held on 16 July, 1992.
Council adopted the recommendation that a special loading be paid to Librarians working on the cataloguing backlog who were over the threshold for overtime purposes, as a special case from August to October 1992 only.
Reports on Special Studies Programmes and Conference Leave from the following members of staff were available to Council members.
Council received the summary of reports on matters dealt with by the Vice- Chancellor, as set out in Items D.2(a) and D.2(b).
Council received the report of the Medley Hall Council meeting 3/92, held on 30 June, 1992.
Council received the report of the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee meeting 6/92, held on 2 July, 1992.
Council received the report of the Victorian School of Forestry and Land Management Liaison Committee meeting 1/92, held on 5 June, 1992.
Council received the Annual Report 1991 of the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
Council received the report of the Abbotsford Campus Joint Management Committee meeting 2/92 held on 2 July, 1992.
Council received the report of the Committee of Deans of Faculties meeting 6/92, held on 16 July, 1992.
Council received the report of the Equal Opportunity Standing Committee meeting 4/92, held on 19 June, 1992.
Council received the report of the Patents Committee meeting 2/92, held on 19 June, 1992.
In accordance with established procedure it was formally agreed that the items of business that had not been specifically discussed should be adopted where containing recommendations or received where containing reports.
Professor R.M. Blandy and Professor P. Vinden were introduced to Council and welcomed to the meeting.