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A meeting of the Executive Committee of Council was held at 4.00 p.m.
on Monday 18 December 2000 in the Vice-Chancellor's Conference Room, 9th
floor, Raymond Priestley Building.
Present
The Chancellor, Sir Edward Woodward (in the Chair)
The Deputy Chancellor, Mrs F S Marles
The Deputy Chancellor, Dr N G Curry
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor A D Gilbert
The President of the Academic Board, Professor J Angus
The Chairperson of the Finance Committee, Mr D Crawford
Mr T L Anning, Associate Professor C McCarty, Professor P McPhee
The Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sally Walker, the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Students and Staff), Professor K C Lee Dow, The Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor F P Larkins, the Vice Principal
(Administration), Mr R I A Marshman and the University Secretary, Mr
L N Currie, were in attendance.
Apologies for non-attendance were received from Ms E Blandthorn and
Mr Simon Booth
Business
A RECOMMENDATIONS
Nil
B REPORTS
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting 1/99 (20/12/99)
The minutes of the previous meeting 1/99, held on 20 December 1999,
were confirmed.
2. Chancellor's Matters
2.1 Appointments of Council Members to Committees and Other Bodies
| 2.1.1 |
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee
resolved that the Standing Resolutions for the Building and Estates
Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the Committee on
Staff Salaries were amended to provide that each shall be chaired
by the Chancellor or a Deputy Chancellor and that in Reg. 17.1.R20
the Koori Education Committee be amended by substituting a nominee
of the Vice-Chancellor for a Deputy Chancellor as Chair. In addition
it was decided that Dr Curry be appointed to chair the Building
and Estates Committee, Ms Marles chair of the Human Resources
Committee and the Koori Education Committee, and Mr Renard chair
of the Committee on Staff Salaries. |
| 2.1.2 |
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee
appointed Professor Walker as Council's appointee to the Board
of the Institute of Land and Food Resources for 2001. |
| 2.1.3 |
On Behalf of Council, the Executive Committee
made appointments of Council Members to Committees and other bodies
as set out in Appendix A, noting that Associate Professor McCarty
will chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee |
3. Vice-Chancellor's Report
3.1 The Committee received the Vice Chancellor's report together
with a tabled document providing a general overview of Due Diligence
documentation relating to the establishment of U21global.
3.2 Victorian Public Health Research and Education Council (VPHREC)
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
change of Clause 45 of the VPHREC Constitution stating that the Advisory
Council will meet not less than four times during each calendar year,
to "not less than two times during each calendar year".
3.3 Industrial Relations
The Executive Committee noted that the University's application for
continued Workplace Reform Funding had been submitted the previous
week.
4. Planning and Budget Committee
4.1 The Executive Committee received the report of Meeting 11/00
of the Planning and Budget Committee held on 13 December 2000.
4.2 International Programs Committee.
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
recommendation that the University of Melbourne enter into formal
agreements for academic cooperation and exchange with Seoul National
University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
4.3 Matters consequent upon the Establishment of School of Population
Health/Department of Public Health
4.3.1 On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee
adopted the following recommendations:
- That the School of Population Health, comprising the new Department
of Public Health and the existing Department of Rural Health, be
established from 1 February 2001.
- That the Department of General Practice and Public Health in
the School of Medicine be re-titled as the Department of General
Practice in the School of Medicine with effect from 1 February 2001.
- That the Head of the School of Population Health be appointed
to the office of Associate Dean (Population Health) with effect
from 1 February 2001 pursuant to Statute 5.3.11, Regulation 5.3.R1.
4.3.2 On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved
the alteration of the membership of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry
and Health Sciences (Statute 5.1.1, Regulation 5.1.R1) upon the establishment
of the School of Population Health on 1 February 2001 to provide for
the following:
- Head, School of Population Health
- Deputy Head, School of Population Health
- Heads of Departments in the School of Population Health
- One professor or professorial fellow appointed under Statute 7.1,
Regulation 7.1.R3 from the School of Population Health
- One member of full-time salaried staff other than a professor
with the status of lecturer or above from the School of Population
Health elected annually by his or her fellows
- Two students (one undergraduate, one postgraduate) enrolled in
the School of Population Health
4.3.3 On behalf of Council the Executive Committee adopted
an interim Council Resolution for the School of Population Health,
developed along the lines of other School Resolutions of the Faculty,
as set out in Appendix B.
4.4 Approval to Appoint to a Chair of Psychiatry or a Chair of Psychology
(Posttraumatic-Mental Health)
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee agreed that
the previously approved Chair of Psychiatry (Posttraumatic Mental
Health) be able to be styled and offered for appointment as a Chair
of Psychiatry (Posttraumatic Mental Health) or a Chair of Psychology
(Posttraumatic Mental Health) with the substantive appointment, respectively,
in the Department of Psychiatry or the Department of Psychology, depending
on the qualifications/interests of the appointee, with an adjunct
appointment being held in the other Department.
4.5 Capital Projects Committee
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved a
revised Capital and Property Services Program for 2001 which deleted
the allocation of $2 million to provide additional student teaching
and research space for the Departments of Information Systems, Computer
Science and Software Engineering, as these departments were now to
be relocated to Building B in University Square.
The Committee reviewed for information a report from the Student
Space and Facilities Working Group (Appendix C), noting that the report
and its recommendations would be subject to further consideration
in 2001.
5. Academic Board
5.1 The Executive Committee received the report of Academic
Board Meeting 10/00 held on 18 December 2000.
5.2 New Courses
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
introduction of the following new courses to be offered in 2001:
- Master of Health Promotion by Research (Appendix D)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Science Education (Physics) (Appendix
E)
5.3 Major Course Change
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved increasing
the length of the Bachelor of Optometry course from four to five years
with effect from 2002, consequent upon the State Government legislating
an expansion of the scope of practice of Optometrists in Victoria.
5.4 Student Awards
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee established
the following new student awards:
- Orbital Engineering Third Year Prize in Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering (Appendix F)
- Deacons Prize in Construction Contracts (Appendix G)
- Piper Alderman Lawyers Prize (Appendix H)
- Victorian AIAL Administrative Law Essay Prize (Appendix I)
5.5 Renaming of Courses
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
renaming of the following courses in the Institute of Land and Food
Resources:
- Graduate Certificate of Applied Science (Agricultural Extension)
renamed as Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Extension;
- Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Agricultural Management and
Extension) renamed as Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension;
- Graduate Certificate of Applied Science (Dairy Technology) renamed
as Graduate Certificate in Dairy Technology;
- Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Dairy Technology) renamed
as Graduate Diploma in Dairy Technology;
- Master of Applied Science (Food Science) renamed as Master of
Food Science;
- Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Horticulture) renamed as
Graduate Diploma in Horticulture.
5.6 Academic Board Resolutions on Selection
5.6.1 Institute of Land and Food Resources
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
amendment to the Academic Board Resolutions on Selection for entry
to the first year of courses in the Institute of Land and Food Resources
as set out in Appendix J.
5.6.2 Faculty of Veterinary Science
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved
the amendment to the Academic Board Resolutions on Selection for
entry to the preliminary year of the Bachelor of Veterinary Science
course as set out in Appendix K.
5.7 Cancellation of New Student Intakes in 2001
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
recommendation that there be no intake of new students in 2001 in
the following courses: Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies
(Gifted Development) Master of Gifted Education
6. Administrative Committee
6.1 Paid Outside Work Rules
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
revised "Paid Outside Work Rules" set out in Appendix L
6.2 Institute of Land and Food Resources Schedule of Conferrings
2001
On behalf of Council the Executive Committee approved the
following ILFR Schedule of Conferrings for 2001:
| 23 March |
Burnley (Diplomas and TAFE Courses) |
| 30 March |
Longerenong (Diplomas and TAFE Courses) |
| 27 April |
Dookie (Higher Education and TAFE Courses) |
| 12 May |
Creswick (Diplomas) |
| 5 April |
Gilbert Chandler (TAFE Courses) |
7. Finance Committee
7.1 Valuation of Land and Buildings
The last overall revaluation of land and buildings belonging to the
University and the Victorian College of the Arts occurred in 1995.
Under the Financial Management Act 1994, the University is required
to revalue its fixed asset at least once every five years.
On behalf of Council the Executive Committee approved recommendation
that the University's portfolio of land and buildings be revalued
as at 31 December 2000 in accordance with the Valuer's Report.
The revaluation increment to be brought to account as at 31 December
2000 amounts to $244.245 million.
8. Building and Estates Committee
8.1 Room Naming Request - The Geoffrey Opat Room
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the
recommendation of the renaming of Room 360 in the Physics building
as the "Geoffrey Opat Room"
9. Committee on Staff Salaries
9.1 Remuneration Arrangements for New Professorial Staff
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved five
procedures set out in the report relating to the determination of
remuneration arrangements for new professorial staff.
The meeting then closed.
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