A Special Meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber, University, on Monday 6 February 1995 at 3.30 pm.
Present
Ms G M Blood, Mr L J Carden, Mr A Chernov, Mrs N E Davies, Mr J C Finemore, Dr K E Forward, Hon B Forwood, Mrs P A Fry, Mrs B M Hamer, Mr P Kirby, Professor A G Klein, Mr J Li, Professor T A McMahon, Associate Professor P T McTigue, The Rev Dr K R Manley, Dr A M O'Brien, Mr R M Parris, Mr V Perton, Mr I A Renard, Professor C A Saunders, Mr K C Stone, Mr J Thwaites, Mr D V C Tricks, Mr D D Westmore, and Mr H S Wragge.
Ms P McKay, Mr B Donovan, and Mr P O'Keefe were in attendance.
The Chancellor explained that a Special Meeting had been called to deal with the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor as expeditiously as possible. He then welcomed Professor Klein, Mr Li, Ms Johnston and Ms Wallis to their first meeting of Council, and informed Council of the recent resignation of Ms McCoy, the general staff representative, who had resigned from the University.
Apologies were received from Professor Kincaid-Smith, Professor Larkins, Professor Prescott, Mr Priestley, Professor Schedvin and Mr Taylor.
Leave of Absence for the March meeting was granted to Hon B Forwood and for the March, April and May meetings to Mr Wragge.
The Registrar advised that an election was taking place for a replacement for Ms McCoy, the general staff representative, and that it was expected that her successor would be identified before the next meeting of Council.
Item B.6 was starred for discussion.
5.1 Council received the Vice-Chancellor's Report to Council.
The Vice-Chancellor advised that at the meeting of the Executive Committee of Council in December, it was noted that he had authority to offer a second Chair of Information Systems if the first Chair was accepted, and reported that he had acted on behalf of Council to offer the second Chair to Dr Iain Morrison, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Information Technology), whose career statement had been distributed to the meeting, and that the offer had been accepted.
After explaining the basis for his request, the Vice-Chancellor requested and was granted the authority to act on behalf of Council to offer the Chair of Higher Education to a named candidate, in the event that the Standing Chair Committee after interview on 10 February so recommends.
6.1 Council received the report of the Academic Board meeting 9/94 held on 15 December 1994.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws be conferred on the two persons whose career statements were tabled at the meeting of Council; and
that a standing committee for the Chair of Nursing be established, as set out in Appendix A to the report, and that Mrs Marles and Mr Perton be appointed as the members of Council who are not members of staff of the University.
Council noted the expansion of the membership of the Chair Committee to accommodate representatives of the two hospitals involved.
Council resolved that the following new prizes be established, as set out in Appendix B to the report:
7.1 Council received the report of the Administrative Committee meetings 41/1994 to 43/1994 and 1/95 to 3/95.
7.2 Postgraduate Insurance Costs - 1995
Attention was drawn to a statement in the report to the effect that the Administrative Committee had approved arrangements for 1995 insurance cover for postgraduate students and indicating the scale of contribution to be made from the Amenities and Services Fee to meeting the cost of the premium in 1995 and subsequent years, which appeared to reflect inadequate consultation with the students about setting the Amenities and Services Fee.
In response, the Vice-Chancellor indicated that the wording in the report was not quite correct; that the Administrative Committee does not determine the Amenities and Services Fee; all the Committee could do is to indicate that it would expect the cost of postgraduate insurance to be met from the Amenities and Services Fee. The process for determining the Fee for 1996 had not been started, but this matter would be considered during the process of deliberation on the appropriate level of the Fee, which would take place during 1995.
8.1 Council received the report of meetings 2/94 and 1/95 of the Selection Committee for the Position of Vice-Chancellor, held on 21 December 1994 and 31 January 1995.
8.2 Council adopted the recommendation that Professor A D Gilbert be appointed to the office of Vice-Chancellor for a term of five years from 1 January 1996, renewable subject to satisfactory performance.
9.1 Council received a paper from the Registrar titled " Determination of the Representation of Classes of Graduates on the Committee of Convocation."
9.2 Council adopted the recommendation that the determination of members of the Committee of Convocation to be elected by each class or group of classes be as set out in the paper.
10.1 Council received the report of meeting 1/95 of the Standing Committee for the Foundation Chair of Mineral and Process Engineering, held on 2 February 1995.
10.2 Council adopted the recommendation that the person whose career statement was distributed to the meeting be appointed to the Foundation Chair of Mineral and Process Engineering.
11.1 Council received the report of meeting 1/95 of the Standing Committee for the Foundation Chair of Agriculture (Soil Science), held on 3 February 1995.
11.2 Council adopted the recommendation that the person whose career statement was distributed to the meeting be appointed to the Foundation Chair of Agriculture (Soil Science).
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.
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