A meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber, University, on Monday 5 July 1993 at 3.30 pm.
Present
Mr L J Carden, Mr A Chernov, Dr N G Curry, Mrs N E Davies, Ms A Doyle, Mr J C Finemore, Dr K E Forward, The Hon Mr Forwood, Mrs B M Hamer, Professor T W Healy, Mr P Kirby, Professor T A McMahon, Dr D J Philips, Mr F J P Robotham, Mr G N Rundle, Mr J P Ryan, Mr K C Stone, Mr J Thwaites, Mr D V C Tricks. and Mr H S Wragge.
Ms E O`Keefe, and Mr P O`Keefe were in attendance.
The Chancellor welcomed Mr Kirby to his first meeting of Council.
2.1 Apologies were received from Mr Borgeest, Mrs Fry, Mr Priestley, and Professor Saunders.
2.2 Leave of absence for this meeting had been granted to Mrs Blainey, Dr Evans, Professor Larkins, Rev.Dr. Manley and Mr Perton.
The Registrar reminded members of Council that nominations for election to Council by the members of Convocation would close on Friday 30 July, 1993.
The minutes of the meeting of Council held on 7 June 1993, copies of which had been circulated, were confirmed.
Items B.1(1), B.13 (1) and (3), and B.14(1) were starred for discussion.
6.1 Council received the Vice-Chancellor`s Report and a tabled supplementary report.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that Professor W W S Charters be appointed Dean of Engineering for a further period, from 1 January, 1994 to 31 December, 1996;
that Professor B H J McKellar be appointed Dean of Science for a further period, from 1 January, 1994 to 31 December, 1996;
that Professor E Walker's term as Dean of Architecture and Planning be extended until 31 December, 1994; and
that the title of the Chair of Computer Engineering be broadened to the Chair of Computer and Communications Engineering.
that Associate Professor H Le Grand be appointed Dean of Arts for the period from 1 January, 1994 to 31 December, 1996;
The Vice-Chancellor gave notice that he would be bringing forward to Council a paper dealing with the optimum number of Council meetings each year and the pattern of Council meetings.
7.1 Council received the report of the Joint Committee on Policy meeting 5/93 held on 15 June, 1993.
that proposed amendments to Statutes relating to the dis-establishment of the Faculty of Music, Visual and Performing Arts and to the re-establishment of the Faculty of Music be adopted as to policy, (noting that these amendments would come before Council to be formally made under the report of the Legislation Committee - minute 21.2 below);
VCA Studies Committee
7.2.2 that the VCA Studies Committee should comprise up to twelve members who are representatives of either the VCA or the Academic Board; and
7.2.3 that the constitution of the proposed VCA Studies Committee as set out in Appendix C to the report, be approved.
Council endorsed the delegation of its authority under the constitution of the VCA Studies Committee such that, to the extent necessary to fulfil the functions of the Committee, the Chairperson shall have the same delegated authority as a dean of a faculty appointed under Statute 5.3.
Council further resolved:
that no students be admitted in 1994 into the Library and Information Studies stream of the B.Ed.(Secondary) degree course, and that the stream be discontinued;
that the final intake of students into the B.Ed.(Visual Arts) be in 1994;
Information Management
7.2.6 that it is the intention of the University to establish new undergraduate and graduate degree courses in information management;
7.2.7 that the Bachelor of Social Science (Information Management) degree be discontinued, with the final intake into the program in 1994;
7.2.8 that the responsibility for the existing program Bachelor of Social Science (Information Management) remain with the Institute of Education in 1994, and that the future location of the activity be determined after the Academic Board's recommendations have been received;
7.2.9 that the Academic Board be requested to give urgent consideration in principle to the establishment of undergraduate, graduate diploma and postgraduate programs in information management, for introduction not later than 1995;
that the vacant Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery be refilled and that a Chair Committee be established as soon as possible;
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences: Professor/Directors at the Royal Children's Hospital
7.2.11 that a Professor/Director of Paediatric Surgery be appointed to head the Department of General Surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital;
7.2.12 that a Professor/Director of Haematology and Oncology be appointed to head the Department of Haematology and Oncology at the Royal Children's Hospital; and
that an International Conflict Resolution Centre be established in the School of Behavioural Science, as set out in Appendix F to the report. Council noted that details of arrangements for appointment of a Director and an Advisory Committee for the Centre will be brought forward to a subsequent meeting.
Council adopted as policy the recommendation that the proposed Statute on intellectual property, as set out in Appendix G to the report, be approved (while noting that the Statute would come before Council to be formally made under the report of the Legislation Committee - Minute 21.2 below).
Council adopted the recommendation that the proposal for a student exchange agreement between the Faculty of Law at McGill University and the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne be approved, as set out in Appendix H to the report.
8.1 Council received the report of the Academic Board meeting 5/93 held on 24 June, 1993.
Council adopted the recommendation that a Standing Committee for the Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery be established as set out in Appendix A to the report, and that Mrs B M Hamer be appointed as the member of Council on the Standing Committee who is not a member of staff of the University.
Council adopted the recommendations that joint selection committees be established with the Royal Children's Hospital for the posts of Professor/Director of Paediatric Surgery and Professor/Director of Haematology and Oncology, and committees be established to appoint Professorial Associates with the title of Professor, as set out in Appendices B and C respectively, to the report.
Council adopted the recommendation that the following new courses be introduced:
8.4.1 Bachelor of Teaching, in the Institute of Education, as set out in Appendix D to the report; and
8.4.2 Master of Women's Health, in the School of Medicine, as set out in Appendix E to the report.
Council agreed as policy, that Section 2 of the General Principles of Selection for Entry to First Year Undergraduate Courses be amended, as set out in Appendix F to the report (noting that these amendments would come before Council to be formally made under the report of the Legislation committee - Minute 21.5 below).
Council resolved to establish the Lou Goldberg Honours Prize in Accounting and Finance and the Peter Lockwood Taxation Law Scholarship, as set out in Appendices G and H, respectively, to the report.
9.1 Council received the report of the Finance Committee meeting 5/93, held on 23 June, 1993.
Council resolved that the following be published in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Tertiary Education Act (1993):
the statements detailed in Appendices 1 to 5 inclusive of Appendix A to the report, together with Notes to the Account supporting the Audited Statement of the Amenities and Services Fund as follows:
Note: The above statement of Income and Expenditure does not include any capital transaction.
Full financial details including capital transactions are contained in the annual accounts which are available from the Sports and Physical Recreation Centre.
Note: The above statement of Income and Expenditure does not include any capital transaction.
Full financial details including capital transactions are contained in the Annual Report for 1992 of the Melbourne University Student Union.
Council resolved that the name of the "Reserve Funds Management Sub-Committee be changed to the Financial Planning Sub-Committee, and that the Terms of Reference, as set out in Appendix B to the report, be adopted.
Council resolved that in future the responsibility for approving the VTAC budget shall lie with Central Budgets Committee, which will delegate the matter to the General University Costs Sub-Committee.
Council received the report of the Libraries Committee meeting 2/93, held on 1 June, 1993.
Council received the report of the Buildings Committee meeting 4/93, held on 21 June, 1993.
Council received the report of Administrative Committee meetings 18/93 to 20/93. The Childcare Policy Committee report was discussed in the Open Section as Item E.1. Minute 33 below refers.
Council received the report of meeting 2/93 of the Academic Staff Development Committee held on 18 June, 1993.
Council received the report of the Committee of Convocation meeting 4/93, held on 16 June, 1993.
15.1 Council received the report of the Investment Committee meeting 2/93, held on 25 May, 1993.
Council adopted a recommendation that the maximum amount which may be lent on any one first mortgage be increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000 as recommended by the University Valuer.
16.1 Council received the report of meeting 1/93 of the Committee for Appointment of a Professorial Associate with the Title of Professor held on 11 June, 1993.
Council adopted the recommendation that in the event that the person whose career statement was circulated at the meeting of Council accepts an offer of appointment as Director of Community Paediatrics and Child Health at the Royal Children's Hospital, the University should invite him to accept the position of Professorial Associate with the title of Professor in the Department of Paediatrics for a term of five years or for the period in which he holds the appointment of Director, whichever is the shorter.
17.1 Council received the report of meeting 1/93 of the Committee for Appointment of a Professorial Associate with the Title of Professor held on 23 June, 1993.
Council adopted the recommendation that the person whose career statement was circulated at the meeting of Council accepts an offer of appointment as Director of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the University should invite him to accept the position of Professorial Associate with the title of Professor in the Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital and Western Hospital) for a term of five years or for the period in which he holds the appointment of Director, whichever is the shorter.
18.1 Council received the report of the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund Committee meeting 1/93 held on 10 June, 1993.
Council approved the following recommendations:
that the additional sum necessary to fully fund the Grimwade Research Fellowship in 1993 (of approximately $6,000) be provided from the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund;
that $105,000 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
that $75,000 be provided over the next three years from the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund to enable preparation of an annotated catalogue of the Children's Book Collection;
that $150,000 be provided from the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund toward the further development of teaching technology;
that $100,000 be provided from the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund toward the cost of inviting distinguished visitors to the University from overseas;
that the date for the review of the management of and expenditure from each of the Miegunyah Funds should be 30 June, 1993.
19.1 Council received the report of the Equal Opportunity Standing Committee meeting 5/93, held on 25 June, 1993. The report on Child Care was discussed in the Open Section of the meeting. Minute 33 below refers.
Council adopted a recommendation that Ms Lisa Fraser (Student Liaison officer, Melbourne campus) and Ms Jane Page (Kew campus) be appointed Sexual Harassment Advisers for a term of appointment to be subsequently determined by Council.
19.3 Council noted that Item 3 of the report related to dismissal procedures rather than appointment procedures as shown in the heading for the item on the Notice Paper, and received amended text for that report.
20.1 Council received the report of meeting 4/93 of the Standing Committee on Staff Salaries held on 17 June, 1993.
Council adopted the recommendation that the establishment of a Senior Administrative Service and all the recommendations contained in the document "Senior General Staff at The University of Melbourne" be approved.
21.1 Council received the report of the Legislation Committee meeting 4/93 held on 28 June, 1993.
21.2 Council made the following items of legislation, as detailed in the report.
(1) Enactment - Statute 9.38 To affiliate the Melbourne College of Divinity(18/93)
(2) Enactment - Statute 14.1 To repeal the patents statute and replace it with a statute dealing with Intellectual Property(21/93)
(3) Repeal - Statute 5.2A To restructure a faculty(30/93) Amendment - Statutes 5.1 & 5.5
(4) Amendment - Statute 7.2 To establish three new chairs(31/93)
21.3 Council made the following "R Series" Standing Resolutions as detailed in the report.
(2) Making - Standing Resolution R3.222 To establish the Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Studies(7/93)
(3) Making - Standing Resolution R7.186 To establish the Melbourne University Swedish Studies Foundation (5/93)
Item Withdrawn
(1) Revocation & Re-making - Standing Resolution R7.81 To amend the constitution of the Dyason Fellowship Committee(32/93)
21.4 Council made the following "O Series" Standing Resolutions as detailed in the report.
(1) Amendment - Standing Resolution 2.40 National Macaque Facility Committee of Management
(2) Making - Standing Resolution 2.41 General Staff Review Board
21.5 Council made the following miscellaneous resolution, as detailed in the report.
(1) Amendment General Principles of Selection for Entry to First Year Undergraduate Courses
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 Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee meeting 4/93 held on 6 May, 1993.
Council received the report of meeting 2/93 of the Committee of the Strathfieldsaye Institute of Teaching and Research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences held on 28 May, 1993.
Council received the report of meeting 1/93 of the Standing Committee for the Mooroolbeek Chair of Early Childhood Studies, held on 15 June, 1993.
Council received the report of meeting 1/93 of the Standing Committee for the Harold Ford Chair of Commercial Law, held on 17 June, 1993.
Council received the Annual Report 1992 of the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
Council received the report of the Melbourne Theatre Company Board of Management meeting 4/93, held on 21 May, 1993.
Council received the report of the Liaison Committee with the Victorian College of Optometry meeting 1/93, held on 7 June, 1993.
Council received the report of meeting 5/93 of the Committee of Deans of Faculties, held on 17 June, 1993.
Council received the Annual Report 1992 of the Veterinary Clinic and Hospital.
Council received the report of meeting 1/93 of GIO Professorial Fellow, held on 24 June, 1993.
33.1 Council received the report of the Childcare Policy Committee and the paper entitled "Increasing Access to Child Care for the University Community". which were discussed in the Open Section of the meeting.
33.2 Council noted that the recommendation from the Child Care Policy Committee had been forwarded to Council by the Administrative Committee with the advice that, while the Administrative Committee believed the University would be able to give effect to the general thrust of the proposals, it was necessary to retain an open-minded approach on how the proposals might be achieved.
33.3 Council further noted that the recommendations had the support of the Equal Opportunity Standing Committee.
33.4 After lengthy discussion, a procedural motion that the matter be left to lie on the table was moved but was LOST.
33.5 A motion that the eight proposals submitted by the Child Care Policy Committee be adopted as recommended was also lost when an alternative course of action was foreshadowed.
33.6 Council resolved to accept the Vice-Chancellor's assurance that Council's decision to formally receive the report of the Administrative Committee entailed acceptance of the broad thrust of the recommendations, and that the issues would be pursued vigorously.
33.7 The President of the Student Union asked that the Council note her concern that this did not impose any dead-lines on what had already proved a very protracted process.
33.8 Council also adopted the recommendation of the Child Care Policy Committee that a statement be made that if the 1888 Child Care Centre ceased operation, provision would be made for continuing care for at least the same number of children close to the University under University auspices and that adequate time would be allowed to ensure a proper transition to a new centre.
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.