A meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber, University, on Monday 3 May 1993 at 3.30 pm.
Present
Mrs A W Blainey, Mr T C Borgeest, Mr T P Bruce, Dr R B Cullen, Dr N G Curry,Mrs N E Davies, Ms A Doyle, Dr B K Evans, Mr J C Finemore, Dr K E Forward, Mrs P A Fry, Mrs B M Hamer, Professor T W Healy, The Rev. Dr K R Manley, Dr D J Philips, Mr A M Priestley, Mr F J P Robotham, Mr G N Rundle, Mr J P Ryan, Professor C A Saunders, and Mr D V C Tricks.
Ms P McKay, Ms E O`Keefe, and Mr P O`Keefe were in attendance.
1.1 Apologies were received from Mr Carden and Mr Stone.
1.2 Leave of absence for this meeting had been granted to Mr Chernov, Professor McMahon and Mr Wragge.
1.3 Leave of absence for the July meeting was granted to Mr Bruce and Professor Larkins.
The Registrar advised that a resignation from the Council had been received from Mr Dollis, and that action to fill the vacancy would be commenced shortly. He further advised that he expected within the next few days to be informed about the appointment of the other two Governor-in-Council appointees.
The minutes of the meeting of Council held on 5 April 1993, copies of which had been circulated, were confirmed.
4.1 Council received the Vice-Chancellor`s Report.
Council approved the recommendation that Professor E R Love be appointed as an Honorary Professor in the Department of Mathematics for a further period from 1 July, 1993 to 30 June, 1994.
5.1 Council received the report of the Joint Committee on Policy meeting 3/93 held on 5 April, 1993.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that a Chair of Political Science be filled in an area or areas complementary to the interests of Professor Leslie Holmes, as set out in Appendix A to the report,
that the recommendations contained in Appendix B to the report be approved, subject to written confirmation from the relevant Faculties that agreement had been reached regarding undertakings referred to in Recommendations 4, 5 and 6; and
that the Harold Ford Chair of Commercial Law be filled as soon as possible, as set out in Appendix C to the report.
6.1 Council received the report of the Academic Board meeting 3/93 held on 22 April, 1993.
Council adopted the following recommendations:
that a Standing Committee for the Harold Ford Chair of Commercial Law be established as set out in Appendix A to the report, and that Mr A Chernov be appointed as the member of Council on the Standing Committee who is not a member of staff of the University;
that a Standing Committee for the Chair of Political Science be established as set out in Appendix B to the report, and that Mrs P A Fry be appointed as the member of Council on the Standing Committee who is not a member of staff of the University;
that the following new courses be introduced:
(i) Bachelor of Training and Development, in the Institute of Education, as set out in Appendix C to the report: and
(ii) Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Disability, in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences as set out in Appendix D to the report.
Council adopted the recommendation that, following the withdrawal of the subject Contemporary Accounting Issues from the Bachelor of Commerce course, the State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exhibition for that subject be awarded, from 1993 onwards, to the best third-year student in Accounting, who is enrolled in the subjects Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting , and Auditing.
Council received the report of the Finance Committee meeting 3/93, held on 21 April, 1993.
Council received the report of the Libraries Committee meeting 1/93 held on 30 March, 1993.
9.1 Council received the report of Administrative Committee meetings 10/93 to 12/93.
Council adopted the recommendations that:
9.2.1 Clause 4(a)(iv) of the Trust Deed of the MCAE Staff Superannuation Scheme be amended -
(a) by deleting the present words and inserting the words "... a person appointed by Council by reason of their special or expert knowledge..." ; and
(b) by adding, following 4(a)(iv), the words "...which persons are herein called the Administrators..."
9.2.2 Mr J V Eddey be appointed as an Administrator pursuant to Clause 4(a)(iv) of the Deed.
Council noted that these amendments had no impact on the benefits of any member.
Council received the report of the Committee of Convocation meeting 2/93 held on 21 April, 1993.
11.1 Council received the report of the Legislation Committee meeting 2/93 held on 26 April, 1993.
11.2 Council made the following "R Series" Standing Resolutions as detailed in the report.
(1) Amendment - Standing Resolution R6.72A To establish The Sir William McKie Travelling Scholarship (14/93)
(2) Making - Standing Resolution R7.185 To establish the Albert and and Marie Diamant Bequest (4/93)
(3) Amendment - Standing Resolution R6.72A To establish the Percy Jones Award (24/93)
(4) Amendment - Standing Resolution R3.112 To change the name of a course (20/93)
(5) Making - Standing Resolution R3.221 To establish the Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Disability (22/93)
11.3 Council made the following "O Series" Standing Resolutions as detailed in the report.
(1) Amendment - Standing Resolution 2.12 Finance Committee
(2) Repeal - Standing Resolution 2.10 Appendix I Advisory Committee on Students with Disabilities
(3) Amendment - Standing Resolution 2.5 Equal Opportunity Standing Committee
(4) Amendment - Standing Resolution 2.16 Human Research Ethics Committee
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 Conferring Ceremonies which were authorised by Council and held on Saturday 3 April, 1993 at 10.30 a.m. and 3.00 p.m., and Wednesday 21 April, 1993 at 7.30 p.m.
Council received the report of the Melbourne Theatre Company Board of Management meeting 2/93, held on 26 March, 1993.
Council received the report of the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee meeting 2/93 held on 4 March, 1993.
Council received the report of the Investment Committee meeting 1/93 held on 23 March, 1993.
Council received the report of meeting 3/93 of the Committee of Deans of Faculties, held on 15 April, 1993.
18.1 Council received the report of the Equal Opportunity Standing Committee meeting 3/93, held on 16 April, 1993.
Council noted that the Committee had expressed its support for the Guidelines on Non-Racist Language, but had suggested a number of minor editorial amendments and the addition of a short introduction. Following discussions between the Deputy Chair of the Committee and the Vice-President of the Academic Board, these amendments had been incorporated into the document.
Council approved the document as appropriate for distribution by the Aboriginal Education Committee of the Academic Board, as representative of the Committee's views.
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.