Academic Board Meeting 3-2009

MINUTES

Meeting No 3/2009 of the Academic Board was held on Wednesday 17 June 2009 from 3:30pm-5:30pm, in the Council Chambers, First floor, Building 3A, Clayton campus.

Rhonda Hinds
Secretary 23 June 2009

There were present:
Professor Jayne Godfrey (Chair), Mr Omar Abdul-Rahim, Professors David Abramson, Sam Adeloju, Associate Professor Jean Armstrong, Dr Dirk Baltzly, Professor Helen Bartlett, Dr Becky Batagol, Professor Andrew Benjamin, Dr Lorraine Bennett, Associate Professor Jason Beringer, Professors John Bertram, Robert Brooks, Ms Emma Buckley, Dr Sue Burney, Professors Ben Canny, Ray Cas, Keryn Chalmers, James Chin, Val Clulow, Ian Copland, Mr Max Coulthard, Dr Gloria Davies, Professors Helen De Cieri, Rodney Devenish, Ron Edwards, Erik Eklund, Merran Evans, Arie Freiberg, Mr Patrick Gallus, Professor Leah Garrett, Dr Matthew Groves, Ms Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Professors Jenny Hocking, Owen Hughes, Associate Professor John Hurst, Dr Gennadi Kazakevitch, Professors Stephen King, Kim Langfield-Smith, Richard Larkins, Associate Professor Vincent Lee, Dr Chandani Lokuge, Professors Arthur Lowery, Tony Luff, Dr Joy Lyneham, Professor Justin Malbon, Dr Susan Mayson, Professor Dennis Moore, Mr Fintan Murphy, Mr Alan McMeekin, Dr Bronwyn Naylor, Professor Robert Norris, Ms Lauren O’Dwyer, Professors Harmen Oppewal, Marilyn Pittard, Robin Pollard, Dr MaryLou Rasmussen, Professor John Redmond, Drs Richard Reina, Jan Schapper, Professors Peter Schelluch, Patrick Sexton, Adam Shoemaker, Michael Skully, Julian Smith, Leone Spiccia, Tam Sridhar, Bruce Tonge, Associate Professor Cristine Varsavsky, Dr Sabatino Ventura, Professor Jeff Waincymer, Mr David Watson, Professors Ron Weber, Rob Willis, William Young, Associate Professor Cherrie Zhu.

Apologies were received from:
Professor John Beardall, Drs Mita Bhattacharya, Sandra Cockfield, Professors Graham Coleman, Edwina Cornish, Wendy Cross, Associate Professor Graham Farr, Professors Rae Frances, Rod Hill, Christian Jakob, Jenny Keating, Peter Kershaw, Max King, Susan Kneebone, Steve Langford, Associate Professor Margaret Lindorff, Professors Leon Piterman, Donald Poskitt, Tyrone Pretorius, Associate Professor Jennifer Rolland, Professors Terri Seddon, Amrik Sohal, Phillip Steele, Nigel Tapper, Julian Teicher, Associate Professor Igor Wendt, Professor Sue Willis, Dr Rita Wilson, Professor Walter Wong, Mr Brian Yeom.

Special Leave:
Associate Professor Phil Andrews, Professors Chris Browne, Bernard Hoffert, Dr Wendy Sutherland-Smith.

Observers:
Mr Lynton Gunn, Mr Steve McKechnie (for Prof John Beardall), Mr Russell Smythe, Professor Ilana Snyder (for Prof Sue Willis), Ms Madeleine Soederberg.

Overseas Observers:
Associate Professor Song Keang Peng, Professors Chris Messom, Anuar Zaini.

In attendance:
Ms R Hinds, Ms Melissa Dibben, Mr Greg Roughsedge, Dr David Squire.

AGENDA

A      PRELIMINARY AND FORMAL BUSINESS

1    WELCOME

Professor Jayne Godfrey welcomed members and observers to the meeting, including those attending the meeting by teleconference from the South African, Sunway and Gippsland campuses.

2     ARRANGEMENT OF AGENDA

2.1    Alterations to the Agenda and Starring of Items

2.1.1   Item 15.4 – “Outside Studies Program (OSP)” was deferred to the next meeting.

2.1.2   There were four tabled papers:

• New item 3.4 - Report from the CIO on the status of the Collaboration Services Initiative.
• Item 16.2 – Heads of Academic Units – nominations from the Faculties of Education and Engineering.
• New item 16.5 - Declaration of the Poll in the election of undergraduate student members to Academic Board (to commence 1 January 2010).

2.1.3   The following items were starred:

• Item 3.2.3 - Student membership of faculty boards.
• Item 7 - Federal Budget
• Item 11.1 - Establishment of the Graduate School of Jewish Studies.
• Item 15.6 - Unit Guide Policy and Procedures.

2.2    Approval of Non-Starred Items

The recommendations of the Steering Committee were adopted without discussion for all items other than those starred.

C  2.3   Confidential Items

3     MINUTES

3.1    Minutes of Academic Board Meeting 2/2009

The Minutes of Meeting 2/2009, held on Wednesday, 22 April 2009, were confirmed.

3.2    Business arising from the Minutes

3.2.1   Schedule of Action Items

Academic Board received and noted the updated Schedule of Action Items.

For information: Ms R Hinds

3.2.2   Review of PhD English language proficiency requirements

Professor Rod Devenish introduced the Report of the Review of PhD English Language Proficiency Requirements, noting that the review had been undertaken pursuant to the request of the Board.

Academic Board:

• Received and noted the Report of the Review of PhD English Language Proficiency Requirements.
• Approved retention of the current PhD English language proficiency requirements with the facility for faculties to propose faculty-specific variations to the requirements if desired.

For information: Professors M King, R Devenish

3.2.3   Student membership of faculty boards

Members had before them the result of a survey on student representation on faculty boards, undertaken in response to the President’s request for confirmation of faculty board student membership requirements.

Thanking the Board for its response, Ms Buckley encouraged all faculty boards to move to a process of electing their student representatives, and encouraged the filling of any casual vacancies at the earliest opportunity.

During discussion, some members commented that it would be desirable for participation by offshore students to be increased. The President indicated that the Board would investigate processes that might facilitate such participation.

Academic Board received and noted the survey of student representation on faculty boards.

For information: Ms R Hinds, Ms G Buckley

3.2.4   Collaboration Services Initiative

Academic Board noted the Report from the Chief Information Officer on the status of the Collaboration Services Initiative.

For information: Mr A McMeekin, Dr C Jevons

4     PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS

4.1    President’s Report

Professor Godfrey addressed Academic Board on a range of issues, including:

• Extension of the Board’s congratulations to Professor Arie Freiberg on his award of an AM in Queen’s Birthday Honours.
• The recent Ministerial approval and subsequent promulgation of Statute 2.2, which provided the legislative framework for the Board’s new membership structure.
• The Board’s appreciation of the contribution by those members retiring as at 30 June, noting that some of these members would be returning to membership of the Board under its new structure, implementation of which was to commence on 1 July.
• Extension of congratulations to members taking office under the new structure i.e. elected academic staff and faculty-nominated Heads of Academic Units, who would commence their terms of office on 1 July.
• The Board’s congratulations to the Vice-Chancellor on his elevation to Professor Emeritus.

Academic Board received and noted the President’s Report.

For information: Professors J Godfrey, R Larkins, A Freiberg

4.2    Vice-Chancellor Farewell

On behalf of Academic Board, Professor Godfrey paid tribute to the retiring Vice-Chancellor, Professor Larkins, on his outstanding service to Monash University. Amongst many highlights of his leadership, she made particular mention of his having united Monash under a common academic banner, and in pursuit of a vision for the University to which all members of the Monash community could aspire.

Professor Godfrey reminded members of the range of significant education, research and international initiatives led or supported by Professor Larkins and emphasised the Board’s appreciation of his support for a strong and independent Academic Board.

Echoing Professor Godfrey’s comments, Professor Tony Luff (the longest-serving member of Academic Board), spoke of his regard for Professor Larkins as an outstanding Vice-Chancellor, able to mentor and support individual staff members whilst steering Monash to achievement of its strategic objectives.

Student members of the Board joined in expressing their thanks for Professor Larkins’ support of the student population and in wishing him well for the future.

Responding thereto, Professor Larkins paid tribute to his colleagues, including the Monash senior leadership, indicating also that he considered it a great privilege to be witness to the energy, enterprise and calibre of Australia’s future leaders. He briefly touched on some of the highlights of his term of office, and observed that Monash’s multi-campus structure and significant international footprint left it well placed to successfully engage at various levels, with the potential to become one of the world’s great universities. He reiterated his commitment to the Academic Board as an independent body and encouraged participation from members of the Monash community in its leadership.

Academic Board marked, with acclamation, the service to Monash of the retiring Vice-Chancellor, Professor Richard Larkins AO.

For information: Professors R Larkins J Godfrey, A Luff, Ms L O’Dwyer

5     VICE-CHANCELLOR’S BUSINESS

5.1    Vice-Chancellor’s Report

Professor Richard Larkins reported to the Board on a range of issues, including:

• Outcomes of the Federal Budget with significant impact on the sector, including improved indexation from 2012, more complete carriage of indirect research costs from 2014, a further EIF round in 2009, and funding of a number of Monash projects, including the Health Research Precinct and EMBL.
• The considerable media attention given to recent attacks on Indian students in the community. Members were advised that Monash was working to ensure a safe environment for students, including provision of information sessions and appropriate security. It was noted that whilst there had been a very small number of withdrawals of potential enrolments, there would be an increase in enrolments of international students for Semester 2/2009 compared with the same time last year.
• Responses to the Indirect Costs of Research Survey were much appreciated, both for the information provided, and the evidence of visible co-operation with the Federal government.
• The recent Alumni Awards presentation evening, a successful and inspiring occasion.

Academic Board received and noted the Vice-Chancellor’s report.

For information: Professor R Larkins

5.2   Award of Honorary Degrees

Professor Larkins reported on the award of honorary degrees during Semester 1/2009, to Dr June Hearn, Dr Marcus Besen, Dr Eva Besen, Professor Barbara Cannon, and Dr Jeremy Ellis.

Academic Board received and noted the report of the award of honorary degrees.

5.3    Indirect Costs of University Research

Academic Board received and noted the letter from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research providing a progress report on the project to examine the indirect costs of university research and inviting participation in a related survey to be carried out on behalf of the Department by the Allen Consulting Group.

6     QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

There were no questions on notice.

B      DIRECTION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

7     FEDERAL BUDGET

Members had before them a briefing paper from the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Quality) on the implications for the higher education sector of the 2009-2010 Federal Budget.

Responding to a member query regarding the Monash approach to EIF submissions, the Vice-Chancellor informed the Board that efforts were made to ensure applications were consistent with Monash’s strategic priorities. Therefore, the criteria for the Sustainability/Clean Energy funding pool would, once released, be examined to determine alignment with Monash’s priorities, though it was anticipated that Monash was well-placed to feature strongly in this category.

Discussion also ranged around the impact of demand-driven funding and increased low SES participation, in particular, whether Monash would wish to expand beyond its current capacity. Members were advised that not only was the desire for expansion unlikely to be consistent across campuses, but that rather than increasing the size of the student body, it might be more useful to re-examine the student mix.

Academic Board received and noted the briefing paper from the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Quality) on the implications for the higher education sector of the 2009-2010 Federal Budget.

For information: Professors R Larkins, A Shoemaker, M Evans, Mr D Watson

8     COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES

Academic Board received and noted the update on Monash’s potential involvement in six Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), currently applying for financial support through the Round 11 CRC program.

For information: Professor E Cornish

C      SUPERVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

9     PRESENTATION - DAMOCLES

Academic Board received and noted a demonstration of Damocles, the plagiarism detection application developed by Dr David Squire (Faculty of Information Technology).

Emphasis during the presentation was made not only of its detection capacity for punitive purposes, but also on its use as an educative tool. Members were also advised that there were significant advantages over other plagiarism detection software, especially insofar as students were not required to assign copyright over their work upon submission for checking.

Members expressed strong support for further development of Damocles as an enterprise-wide system and were advised that Dr Squire was currently in discussion with the Director Commercialisation regarding scaling up to an enterprise-wide application.

A further report for the Board’s August meeting was foreshadowed.

Academic Board received and noted Dr Squire’s presentation.

For information: Dr D Squire, Professor A Shoemaker

10     ACADEMIC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW

10.1    Faculty of Engineering – Dual Award PhD Programs

Academic Board:

• Approved the Faculty of Engineering proposals for dual-award PhD programs with Fudan and Shanghai Jiao Tong Universities.
• Endorsed the Memoranda of Understanding for transmission to Council.

For information: Professor M King, Ms M Cook, Ms S Lipscombe

10.2    Faculty of Information Technology – Dual Award PhD Programs

Academic Board:

• Approved the Faculty of IT proposals for dual-award PhD program with Lulea University of Technology and The University of Bologna.
• Endorsed the Memoranda of Agreement for transmission to Council.

For information: Professor M King, Ms M Cook, Ms S Gleeson

11     UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

11.1    Establishment of the Graduate School of Jewish Studies

Members were advised that the proposal had not canvassed the library resourcing implications of establishing the Graduate School of Jewish Studies at the Caulfield campus. In particular, whilst there was a good Jewish studies collection at the Clayton Library, there was currently no capacity to add a new collection to the Library at Caulfield.

Following discussion, Academic Board:

• Endorsed for transmission to Council the proposal to establish the Graduate School of Jewish Studies within the Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Faculty of Arts.
• Directed that the Centre for Jewish Civilisation consult with the Library regarding library resourcing of the Graduate School.

For information: Professor R Frances, A/Prof M Baker, Ms C Harboe-Ree

12     MAINTENANCE OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS – AUQA

12.1    Preparations for AUQA

Academic Board noted a briefing paper from the Office of Planning and Quality on preparations for the AUQA Audit.

12.2    Business Intelligence - Education

Academic Board received and noted a pilot demonstration of the Business Intelligence (BI) - Education Phase, noting that the aim of the Business Intelligence Project was to provide high quality management information in a single repository with improved access and end user-driven analysis.

Members observed that the Business Intelligence application offered a powerful and flexible tool for monitoring of quality and comparison of standards which was of particular importance in view of preparations for the AUQA audit.

Academic Board received and noted the Business Intelligence – Education Phase demonstration.

For information: Professor M Evans, Ms J Vero, Dr K Macrae, Ms M Dibben, Mr G Roughsedge

13    REPORTS FROM THE DEPUTY-VICE CHANCELLORS

Professor Shoemaker reported on a range of issues related to the Education Portfolio, including:

• The recent presentation by the Rwandan Foreign Minster and imminent delivery of Monash academic programs in Rwanda.
• Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington would commence as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) on 17 August. Dr Lorraine Bennett was thanked for her leadership of CALT during the search for the new PVC.
• The outcomes of the review of the GCHE (which had resulted in a significantly changed, more flexible program) would be presented to the next meeting of Academic Board.
• Feedback on the “sustainability in education” theme was encouraged. Members were advised that a blog had been established on the ODVCE web page.
• Associate Professor Cristina Varsavsky and her colleagues were congratulated on their work in reviewing the Assessment Policy.
• Educate 09 was due to commence on 9 September.
• A report on off-campus learning would be presented to the Board’s next meeting.

Academic Board received and noted the report from Professor Shoemaker.

For information: Professors A Shoemaker, N Thomson, A/Prof C Varsavsky, Dr L Bennett

D      GOVERNANCE

14    LEGISLATION

14.1   Amendment to Faculty Regulations

Academic Board endorsed, for submission to Council, the proposal to make the Faculties Regulations (Amendment No.1 2009).

For information: Ms J Wantrup

14.2   Amendment to Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress or inability to progress and the Regulations pursuant to Statute 6.2

Academic Board endorsed, for submission to Council:

• The proposal to amend Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress or inability to progress (Amendment No.1 2009).
• The proposal to make the Exclusion for Unsatisfactory progress or inability to progress regulations (Amendment No.1 2009).

For information: Ms G Beecher, Mr M Fenaughty, Mr K Williamson

14.3   Amendment to Statute 6.1.5 - Examinations

Academic Board endorsed, for submission to Council, the proposal to make Statute 6.1.5 – Assessment.

For information: Ms J Wantrup, Assoc Prof C Varsavsky, Mr M Fenaughty

15    POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW

15.1   Student Evaluation Policy and Procedures

Academic Board:

• approved the Student Evaluation Policy; and
• received and noted the accompanying Monash Experience Questionnaire and Monash Support Experience Questionnaire Survey Procedures and Unit Evaluation Procedures.

For information: Dr K Macrae, Ms N Mitchell, Mr M Fenaughty, Mr K Williamson

15.2   Non-award Study Policy and Procedures

Academic Board:

• approved the Non-Award Study Policy; and
• received and noted the accompanying Non-Award Study Procedures.

For information: Ms N Mitchell, Mr M Fenaughty, Mr K Williamson

15.3   Sessional Academic Support and Development Project

Members noted that Education Committee had recommended amendment to the Monash Sessional Training Framework (Secretarial note: insertion of an additional dot point at sub-section 3.2 of the Framework, as follows: “Library resources and services.”)

Academic Board:

• Received and noted the progress report on the Sessional Academic Support and Development Project; and
• Subject to the above amendment, approved the use of the Monash Sessional Training Framework as the reference framework for supporting the development of:
  • sessional academic support in faculties across the university, and
  • content and materials for the university website on Sessional Academic Support and Development:

http://www.odvce.monash.edu.au/projects/sessional/index.html

For information: Dr L Bennett, Mr M Fenaughty, Mr K Williamson

15.4   Outside Studies Program (OSP)

This item was deferred to the next meeting of Academic Board.

15.5   Report of the Assessment Policy Working Party

Academic Board:

• Noted that Assessment Regulations would be put to Academic Board for endorsement at a later meeting in 2009.
• Approved the draft Assessment in Coursework Policy.
• Noted the need for faculty boards to approve guidelines relating to the granting of supplementary assessment to a student who would experience ‘significant impact’ on their overall academic progress.
• Approved amendment to the Grading Policy to remove the NP grade from the standard unit grading schema, with effect from 15 February 2010.
• Noted the draft Unit Assessment Procedures, effective 15 February 2010.
• Noted amendments proposed to the Special Consideration Procedures to reflect terminology in the draft regulations.
• Noted that the South African campus had been requested to draft external moderation procedures for submission to the Education Policy and Programs Committee.
• Approved repeal of the following policies and procedures, to be replaced by the Assessment Policy and Procedures:
  • Alternative Arrangements for Assessment Policy and Procedures
  • Assessment of Coursework Policy and Procedures
  • Blind Marking of Examinations Policy and Procedures
  • Examinations Policy and Procedures
  • Extra Exam Time For NESB Students Policy
  • Graduate/Postgraduate Assessment Policy
  • Result Upload & Amendment Policy and Procedures

For information: A/Prof C Varsavsky, Ms N Mitchell, Mr M Fenaughty, Mr K Williamson

15.6   Unit Guide Policy and Procedures

Subject to insertion of the phrase “or equivalent” immediately following “Unit Guide Template” in the Policy Statement, Academic Board:

• approved the Unit Guide Policy; and
• noted the accompanying Unit Guide Procedures.

For information: A/Prof J Hurst, Ms N Mitchell, Mr M Fenaughty, Mr K Williamson

15.7   Admission of Observers Policy and Procedures

Academic Board approved the Admission of Observers to Council and Academic Board Meetings Policy and Procedures.

For information: Mr A Calder, Mr D Secomb, Mr K Williamson

16    ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBERSHIP

16.1   Election of Academic Staff to Academic Board

Academic Board received and noted the Declaration of the Poll in the election of Academic Staff to Academic Board.

For information: Ms R Hinds, Mr M Fenaughty

16.2   Nomination of Heads of Academic Units to Academic Board

Academic Board received and noted the reports of the nomination of Heads of Academic Units to Academic Board from the following faculties:

• Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Faculty of Business and Economics
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Faculty of Information Technology
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering.

For information: Ms R Hinds

16.3   Election of Director of Research Institute/Centre to Academic Board

Attached is the Returning Officer’s Declaration of the Poll.

Academic Board received and noted the Declaration of the Poll in the election of one Director, Research Institute/Centre to Academic Board.

For information: Professor P Bonnington, Ms R Hinds

16.4   Special Leave

Academic Board granted special leave from attendance at meetings of the Board to the following member:

Professor Chris Browne                     MN&HS                   Meeting 3/2009

For information: Professor C Browne

16.5   Election of Student Members to Academic Board

Academic Board received and noted the Declaration of the Poll in the election of undergraduate student members to Academic Board (to commence 1 January 2010).

For information: Mr M Fenaughty, Ms M Prior, Mr J Thomas

17    STANDING COMMITTEES OF ACADEMIC BOARD

17.1   Review of Steering Committee

Members had before them proposals for review of the Terms of Reference and membership of Steering Committee and a process proposed for dealing with urgent business out of the Board’s normal meeting cycle.

Academic Board noted that the review of Academic Board terms of reference and composition had been cascaded to reviews of the terms of reference and composition of standing committees, including Steering Committee. The Board also noted that the proposal for Steering Committee to deal with urgent items of business between regular meetings of the Board would better position the Board to respond to matters arising in a fast-paced academic and commercial environment.

Academic Board approved:

• The revised Steering Committee Terms of Reference and associated Procedures.
• The revised membership of the Steering Committee.
• The arrangements for implementation of the revised membership.
• The process for dealing with items of urgent business between meetings of Academic Board.

For information: Professor B Canny, Ms R Hinds

17.2   Review of Education Committee

Professor Shoemaker introduced the revised Terms of Reference and proposed membership of Education Committee.

Academic Board:

• Received and noted the Report of the Review of the Monash University Education Committee and its standing committees.
• Delegated to Education Committee the power to establish and disestablish its own subcommi ttees.
• Approved the revised terms of reference and membership of:
  • Education Committee
  • Learning and Teaching Committee
  • Education Policy Committee
  • Coursework Admissions and Scholarships Committee (CASC)
• Approved reporting to Education Committee by the following sub-committees:
  • Education Policy Committee
  • Learning and Teaching Committee
  • Coursework Scholarships and Admissions Committee
  • Gippsland Board of Studies
  • Campus Education Committee, Sunway
  • Board of Studies Monash South Africa
• Approved that there be no standing subcommittees of Education Committee subcommittees.
• Approved streamlining the membership of Education Committee to balance representation between central divisions and faculties and to enhance the ratio of student representation.
• Approved provision by Faculty Education Committees of a summary of key emerging issues to Education Committee.

For information: Professor A Shoemaker, Dr C Hewlett, Mr M Fenaughty

17.3   Proposal to establish an International Committee

Members had before them the proposal to establish an International Committee of Academic Board, which had been endorsed by the Vice-Chancellor’s Group Meeting of 20 May 2009.

The Board noted that the proposal for establishment of an International Committee of Academic Board would recognise the significance of the international aspects of Monash’s academic and research endeavours and would better enable the Board to discharge its responsibility to direct academic affairs and monitor and maintain academic standards.

Academic Board approved:

• Establishment of the International Committee as a standing committee of the Board.
• The proposed Terms of Reference and membership of the International Committee.

For information: Professor S Fahey, Ms C Chatterton

17.4   Membership of the Exclusion Appeals Panel

Academic Board approved the Deans’ nominations to membership of the Exclusion Appeals Committee Panel for the 2009-2010 term.

For information: Mr K Williamson

17.5   Membership of the Board of the Faculty of Law

Academic Board endorsed, for transmission to Council, the extension of the term of membership of Mr Mark Hayes on the Board of the Faculty of Law.

For information: Professor A Freiberg, Ms J Beaton

18    REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES

18.1   Monash University Research Committee Meeting 2/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 2/2009 of the Monash University Research Committee.

For information: Ms M Soederberg

18.2   Honorary Degrees Committee Meeting 2/2008

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 2/2008 of the Honorary Degrees Committee.

For information: Mr B Corless

18.3   Research Graduate School Committee Meetings 3 and 4/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meetings 3 and 4/2009 of the Research Graduate School Committee.

For information: Ms M Cook

18.4   Education Committee Meetings 2 and 3/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meetings 2 and 3/2009 of the Education Committee.

For information: Mr M Fenaughty

19    FACULTY BOARD REPORTS

19.1   Faculty of Art & Design Meeting 1/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 1/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Art & Design.

For information: Ms N Howard

19.2   Faculty of Information Technology Meeting 2/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 2/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Information Technology.

For information: Ms H Spittle

19.3   Faculty of Business and Economics Meeting 2/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 2/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

For information: Ms H Matich

19.4   Faculty of Science Meetings 1 and 2/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meetings 1 and 2/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Science.

For information: Ms G Key

19.5   Faculty of Engineering Meeting 2/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 2/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Engineering.

For information: Mr R Smiley

19.6   Faculty of Law Meeting 1/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meeting 1/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Law.

For information: Ms J Beaton

19.7   Faculty of Education Meetings 1 and 2/2009

Academic Board received and noted the Report of Meetings 1 and 2/2009 of the Board of the Faculty of Education.

For information: Ms S Plowright

E     ITEMS OF OTHER BUSINESS

17    OTHER BUSINESS

18    NEXT MEETING – please note earlier commencement time

The next meeting of the Academic Board for 2009 will be held on Wednesday 26 August 2009 in the Council Chambers, 1st floor, Building 3a, Clayton Campus commencing at 3.00 pm.