Agenda for Committee of Chairs meeting, 14 June 2007

Meeting (07/2) of the Committee of Chairs will be held at 9:30am, Thursday 14 June 2007 in the Council Room, Building 1, Level D, South End, University of Canberra, Belconnen Campus.

The meeting will adjourn for lunch during Item 6 below, and will reconvene after lunch to complete the agenda.

Item #	Agenda item	Attachments for item (PDFs)
1.	APOLOGIES/WELCOMES/FAREWELLS Apologies Welcomes
2.	MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 19 APRIL 2007 The minutes of the previous meeting are attached for confirmation.	Attachment A Minutes meeting 07/1 (40K)
3.	BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES Report on an Investigation and Systems Review of Corruption Risks Associated with HSC Take-home Assessment Tasks Refer to agenda item 6.6. All other known matters are listed on the agenda.
4.	CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Members are invited to provide information re any conferences.
5.	BOARD OF STUDIES DECISIONS A summary of decisions of the 8 May 2007 meeting is attached.	Attachment B Summary of decisions (24K)
6.	ACADEMIC BOARD/SENATE ISSUES 6.1 Role of Academic Boards/Senates in University Governance Presentation by Professor Stephen Bartos, National Institute of Governance. 6.2 AUQA Thematic Analysis A paper by Tony Dooley is attached for discussion (Attachment C). 6.3 Student Involvement in Academic Governance Report and discussion based on recent survey of members (Attachment D). 6.4 Student Charters in Diversified Higher Education Contexts Eilis Magner will report. 6.5 "All my own work" A report on the development of the "All my own work" Board of Studies project, by Professor Anne Cusick (Attachment E). 6.6 Report on an Investigation and Systems Review of Corruption Risks Associated with HSC Take-home Assessment Tasks The Chair will report. 6.7 Role of Academic Boards/Senates in Quality Assurance Presentation by Mr Colin Walters, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, DEST, with Lois Sparkes, Quality Branch Manager, DEST. 6.8 UNE Policy Statement on Adjunct Appointments A paper from Professor Eilis Magner will be tabled (Attachment F). 6.9 Student Discipline and Appeals Project Jim Jackson's group has been successful in its Carrick Institute application for funding to examine Student Grievance and Discipline Matters across the Australian University sector. He will explain details of the project and the role that Chairs may be able to play if they wish.	Attachment C AUQA Thematic Analysis (112K) Attachment D Student Involvement in Academic Governance (76K) Attachment E "All my own work" (16K) Attachment F Comparison of the UNE Honorary, Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Appointments Policy with Those of Other Universities (48K)
7.	OTHER BUSINESS
NEXT MEETING The next meeting is at University of Newcastle on 30 August 2007. The reserve meeting is at Macquarie University on 25 October.