Agenda for Committee of Chairs meeting, 19 April 2007

Meeting (07/1) of the Committee of Chairs will be held at 9:30am, Thursday 19 April 2007 in the Conference Room, Level 4a, Building 1, University of Technology, Sydney, City campus.

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

Item #	Agenda item	Attachments for item (PDFs)
1.	APOLOGIES/WELCOMES/FAREWELLS Apologies: Professor Anne Cusick (UWS) Welcomes: Professor Lawrence Cram (ANU), Professor Eilis Magner (UNE), Professor Kevin Robards (CSU), Professor Jim Jackson (SCU), Professor Denis Goodrum (Canberra)
2.	MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 18 AUGUST 2006 The minutes of the previous meeting are attached for confirmation.	Attachment A Minutes meeting 06/3 (24K)
3.	BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES All known matters are listed on the agenda.
4.	CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Members are invited to provide information re any conferences.
5.	UAI ISSUES 5.1 Report of the Technical Committee on Scaling 2006 Report of the Chair, Technical Committee on Scaling (Attachment B). 5.2 UAI Issues Discussion of UAI issues (Attachment C).	Attachment B Report of the Technical Committee on Scaling 2006 (2MB) Attachment C UAI Issues (24K)
6.	OTHER BUSINESS 6.1 Board of Studies Decisions Summaries of decisions of the most recent meeting is attached (Attachment D). 6.2 National Body Verbal update (Bruce Sutton). 6.3 Board of Studies Issues – Maths Review The Chair will report. 6.4 Adjunct Appointments Attached for information is a series of institutional policies and comments re adjunct appointments (Attachment E). 6.5 International Issues Professor Stephanie Donald will attend to speak on loss of foreign language capacity and its impact on Australia's ability to engage internationally (Attachment F). 6.6 Report on an Investigation and Systems Review of Corruption Risks Associated with HSC Take-home Assessment Tasks An ICAC report on take-home assessment tasks for the HSC has been released. It will be discussed by the BoS in May. The Committee is invited to discuss it and consider possible approaches in universities (Attachment G). 6.7 Student Involvement in Academic Governance Verbal report (Linda Connor). 6.8 Report of the Consultation on Future Directions for Public Education and Training (NSWDET) Accreditation for teaching programs and TAFE policies that emerge will be important for universities. Ms Christine Ewan (NSW DET) will attend for discussion (Attachment H). 6.9 Report from Support Staff Workshop A verbal report on the support staff workshop held 18 April.	Attachment D Board of Studies Decisions (24K) Attachment E Adjunct Appointments (208K) Attachment F International Issues (28K) Attachment G Report on an Investigation and Systems Review of Corruption Risks Associated with HSC Take-home Assessment Tasks (60K) Attachment H Report of the Consultation on Future Directions for Public Education and Training (NSWDET) (80K)
NEXT MEETING The next meeting is at University of Canberra on 14 June 2007.