27 February 2008 - Senate Agenda

1. MEMBERSHIP
2. APOLOGIES
3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
4. VICE CHANCELLOR'S REPORT
    
   PART A - ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
5. 2007 ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
6. 2007 UNIVERSITY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

PART B - ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
There are no items for discussion

PART C - OTHER ITEMS
7. CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
8. SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
9. ACADEMIC COUNCIL
10. AUDIT & RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
11. CHANCELLOR'S COMMITTEE
12. LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
13. RESOURCES COMMITTEE
14. OFFICIAL SEAL
15. SENATE MEETING DATES 2008
16. MATTERS FOR INFORMATION/NOTING

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1. MEMBERSHIP

1.1	A list of current Senate members is attached, together with a summary of Senate's roles and responsibilities;
1.2	The Chancellor welcomes Ms Eva Skira and Mr Russell Gibbs as Senators;
1.3	The Chancellor farewells Prof Stuart Bradley who has resigned from Senate as he has accepted a position as Faculty Dean

2. APOLOGIES

Mr Brian Aitken, Prof Nick Costa, Mr Reece Harley, Dr Marian Kemp

3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Section 17A and Division 2 of Schedule 1 of the Murdoch University Act require all members of Senate who have a material personal interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered: (i)to declare the nature and extent of the interest; and (ii) not to be present during consideration of the matter, nor vote on it.

4. VICE CHANCELLOR'S REPORT

The Vice Chancellor will speak to his report to Senate, a copy of which is attached.

PART A - ITEMS FOR APPROVAL

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5. 2007 ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Corporate), Mr Ian Callahan will speak to the attached report.

6. 2007 UNIVERSITY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Corporate), Mr Ian Callahan will speak to the attached report.

 

PART B - OTHER ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

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There are no items for discussion

 

PART C - ITEMS EN BLOC

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The Chancellor will put the following as a single item for noting and for the approval/acceptance of any recommendations contained in them. Members of Senate may request that any of these items to be reserved for discussion.

7. CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

7.1	Confirmation of the attached minutes of the meeting held on 05/12/2007.
7.2	Note the attached report of action on resolutions passed at the previous meeting.

8. SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Senate members are asked the note the attached list of Committee memberships at 1 February 2008.

9. ACADEMIC COUNCIL

The minutes of the Academic Council meeting held on 30/01/2008 are attached and the Committee resolved as follows:

AC/20/2008	to recommend to Senate to note the summary of the panel report from the School of Environmental Science review as attached to the agenda.
AC/21/2008	to recommend to Senate to note the summary of the panel report from the School of Psychology review as attached to the agenda.

10. AUDIT & RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

The minutes of the Audit & Risk Management Committee meeting held on 12/02/2008 are attached. There were no recommendations to Senate.

11. CHANCELLOR’S COMMITTEE

A resolution of the Chancellor’s Committee effective from 20/02/2008 is attached. The following item is recommended to Senate:

CC/01/2008

To approve the Vice Chancellor’s priority performance objectives for the year to 31 October 2008, as set out in the attached document.

12. LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

The minute of the Legislation Committee decision by circular resolution effective of 22/02/2008 is attached. The following items contain recommendations to Senate:

LC/01/2008	to recommend to Senate to approve the attached amendments to:
	(i)	Postgraduate Coursework Regulations Schedule 2 (Postgraduate coursework qualifications) (AC/137/2007) amendments attached
	(ii)	Postgraduate Coursework Regulations, Schedule 2 (Postgraduate coursework qualifications)(AC/5/2008(v)) amendments attached
	(iii)	Bachelor Regulations 1.(1) (AC/5/2008 (v)) amendments attached
	(iv)	Bachelor Degree Regulations 18. (1) (AC/16/2008) amendments attached
	(v)	Academic Progress Rules for Postgraduate Coursework Qualifications (AC/18/2008) amendments attached

13. RESOURCES COMMITTEE

The minutes of the Resources Committee meeting held on 19/02/2008 are attached. The following items contain recommendations to Senate:

RC/01/2008	To recommend that Senate:
	(i)	approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2007, subject to there being no adverse event occurring as a result of the Auditor General finalising the 2007 audit;
	(ii)	authorise the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor to sign the Statement of Compliance;
	(iii)	authorise the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer to sign the Certification of Financial Statements; and
	(iv)	authorise the Chancellor to sign the Report by the Members of the Senate
RC/02/2008	To recommend that Senate:
	(i)	approves the performance indicators for the year ended 31 December 2007; and
	(ii)	authorises the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor to sign the certificate of performance indicators for 2007 for inclusion in the 2007 annual report.
	(iii)	authorises the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor to sign the Statement of Compliance.
RC/03/2008	To recommend Senate authorises the Vice Chancellor to sign a letter of support from Murdoch Retirement Services Pty Ltd, to address the net asset deficiency arising from the adoption of revised accounting treatments in 2007.
RC/04/2008	To recommend Senate:
	(i)	approves the allocation of $1,300,000 in 2008 discretionary funds for the research management project; and
	(ii)	approves the purchase of the University office research management system
RC/05/2008	To recommend that Senate approves the following payments for the period10/11/2007 to 08/02/2008 inclusive:
		Creditor	Amount
		Australian Taxation Office Australian Taxation Office Pyramid Constructions WA Pty Ltd Australian Taxation Office Total Project Solutions Epipop Pty Ltd Australian Taxation Office Australian Taxation Office Pyramid Constructions WA Pty Ltd	$878,500.00 $1,121,958.00 $639,561.88 $855,777.00 $505,071.31 $505,689.00 $1,231,725.00 $874,519.00 $705,756.08

14. OFFICIAL SEAL

In accordance with resolution S/54/2004, the General Counsel & University Secretary has attached a report detailing the documents to which the official seal has been affixed since the last Senate meeting.

15. SENATE MEETING DATES FOR 2008

The Senate’s meeting dates for 2008 and respective closing dates for agenda items are attached.

16. MATTERS FOR INFORMATION

A copy of any newspaper or other articles of relevance or interest are attached.