Deans Regulations
Made by the Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University
1.
These regulations are made in accordance with the powers vested in the vicechancellor and president by Statute 3.3 – Deans.
Part I – Dean’s roles and responsibilities
2.
Each dean shall be responsible, with respect to his or her faculty, for:
2.1
exercising a general superintendence over its academic and administrative
affairs;
2.2
being responsible, through the Provost, to the vice-chancellor and president
and whenever required by the Provost or the vice-chancellor and president,
providing a written report of the academic affairs and/or the administrative
affairs of the faculty;
2.3
the academic leadership, and the governance and management of his or her
faculty;
2.4
representing the faculty and the university to the external community;
2.5
establishing appropriate structures and mechanisms for the efficient and
effective governance of the faculty; and
2.6
whenever required by the Academic Board, providing a written report on the
academic affairs of the faculty.
Part II – Faculty governance
3.
For the purpose of regulation 2, each dean for his or her respective faculty:
3.1
must establish an executive group (however designated) for the purpose of
advising the dean on the management of the faculty;
3.2
must ensure that appropriate structures and mechanisms, including the
appointment of individuals or committees, are in place for the governance of
the faculty to undertake the following functions:
3.2.1
develop and promote excellence in learning and teaching in the
faculty;
3.2.2
evaluate teaching quality in the faculty;
3.2.3
student selection and admission;
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3.2.4
managing student progress and discipline;
3.2.5
curriculum development, approval, implementation, review and
renewal;
3.2.6
develop proposals relating to coursework courses and units of study
and admissions, pathways and scholarships to the faculty;
3.2.7
undertake coursework course reviews;
3.2.8
develop processes for determining the results of the performance of
all candidates enrolled in the faculty;
3.2.9
develop, implement and monitor relevant academic performance
indicators for the faculty;
3.2.10 develop a faculty research strategy and monitor its implementation;
3.2.11 set and monitor faculty targets aimed at achieving research excellence
and impact; and
3.2.12 monitor progress on industry engagement and commercialisation of
intellectual property at faculty level;
3.4
is an ex officio member of any committee established pursuant to
subparagraph 3.3;
3.5
may appoint the relevant faculty deputy dean or associate dean or other
suitable person as chair of a faculty committee appointed pursuant to
subparagaraph 3.3, but in any event must ensure that any individual or
committee appointed pursuant to subparagraph 3.3 reports through the dean
to the corresponding sub-committee of Academic Board (where one exists);
3.6
must establish an advisory mechanism or mechanisms appropriate for the
faculty, which include student representation and, where appropriate,
external representation;
may direct any committee established under these regulations to meet at
intervals determined by the dean and to provide a report to the dean of such
meetings as required by the dean.
3.7
Part III – Deans’ accountabilities
4.
In addition to any specific accountabilities set out in a dean’s individual employment
contract and subject to any directions given by the vice-chancellor and president, each
dean, with respect to his or her faculty, is accountable through the Provost to the vicechancellor and president for:
4.1
leading and managing the academic and operational affairs of the faculty
(including staffing and staff management, administration, budgeting, resource
and workload allocation, working conditions and occupational health and
safety matters) in accordance with university statutes, regulations, policies
and procedures;
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4.2
working collaboratively with other senior university managers to serve the
interests of the university;
4.3
overseeing financial management and resource allocation within the faculty,
including being responsible for the faculty meeting its enrolment, budget and
revenue targets and associated planning objectives and targets;
4.4
preparing required faculty plans and budgets which align with the university’s
strategic directions and monitoring the achievement of these plans and
budgets.
End Notes
1.
These Regulations were made by the Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University on 16
December 2013 and came into operation on 20 December 2013.
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