Faculty Governance

Faculty Board

Membership:

• The Dean, Deputy Dean and Associate Deans of the Faculty
• The Deans or respective nominees of the faculties of Architecture Building and Planning, Business and Economics, MDHS, MGSE, MLS, MSLE, Science and VCAM
• The Heads of the Schools of the Faculty
• The Faculty Executive Manager
• Not more than one member for every ten members of the full-time teaching and research staff of the Faculty who are nominated annually by the Faculty in accordance with the procedures approved by Council on the recommendation of the Faculty; up to one may be a fixed-term academic appointment of at least 12 months from the time of nomination
• Not more than two members of the staff of the University not eligible for appointment under the previous category who are concerned with the subjects in the courses for the degrees of the faculty, appointed by Council on the annual nomination of the faculty in accordance with the procedures approved by Council on the recommendation of the Faculty
• Four members of the professional staff elected annually by and from the professional staff of the faculty in accordance with the procedures approved by Council on the recommendation of the Faculty

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences governance

1. The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences ('graduate school') within the Faculty of Arts ('Faculty') encompasses all academic units of the Faculty together with all members of its academic staff who have responsibilities in graduate teaching and/or research training. Academic units outside the faculty may also contribute to the graduate school's programs as required
2. The overall purpose and responsibility of the graduate school is the planning and delivery of graduate teaching and overseeing the provision of research higher degree training within the faculty. It coordinates the contributions of departments both inside and outside the faculty to its graduate coursework education and research higher degree training
3. Key accountabilities and responsibilities of the graduate school are as follows:
   • The graduate school is accountable through the dean to the Academic Board for the quality of the design and delivery of all graduate coursework programs offered by the faculty, whether in professional or specialist programs
   • The graduate school collaborates with the School of Graduate Research in the conduct of research training within the faculty, including in relation to quality assurance
   • The graduate school is accountable through the dean to the vice-chancellor for the business success of its graduate coursework programs, including in relation to financial viability
   • The graduate school is responsible for the recruitment and admission of graduate coursework students to the faculty, and for the quality of their Melbourne experience
   • The graduate school is responsible pursuant to guidelines determined by the Academic Board and administered by the School of Graduate Research for the recruitment and admission of research higher degree students to the faculty
   • The responsibilities of the graduate school include facilitating the emerging needs of and opportunities for multi-disciplinary programs in existing and new teaching and research areas, both within the faculty and in collaboration with other faculties and graduate schools
   • The graduate school will create and maintain a business plan and report annually to the faculty and/or University on the outcomes achieved against that plan
4. Except where Council has determined that another process for the appointment of a head of a graduate school will apply or that the dean of the faculty is so to act, the graduate school has a head ('the director', including any dean of a faculty appointed as head) appointed by Council on the recommendation of the vice-chancellor. Before making the appointment of a person other than the dean of the faculty, the vice-chancellor must consult with the dean of the faculty who will receive advice from members of the graduate school. The appointment of the head of the graduate school, whether such person be the dean of the faculty or another person, will normally be made for a period of up to five years in the first instance, and be renewable for further periods of up to five years
5. The director transacts the business of the graduate school. The director is responsible to the University, through the dean of the faculty where a different appointment, for implementing the policies determined by the University generally, by the faculty and by the graduate school, and for ensuring that the graduate school properly discharges its academic and administrative functions
6. The director may be supported by a deputy head who is to be appointed by the vice-chancellor on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty. Before making the recommendation the dean must consult with the director where that person is a separate appointment. In the absence of the director, or if no director has been appointed, the deputy head will transact the business of the graduate school
7. The faculty must establish one or more advisory committees (or boards), with expertise in fields relevant to the coursework programs of the graduate school. The committee(s) may exercise powers and undertake duties delegated by the faculty pursuant to statute 5.1.8, and will be chaired by the director or nominee. Membership of the committee(s) will be determined by the faculty but must include both University members and external members as appropriate to its mission. Committee responsibilities will include advising the director and graduate school on the graduate school business plan, receiving and commenting on the annual report of outcomes achieved against its objectives, and any other matters referred by the director or dean, as the case may be. The advisory committee(s) must meet at least twice a year
8. The faculty must also establish a graduate programs committee within the graduate school to advise the school and the faculty on all academic matters related to courses offered though the graduate school (unless such matters are dealt with by an existing faculty committee which operates at both undergraduate and graduate levels). Membership of the graduate programs committee will be determined by the faculty but must include the director of the graduate school, representation from departments in the faculty that teach into courses offered by the graduate school, and graduate student representation. When an 'all-level' academic programs committee is considering graduate courses which utilise teaching resources from departments outside the faculty, its membership must be supplemented to include representation from those departments, unless otherwise co-opted to participate in those discussions