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Towards 2011 Project Terms of Reference

Preamble

The 2011 Project will recommend to the Vice-Chancellor and the Academic Board a comprehensive set of arrangements for the University's graduate programs in preparation for 2011, when the next phase of the Melbourne Model will take effect.

Working with faculties, graduate schools, University Services and external parties, the Towards 2011 Project will consider a range of issues associated with graduate programs arising from the full implementation of the Melbourne Model. The Towards 2011 Project will provide advice on strategies for optimising graduate recruitment and for attracting graduates from more diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.

The Project will make recommendations taking into consideration the anticipated shift from 2011 towards a higher proportion of graduate students, a more diverse student body, and a lower proportion of full fee-paying students in the new professional graduate programs. The need for any additional resources and the impact of these changes on student support services and course delivery mechanisms are expected to inform the recommendations.

Terms of Reference

To make recommendations to the Vice-Chancellor and the Academic Board on:

  1. The profile and distinctiveness of graduate programs to be offered at the University of Melbourne from 2011 in light of evidence of market demand and the expectations of students and employers;
  2. Systematic quality assurance processes to ensure the excellence of graduate programs to be offered at the University of Melbourne from 2011;
  3. The relationship between research training pathways and graduate programs at the University of Melbourne from 2011 and the alignment with the University?s research strategy;
  4. The selection processes, including the internal and lateral pathways, for graduate programs at the University of Melbourne from 2011;
  5. Internal marketing and recruitment, student advising through the student centres and, in particular, strategies to ensure that undergraduate students receive consistent and impartial advice about pathways to graduate study at the University of Melbourne;
  6. External marketing for graduate students, including the recruitment of students from other universities and offshore, and the marketing of undergraduate to postgraduate pathways under the Melbourne Model to high school students;
  7. The approval processes for graduate studies at the University of Melbourne from 2011;
  8. Appropriate pricing for graduate programs, including the possibility of offering differential or fixed pricing to students recruited from supportive employers;
  9. Strategies to attract students from more diverse socioeconomic backgrounds including a graduate scholarships program that reflects the changing graduate student profile;
  10. Suitable course delivery mechanisms, including an appropriate academic calendar, which take into account the needs of a more diverse graduate student profile from 2011;
  11. Support services for graduate students at the University of Melbourne from 2011; and
  12. The implications of graduate programs on student global mobility from 2011.

Membership

Provost (Chair)
Professor John Dewar

Provost nominee
Professor Richard Strugnell, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate Research)

Two Deans of faculties or graduate schools
Professor Mark Considine, Dean, Faculty of Arts
Professor James Hathaway, Dean, Melbourne Law School

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)
Professor Susan Elliott

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching)
Professor Pip Pattison

Two Associate Deans
Professor Mark Elgar, Associate Dean (Graduate Programs), Faculty of Science
Professor Philip Goad, Director, Melbourne School of Design

Senior Academic Board Officer
Professor Geoff Stevens, President, Academic Board

Deputy-Principal (Finance and Planning)
Mr Michael Beaton-Wells

Vice-Principal (Marketing and Communications)
Mr Pat Freeland-Small

Chair, Academic Programs Committee of Academic Board
Associate Professor Ray Misson

Representative of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education
Dr Kerri-Lee Harris

General Manager, Graduate Marketing and Recruitment
Ms Monique Macritchie

Student Centre Manager or nominee
Ms Patricia Murray, Manager, Graduate Programs, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Industry representative to provide a client perspective
Associate Professor Jennifer George, Acting Dean, Melbourne Business School

Graduate student representative
Mr Paul Coats

Timelines

The Project will produce staged reports leading to an April 2010 launch of the 2011 graduate coursework programs.

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