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University of Melbourne Administrative Committee
Description
Agent TypeOrganisationHistoryPrevious Control Number UA436 The committee which came to be known as the Administrative Committee and which held its first meeting on the 8th of July 1965 was previously known as:
-Staff Appointments Committee (up to 27/1/65)
-Committee on Senior Executive Officers (up to 3/3/65)
-Committee on Senior Administrative Officers (up to 11/5/65)
-Staff Appointments Committee (up to 8/7/65)
The structure and function of this committee evolved out of the recommendations made by the Working Group of the Committee to Investigate the Administrative Structure of the University set up in April 1964 and which still met even after the Administrative Committee was established. The committee's objectives were to investigate the academic and business administrative structures of the University and to make recommendations for a more efficient functioning of the University in regard to the results of the investigation. As a result of the findings of the working group, terms of reference for the Administrative Committee were proposed in 1966 - however, two years later these were redefined, and at a meeting of Council on the 6th of May 1968 the following recommendations regarding the Administrative Committee were made:
(a) the Administrative Committee should be established as a committee of Council;
(b) its composition should be:
The Vice-Chancellor
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor
The Chairman of the Professorial Board
The Vice-Chairman of the Professorial Board
The Vice-Principal
The Registrar
( c ) its functions should be :
(i) to supervise the management of the University subject to the statutes and regulations and to decisions of Council
(ii) to advise the Vice-Chancellor and other Officers of the University who exercise powers delegated by Council whenever such an officer may choose to ask the advice of this Committee
(iii) to forward its views as recommendations on any matter coming before it, for which a delegated authority is not held, to the committee of Council which ordinarily or properly deals with such items. In the case of urgent matters the Administrative Committee may make recommendations direct to Council(iv) to consider and report to appropriate bodies on the co-ordination and development of the administration of the University. (d) the Council should require the minutes of the Administrative Committee to be laid on the table before each meeting of the Council and should direct the Vice-Chancellor to draw the Council's attention to important matters dealt with by the Committee which are not the subject of recommendations by the Administrative Committee to other committees of Council.
As outlined in the Vice-Chancellor's Building on Quality - Proposals for the Modification of Committee Structures, Planning Processes and Reporting Procedures of February 1996, it was proposed that the Administrative Committee, a committee of Council, would report to the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and, where appropriate, through the Vice-Chancellor to Council. As at 1998, the committee met on a weekly basis.
Summary of Contents
Bound alongside the minutes of the Administrative Committee are copies of the rough minutes of the Staff Appointments Committee, the Committee of Senior Executive Officers, the Committee of Senior Administrative Officers and the Staff Appointments Committee, the date range of these being January to July 1965.
The minutes of the Administrative Committee cover the administrative aspects of the following areas:
Academic salaries; Administration; Leave for individual staff; Travel grants for individual staff; Conferences; Individual staff allowances; Overseas visits; Faculty and departmental administration; Staff housing-administration and loans; Reports of the Working Group of the Committee to Investigate the Administrative Structure of the University; Recommendations to Council and Finance Committee; Accommodation; Insurance; University relations with external bodies including other universities; Child care; University Accounting; Strategic Planning; Other committees of Council; Students and Student Services; Subscriptions; Staff superannuation; Senior staff appointments-Academic and General; Reports; Scholarships, bursaries, prizes and awards; Safety and Legislation.
-Staff Appointments Committee (up to 27/1/65)
-Committee on Senior Executive Officers (up to 3/3/65)
-Committee on Senior Administrative Officers (up to 11/5/65)
-Staff Appointments Committee (up to 8/7/65)
The structure and function of this committee evolved out of the recommendations made by the Working Group of the Committee to Investigate the Administrative Structure of the University set up in April 1964 and which still met even after the Administrative Committee was established. The committee's objectives were to investigate the academic and business administrative structures of the University and to make recommendations for a more efficient functioning of the University in regard to the results of the investigation. As a result of the findings of the working group, terms of reference for the Administrative Committee were proposed in 1966 - however, two years later these were redefined, and at a meeting of Council on the 6th of May 1968 the following recommendations regarding the Administrative Committee were made:
(a) the Administrative Committee should be established as a committee of Council;
(b) its composition should be:
The Vice-Chancellor
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor
The Chairman of the Professorial Board
The Vice-Chairman of the Professorial Board
The Vice-Principal
The Registrar
( c ) its functions should be :
(i) to supervise the management of the University subject to the statutes and regulations and to decisions of Council
(ii) to advise the Vice-Chancellor and other Officers of the University who exercise powers delegated by Council whenever such an officer may choose to ask the advice of this Committee
(iii) to forward its views as recommendations on any matter coming before it, for which a delegated authority is not held, to the committee of Council which ordinarily or properly deals with such items. In the case of urgent matters the Administrative Committee may make recommendations direct to Council(iv) to consider and report to appropriate bodies on the co-ordination and development of the administration of the University. (d) the Council should require the minutes of the Administrative Committee to be laid on the table before each meeting of the Council and should direct the Vice-Chancellor to draw the Council's attention to important matters dealt with by the Committee which are not the subject of recommendations by the Administrative Committee to other committees of Council.
As outlined in the Vice-Chancellor's Building on Quality - Proposals for the Modification of Committee Structures, Planning Processes and Reporting Procedures of February 1996, it was proposed that the Administrative Committee, a committee of Council, would report to the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and, where appropriate, through the Vice-Chancellor to Council. As at 1998, the committee met on a weekly basis.
Summary of Contents
Bound alongside the minutes of the Administrative Committee are copies of the rough minutes of the Staff Appointments Committee, the Committee of Senior Executive Officers, the Committee of Senior Administrative Officers and the Staff Appointments Committee, the date range of these being January to July 1965.
The minutes of the Administrative Committee cover the administrative aspects of the following areas:
Academic salaries; Administration; Leave for individual staff; Travel grants for individual staff; Conferences; Individual staff allowances; Overseas visits; Faculty and departmental administration; Staff housing-administration and loans; Reports of the Working Group of the Committee to Investigate the Administrative Structure of the University; Recommendations to Council and Finance Committee; Accommodation; Insurance; University relations with external bodies including other universities; Child care; University Accounting; Strategic Planning; Other committees of Council; Students and Student Services; Subscriptions; Staff superannuation; Senior staff appointments-Academic and General; Reports; Scholarships, bursaries, prizes and awards; Safety and Legislation.
Dates
Date1965-
University of Melbourne Administrative Committee (1965-). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 18/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/62577