Appendix 5 - Ministerial
Orders
Tertiary
Education Act 1993
MINISTERIAL ORDER
The Minister for
Tertiary Education and Training (referred to herein as the Minister) makes the
following Order:
1. Authorising provision
This Order is made under section 10 of the Tertiary Education Act 1993.
2. Commencement
This Order comes into operation on the date of its publication in the
Government Gazette.
3. Object
The object of this Order is to approve an
institution to operate as a university, and to apply conditions to that
approval.
4. Approval
Melbourne University Private Limited (A.C.N. 081 182 685) referred to
herein as the institution, is hereby approved to operate as a university
subject to the following conditions:
i.
the
approval is for a period of five years (subject to the provisions of section 10
(5) and (7) of the Tertiary Education Act 1993), and commencing on the date
this Order comes into operation.
ii.higher
education award programs must only be offered by the institution if the said
programs have been certified by the Academic Board of the University of
Melbourne as being equivalent in standard to University of Melbourne
Victoria Government Gazette
Higher education awards.
iii. the
institution must develop a discrete program of research activity aimed at achieving
within five years -
a) a
level of research output acceptable to the Minister, and
b) at
least three percent of its students in post graduate research programs, and
iv.a report on the institution’s progress
towards implementation of the development plans, set out in its submission for
approval to operate as a university dated 27 February 1998, will be provided to
the Minister on or before 31 December 2001 by a person or persons acceptable to
the institution and the Minister, and appointed by the Minister
Dated 14 July 1998
PHIL HONEYWOOD MP
Minister for
Tertiary Education and Training
Tertiary Education Act 1993
MINISTERIAL ORDER
The Minister for
Education and Training (referred to herein as the Minister) makes the following
Order:
1. Authorising
provision
This Order is made under section 10 of the Tertiary Education Act 1993.
2. Commencement
This Order comes into operation on 15 July 2003.
3. Object
The object of this Order is to approve an institution to operate as a
university, and to apply conditions to that approval.
4. Approval
Melbourne University Private Limited (A.C.N. 081 1582 685; ABN 53 081
182 685), referred to herein as the institution, is hereby approved to operate
as a university subject to the following conditions:
(i) The
approval is for a period of five years (subject to the provisions of section 10
(5) and (7) of the Tertiary Education Act 1993), and commencing on 15 July
2003.
(ii) There
be by July 2004 from each of the three Schools evidence of at least one peer-reviewed
externally-published research output per equivalent full-time (EFT) of academic
staff, and that this level of research productivity constitutes the minimum for
each of the subsequent four years. Such research outputs should meet the
specifications required by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science
and Training for its higher education research data collection.
(iii) The
institution move progressively towards increasing the overall percentage of
total enrolments in higher education award courses (as defined in the
Australian Qualifications Framework) relative to total enrolments, while also
maintaining the Institution's own growth targets for actual numbers of students
in those courses (766 in July 2005), such that by 2008 at least 10% of total (headcount)
enrolments are in higher education award courses. Movement towards this
percentage is to be reported explicitly in the Institution's Annual Report. By
July 2004 at least 3% of total (headcount) enrolments should be in higher
education award courses, rising to 5% in July 2005, 6% in July 2006, and 8% in
July 2007.
(iv) The
Institution appoint within the first year of approval a Chief Academic Officer
(initially on a fractional basis) to whom Academic Heads of School shall
report, this position to be full-time by July 2006; that Academic Heads of
School be at least three-quarter time with the Institution by 2006 and
full-time by 2008; and that the proportion of full-time academic staff
increase. Accordingly, by 31 December 2003, a one-quarter time Chief Academic
Officer should be appointed, with this position being half time by July 2004,
and three quarter time by July 2005. Similarly, Academic Heads of School should
be at least half time by July 2004. Twenty per cent of the MUP academic staff
should be employed full-time by July 2006.
(v) The
Institution is to retain an academic organisational structure comprising at
least three Schools during the approval period, with each School to have a core
of academic staffing resources to support its research and teaching activities.
Conjoint Melbourne University Private academic appointments with the University
of Melbourne are to include a proportion of time for research of not less than
quarter of the teaching time.
(vi) The
Institution is to undergo a quality audit (including institutional responses to
the audit report) by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) before
July 2007, and that the outcome of this audit (including the Institution's
responses) be deemed to be satisfactory. Provided that the Institution meets
the other conditions any decision as to whether the Institution should receive
further approval to operate as a university after July 2008 will be largely
based upon this audit, and upon the AUQA view of the Institution response to
its recommendations.
(vii) The Institution provide information in its
Annual Reports for 2005 and 2007 on client and student satisfaction with higher
education award courses designed and delivered for corporate and government
clients. This information should be based on appropriately structured surveys
and interviews undertaken with a statistically relevant cohort of students
enrolled in and graduates of award courses, as well as with a relevant sample
of the corporate and government clients for whom the award courses were
designed and delivered.
(viii) The Institution should obtain from its
shareholder (The University of Melbourne) an undertaking that it will not allow
its equity position in the Institution to fall below 51 % in the five year
period to July 2008. The University of Melbourne is to give an undertaking to
allow students to complete higher education award courses in which they are
enrolled should the Institution be unable to continue to operate, and
(ix) The Institution is required to table an
Annual Report in Parliament at the same time as other Victorian universities,
covering issues specifically identified by the Office of Higher Education and
according to a template they provide. These Annual Reports will be expected to
address the conditions outlined above.
Dated
25 June 2003
LYNNE KOSKY, MP
Minister
for Education and Training