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This series consists of minutes, agendas and papers of staff meetings of the Department / School of History and Philosophy of Science / School of Science and Technology Studies / School of History and Philosophy of Science. The meetings are a vehicle for discussions and decisions on issues such as funding and staffing allocations, teaching methods, subjects of programs and course structure, performance of students and marking and assessment. The head of school also uses the meetings to report back on university and faculty business and developments. The Archives currently (2010) only holds items from this series for the period 1994 - 1998. Copies of minutes accompanied by correspondence and papers for individual meetings have been donated by Professor David Miller (accession 14/455). This run, while not complete and only roughly in chronological order, covers the period from 1987 to March 2000.

The Centre for Wastewater Treatment was initially established with an Australian Water Research Advisory Council (AWRAC) grant, which commenced from 1 July 1987 and was confirmed under an agreement signed on 27 July 1987. The Centre was located within the Department of Water Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, with Associate Professor D. Barnes as the first director (file 891600). On 16 December 1996 the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & International) approved the change in name of the Centre to the Centre for Water and Waste Technology (file 880677). On 21 April 1997 Council changed the name of the school to the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (resolution CL97/27d). In mid-1998 all departments within the School of Civil Engineering, including the Department of Water Engineering, were disestablished (file 970913). From this time the Centre became a part of the wider School of Civil & Environmental Engineering. On 10 December 2007 the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) approved the change in name of the Centre to the UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC) effective from 1 January 2008 (file 2003/2416). In 2009 the co-directors of the UNSW Water Research Centre were Professor Richard Stuetz and Dr. Bill Peirson. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1987-

The Department of Civil Engineering dates back to the formation of the university itself on 1 July 1949, as it was one of the departments that had much of its origins in the Sydney Technical College, including the first head of the department, C. H. Munro. Initially Munro only worked part-time as head of department, but from 1 January 1951 he became full-time head and an associate professor (Technology, Vol. 1, No. 2). When the first three university faculties were established by Council on 8 May 1950 (resolution 54), Civil Engineering became one of the initial four departments within the Faculty of Engineering. On 10 September 1951 Council changed the designation of all departments to schools and so the School of Civil Engineering came into existence (resolution 153). On 14 September 1964 three departments - water engineering, structural engineering and surveying - were created within the school (Council resolution 64/180). On 21 April 1997 Council changed the name of the school to the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (resolution CL97/27d). From 1996 - 2005 the Head of School was Professor Ian Gilbert. In 2005 Professor Nicholas Ashbolt took over in this position. Subordinate agency: Management Committee of the School of Civil Engineering - 01/03/1979 Subordinate agency: Department of Water Engineering - 14/09/1964 - 30/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Centre for Wastewater Treatment (CWT) (1987 - 1997) / Centre for Water and Waste Technology (CWWT) (1997 - 2007) / UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC) (2008 - ) - 01/07/1998 Subordinate agency: Department of Structural Engineering - 14/09/1964 - 30/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Department of Structural Mechanics - 02/12/1968 - 12/01/1972 Subordinate agency: Department of Engineering Construction (1973) / Engineering Construction and Management (1973 - 1998) - 08/10/1973 - 30/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Department of Civil Engineering Materials (1971 - 1988) / Geotechnical Engineering (1988 - 1998) - 24/03/1971 - 30/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Department of Transport Engineering - 10/03/1980 - 30/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Water Research Laboratory (WRL) - 10/05/1954 - 14/09/1964 Subordinate agency: Water Research Laboratory (WRL) - 30/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Department of Surveying - 14/09/1964 - 11/05/1970 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1949-

On 7 September 1999 the Academic Board recommended the establishment of the Centre for Health Telematics within the faculties of Engineering and Medicine (resolution AB99/102). This was approved by the vice-chancellor on 21 October 1999. The founding co-directors of the Centre were Professor Branko Celler and Professor Enrico Coiera and the Centre housed two laboratories - the Medical Informatics Laboratory and the Biomedical Systems Laboratory. The Centre's mission was to engage in world class collaborative research to develop information strategies and appropriate technologies for the health care sector to improve public health and ensure that the clinician, manager and citizen have the information needed to support patient care and self-care (file 991342). On 5 December 2000 the Academic Board recommended that the name of the Centre be changed to the Centre for Health Informatics (resolution AB00/107). This was approved by the vice-chancellor on 12 December 2000 (file 991342). In May 2004 the Biomedical Systems Laboratory was separated from the rest of the Centre for Health Informatics and became a stand-alone entity. At the same time the Faculty of Engineering withdrew from the joint venture, leaving the Centre to be the sole responsibility of the Faculty of Medicine (files 012420 & 2004/1228). In 2008 the Director of the Centre for Health Informatics was Professor Enrico Coiera. From 3 November 2014 the Centre transferred to Macquarie University (http://aihi.mq.edu.au/news/aihi-joins-macquarie-university - Accessed 29 July 2015). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 21/10/1999 - 02/11/204.

On 3 February 1966 the Acting Bursar, E. H. Davis, wrote to the District Surveyor of the Land Board Office, Hay, noting that as in the near future a substantial part of the town common at Hay will become available for other use...I should be grateful if you would consider making this land available to the university on a permissive occupancy basis. On 13 April 1966 the Under Secretary for the Department of Lands, W. J. Broadfoot, wrote to Mr Davis advising that it has been approved that an area of about 1800 acres be revoked from Hay Common. Following revocation, a Permissive Occupancy will be offered to the university over the area, for research purposes associated with Wool Technology. In the Government Gazette published on 21 October 1966, it was notified that these 1800 acres had been revoked from Hay Common. On 16 December 1966 a Permissive Occupancy (66/12) for this site was offered to the university for the purposes of a research station to be effective from 1 January 1967. Hay Field Station was administratively placed under the School of Wool & Pastoral Sciences (file 00014498). On 12 May 1970 the Officer-in-Charge of the Hay Land Board Office wrote to Mr Davis to indicate that the residue of Hay Common has recently been revoked and the university's permissive occupancy is being amended to include the area. On 29 May 1970, Mr Davis accepted this offer on behalf of the university. On the same date Mr Davis also wrote to the Under Secretary for the Department of Lands, Mr R. Sinclair, suggesting that it seems appropriate that the [Hay] land should be held on a more secure basis than a Permissive Occupancy which is, in effect, a tenancy at will. On 14 August 1970, Mr Sinclair responded to this request indicating that there are no objections to the university gaining a more secure title and following completion of the investigations into the needs of the local vegetable farmers action will be taken towards dedication of an area for 'experimental farm' (file 00370941). The Government Gazette No. 90 of 6 July 1973 announced that this plan to dedicate the area as an experimental farm had been approved (file 00370942). On 16 September 1991 the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs), Professor A. J. Wicken, wrote to Professor Euan Roberts indicating that in future Hay, Deniliquin, Wellington and Burraduc (until sold) Field Stations should be looked after by a Management Committee in much the same way as Fowlers Gap Field Station. The first Chair of the Committee was Professor Ross Griffiths, as head of the School of Fibre Science & Technology (file 911523). On 2 December 1996 Council resolved to later approve timetable and administrative arrangements for the disestablishment of the School of Fibre Science & Technology (resolution CL96/88/4). At Council's 3 February 1997 meeting, it was resolved that this would be effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL97/5). As a result, on 1 December 1997 Council passed a resolution to approve the disposal of the Hay Field Station and agree that, following consent from the Minister of Education, arrangements will be made for the sale of the Hay property (resolution CL97/88). However, on 30 April 1999 the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor Bruce Dowton, wrote to the Executive Director of the Division of Business & Finance, Chris Lidbury, proposing that on 15 May 1999 operational and financial responsibility for the Hay Field Station [be transferred] from the Chancellery to the Faculty of Medicine. This was agreed to by Chris Lidbury on 5 May 1999 and so the station remained with the university (file 971170). On 19 July 2004 the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Elspeth McLachlan, wrote a proposal to the Budget Advisory Group (BAG) recommending that the Hay Field Station be retained to provide a secure supply of healthy sheep for research at UNSW [and] that the Hay Field Station become part of the Biological Resources Centre with an effective date retrospective to 1 January 2003 (file 2004/1850). Although these recommendations were initially not accepted by BAG at its 18 August 2004 meeting, at the following BAG meeting on 20 October 2004 it was determined that UNSW had an obligation to continue activities at Hay Field Station in the meantime (file 2005/0446). It is unclear as to whether this also resulted in the approval of the move of the station to the Biological Resources Centre. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1967-

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of cross-disciplinary postgraduate / graduate courses. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder. It includes brochures, booklets, newsletters and leaflets on postgraduate / graduate courses that span two or more different faculties. As well as brochures on university-wide postgraduate courses, other specific courses covered include the Master of Technology Management, the Master of Law & Management and the Master of Business & Technology.

This series contains a report of an Inter-Faculty Committee with the objects to investigate the nature and function of university colleges generally and to make detailed recommendations concerning the design, staffing and administration of residential colleges in the New South Wales University of Technology. The report consists of a number of typed pages, which contain no indication as to who were the Chair or Committee members.

This series consists of Minutes of the Faculty of Professional Studies, Dean's Advisory Committee Meetings - Heads of School Meetings, of the University of New South Wales. The Minutes are divided into two files comprising Parts 1 & 2.

This series consists of Minutes of the School of Teacher Education, School Advisory Committee Meetings of the Faculty of Professional Studies, University of New South Wales.

This series consists of the Response to the Recommendations Concerning the Faculty of Professional Studies in the UNSW 2000 Team Reports. The Response is by Prof. W. Boyd Rayward, Dean of Professional Studies.