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This series contains the Alternative Handbook / Counter Course Handbooks produced by the Student Union. Each item is a typed, paper-bound volume, which were released on a yearly basis. They contain information about students' opinions of faculties, subjects and courses. In most cases, a publication was released for individual faculties.

This series consists of the information booklets for The New South Wales Technical University / The New South Wales University of Technology / The University of New South Wales. Each item is a typed, bound document, which outlines the history, main campus features and faculties of the University. These documents often include predictions of future directions of the Univeristy.

On 4 November 1997 the Academic Board gave its endorsement to the establishment of the Centre for Research on Provincial China as a joint research centre of the University of New South Wales and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) (resolution AB97/139). At UNSW it was a centre of the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, while at UTS it was a centre in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. The Centre was run by a committee elected by its fellows every two years (UNSW-UTS Centre for Research on Provincial China 1998 Annual Report, file 2004/1663). The first Director of the Centre was Associate Professor Hans Hendrischke. On 26 July 2005 the centre was disestablished (letter from Deputy Vice-Chancellor Les Field to Vice-Chancellor Mark Wainwright, file 2004/1663). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 04/11/1997-26/07/2005

This series consists of the Investigation into Alumni Opinion on UNSW Financing: A Report to The Vice-Chancellor by Dr Gary Gregory and Prof Mark Uncles, Centre for Applied Marketing UNSW Faculty of Commerce and Economics and Dr Jessica Milner Davis, President Alumni Association. Each item is a typed, paper-bound volume, which was part of a joint research project commissioned to ascertain the views of Alumni on undergraduate student fee rises and University revenue generation and expenditure. The Archives hold two copies of this report. ACCESSION0022 converted to SERIES01007, CONSIGNMENT00575

At its meeting on 8 October 2001 Council approved the creation of a School of Chemical Sciences to be effective from 1 January 2002, which was to be made up of the staff of the former School of Chemistry and the Department of Food Science & Technology (resolution CL001/84). The first head of school was Professor Robert Lamb. Effective 1 January 2004, all staff and students from the food science discipline were moved from the School of Chemical Sciences to the School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry in the Faculty of Engineering. As a result, on 23 February 2004 Council changed the name of the School of Chemical Sciences to the School of Chemistry (resolution CL04/011ii). In 2007, the Head of the School of Chemistry was Professor Barbara Messerle. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/2002-

After meetings held with Unisearch (Later NewSouth Innovations) staff Professor Bob Clark and Gillian Turner, and Semiconductor Research Corporation, IBM, and Intel in June 2003, Qucom Pty Ltd was activated to capitalise on commercialisation opportunities associated with quantum computing [Shadow Board Papers 12 August 2003]. A ‘shadow’ Board was formed in order to progress the company planning prior to formal approvals and consents. Originally named ‘Qucom’ and registered in 1999, the company changed to ‘Qucor’ in September 2003 to avoid brand confusion or litigation by a similarly named IT company based in America. The company was officially launched on 19 December 2003. Gillian Turner was Chair of the Board and Richard Sharp was Managing Director at launch. The founding shareholding of Qucor was 30% Unisearch, 30% UNSW, and 40% held for the benefit of the researchers. Qucor was the commercialisation agent for quantum computing research at UNSW and the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT), the latter being funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant. Qucor was the registered holder of all Intellectual Property (IP) of CQCT. IP protection was not covered by the CQCT’s ARC grant. Qucor placed significant focus on finalising a Bonus Unit Plan (BUP), to give an opportunity for CQCT researchers to receive potential future dividends from the commercialisation of the IP, but this was never realised. Qucor, UNSW, University of Melbourne (UM) and NewSouth Innovations (NSi) were parties to this agreement. Qucor provided Chief Operating Officer services to CQCT, performed by their Managing Director, Dr Richard Sharp, until he resigned from the position on 12 January 2007. He was replaced by David Varvel as CEO in mid-2007, and UNSW Faculty of Science began funding the CQCT COO position in November 2008, enabling the role to continue. Varvel was terminated from CQCT in October 2010 and from Qucor in September 2010. Qucor was working with IBM on developing a fast voltage pulse generator. IBM withdrew from this project. Qucor had many dealings with UM, who were assigned a 10% shareholding of the company in December 2006 in exchange for their IP. One of their joint projects was Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV). This was an unincorporated Joint Venture established after an agreement was signed on 24 November 2005 for a prototype single photon source project used for secure communications [Preliminary QCV Company Business Plan, Board Papers 6 June 2006]. Qucor were the commercialisation agent for the JV, holding a 30% stake in QCV. Other signatories to this agreement were: MagiQ Technologies, Inc. University of Melbourne School of Physics, and Silicon Graphics Inc. QCV was not able to maintain funding in 2008 and ceased operations as of end July 2009. A three year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between UNSW, UM, Qucor, and Sandia National Laboratories was signed on 16 September 2008, in order to utilise the latter’s semiconductor fabrication plant and begin engineering on the quantum computing designs. Although Qucor pursued investment from venture capital firms, UNSW assessed the company to be too strategically important to allow external funding, which could reduce UNSW equity in Qucor. UNSW funded Qucor until 2010 through a Convertible Note, after which Qucor entered into a loan with NSi. On 1 January 2013, Qucor appointed NSi as its commercialising agent, giving them the right to commercialise certain Intellectual Property Rights created at CQCT. By 2015, Qucor was operating as the IP holding company for the legacy IP with Professor Andrew Dzurack as its sole director. CQCT had been replaced by a new iteration, Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) in 2011. CQC2T holds no IP or commercialisation associations with Qucor. Qucor attempted to launch another commercialisation entity called Qucor 2 for the patents developed through CQC2T but the partner universities did not reach agreement. The CQC2T CEO, Barry Wong, was hired as a consultant pro bono in June 2011 to manage the maintenance of the patent portfolio [Board Minutes 17 June 2011]. The company Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd (planned under the name Quantum NewCo) was created in 2017 with UNSW Innovations (formerly NSi), Telstra, Commonwealth Bank and Commonwealth Government as shareholders, and involved Qucor’s legacy IP.

On 8 February 1951 the Department of Technical Education announced that from the beginning of the 1951 academic year, the New South Wales University of Technology will be administering diploma courses on behalf of the Department in those fields in which the university is conducting degree courses. Optometry was included on the list of affected courses and thus the Optometry Section came into being within the Department of Applied Physics in the Faculty of Science. Mr Josef Lederer - initially as a Lecturer, but very shortly afterwards designated a Senior Lecturer - carried over his leadership role from the Optometry Department of the Sydney Technical College into the university (file 00018900, V20). On 10 September 1951 Council changed the designation of all departments to schools and so the Optometry Section became part of the School of Applied Physics (resolution 153). At some time around the 25 July 1956 meeting of the Optometry Advisory Panel, the Optometry Section appears to have started to become known as the Department of Optometry (CN913). On 13 May 1968 Council approved the establishment of a new School of Applied Physics & Optometry, which contained the departments of Applied Physics and Optometry (resolution 68/72). On 10 May 1976 Council approved the dissolution of the School of Applied Physics & Optometry effective from 1 January 1977 and the establishment of a School of Optometry from the same date (resolution 76/67). Thus, while the department of Applied Physics was returned to the School of Physics, the department of Optometry became its own school within the Faculty of Science. Subordinate agency: Cornea & Contact Lens Research Unit (CCLRU) - 01/01/1976 - 31/12/1976 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 08/02/1951-31/12/1976

On 7 May 1996 the Academic Board gave its approval for the establishment of a Centre for Olympic Studies (resolution AB96/25). The first director was Associate Professor Richard Cashman. Although the faculties of Arts & Social Sciences, Built Environment, COFA, Commerce & Economics and Professional Studies had all given their support to the proposal, the centre appears to have been administratively primarily centred in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. The Centre for Olympic Studies (COS) was launched on 21 May, 1996 by the Vice-Chancellor. Its aims were: - To coordinate and publicise university research and teaching on the Olympics - To ascertain areas where the University can assist in the successful organisation of the Sydney Olympics - To create contacts with academic institutions and with industry and government in the area of the Olympics - To develop Centre projects and to support consultancies by University staff to enable the Centre to become self-funding - To project the University's involvement in the Olympics, and other similar international events, as a form of community service - To gather information about the organisation of the Sydney Olympics, and other major international events, which will provide a research data base to assist in the organisation of similar future events In 2003 UNSW introduced a new policy that no Centre can exist on a continuing and permanent basis. It was deemed by UNSW that having contributed to research on the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Centre should cease to operate effective 31 March, 2004. The School of Leisure, Sport & Tourism at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) did, however, take over some of the work of the UNSW Centre, including the web site, library and archival collection. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 07/05/1996-31/03/2004

This series consists of the official administrative files of the University, which date back to the formation of the Developmental Council. Each item consists of a number of paper sheets or brochures contained in an official file folder. A number of the early files do not have covers on the folders and so are very fragile. The files have been created by numerous different administrative areas within the university (generally located in the Chancellery) and relate to all manner of university business, including property, courses, faculties, schools, alumni, finance, marketing, media, research and legal matters. Each folder has been registered on TRIM. This is where all files are listed and should be managed where necessary. Although added to by numerous different officers within the administration, the files have been primarily managed by the Registry / Records (agency 180). Due to the changes in the various records control systems over time, however, the file numbers of the administrative files present a particular challenge as they are not always uniform. The majority of file numbers on TRIM have six digits, but the majority of pre-1999 transfers to the Archives have eight digits. The different digit numbers result from the previous RMS system which had two separate databases, one for the files kept in Archives and one for files kept in Records. File numbers for records on the RMS Records database had six digits, whereas file numbers for records on the RMS Archives database had eight digits. When both RMS databases were amalgamated on TRIM all files kept the numbers they had on their respective RMS databases at the time ie files located in Archives kept eight digits and those located in Records kept six digits. Records transferred to the Archives since the amalgamation of the databases on TRIM have kept their six digits. When RMS was introducted, UNSW was using an annual single numbering system for the administrative files. However, many files did not have six digits, consisted of several parts (A, B, C, D...) or had an old UNSW file number consisting of a composite number (eg 59/065/77347). To enter file details on RMS, file numbers were altered as follows: -for files with less than six digits: for the Records RMS database if they were old files and had five digits they had a zero added in front. If they were part of the single annual running number the zero was added after the first two digits (which indicate the year). But all files which were entered on the Archives RMS database had their zeros added in front of the file number to make up the eight digits (eg a file with number 85889 would have been entered on the Archives RMS database as 00085889 by Archives staff, whereas if it were part of the Records RMS database it would have been entered as 850889 by Records staff). -files which consisted of several parts were top numbered with numbers starting with 37 or 33 apart from the last part which retained the original file number without the letter, but with zeros added if necessary. -for files with composite numbers only the last number, ie 77347 of 59/065/77347, was used to identify the file on the RMS system, with zeros added if necessary. Records that were transferred to the Archives have not been physically top numbered. Therefore files which have eight digits on TRIM only have six or less digits or a composite number written on their file cover. In addition these files have no eight digit barcode. Some, which were part of the Records RMS database before they were transferred to the Archives, have a six digit barcode. On transfer to the Archives these files received an additional two zeros in front of their six digit file number. This former numbering practice means that the barcode reader cannot read these files for use in TRIM. Some of the files also initially had photographs attached. In cases where they have been removed, these are listed in series 1752.

In 2004 UNSW Council decided to establish a UNSW research and teaching campus in Singapore. Known as UNSW Asia, this was to become Singapore's first comprehensive private university to open for business in 2007. (Council resolutions CL 04/47, 04/122, 05/14). The venture also had unanimous support from the Academic Board whose members saw it as an opportunity to attract quality staff and raise UNSW's academic standing. The university already had a long term relationship with the region and felt it was important to have an educational presence in Asia. It was expected that the university's profile would be greatly enhanced by being the first foreign university in Singapore. Singapore at the time was pursuing a long term plan to establish itself as a major educational hub in the region with its government investing substantial funds in education. As part of this plan the Singaporean government had approached several foreign universities gauging their interest in setting up a university in Singapore and subsequently invited UNSW to establish a campus there. Following its decision to establish a campus in Singapore the university signed an agreement with the Economic Development Board of Singapore for financial and other support for UNSW Asia over its initial years of operation. UNSW Asia was fully owned and operated by UNSW which set up UNSW Asia Limited as a company for the purposes of establishing and operating UNSW Asia. (CL05/14, 05/49). In October 2005 UNSW announced the appointment of Professor Greg Whittred, then Dean of the faculty of Commerce and Economics at UNSW, as the first President of UNSW Asia. Professor Whittred took up his position as inaugural President in November 2005. UNSW Asia was set up to be fee based with instruction in English. The university expected to make losses in the first few years of operations, but expected UNSW Asia to carry itself within ten years. The initial enrolment was expected to be around 300 students in first semester with about 500 students in second semester growing to 15,000 students within 15-20 years. Academic courses were to be based on three academic clusters: science, engineering, technology and health; commerce, humanities, media and design; and a graduate school. A permanent home for UNSW Asia was planned as a garden campus in South Changi with construction starting in 2006 and the campus to open in 2009. UNSW Asia commenced operations at Tanglin Campus, Kay Siang Road, Singapore, former home of the Republic Polytechnic. UNSW Asia opened its doors as planned with its first intake of undergraduate students commencing their courses in March 2007. Initial student enrolments only reached half the estimated numbers. Overall enrolment numbers for 2007 did not reach UNSW's expectations causing the university to revise its projections. As a result the university took the decision to close UNSW Asia at the end of first session on the 28th June 2007. This decision was announced to staff at UNSW Asia on 22 May and by media release and an email to all UNSW staff on 23 May 2007. Students enrolled at UNSW Asia in session one 2007 were offered a place in an equivalent program at UNSW Sydney from session two 2007, and scholarships to help with travel and accommodation costs. Students who transferred to UNSW Sydney received full credit for the studies they undertook at UNSW Asia, and retained credit for any advanced standing already granted. Tuition fees for these students were set at the publicised UNSW Asia rates. The three Singapore Universities - National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore Management University (SMU) - and some Singapore private education providers extended their deadline for application for the academic year 2007 to 4 June 2007 for the affected students enrolled in or who had accepted offers from UNSW Asia. Emeritus Professor Mark Wainwright was Acting President of UNSW Asia during its wind down. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 30/08/2004-28/06/2007 controlled entity