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On 5 September 1951 the head of Applied Chemistry, Professor Alexander, presented a report to the Personnel Committee of the Professorial Board, in which he outlined a proposed arrangement of his school into five departments - including the Department of Organic Chemistry. Although this was not formally approved by the Professorial Board, this arrangement seems to have been adopted by the school shortly afterwards and the first head of department appears to have been Dr G. W. K. Cavill (CN956/5). Sometime in late 1957, the School of Applied Chemistry had its name changed to the School of Chemistry. On 14 April 1998 it was noted at the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Science & Technology that the Dean had indicated to the Vice-Chancellor that the School of Chemistry intended to disestablish its departments. This appears to have occurred shortly afterwards and thus the department ceased to exist. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 05/09/1951-c. 14/04/1998

On 5 September 1951 the head of Applied Chemistry, Professor Alexander, presented a report to the Personnel Committee of the Professorial Board, in which he outlined a proposed arrangement of his school into five departments - including the Department of Analytical Chemistry. Although this was not formally approved by the Professorial Board, this arrangement seems to have been adopted by the school shortly afterwards, with the first head of department being L.W.O. Martin (OH3). Sometime in late 1957, the School of Applied Chemistry had its name changed to the School of Chemistry. On 14 April 1998 it was noted at the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Science & Technology that the Dean had indicated to the Vice-Chancellor that the School of Chemistry intended to disestablish its departments. This appears to have occurred shortly afterwards and thus the department ceased to exist. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 05/09/1951-c. 14/04/1998

On 5 September 1951 the head of Applied Chemistry, Professor Alexander, presented a report to the Personnel Committee of the Professorial Board, in which he outlined a proposed arrangement of his school into five departments - including the Department of Inorganic and General Chemistry. Although this was not formally approved by the Professorial Board, this arrangement seems to have been adopted by the school shortly afterwards, with the first head of department being Dr R. S. Nyholm (CN968/8, OH3). Sometime in late 1957, the School of Applied Chemistry had its name changed to the School of Chemistry. At the 7 July 1971 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee the department was re-named the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. On 9 March 1983 the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee approved the renaming of the department as the Department of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. On 14 April 1998 it was noted at the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Science & Technology that the Dean had indicated to the Vice-Chancellor that the School of Chemistry intended to disestablish its departments. This appears to have occurred shortly afterwards and thus the department ceased to exist. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 05/09/1951-c. 14/04/1998

At Council's 14 November 1960 meeting - as a result of the Student Failure and Wastage Survey - it approved the recommendations of the Personnel Sub-Committee from 8 November 1960, which included the establishment of a Statistics Section attached to the Examinations Branch within the Division of the Registrar to provide statistics as required and to develop a machine processing organisation to serve all administrative units (resolution 60/152). The university's first Statistics Officer was R. R. Maloney, who was appointed on 16 October 1961 (Personnel Sub-Committee 12 December 1961 meeting). When the Division of the Registrar was restructured in 1981, the Statistics Section was moved into the newly formed Data Processing & Statistics Office, which reported to the Head of the Management Services Branch and Deputy Registrar, P. J. Wildblood. As part of a major administrative restructure that took place in July 1985 (SRF - Statistics), the Planning Services Department was created within the Division of the Deputy Principal (Planning & Information) with staff from the Statistics Section and from November 1985 they were managed by Terry Hand. At the time it was noted that the Department was responsible for supporting the development and maintenance of a planning process which regularly reviews the University's uses of its resources, examines and proposes alternatives in the context of long range goals (1985 UNSW Annual Report, p 71). On 1 September 1990 the Department was re-designated the Planning Services Office and transferred to the direction of the newly appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor Tony Wicken (Focus 10 August 1990, UNSW 1990 Annual Report, p 174). From 16 September 1991 this position became known as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) (Focus 23 August 1991). The title of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor's position was changed to Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Council meeting on 4 November 1991. In the Working Party Report on Chancellery Services & Administrative Support Technology Report released on 10 July 1997 it was recommended that the functions of the Planning Services Department and Corporate Planning & Quality Development Office be brought together. Approval for this move was given at the 8 October 1997 meeting of the Executive Group, with it becoming known as the Planning Office and reporting to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development). From 1 February 2000 the Planning Office reported to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning & Resources) (SRF - Organisation & Management). At the 4 April 2001 Executive Group meeting the name of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning & Resources) was changed to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education & Enterprise) and from 16 April 2003 it became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International & Education) (file 2003/0773). From 7 January 2004 the name of this position was altered to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) (SRF - Organisation & Management). At the 21 April 2004 Senior Management Group meeting the name of the Office was changed to the Institutional Analysis and Reporting Office, reporting to the Division of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). In 2007 the Office's website noted that it liaises with faculties and the Senior Management Group for student enrolment planning, prepares the University Enrolment Plan, and coordinates the preparation of the University's Institution Assessment Framework submission to the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). Other tasks undertaken by the office include: formulation, conduct and reporting on a range of student and staff surveys relating to the quality assurance initiatives of the University; development of measures of performance; analysis of UAC data to support the admissions and planning processes; ad hoc analyses and reporting of student and staff data to assist the Executive and the Deans in management decision-making, and; preparation of student load data for input to the University's annual budget estimates and mid-year adjustments. (April 2007 - http://www.pso.unsw.edu.au). The Office's Director in 2007 was David MacPherson. By at least January 2014, the Office was merged with the Data Governance Unit to form the new Business Reporting and Intelligence and Data Governance Unit (BRIDG) within the Division of Finance and Operations. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/11/1960-31/12/2013