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This series consists of the Singapore Urban Renewal and Development Project Papers of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. The material is typed and contains documentation concerning Professor Blunden's role as one of the international consultants for the Singapore Urban Renewal and Development Project undertaken by the Singapore Government with the support of the United Nations. It includes correspondence between Blunden and the firm of Crooks, Mitchell, Peacock and Stewart which engaged the services of Professor Blunden and other UNSW academics, a report by Blunden on the project, and copies of papers delivered by various international experts at a UN Review Session in Singapore from 24 February to 6 March 1970. This series contains the Commission of Inquiry into the Kyeemagh - Chullora Road Papers of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. The material is typed and consists of correspondence and disscussion papers written by Blunden. Professor Blunden was retained as a consultant to the Commission of Inquiry into the Kyeemagh - Chullora Road and attended hearings, held discussions with the Commissioner, studied transcripts and other documents, and prepared discussion papers.

The Staff Development Unit was established in March 1985 as part of a range of changes to the central administration of the university begun in March 1984. Administratively the unit was located in the Personnel Department within the Division of the Deputy Principal (Administration). (Information Paper No. 2/1985 Focus 15 March 1985: 4 -5). The Head of the unit was Miss Valerie McCallum. The unit concentrated on programs for Management and Supervisor training and development, orientation for new staff and basic administrative and clerical training skills. (Uniken 7 April 1989: 4) In October 1988 the Vice-Chancellor decided to form a new unit which would be called the Professional Development Centre which would encompass the functions previously undertaken by the Tertiary Education Research Centre and the Staff Development Unit. (00A64/58 File: 890541) A Staff Development Advisory Committee was formed in January 1989 to oversee the transition period. (Focus 12 May 1989: 3) The Staff Development Unit effectively ceased with Miss McCallum's retirement in late April 1989. (Uniken 7 April 1989: 4; Focus 14 April 1989: 3) Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/03/1985-27/04/1989

The proposal for an Aboriginal Law Research Unit within the Faculty of Law was initially discussed at the 4 February 1981 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee. Final approval for the establishment of the Unit was given by the Vice-Chancellor on 23 April 1981. The first Chair of the Unit's steering committee was Professor Garth Nettheim (file 034796). The initial functions of the Unit included conducting and fostering research concerning Aboriginal people and the law; the building of a resource base on such issues; publications; clearing-house and co-ordination activity; conference and seminar activity; the development of educational programs; 'back-up' support on legal issues to Aboriginal communities and organisations and their legal advisers; developing links with comparable bodies in other countries (S690). At the 12 February 1986 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee, the creation of an Aboriginal Law Centre was approved to take over the role of the Aboriginal Law Research Unit. Professor Garth Nettheim was appointed Director of the Centre. The Centre's aims were defined as a continuation of the Unit, focused within the following objectives: research; resources; publication; conferences & seminars; and teaching. It would be managed by the Director, who is responsible to the Dean of the Faculty of Law [034796]. The "resources" objective was removed following the 10 May 1997 meeting of the Centre's Advisory Committee, due to the development of the more appropriate Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre. The ARRC became the recipient of the Aboriginal Law Centre's resource collection once this objective was deleted. Professor Nettheim was also Chair of the Management Committee. At the 28 February 1991 meeting of the Management Committee, Professor Nettheim suggested that this body be renamed as an Advisory Council. It would meet less often, with a more strategic focus, and another Management Committee would be formed with a smaller membership that dealt with operations. This proposed structure was finalised in July and implemented in 1992. Also at the 28 February 1991 meeting, Professor Nettheim proposed to step down from his role as Director. John Halden "Hal" Wootten QC was appointed as a replacement from 1 August 1991, for a term of three years, but he only appears in the following year's Annual Report in this role. Wootten continued on the Management Committee, although no longer holding a position or office within the Committee. Nettheim resumed as Director. On 17 May 1995, Nettheim announced he not be able to continue in the role after 1995, due to the position expanding to the extent that a full-time Director was needed and the role was, at that point, unfunded [S2410]. George Villaflor stepped into the role for the last half of 1995 (and subsequently produced a Report on the Centre with recommendations in June 1996) but the minutes of the Faculty of Law 21 August 1996 note that Nettheim has again resumed the Director position. Peter Brock began as Co-ordinator of the Centre in January 1997. Nettheim continued as Director, but appears to have delegated management of operations to the newly created part time Co-ordinator role. Brock wrote to Deputy Vice-Chancellor Chris Fell on 8 May 1997 to seek approval for an expanded membership of the Advisory Committee of the Centre, greatly increasing representation across the law and Indigenous communities. This was in light of the recommendations in the "Centre Review Report" conducted by UNSW in November 1996 [034796]. The Management Committee agreed at the 19 February 1997 meeting to change the name of the Centre to the more inclusive "Indigenous Law Centre". The Advisory Committee approved the change at the 10 May 1997 meeting, and on 4 November 1997 the Academic Board gave its endorsement (resolution AB97/142). This was approved by the Vice-Chancellor on 11 November 1997. The Aboriginal Law Bulletin [S852] was produced by the Centre since its inception, with the first issue appearing in August 1981. The name was changed to the Indigenous Law Bulletin (in line with the Centre's name change) for the April 1997 issue. Aboriginal Law Notes was a newsletter produced by the Centre from July 1982 to October 1990. The Management Committee considered changing the Law Notes to a insert for the Law Bulletin prior to its final issue [20 September 1990]. The first issue of the Australian Indigenous Law Reporter was launched in November 1995, funded by the Law Society of New South Wales, and International Business Communications Pty Ltd (subsequently Prospect Media Pty Ltd). An Editoral Panel was convened for this project, and some staff worked in common across the quarterly Reporter and the more frequent Bulletin. During the 1990s, the Centre produced community education kits related to the landmark moment in Indigenous law, native title, following the High Court decisions in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) and Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996). A Community Education sub-committee was established in 1994, initially comprised of Garth Nettheim, Susan Varga and Jason Behrendt [S2410]. It is unclear how long he held the position, but Mick Dodson was Director for at least two years, from 1998 to 2000. Megan Davis was Director from 2006 to 2016. As of 2018, Dr Kyllie Cripps was Acting Director and Dr Leon Terrill was Research Director, The Steering Committee provided guidance to the directors. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 23/04/1981-

The Academic Board created the position of Director of Postgraduate Studies at its 2 May 1989 meeting (resolution 89/57). The Office of Postgraduate Studies did not, however, come into being until 1 September 1990. It was led by Director Associate Professor Tony Milne, who reported to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Tony Wicken. At the time it was noted that the Office's role was to monitor and report to the Academic Board on the implementation of university policy on postgraduate supervision, student / school interactions and Faculty level procedures; to review resources distribution, prepare induction materials and liaise with appropriate governmental instrumentalities on all matters relating to postgraduate training and research (UNSW 1990 Annual Report p 173, Focus 10 August 1990). From 16 September 1991 the title of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor's 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. After Professor John Niland took over as Vice-Chancellor on 6 July 1992, the Office of Postgraduate Studies was moved to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & International) (Focus 8 May 1992). As part of the Research Training Management Plan (approved at the 8 June 2000 meeting of the Committee on Research of the Academic Board), the Office was disestablished effective from 2 July 2001 with its functions split between the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and the faculties (file 002042). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/09/1990-02/07/2001

On 14 March 1960 Council approved the establishment of an Institute of Administration within the university. The main aim of the Institute was to encourage and develop within the university research and postgraduate training in fields properly covered by the term 'administration'. At the same time a Board of Management for the Institute was also established, although the appointment of a director for the Institute was deferred for further consideration at a later date (resolution 60/20). The inaugural meeting of the Board was held on 28 March, 1960 with Professor J. P. Baxter as Chairman. On 14 November 1960 S. C. Derwent was appointed the first Director and Executive Officer of the Institute (Council resolution 60/152). He took up his position on 16 February 1961. Initially the Director reported directly to the Vice-Chancellor (25 January 1960 Executive Committee of Council papers). On 3 December 1962, however, the Vice-Chancellor wrote to the Director indicating that the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor J. F. Clark was to be appointed Deputy Chairman of the Institute's Management Board and that the Director should keep [Professor Clark] fully informed of the way the Institute is developing and consult with him in the way you have in the past consulted with me (S113/1). From this time the Director thus appears to have started reporting to a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Following the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Malcolm Chaikin's retirement, from 1 September 1988 the Institute was moved to the portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Jarlath Ronayne (Focus 27 May 1988). On 27 October 1988 the Institute's reporting arrangements were adjusted again to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Alan Gilbert (Focus 4 November 1988). From 16 September 1991 this position became known as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development) (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. When Dr Jane Morrison took up her position as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development) on 1 January 1994, the Institute's Director began reporting to Dr Morrison (file 931256). On 13 August 1997 the Vice-Chancellor Professor John Niland wrote to the Dean and Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), Professor Peter Dodd, to advise that the AGSM would from 15 August 1997...take on management responsibility for the Institute of Administration (file 931256). Although under the control of AGSM, the Institute of Administration name appears to have continued to be used by AGSM for courses conducted at the Little Bay Conference Centre (V429), where the Institute had been housed since 1967 and for which the university held a 99 year licence. On 15 December 2003 Council authorised the Vice-Chancellor to enter into an agreement with Landcom for the surrender of UNSW's licence over the site occupied by the Little Bay Conference Centre (resolution CL03/115) and AGSM was required to vacate the site by 24 September 2004 (file 2004/0778). The Institute in both name and location thus seems to have ceased to exist from this date. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/03/1960-24/09/2004

In 1964 the Educational Research Unit established a Test Scoring Service after the purchase of an IBM 805 computer to electronically process test sheets. (Holdgate, Gwynne. The Role of the Educational Testing Centre, in Holdgate, Gwynne ed. Recruitment: General Staff, Clerical Staff and Apprentices. Educational Testing Centre Occasional Papers No. 3, May 1984: 9 V349; Powell, J P and E M Barrett. TERC 1961 - 1982: a brief history of a higher education Research and Development Centre: 5 V71) Dr Max Dunstan was placed in charge of this area. In July 1967 the name of this service was changed to the Educational Testing Centre (V71/20, V349). On 9 September 1968 Council changed the name of the Educational Research Unit to the Tertiary Education Research Centre. During its early years the work of the ETC primarily concerned supporting examination processes and providing feedback services to staff and students. In 1974 the ETC installed a high-volume optical mark reader which enabled rapid document-scanning for users both within UNSW and the wider community. (http://www.unsw.edu.au/learning/pve/catei.html Accessed: 24 October 2006) In 1978 Dr Dunstan was appointed Head of ETC and his position was removed from TERC's academic staff establishment. (Powell and Barrett: 8) In 1981 ETC introduced the Australasian Schools Competitions to provide analysis of educational achievement in primary and high schools. This proved very successful and in 1994 the concept went international. From 2006 this competition became known as the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools. (http://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/about_eaa Accessed: 24 October 2006) On 3 March 1982 a decision was made to restructure the Tertiary Education Research Centre and the Educational Testing Centre was transferred to Unisearch as an autonomous unit (file 021810). From 16 May 1991 the Centre was transferred back to the main university within the Division of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Tony Wicken (file 00084902). 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. After Professor John Niland took over as Vice-Chancellor on 6 July 1992, the Educational Testing Centre reported to the Bursar & Deputy Principal (Focus 8 May 1992). In 1995 as part of the administrative restructure resulting from the Chancellery Plan 1995 - 2000 (as dated 28 April 1995 and presented to the Planning Committee of Council on 3 May 1995) review process the Division of the Bursar and Deputy Principal was abolished and the Educational Testing Centre was transferred to the Division of the Executive Director Business and Finance. The Educational Testing Centre was moved to NewSouth Global effective 1 June 2001 (Chancellor's Committee of Council, 26 March 2001, resolution CC001/9). Allegations of misconduct within the Centre were raised and investigated by the NSW Auditor-General and the Ombudsman during 2001 and 2002. At its meeting on 26 November 2001 Council asked the Audit Committee to consider the Auditor-General's report which had been released in Parliament on 21 November 2001. The audit was undertaken by the UNSW Internal Audit Office, and following the subsequent investigations and report made by the NSW Ombudsman, the Audit Office made a number of recommendations which were discussed by Council at its meeting on 15 April 2002, adjourned to 29 April 2002. Council then passed a detailed resolution (resolution CL002/18) which in part addressed improved accountability for controlled entities. In August 2004 the unit was relaunched as Educational Assessment Australia (EAA) with Professor Peter Knapp as its Director. (http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2004/aug/New_name_for_ETC.html Accessed: 24 October 2006) In 2006 it undertook testing in the following areas: English, Mathematics, Science, Computer Skills, Writing, Spelling, EFL, and Financial Literacy. (http://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/about_eaa Accessed: 24 October 2006) On taking up the position of vice-chancellor in June 2006, Professor Fred Hilmer announced that a new portfolio, the Chief Operating Officer, would have responsibility for controlled entities. (Email to UNSW staff re Organisational Structure, 21 June 2006) In a further email dated 29 September 2006 with accompanying organisational charts Professor Hilmer stated that the Chief Operating Officer would oversee NewSouth Global and hence Educational Assessment Australia. (Email to UNSW staff re New Organisational Structure, 29 September 2006) In 2007 the Director of Educational Assessment Australia was Peter Knapp. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1964-

This series consists of agendas, papers and minutes of the Members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies. The material is typed and maintained in a folder in chronological order. The minutes are normally presented first, followed by the agenda and any papers that were circulated prior to the meeting. The minutes indicate meeting date, time and place; those present and apologies; matters discussed and resolutions passed by the Committee. The agendas show the issues that were to be addressed, while the papers consist of reports or other submissions that were to be discussed by the Committee. All the minutes are copies, as they have not been signed as approved by the Committee Chair at a subsequent Committee meeting. The University Archives' holdings of this series are incomplete, as there are no items held after 1976.

This series consists of papers and minutes of the Teaching Committee of the School / Faculty of Law. The material is typed and is maintained in manilla folders with documents generally arranged in chronological order. The minutes indicate meeting date, time and place; those present and apologies and matters discussed by the Committee. The papers consist of reports or other submissions to be discussed by the Committee. The Archives currently only holds items from this series for the period 1973 - 1981. ACCESSION0151 converted to SERIES01369, CONSIGNMENT00595

This series consists of agendas, papers and minutes of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies. The material is typed and maintained in manilla folders in chronological order. The minutes are normally presented first, followed by the agenda and any papers that were circulated prior to the meeting. The minutes indicate meeting date, time and place; those present and apologies; matters discussed and resolutions passed by the Committee. The agendas show the issues that were to be addressed, while the papers consist of reports or other submissions that were to be discussed by the Committee. All the minutes are copies, as they have not been signed as approved by the Committee Chair at a subsequent Committee meeting. The University Archives' holdings of this series are incomplete, as there are a number of gaps, mainly pre-1976 and in the years 1981 - 1982. Some of the missing items can, however, be found in the papers for series 122.

This series consists of agendas, papers and minutes of the Budget Committee / Group / Advisory Group (BAG). The material is typed and is maintained in manila folders with documents generally arranged in chronological order. The agenda is normally presented first, followed by the minutes and any papers that were circulated prior to the meeting. The minutes indicate meeting date, time and place; those present and apologies; matters discussed and resolutions passed by the Committee / Group. The papers consist of reports or other submissions to be discussed by the Committee / Group. Currently only items for this series for the period 1988 - 1990 and 30 June 1992 are held by the Archives, but later files are registered on TRIM.