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In 1989, as part of a Commonwealth Government initiative to re-organise tertiary education, legislation was enacted by the New South Wales Parliament to transfer the governance of the City Art Institute from the NSW Institute of Arts to the University of New South Wales and became the College of Fine Arts. The University of New South Wales College Of Fine Arts Students' Association was an independent student organisation of the University and was accountable to the University Council. The aims of the Association were to oversee and encourage student activities within the College of Fine Arts, support affiliated Constituent Clubs, Associations and Societies, to provide materials, equipment and other facilities to students when necessary, represent a recognised means of communication between students, the College administration and the University, to promote co-operation between members and students in other educational institutions, to undertake other matters of interest as arises and to promote the welfare of students of the College. The Student Association also had representation on all College committees and boards and was financed by a compulsory fee collected by the College on behalf of the Association as part of enrolment procedure. All students of the College were members of the Students' Association of which the Student Representative Council was the elected executive and was a chapter of the UNSW Students' Union. The Students' Association was involved in on-campus ventures including The Palate Café, The Art Materials Store and various social activities. It was also involved in both on and offsite galleries, including: The Works Gallery: The Works Gallery was an on-campus gallery established in the Greene Road campus of the City Art Institute in September 1987. The Works Gallery was involved in local, travelling and exchange exhibitions. Arthaus Gallery: The Arthaus Gallery had its origins in the 'Butchers Exhibit', an independent artist run gallery located at 20 Palmer Lane, East Sydney, established by four students of the Alexander Mackie College, which ran from 1982 until 1984. The City Art Institute Students' Association took over the operation and maintained it as a gallery that catered for students and emerging artists, changing its name to the Arthaus Gallery. In 1990 the Gallery moved to new premises at 379 South Dowling Street, initially calling itself Arthaus Too to cover the transition period between the two premises. The Gallery was run by a committee of students from the College of Fine Arts, and other interested parties, and financed by the Student Association. The Arthaus Gallery was closed in August 1999. Kudos Gallery: Kudos Gallery opened on 23 September 1998 in Paddington. It was run by the Student Association of the College of Fine Arts. The objective of the Kudos Gallery was to facilitate the curation of exhibitions spanning across all schools, these being the School of Arts, School of Design and Applied Arts, School of Art History Theory, and School of Art Education. Representatives from each school formed committee members of Kudos Gallery Exhibition Committee. In 2007 Arc@UNSW became the new student organisation for Kensington and COFA campuses of the University of New South Wales. Arc@UNSW continued the administration of the Kudos Gallery. Timeline 01.01.1990 - The College of Fine Arts came into being in accordance with the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989 1990 - University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts Students' Association established 1990 - Arthaus Gallery moved to new premises at 379 South Dowling Street 23.09. 1998 - Opening of Kudos Gallery 1999 - Arthaus Gallery was closed 2007 - Arc@UNSW became the new student organisation for Kensington and COFA campuses of the University of NSW. Arc@UNSW continued the administration of the Kudos Gallery Controlling Organisation: UNSW - ?01/01/1990-?31/12/2006

This series contains the John V. Ratcliff Memorial Publication of the School of Accountancy. Each item is a paper-bound booklet consisting of a research report. These publications comprise a research monograph series established through provisions of The John V. Ratcliffe Memorial Publications Fund.

In a memorandum dated 7th January 1990 the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A.D. Gilbert, made a request to the Vice-Chancellor to establish a Committee to Review the Centre for Safety Science. The committee comprised Prof. D.J. Anderson (president, academic board), Prof. D. StC. Black (head, School of Chemistry), Prof. C.J.D. Fell (dean, Faculty of Engineering), Prof. E.F. Lumbers (School of Physiology and Pharmacology), and Prof. P.A. Vinson (dean, Faculty of Professional Studies). The committee was to carry out the following tasks: (1) to evaluate the success of the Centre for Safety Science in fulfilling its aim to become 'the centre for teaching and research into matters related to health and safety in Australasia'; (2) to examine the staffing profile of the centre and make recommendations about filling the vacant positions; (3) to examine current strategies and administrative arrangements relating to teaching, and make recommendations; (4) to consider the management and advisory structures of the centre, its external links and its role and functions within the Faculty of Engineering; (5) to evaluate the option of creating a School of Safety Science in place of or in addition to the centre; (6) to make general recommendations about the future of the centre taking into account its prospective financial viability, the quality and importance of its contribution to the mission and goals of the university and the needs of the community In its report, completed in September 1990, the committee recommended the disestablishment of the Centre for Safety Science and the establishment of the Department of Safety Science within the School of Applied Science.

This series contains the UNSW Accounting Manual and Financial Circulars. Items relating to the Acocunting Manual include both bound booklets and loose leaf papers that were released to indicate the occasional changes to the Manual. The Archives' holdings of this series are fairly incomplete, as nothing is held before 1988 or after 1996. The Finance Circulars is a limited collection, ranging in date from November 1995 to November 2002. Each item is a single or two typed sheets of paper, which was circulated to Deans and Heads of Division, Heads of Schools and Section Heads. The Circulars relate to different aspects of finance and accounting.

Professors Patrick O'Farrell and John Ingleson established the Local History Co-ordination Project when a Bicentennial grant of $200,000 was awarded to the School of History within the Faculty of Arts in March 1986. The main aim of the project was to encourage the writing of local history, and this was achieved through the production of workshops, conferences and the bulletin Locality. In 1989 the Project was renamed the Community History Program as part of a new image to make its services available to the wider local history community. In 1993 the Program established a professional history consultancy, and soon afterwards, on 27 October 1994, this was reflected in a name change to the Centre for Community History. In 1998, the Centre created its own course with the inauguration of the Certificate in Community History, which was followed in 1999 by the Certificate in Managing Historical Documents. Due to funding problems, the Centre's services were heavily curtailed at the conclusion of 1999. The last issue of Locality produced by the Centre appeared in late 2000 and in 2001 Locality magazine was transferred to a new home at the University of Technology (UTS). The Centre was officially closed on June 30, 2002 after the school of History, at a staff meeting held on 6 March 2002, decided to disband the Centre on account of the difficulty of attracting outside funding. In 2002 work begun by the Centre does, however, live on, the Certificate in Managing Historical Documents is still continuing with the School of History. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/03/1986-30/06/2002

This series consists of "And Now From the Beginning...": The Stories of the pioneer students of the UNSW School of Medicine publication. Each chapter features an account by a founding UNSW medical graduate of their life and work. It is a privately published work by a group of medical alumni.

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-

In an attachment to his report to Council on the 10 September 1984 the Vice-Chancellor, Professor M. Birt, outlined details of a proposal for the establishment of a University Graduate Office. The Graduate Office would: * provide close support for the work of the Alumni Association (not replace it) * be responsible for the maintenance of an accurate graduate roll * be responsible for establishment and support of faculty and school graduate chapters * be responsible for the administration of the production of the graduate magazine * and for the organisation of graduate activities on the University's behalf The activities would be under the supervision of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor responsible for External Affairs. Council resolved 84/69 "That Council strongly supports the principle of establishing a Graduate Office as outlined in the Vice-Chancellor's Report and, believing that the proposals should be implemented early in 1985, requests the Vice-Chancellor to allocate funds and to advise Council of progress at the November 1984 meeting." On 12 November 1984 under item 5(d) the Vice-Chancellor reported that a Graduate Office would be established early in the New Year under general direction of PVC Prof. Chaikin with assistance of Mr. David Butler (Canada). Mr. D. Butler had written a report called "An Examination of the Potential of Alumni & Fund Raising Programs at The University of New South Wales." April 4, 1984 by David H. Butler, Assistant Director of Development, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; a report to Prof. M. Chaikin, P-V-C, External Relations, [CN1237, File 14: Policy Development 1985-86], generally referred to as `Butler Report'. Council also noted the resolution adopted by the Board of the Alumni Association on 7 November 1984 and the V-C agreed to pass this resolution on to Professor Chaikin [see Attachment No.1] The Alumni Association's resolution shows that the Association expected to be consulted and be a driving force of the GOAC office. Previously clerical assistance had been provided to the Alumni Association by the Alumni Office, however there had been no staffing in the Alumni Office for most of 1984. The Alumni and Ceremonials Office was disestablished on the establishment of the Graduate Office. Ceremonial matters were continued to be handled within the Registrar's Division. GOAC administered the following of the Alumni Association activities. * membership * visa card * Graduate photography (from 1987) * Alumni Award By 1987 the Graduate Office and Alumni Affairs together with the offices of Special Projects and Foundation and Fund Raising were part of the External Affairs Department. In 1987 the Graduate Office was managed by an Executive Officer, supervised by the Director of Development (Dr R. J. Solomon), and answerable to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Professor Chaikin). Its tasks were maintaining and improving the graduate database, producing 'Alumni Papers', developing and increasing alumni chapters, organising reunions, servicing members of the Alumni Association (AA), and carrying out projects. By 1988 the name of the Office had changed to Graduate Office and Alumni Centre (GOAC). One of the administrative tasks of the Office was providing secretarial support to the AA. Task allocation, reporting structure and human resources required for this particular task often became a source of friction between the office and the association. Frictions between GOAC and AA came to a height in 1990. In 1991 the External Affairs Department had become the External Affairs Directorate (EAD) with Dr Gary Werskey as Director. From 1992, through administrative changes brought in by the new Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland, the Directorate reported directly to the Vice-Chancellor. Administrative changes also brought changes and a change in name for the Office; the Office of Alumni Relations (OAR) was established as a unit within EAD in January 1993 with Catherine Harris as Director. The unit was accountable for strengthening the involvement of UNSW alumni with their alma mater, overseeing the university's relationship with the Alumni Association, motivating and managing the development of school based and regional alumni chapters; overseeing the development of the alumni database; staging alumni reunions and other special events and publishing 'Alumni Papers'. The Unit reported to the Vice-Chancellor until the end of 1993 with responsibility for EAD being transferred to the new Division of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Development, upon the Division's establishment with the appointment of Dr Jane Morrison as PVC in January 1994. [Report on Council Meeting, Focus 26 Nov 1993, point 13] In January 1996 the offices of Alumni and Corporate Relations were amalgamated to form Public Affairs and Development [The Chancellery in Review 1995-1996, p.28, reporting to the PVC Development] Controlling Organisation: UNSW - by 21/06/1985-

The Sub-Committee to Examine the Academic Implications of the Teaching of Finance was established at the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Commerce meeting on 11th May, 1983 (resolution 83/11i). The inaugural meeting of the Sub-Committee was on 25th July, 1983, with Professor R. A. Layton as Chairman. At the Sub-Committee's meeting on 11th May, 1984, it was determined that a majority of the Sub-Committee was in favour of Finance remaining a Department located within the School of Accountancy and that the Sub-Committee would not need a further meeting. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 11/05/1983-11/05/1984

In December 2002 approval was granted by the ARC for the establishment of a new ARC Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics. The new Centre officially came into being at UNSW on 13th June 2003. The mission of the Centre was to advance silicon photovoltaic research on three separate fronts, as well as applying these advances to the related field of silicon photonics.The Centre absorbed the activities of the ARC Special Research Centre for Third Generation Photovoltaics and the Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering. From 2006 onward the Centre was known under the [more compact] name of ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence. Within the organisational structure of the faculty of Engineering the ARC Centre for Excellence was located within the Centre of Pholtaic Engineering which had been established as an independent budget unit and had the same standing as all the other school within the faculty of Engineering. The Centre Director was accountable to the Dean of the faculty through the head of the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering and responsible to the Australian Research Council through the UNSW Research Office in terms of reporting against stated aims, objectives and expected outcomes. Professor Stuart Wenham was Director and Professor Martin Green Executive Research Director of the Centre. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 13/06/2003-