Online Archives Search

On 12 July 1954 Council in principle approved the formation of the Faculty of Commerce and at the same time resolved to establish a foundation chair in Economics (resolution 431iii). On 14 November 1955 (resolution 651) Council accepted the appointment of D. C. Rowan to this chair and so when he took up his position on 1 June 1956, the School of Economics was formed with Professor Rowan as the first head of school. The formal establishment of the Faculty of Commerce was officially approved at the 11th March 1957 meeting of Council (resolution 57/37), with Economics as one of the faculty's first three schools. As a result of a review of the Faculty of Commerce, on 11 July 1988 Council altered the faculty's name to the Faculty of Commerce & Economics effective 1 August 1988 (resolution 88/90). On 3 July 2006 Council proposed the amalgamation of the Faculty of Commerce of Economics and the Australian Graduate School of Management into the newly formed Faculty of Business and consequently the School of Economics became part of this faculty (resolution CL06/68). The inaugural meeting of the faculty took place on 23 November 2006, but by 18 June 2007 the name of the faculty was changed to the Australian School of Business at UNSW (Council resolution CL07/33). On 2 July 2014 the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee approved a change in name of the faculty to the UNSW Australia Business School, effective from 23 July 2014. Subordinate agency: Centre for Applied Economic Research (CAER) - 01/08/1988 Subordinate agency: Department of Industrial Relations - 01/01/1961 - 31/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Department of Economic History - 26/08/1970 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Economics - 01/01/1961 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Economic Statistics (c. 1961 - 1967) / Econometrics (1967 - 1997) - 01/01/1961 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Actuarial Studies Unit - 04/03/1998 - 01/01/2002 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 01/06/1956-

The Board of Studies in Science was created by Council on 14th May, 1973 through resolution 73/86. This resolution detailed that the Board was to discharge the functions of a faculty in relation to the academic administration of the Science course (397) leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. Prior to the existence of the Board, the Faculties of Science and the Biological Sciences had found it difficult to communicate over the arrangements for Science course (397) (file 00027848, 96A3, Box 3). The first meeting of the Board took place on 9th October, 1973, with Professor R. M. Golding as the Board's initial chair. On 8th March, 1976, under resolution 76/45, Council changed the designation of the Science course (397) to the Science & Mathematics course (397). Consequently, to reflect this difference, at the same time Council altered the Board's name to the Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics. The Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics was disestablished by Council on 10th April, 2000 (resolution CL000/15). The last meeting of the Committee was held on 8th March, 2000. Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Aims & Philosophy of the Science (1973 - 1976) / Science & Mathematics (1976 - 1978) Course of the Board of Studies in Science (1973 - 1976) / Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics (1976 - 1978) - 20/03/1974 - 19/07/1978 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Review Double Degree Courses Offered Jointly by the Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics & Other Faculties of the Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics - 09/02/1977 - 28/06/1977 Subordinate agency: Examinations Committee of the Board of Studies in Science (1973 - 1976) / Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics (1976 - 1980) - 20/03/1974 - 11/06/1980 Subordinate agency: Planning & Development Committee of the Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics - 19/07/1978 - 10/04/2000 Subordinate agency: Applied Computing Program Committee of the Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics - 05/05/1981 - 31/12/1982 Subordinate agency: Joint meeting of the Planning & Development Committee & the Standing Committee on Programs of the Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics - 31/01/1984 - 15/02/1984 Subordinate agency: Department of Aviation - 31/10/1994 - 30/06/1997 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/05/1973-10/04/2000

Visiting Committees, including the one for the School of Mining Engineering, were constituted under Resolution 68/137 of Council as a means of establishing a close liaison between industry and appropriate schools of the university. A report by A.H. Willis to the Professorial Board in May 1968 had found that the advisory panel system, dating from March 1950, no longer held any benefits. The report also recommended the abolition of advisory panels by the end of 1968 and the panels to be replaced by Visiting Committees. Resolution 68/126 of the Professorial Board requested A.H. Willis to present more specific proposals on the membership and terms of reference of the proposed Visiting Committees. His following recommendations to the Professorial Board from 11 June 1968 were put to Council though the recommendations of the Academic Committee in their document from 17 June 1968. Council at its meeting on 8 July 1968 resolved 68/137 - that Council adopts the terms of reference and membership of Visiting Committees as set out in the document presented dated 17th June 1968. The document recommended to Council that the Visiting Committees be established by Council on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor who consulted with deans and heads of school regarding the establishment of the committee and the chairmanship. The chairman, appointed by Council, was chosen from members external to the university. The terms of reference for Visiting Committees were 1. to appraise the educational programmes of the School in relation to the needs of industry and professional practice 2. to receive and discuss the Annual Report of the Head of the School 3. to report to the Council on the special problems facing the School 4. to aid the development of the School in any way possible The Visiting Committee for the School of Mining Engineering, comprising distinguished members of the professional fields related to the school's activities, replaced the Mining Engineering Advisory Panel. The Committee met annually and held its first meeting on 21 July 1969 with Mr R. T. Madigan in the Chair. The Committee was reconstituted every three years. On 2 February 1987 Council approved the disestablishment of the Visiting Committee for the School of Mining Engineering (resolution 87/19). Together with the Visiting Committee for the School of Applied Geology, it was reconstituted as the Visiting Committee for the School of Mines. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 21/07/1969-02/02/1987

The Department of Mechanical 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. Initially, J. F. D. Wood - lecturer-in-charge of the department while it was still under the control of the college - continued as the de facto head of the unit until a Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering could be appointed (OH34). When the first three university faculties were established by Council on 8 May 1950 (resolution 54), Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering came into existence (resolution 153). On 19 June 1954 A. H. Willis was appointed as the Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of School. On 11 September 1967 Council altered the name of the school to the School of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (resolution 67/167). On 2 April 1990 the name of the school was changed again by Council to the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (resolution CL90/36). From 1999 - 2002 the Head of School was Professor Kerry Byrne. At the beginning of 2003 A/Professor Robin Ford briefly became Head of School, but by mid-2003 Professor Hartmut Kaebernick had taken over as Acting Head of School and shortly afterwards became permanent in this position. In 2007 the Head of the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering was Professor Hartmut Kaebernick. Subordinate agency: Head of School's Advisory Committee (HOSAC) of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 26/09/1986 Subordinate agency: Thermodynamics Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering - 23/04/1956 Subordinate agency: Course Revision Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering ( - 1967) / School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (1967 - ) - 00/01/1900 Subordinate agency: Course Revision Working Party of the Education Committee of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 21/08/1986 Subordinate agency: Higher Degree Committee (HDC) of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 04/02/1987 Subordinate agency: School Assembly of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 11/06/1987 Subordinate agency: School Advisory Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering - 23/11/1960 Subordinate agency: Department of Production Engineering (1949 - 1959) / Industrial Engineering (1959 - 1989) - 01/07/1949 - 08/11/1989 Subordinate agency: Department of Agricultural Engineering - 26/07/1967 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: Department of Applied Mechanics - 26/07/1967 - 08/11/1989 Subordinate agency: Department of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - 26/07/1967 - 08/11/1989 Subordinate agency: Centre for Manufacturing and Automation - 02/07/1987 - 31/12/1996 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1949-

The Faculty of Engineering was established on 8th May, 1950 under Council resolution 54. Through a ruling by the Developmental Council engineering courses had already been in operation at Sydney Technical College from 1st March, 1948, but this resolution officially created the Faculty. Initially the Faculty contained four departments - Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering - and was administered by Dean H. J. Brown. The inaugural meeting of the Faculty took place on 7th June, 1950. In 2013, the Faculty, under Dean Professor Graham Davies, included nine schools and nineteen Centres. Subordinate agency: Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Engineering - 09/03/1964 - 13/12/1999 Subordinate agency: School of Highway Engineering - 08/09/1958 - 17/01/1977 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Civil Engineering (1951 - 97) / Civil & Environmental Engineering (1997 - ) - 08/05/1950 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Electrical Engineering (1) (1951 - 80) / Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (1981 - 90) / Electrical Engineering (2) (1991 - 98)/ Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications (1998 - ) - 08/05/1950 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mechanical Engineering (1951 - 67) / Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (1967 - 90) / Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (1990 - ) - 08/05/1950 Subordinate agency: Department (1) (1949 - 1951) / School of Mining Engineering (1) (1951) / Mining Engineering & Applied Geology (1951 - 1963) / Mining Engineering (2) (1963 - 1985) - 08/05/1950 - 14/05/1956 Subordinate agency: School of Surveying (1970 - 1994) / Geomatic Engineering (1995 - 2001) / Surveying & Spatial Information Systems (2001 - 2012) / Surveying & Geospatial Engineering (2012 - 2013) - 11/05/1970 - 02/07/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Traffic Engineering (1957 - 1972) / School of Transportation and Traffic Engineering (1972 - 1977) - 13/05/1957 - 25/07/1977 Subordinate agency: Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Faculty of Engineering - 27/03/1968 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry (1980 - 2006) / Chemical Sciences & Engineering (2006 - 2010) / Chemical Engineering (2) (2010 - - 01/07/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Biomedical Engineering (1976 - 1994) / Graduate School for Biomedical Engineering (1994 - ) - 08/05/1981 Subordinate agency: School of Computer Science and Engineering - 01/01/1991 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 02/06/1992 - 30/06/2002 Subordinate agency: Energy Research, Development and Information Centre (ERDIC) - 01/01/1997 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: Graduate School of Engineering - 09/11/1964 Subordinate agency: Centre for Health Telematics (1999 - 2000) / Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) (2000 - 2014) - 21/10/1999 - 31/05/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (iCinema) - 01/01/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Waste Management - 12/02/1986 - 27/03/1990 Subordinate agency: Centre for Manufacturing and Automation - 19/02/1986 - 02/07/1987 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control Ltd - 06/08/1991 - 30/06/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Petroleum Engineering Studies (1984 - 1998) / School of Petroleum Engineering (1998 - ) - 01/07/1997 Subordinate agency: Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre - 01/04/1992 - 30/06/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 04/03/1987 - 06/11/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 12/08/1981 - 21/04/2005 Subordinate agency: School of Nuclear Engineering - 01/05/1961 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 01/02/1997 - 14/11/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) - 20/02/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) - 19/07/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES) - 05/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Connected Waters Initiative - 31/10/2006 Subordinate agency: Australian Centre for Construction Innovation (ACCI) - 02/02/1999 - 19/12/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering (2000-2005) - 01/01/2000 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering - 01/01/2006 Subordinate agency: Engineering Dean's Advisory Committee (EDAC) ( - 1986)/ Dean's Advisory Committee (DAC) of the Faculty of Engineering (1986 - 2008) / Dean's Engineering Management Committee of the Faculty of Engineering (2008 - 2010) / Dean's Executive Management Committee of the Faculty of Engineering (2010 - ) - 01/01/1971 Subordinate agency: Department of Mining Engineering (2) - 01/07/1997 - 01/12/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Mining Engineering (3) - 01/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Safety Science - 01/01/1986 - 31/12/1990 Subordinate agency: School of Transport and Highways - 25/07/1977 - 30/06/1980 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 08/05/1950-

The Council agreed to the formation of the Academic Board at its 2nd February, 1987 meeting (resolution 87/13a). The Board's establishment became more official on 14th September, 1987, with Council approving changes to Chapter III of the by-laws that put the Academic Board in place of the Professorial Board as the senior academic body of the University (resolution 87/99c). The Academic Board formally began its operations from 1st July, 1988. Under the by-laws (III, 1), its members were: a) the Chancellor b) the Deputy Chancellor c) the Vice-Chancellor d) the Academic Registrar e) the persons appointed by the Council to be the deans of the faculties, the Rector, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy and the Director, Australian Graduate School of Management f) the persons elected to the chairs of the faculties, of the Academic Board of the University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, and of boards of studies having the status or responsibilities of faculties g) a Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed by the Vice-Chancellor h) twelve persons elected by and from the full-time professors of the University i) twelve persons elected by and from the full-time non-professorial members of the academic staff j) two persons, enrolled as candidates for a degree of bachelor, elected by and from the undergraduate students k) two persons, enrolled as candidates for a higher degree or graduate diploma, elected by and from the postgraduate students l) such other persons as the Council may appoint after considering the advice of the Academic Board. The Board continued on similar lines to the Professorial Board, with the Academic Board having the responsibility of furthering and co-ordinating the work of the faculties and board of studies and of encouraging scholarship and research, and with advising the Vice-Chancellor and Council on matters of policy relating to the academic activities and the academic structure and development of the University (III, 2, a). The by-laws also dictated the election of a President and Deputy President from the members of the Board (III, 10, 1). The Academic Board held its first meeting on 5th July, 1988. At this meeting Professor D. J. Anderson was elected the first President and Dr J. Y. Morrison first Deputy President of the Board. Four Standing Committees were established - the Policy Advisory Committee, the Postgraduate Studies Committee, the Undergraduate Studies Committee and an Academic Planning & Services Committee (resolution 88/21). An Agenda Committee was also formed (resolution 88/20). In 1996 changes were made to the By-laws that affected the Academic Board. The number of members rose, with the two Deputy Vice-Chancellors and the Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management added to the Board (4, 48). Under the new by-laws (49, 1) the Board's functions are: a) to be the principal academic body of the University; and b) to further and co-ordinate the work of the faculties, boards of studies and other academic units, and to encourage teaching, scholarship and research; and c) to advise the Vice-Chancellor and Council on matters relating to teaching, scholarship and research within the University; and d) to consider and report on matters referred to it by the Council or by the Vice-Chancellor; and e) to have such functions of the Council as the Council may, from time to time, delegate to it. As well, along with the President, there were now two Deputy Presidents elected (50, 1). In 2013, the President of the Academic Board was Professor Prem Ramburuth, with Associate Professor David Cohen and Associate Professor Stephen Fortescue as Deputy Presidents. The Board also had seven Committees - Academic Board Advisory Committee, Committee on Research, Higher Degree Research Committee, Committee on Education, Postgraduate Coursework Committee, Undergraduate Studies Committee and the Pre-University and Alternative Education Committee. Subordinate agency: Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Academic Board - 05/07/1988 Standing Committee of the Academic Board Subordinate agency: Teaching & Learning Committee of the Academic Board - 01/09/1992 - 01/08/1998 Standing Committee of the Academic Board Subordinate agency: Faculty of Engineering - 01/07/1988 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Arts (1960 - 1990) / Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (1990 - ) - 01/07/1988 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Law - 01/07/1988 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Board of Studies in Science (1973 - 1976) / Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics (1976 - 2000) - 01/07/1988 - 10/04/2000 Subordinate agency: Faculty of Commerce (c.1954 - 1988) / Faculty of Commerce & Economics (1988 - 2006) - 01/07/1988 - 23/11/2006 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Board of Vocational Studies (1960 - 1973) / Board of Professional Studies (1973 - 1975) / Faculty of Professional Studies (1975 - 1996) - 01/07/1988 - 31/12/1996 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Medicine - 01/07/1988 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Science (1) - 01/07/1988 - 30/06/1997 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Architecture (1950 - 1993) / Faculty of the Built Environment (1993 - ) - 01/07/1988 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Technology (1956 - 1960) / Faculty of Applied Science (1960 - 1997) - 01/07/1988 - 30/06/1997 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Biological Sciences (1968 - 1987) / Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (1987 - 1997) - 01/07/1988 - 30/06/1997 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Academic Services Committee of the Academic Board - 05/07/1988 - 01/12/2009 Subordinate agency: Committee on Education of the Academic Board - 02/06/1998 Subordinate agency: Policy (1988 - 2011) / Academic Board (2011 - ) Advisory Committee of the Academic Board - 05/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Postgraduate Studies (1988 - 1998) / Postgraduate Coursework (1998 - ) Committee of the Academic Board - 05/07/1988 Standing Committee of the Academic Board Subordinate agency: Education Committee of the Academic Board - 02/04/1991 - 07/07/1992 Standing Committee of the Academic Board Subordinate agency: Board of Studies in Professional Studies - 02/12/1996 - 31/01/1999 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of Science & Technology - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Faculty of the College of Fine Arts (COFA) (1990 - 2014) / Faculty of Art and Design (2014 - ) - 01/01/1990 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: General Education Committee of the Academic Board - 06/12/1994 - 08/08/2002 Standing Committee Subordinate agency: Committee on Research of the Academic Board - 03/02/1998 Standing Committee Subordinate agency: Faculty of Life Sciences - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Under [the Academic Board's] authority every faculty is to exercise the powers, authorities & discretions & perform the duties vested in and conferred on it (UNSW By-law 1996, 53(6)). Subordinate agency: Pre-University Education (2002 - 2009) / Pre-University and Alternative Education (2009 - ) Committee of the Academic Board - 04/12/2001 Standing Committee Subordinate agency: Cross Faculty Standing Committee for Science - 10/04/2000 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: UNSW Asia Liaison Committee of the Academic Board - 05/10/2004 Standing Committee of the Academic Board Subordinate agency: Faculty of Science (2) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Faculty of Business (2006 - 2007) / Australian School of Business at UNSW (2007 - 2014) / UNSW Australia Business School (2014 - ) - 03/07/2006 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1988- The Academic Board [is] ... the principal academic body of the University (UNSW By-law 1996 - 49(1))

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

The formation of the Professorial Board was provided for in Chapter III of the by-laws passed by Council on 12th September, 1949 (resolution 5). These stated that the Professors and Associate Professors in the several Faculties and such other persons as Council may appoint shall form a Board, to be called the Professorial Board (III, 1). The Board was to be specially charged with the duty of furthering and co-ordinating the work of Faculties and Departments and of encouraging scholarship and research and of considering the studies and discipline of the University (III, 4, i). Specifically the Board could consider reports made to it by any faculty, appoint internal and external examiners, prescribe books and details of subjects for lectures, determine the conditions of competition for any post-graduate award, decide all questions of admission ad eundem gradum and advanced standing and submit recommendations to Council regarding teaching staff and academic standing (III, 4, ii). As well, any member of the Professorial Board was given the power to suspend any student, as long as the misconduct occurred in the Department or presence of the member (III, 5, a). The by-laws also dictated that the first Chairman of the Professorial Board would be elected in May, 1950 (III, 2). Meetings would be held at the discretion of the Chairman or at the written request of the President, Director or three members of the Board (III, 6, a). At the 13th March, 1950 meeting of Council it was determined that until July, 1950, the professors already appointed should act as a committee with authority to consider all matters which, in accordance with the provision of Chapter III of the By-laws (the Professorial Board), shall be within the jurisdiction of the Professorial Board when constituted (resolution 40ii). The first meeting of Professorial staff had in fact already taken place on 1st February, 1950, with Director A. Denning as Chairman, and meetings were held generally on a weekly basis until the end of June. Under the provision in the by-laws, on 31st May, 1950 Denning was formally elected as Chairman of the Professorial Board. The first committees of the Professorial Board were determined at the Professorial Committee's meeting on 6th June, 1950. These were Buildings & Sites, Equipment & Supplies, Research, Graduate School & Post-Graduate Studies, Publications & Library, Academic Studies & Standards and Staff & Students. The Professorial Board held its first official meeting on 4th July, 1950. At this meeting, the membership of the first seven committees named by the Professorial Committee on the 6th June was finalised. By the time of the last meeting of the Board on 7th June, 1988, approximately eighty committees had come and gone throughout the Board's existence. At the 14th September, 1987 meeting of Council changes to Chapter III of the by-laws were passed (resolution 87/99c). As a result, effective July 1988, the Professorial Board ceased to exist and the Academic Board was established in its place. Subordinate agency: Faculty of Engineering - 08/05/1950 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Arts (1960 - 1990) / Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (1990 - ) - 01/01/1960 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Law - 13/07/1964 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Board of Studies in Science (1973 - 1976) / Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics (1976 - 2000) - 14/05/1973 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Faculty of Commerce (c.1954 - 1988) / Faculty of Commerce & Economics (1988 - 2006) - 12/07/1954 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Board of Vocational Studies (1960 - 1973) / Board of Professional Studies (1973 - 1975) / Faculty of Professional Studies (1975 - 1996) - 12/09/1960 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Medicine - 01/05/1960 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Science (1) - 08/05/1950 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Architecture (1950 - 1993) / Faculty of the Built Environment (1993 - ) - 08/05/1950 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Technology (1956 - 1960) / Faculty of Applied Science (1960 - 1997) - 14/05/1956 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Biological Sciences (1968 - 1987) / Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (1987 - 1997) - 22/01/1968 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - 12/07/1954 - 31/12/1959 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and Degrees of the Faculty (NSWUT By-laws 1949, Chapter IV, 4) Subordinate agency: Academic Studies & Standards (1950 - 1951) / Academic Standards & Studies (1951 - 1961) / Admissions Committee (1961 - 1988) of the Professorial Board - 06/06/1950 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Publications & Library (1950 - 1951) / Library (1951 - 1988) Committee of the Professorial Board - 06/06/1950 - 03/05/1988 Subordinate agency: Graduate Studies & Research (1952) / Research & Graduate Studies (1952 - 1961) / Research & Higher Awards Committee (1961 - 1988) of the Professorial Board - 12/02/1952 - 14/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Executive Committee of the Professorial Board - 10/11/1959 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Advanced & Extension Studies (1961 - 1980) / Continuing Education (1980 - 1988) Committee of the Professorial Board - 14/02/1961 - 07/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Matriculation Committee of the Professorial Board - 11/09/1962 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Joint Newcastle / Sydney Liaison Committee of the Professorial Board - 10/12/1963 - 14/05/1965 Subordinate agency: Computing Science Committee of the Professorial Board - 14/09/1965 - 06/11/1984 Subordinate agency: Computer Committee of the Professorial Board - 06/11/1984 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Examination Procedures of the Professorial Board - 07/02/1967 - 12/03/1968 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Teacher Education in Science-Based Subjects of the Professorial Board - 06/08/1974 - 07/10/1975 Subordinate agency: Augmented Semester Committee of the Professorial Board - 02/10/1975 - 29/08/1979 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on School Government of the Professorial Board - 07/09/1976 - 05/06/1979 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on Teacher Education Scholarships of the Professorial Board - 06/12/1977 - 06/06/1978 Subordinate agency: Academic Planning Committee of the Professorial Board - 07/04/1987 - 01/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on the Academic Performance of Students in the First Year of the B. Sc. (Ed.) Course of the Professorial Board - 06/03/1973 - 29/08/1973 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on the Abolition of Honours in the Faculty of Law of the Professorial Board - 06/11/1973 - 05/02/1974 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Review Policy Concerning the Award of Medals of the Professorial Board - 31/10/1973 - 05/03/1974 Subordinate agency: Inter Faculty Committee of the Professorial Board on Administrative Type Courses Within the University - 10/11/1964 - 14/06/1966 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Review Administrative Procedures (1974 - 1976) / Committee on Administrative Procedures in Relation to Professorial Board Activities (1976-1982) / Administrative Procedures Committee (1982-1988) of the Professorial Board - 31/07/1974 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Bachelor of Science (Technology) Courses Review Committee of the Professorial Board - 13/12/1966 - 11/11/1969 Subordinate agency: Board of Management of the Institute of Administration - 14/03/1960 - 14/05/1979 In academic affairs [the Board] reports to the Professorial Board (Council resolution 60/20) Subordinate agency: Interfaculty Enrolment Procedures Committee of the Professorial Board - 19/02/1957 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Committee to Review First-Year Results in Science-Based Courses of the Professorial Board - 12/11/1968 - 10/12/1979 Subordinate agency: Standing Committee on General Education of the Professorial Board - 01/03/1983 - 07/09/1988 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board Committee on Health Personnel Education - 06/11/1973 - 14/05/1984 Subordinate agency: Faculty of Military Studies - 10/07/1967 - 31/12/1985 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Honorary Degrees Committee of the Professorial Board - 31/07/1981 - 22/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee of the Professorial Board to Consider the Future of Graduate Studies in Industrial Design - 04/03/1975 - 04/05/1976 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board's Committee to Consider Industrial Arts / Industrial Design Proposals - 01/06/1976 - 03/05/1977 Subordinate agency: Accreditation Committee for Staff of the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay - 10/07/1967 - 03/08/1983 Subordinate agency: Joint Advisory Committee of the University of New South Wales & the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay - 10/07/1967 - 16/12/1986 Subordinate agency: New Chairs Committee of the Professorial Board - 02/02/1965 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Interfaculty Timetables & Accommodation Committee of the Professorial Board - 18/09/1953 - 06/09/1984 Subordinate agency: Open Day (1955 - 1969) / Open Day Steering (1969 - c.1977) Committee of the Professorial Board - 13/12/1955 - 21/10/1977 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee of the Professorial Board on Postgraduate Re-Education - 04/03/1975 - 04/10/1977 Subordinate agency: Committee to Investigate the Workings of the Professorial Board - 08/12/1970 - 04/04/1972 Subordinate agency: Re-enrolment Committee of the Professorial Board - 08/08/1961 - 28/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Resources Allocation Advisory Committee of the Professorial Board - 03/05/1977 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on Semester System, Unit Courses & Credit Systems of the Professorial Board - 14/03/1967 - 01/04/1975 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board's Ad Hoc Committee on the Semester System - 06/05/1975 - 02/12/1975 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee of the Professorial Board on Staff Mobility & Probationary Contracts - 05/06/1979 - 03/03/1981 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board Standing Committee for Four-Year Concurrent Courses Teacher Education - 05/09/1978 - 18/12/1986 Subordinate agency: University Teaching & Student Counselling Committee of the Professorial Board - 10/10/1961 - 08/04/1969 Subordinate agency: Teacher Education Standing Committee (Science-Based Subjects) of the Professorial Board - 07/10/1975 - 10/03/1978 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 12/09/1949-30/06/1988