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The Education Committee of the Faculty of Engineering was established under Resolution 72/26 passed at a faculty meeting held on 16th June 1972. The committee, comprising academic staff, students and advisers from the Tertiary Education Research Centre (TERC), was to consider improvements and make recommendations concerning the educational processes in the faculty. Part of its role is to ensure that staff fulfil their academic duties of acquisition and dissemination of knowledge as well as their administrative duties. Its first task was to evaluate fully the teaching methods and material presentation in undergraduate courses within the faculty. The inaugural meeting of the committee was held on 15th August 1972.

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 30 July 1965 the Vice-Chancellor Professor J. P. Baxter wrote to Mr A. Strom, Chairman of the Fauna Protection Panel following Mr Strom's kind offer to assist the university in a establishing a Marsupial Research Station on land under the control of the Fauna Protection Panel at Berowra. In a responding letter on 13 August 1965, Mr Strom noted that the Fauna Protection Panel has agreed in principle to the establishment of the Marsupial Research Station for the University of New South Wales at the Hallstrom Faunal Research [No. 15 at Cowan]. In a letter to the Minister for Education, the Hon C. B. Cutler, dated 30 July 1965, the Vice-Chancellor also noted that the main aim of the station was to obtain the best facilities that are available for the newly appointed foundation professor of zoology, Dr G. B. Sharman, who was to commence at the university on the 1st January 1966 and it is imperative that accommodation for his marsupial research be available by this date as he is bringing with him his mob of kangaroos and wallabies. The station thus appears to have into existence from the date that Professor Sharman entered on duty and seems to have been managed by the Department of Zoology in the School of Biological Sciences (file 00370998). On 6 July 1966 the Associate Bursar provided a file note indicating that all university research stations should be called 'field stations', prefaced in each case by the locality name. On 23 August 1966 the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor B. J. Ralph, wrote to the Bursar, Mr. E. H. Davis, confirming that it has been decided that the field station at Cowan will be known as the 'Cowan Field Station' (file 00014498). On 8 July 1968 Council approved the creation of the Faculty of Biological Science effective from 1 July 1968 (resolution 68/108). At the same time the Department of Zoology was redesignated the School of Zoology and so the Field Station came under the remit of this school. On 6 October 1976 arrangements for the Field Station became more formalised, when a licence agreement with the National Parks & Wildlife Service for occupation of the Cowan Field Station until 31 December 1990, including first option for renewal, was executed under seal of the university (file 00371253). At the 13/21 July 1987 meetings of Council, the amalgamation of the schools of Botany and Zoology to form the School of Biological Science was approved, to be effective from 1 January 1988, and the Field Station thus became managed by this school. At the 2 December 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences was disestablished effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). As a result, from this date the School of Biological Science was transferred to the Faculty of Life Sciences. On 25 October 1994 the licence agreement with the National Parks & Wildlife Service was extended for a further twenty year period (file 023809). On 18 Jun, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Life Sciences and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001- including the School of Biological Science (resolution CL001/49). The School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES) was formed by Council on 8 October 2001 within the Faculty of Science effective from 1 January 2002 as a result of the disestablishment of the former schools of Biological Science, Geology and Geography (resolution CL001/84). The Field Station therefore became a part of this new school from this date. In 2009 the Director of the Field Station was Professor Rob Brooks. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1966-

In 1997 the Social Relations of Disability Research Network was created by a group of academics working in universities in the Sydney area. Its prime instigator was Ms Helen Meekosha, who obtained the first government funding for the project 1 July 1997, although work had started from April of that year. Its goals were: -to stimulate the development of scholarship in New South Wales and more widely in Australia, which was cross disciplinary and which focussed on social, cultural and political issues in the field of disability and -to facilitate the professional involvement and development of researchers and scholars with disabilities, in the field of disability studies. Based at the School of Social Work, within the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, the network began initially with a grant from the Commonwealth Government's Research Council and then continued with the resources from the Vice Chancellors of UNSW, UTS and UWS. The network held monthly seminars and an annual conference (file 972006). In 2001 the Network entered a partnership with a number of disability sector organisations to establish the Disability Studies & Research Institute (DSARI), which was incorporated in June 2002. During 2003 the educational activities of the Network were incorporated into DSARI, located at People with Disabilities in Australia, an external body, although the Network's seminar program continued to be organised by the university's School of Social Work (file 2003/0490). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/04/1997-by 31/12/2003

On 12 March 1956 following a grant of 55,000 pounds received from the Kellogg Foundation, the NSW University of Technology established the School of Hospital Administration to provide graduate level training for hospital administrators throughout Australia. (resolution 737; The University of New South Wales, c.1961: 95) Administratively the School was placed with the Faculty of Commerce. The foundation professor was Dr S B Hatfield (resolution 774), a medical graduate of the University of Sydney who had studies hospital administration at John Hopkins University. (Willis, A H. The University of New South Wales. The Baxter Years: 76) From 1957 the School offered courses leading to a Master of Hospital Administration and a Certificate of Hospital Administration, as well as an extramural in-service training course through the School's Department of External Studies on behalf of the statutory health authorities in New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia which was a prerequisite for the diploma issued by the Australian Institute of Hospital Administrators. (The University of New South Wales, c.1961: 95; Handbook for External Students, 1978: 4 V56/2) In August 1967 the Kellogg Foundation made a grant of $330,060 for the strengthening and expansion of the graduate programme in education for hospital and health care administration. At the same time the School was transferred from the Faculty of Commerce to the Board of Vocational Studies. (Willis: 163) In September 1968 Council approved the introduction of the Bachelor of Health Administration degree. (resolution 68/169) On 12 May 1969 Council changed the name of the school to the School of Health Administration. (resolution 69/93) In 1970 it introduced a graduate diploma for practising health administrators as well as a Master of Health Administration which either could be completed through coursework or by research. (Submission to the Faculty of Professional Studies Review Group by the Faculty of Professional Studies: 2, 8 SRF - Professional Studies, Faculty of) Administratively the School was placed with the Board of Professional Studies during 1974, and with the Faculty of Professional Studies from 1975. At a Council meeting on 5 June 1989 it was resolved that the School of Health Administration should be renamed the School of Health Services Management. (resolution CL 89/60) On 2 December 1996 as part of the UNSW 2000 planning exercise Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Professional Studies from 1 January 1997 and transfer the School of Health Services Management to the Faculty of Medicine. (resolution CL96/88/3; Uniken 6 December 1996: 4) On 11 December 2000 Council resolved (resolution CL000/88) to disestablish the schools of Health Services Management, Community Medicine, and Medical Education from 1 January 2001 and combine all the schools into a school with the interim name of School of Community Medicine, Health Services Management and Medical Education. The school name became the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the health services management, medical education and community medicine programs were absorbed into the school. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 12/03/1956-31/12/2000

On 6 June 2000 the Academic Board recommended to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) that a Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre be established in the Faculty of Law (resolution AB00/42). The primary purpose of the Centre was to provide a focus within the UNSW Faculty of Law for research, public interest advocacy and education (including teaching, research supervision, profession education and public conferences) on issues of law and policy concerning digital transactions in cyberspace. The initial director of the Centre was Professor Graham Greenleaf (file 001192). In 2010 the academic director of the Centre remained Professor Graham Greenleaf, while the executive director was David Vaile. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 06/06/2000-

Educational Profile: Information relating to major issues, scheduled for discussion with DEET representatives. See S312 for previous Triennium information supplied to AUC. In April 2007, the Institutional Analysis & Reporting Office's website (http://www.pso.unsw.edu.au) noted that: The Institution Assessment Framework (formerly known as Educational Profiles) submission is an annual reporting requirement of the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). The submission, which is written to specifications supplied by DEST annually, forms the basis of the contract between the Commonwealth Government and UNSW for the provision of funds in exchange for delivery of an agreed set of teaching, research, capital development, equity and quality improvement initiatives and services. Because of its focus on Government funding, it is less broad in scope than other Planning documentation developed by the University.

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

In the early days of the university professors, associate professors, senior lecturers and lecturers were covered by Technical Teachers' Association (TTA) which was affiliated with the NSW Teachers' Federation (while Technical officers, research lecturers, research assistants and demonstrators were covered by the Public Service Association or Professional Officers Association). An alteration of the rules at the 1952 AGM led to the formation of the University of Technology Branch of the Technical Teachers' Association. 1953 was the first year of operation of the new branch and members were very active especially with discussions of the conditions which should apply to university staff after the appointed day The Branch was represented on the Executive of TTA the same way as country branches, the basis being one representative for every 50 members or part thereof. (see Report on proposed Professional Staff Association, NSWUT by JFD Wood, 1952 [S1507/1]) In 1955 members of the Technical Teachers' Association - University Branch decided by ballot to form a new organisation, affiliated with the Teachers' Federation and which would be of equal status to the TTA. Officially that new branch, the New South Wales University of Technology Staff Association, came into operation as an organisation of the NSW Teachers' Federation from 1 January 1956. Once the university had become autonomous university staff now had a different employer than TTA members and they also felt that a university branch could give more attention to matters concerning university staff in particular. In November 1956 members of the staff association passed a motion at their AGM 'that the NSWUT Staff association affiliate with the Federal Council of Australian Universities Staff Associations' (FCUSAA). This had implications in the long run. When FCUSAA [which became the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations (FAUSA) from 1964] was seeking determination of academic salaries on a national level this meant that the UNSW Staff Association, in a unitary set-up, would have to forgo their affiliation with the Teacher's Federation and its right of access to the arbitration commission on salaries at state level. (Minutes of AGM FCUSAA 15-16 August 1961, XIV (b), p.14) In October 1963 a general meeting of the staff association established a committee to consider taking things a step further, i.e. ... to look into the whole question of the Association's relationship with the NSW Teachers Federation and the consequences of withdrawing from the Federation; and the relationship with the Federal Council of University Staff Associations [later FAUSA]. (University of New South Wales Staff Association, First Report on Relationships with the New South Wales Teachers Federation and with the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations, undated, p.1) A form of separation eventually took place in 1967. For its part, the Teachers Federation established a new category of associate membership for those members of the University Staff Association who wished to retain the advantages of dual membership. These included membership of the Health Society, access to trade discount service (University of New South Wales Staff Association, Newsletter No. 1, June 1967, p.1) and membership of the Teachers Club (University of New South Wales Staff Association, 'First Report...' etc., p.2). In brief, the Staff Association was a body which represented and acted for the teaching staff of the university. Its objects have been put as being '...to promote university education and research and further the interests f its members'. (ibid) It provided a forum for the discussion of matters of general interest to members and a means of expressing staff views. It elected a representative to the Council of the university, maintained an Education Committee which held regular meetings for the discussion of educational questions; and had an active Social Committee. (ibid) At its Second Session General Meeting in November 1976 the Association instructed the Executive to proceed, towards registration of an industrial union of university academic staff in NSW, the University Academic Staff Association of NSW (UASANSW). The meeting also resolved to form the University of New South Wales Division of the University Academic Staff Association of NSW. While it was necessary to be a member of the Staff Association to become a member of UASANSW, it was possible to belong to the Staff Association without being a member of UASANSW. (UNSW Staff Association Minutes, 4 November 1976, item 4 [S1507/3]) It was seen as essential that the Staff Association and the UNSW Division of UASANSW became as closely linked as possible and that as many staff association members as eligible would join the new union. A small number of members were ineligible to join UASANSW because they were already covered by other registered unions. It was pointed out to members of the Staff Association that their rights and status as members of the Association, and of their access to FAUSA, were not affected by the existence of UASANSW. (Annual Report of the Executive 1976 [S1507/3]) Most Staff Association members did join the new union. In the case of the UNSW Division of UASA the capitation fee per member was paid by the Staff Association so that there was no additional fee for membership of UASANSW (1977 Staff Association leaflet: 'Formation of University Staff Association NSW' by Dr Ian Somervaille). With the formation of the NTEU in 1993 the UNSW Staff Association became the UNSW Branch of the NTEU. The Branch held its inaugural Annual General Meeting on 22 November 1994. At the meeting it was moved under item 2 'That the assets and liabilities and any future Receipts of the UNSW Staff Association be transferred to the UNSW Branch of NTEU as from 22 November 1994. The University of New South Wales Branch of NTEU consisted of members of staff at all campuses of the university. The NTEU rules established that there was a sub-branch of the UNSW Branch of NTEU at ADFA. The rules also provided that a branch may set up sub-branches. The function of sub-branches was to deal with local campus problems, whereas the function of the branch was to deal with university-wide issues. The 1994 Annual Report of the Executive did mention that the Staff Association 'since time long ago used the name UNSW Staff Association and that the name strictly speaking belonged to a branch of the Academics Union of NSW, which was then a relatively inactive body.' (Newswatch No.7 November 1994) As from 1 January 1995, the Lecturers Association of the NSW teachers Federation made way for NTEU at St George and College of Fine Arts Campuses. Most of their members were expected to transfer to NTEU, UNSW Branch, by May 1995 sub-branches had been established at the St George campus and College of Fine Arts. (Newswatch, May 1995)

This series consists of the official administrative files of the Alexander Mackie College / Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education. Each item consists of a number of paper sheets or brochures contained in an official file folder. The files have been created by the central administrative of the college and relate to all manner of college business, including property, courses, schools, finance, marketing, media and research. The files are arranged in file number order. The majority of the files held by the Archives are from the 1975 - 1981 period. It is unclear exactly when in the College's history that the files first started to be kept.