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At its meeting on 4 December 2012, the Academic Board resolved (resolution AB12/80) that it be recommended that the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and President of the Academic Board approve: (i) The establishment of the School of Humanities and Languages, and as a concomitant action, (ii) The disestablishment of the School of Humanities and the School of International Studies, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, effective 1 July 2013. This was approved via e-mail on 19 December 2012 (file 2011/02865). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/2013-

The School of Arts Education and Theory was one of the first three schools of the Faculty of the College of Fine Arts (COFA), when the faculty came into being on 1 January 1990 following the amalgamation of the City Art Institute with the University of New South Wales. The initial Head of School was Ian Howard. On 4 February 1991 the school was renamed the School of Arts Education with its responsibilities listed as art, history and theory, art education and arts management studies (Council resolution 91/11). On 23 March 1992 the school was disestablished and split into two new schools - Art Education and Art Theory (Council resolution CL92/16). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1990-23/03/1992

This series consists of the subject files of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. The material is mainly typed and contained in manilla folders, which are arranged in alphabetical order by subject. Most of the material relates to individual Schools within the Faculty, especially personnel records of academic staff. The material was received by the Archives from the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. The files relate to the Academic Planning Committee, Alumni Association, Asian Studies, Australian Historical Association Conference, Committee Enquiring into Procedures for Selecting the Dean of Arts, Credit Point System, Executive Committee, General Files, M.A. And Ph.D., Metric Conversion, Overseas Study for Language Students, Staff, Student Affairs, Writers-in-Residence Scheme, Administration, School of Drama, School of English, School of French, School of German, School of History, School of History and Philosophy of Science, Language Laboratory, School of Philosophy, School of Political Science, School of Russian, School of Sociology and the School of Spanish and Latin American Studies. Three cassette tapes of are also included in this series. Each tape is a recording of an interview with Mr Ulman and the Head of the School of Russian. Two of these recordings are in Russian; the other is in both English and Russian. These are located in the AV Collection.

The Faculty of the College of Fine Arts (COFA) came into being on 1st January, 1990 as a result of the City Art Institute amalgamating with the University of New South Wales. The Heads of Agreement authorising this union was approved by Council on 7th August, 1989 and signed on 21st September, 1989. The first Dean and Director of COFA was Ken Reinhard and COFA initially had three Schools - Arts Education & Theory, Media Arts and Studio Arts. On 2 July 2014 the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee approved a change in name of the faculty to the Faculty of Art and Design, effective from 23 July 2014. Subordinate agency: School of Studio Arts (1990 - 1991) / Studio Art (1991 - 1994) - 01/01/1990 - 31/10/1994 Subordinate agency: School of Media Arts (1) (1990 - 1991) / Media Art (1991 - 1994) - 01/01/1990 - 31/10/1994 Subordinate agency: School of Art (1) - 31/10/1994 - 23/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Art (2) - 23/07/2001 - 31/12/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Media Arts (2) - 23/07/2001 - 31/12/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Arts Education and Theory (1990 - 1991) / Arts Education (1991 - 1992) - 01/01/1990 - 23/03/1992 Subordinate agency: School of Art Education - 23/03/1992 - 31/03/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Art Theory (1992 - 1994) / Art History and Theory (1995 - 2007) - 23/03/1992 - 31/03/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Art History and Art Education - 31/03/2007 - 31/12/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Design Studies - 01/01/1995 - 31/12/2013 Subordinate agency: Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics (CCAP) - 20/03/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (iCinema) - 02/01/2002 Subordinate agency: Department of Design Studies - 06/05/1991 - 31/12/1994 Subordinate agency: School of the College of Fine Arts - 01/01/2014 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1990-

The UNSW Rugby Union Football Club was founded in 1949 by Major Reg Wilthew. It was one of the first seven sporting clubs to represent UNSW, which was then known as the New South Wales University of Technology. The UNSW Rugby Club is the only club within the University to operate continuously since 1949. The club's first official games were in 1950 in a mid week competition. The club's first coach was Bryan Palmer. In 1951 the club began its long association with the Metropolitan Sub District competition (now New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union), fielding teams in the Kentwell, Bourke and Whiddon Cups. Bryan Palmer stepped down as coach after 2 years due to illness, and his place was taken by former Wallaby player Bill Cerutti. Palmer returned to coach the club in 1959 and in 1961 secured the University its first ever championship in any sport, the Metropolitan Sub District Kentwell Cup. In 1963 UNSW entered the New South Wales Rugby union Second Division, though it still maintained Kentwell, Burke, Whiddon Judd and two Under 21 teams in the Sub District competition, fielding a total of nine teams in all at this time. Success followed in the new Second Division under Coach Max Carpenter and Professor Geoff Roper with premiership wins to the firsts in 1963, the seconds in1965 and the thirds in all of the Second Division years, 1963, 1964 and 1965. After three successful years, UNSW Rugby Club was promoted to the Premier Sydney Rugby Union District competition - one of the Club's goals since its foundation - in 1966 and remained within this top level for almost two decades, until the absorption of SRU into the NSWRU. During this period the club generated a strong impact with the benefit of former Wallabies players and representatives as coaches, including Tod Davis and Saxon White. In the mid 1980s the state rugby reorganisation converted Sydney Metropolitan Subdistrict into NSW Suburban Rugby Union. Since their inclusion in Suburban Rugby, the club has won 26 premierships throughout the grades and three Club Championship titles, 1964, 1995 and 1997. The club enjoyed great success during the 90's as First grade won the Kentwell Cup in 1992, 1994 and in 1998. The 2009 season saw the Club relegated to 2nd Division. Over the years since 1949 the club has seen many players (over 3000) and officials pass through the door. The current President is John Dezarnaulds. Bibliography UNSW Rugby Club. (2009). History. Retrieved from http://unswrugby.org.au Controlling Organisation: UNSW - ?01/07/1949-

This Advisory Committee was set up in July 1986 following a letter dated 12 March 1986 from the Vice-Chancellor advising on the formation of school advisory committees and requesting that the school set up such a committee. At its November meeting in 1985 Council resolved (85/124 b (ii) ) that approval be given for collaborate arrangements as set out by the Vice-Chancellor in his response to the Committee to review the science based faculties (recommendation 7.2). The recommendation was that there should be in each school a School Advisory Committee which included elective representation of all departments in addition to all heads of departments and professors not otherwise included, and that all academic proposals and associated matters be considered at regularly convened meetings of this Committee and subsequently at plenary meetings of the academic staff of the school before being passed to the relevant faculty for consideration. The arrangements were designed to ensure that there was a regular formal basis for consultation between the main elements of the academic structure (Professorial Board, faculty (deans), school and departments) and between academic groups and the administration; and second, that departments, schools and faculties conduct regular reviews of their activities, leading to the formulation of plans for development in a coherent and orderly fashion. The first meeting of the School's Advisory Committee took place on 30 July 1986. At that meeting the Committee recommended that the former Management Committee should henceforth be known as the Advisory Committee. Up to that time the Management Committee had not kept minutes of its discussions.

The Faculty of Military Studies was established by Council on 10th July, 1967 (resolution 67/118). This resolution also created Faculty Chairs in English, History, Mathematics, Science and Engineering. The Faculty was officially formed on 26 April 1968, and the Faculty's inaugural meeting was held on 20th June, with Dean Professor Sir Leslie Martin as Acting Chairman, with Professor L. C. F. Turner later elected as Chairman. The 10th July, 1967 agreement also indicated that there was a view to developing the College into a separate autonomous degree-conferring body within a period of ten years. Although this idea changed over time, finally on 7th May, 1981 an agreement was signed between the Australian Government and UNSW to establish a University College within the Defence Force Academy, thereby replacing the responsibilities of the Faculty. The University College came into effect on the 1st January, 1986. The final meeting of the Faculty of Military Studies therefore took place on 8th November, 1985. Subordinate agency: Members of the Faculty of Military Studies - 04/09/1974 - 06/11/1980 Subordinate agency: Executive Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies - 20/06/1968 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: Members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies - 11/10/1974 - 04/11/1980 Subordinate agency: Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies - 29/08/1968 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: BA (Mil) / Arts Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies - 10/03/1972 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: BE / Engineering Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies - 10/03/1972 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: BSc (Mil) / Science Committee of the Faculty of Military Studies - 10/03/1972 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: Agreement Consultative Committee - 09/6/1977 - 07/5/1982 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 10/07/1967-31/12/1985

Minutes, agendas and papers of meetings of the Heads of Schools and Departments/ Heads of Schools Committee of the Faculty of Arts/ Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The University Archives' holdings of this series derives from two sources and consist of copies of the minutes, agendas and papers from the School of History and the office of Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Arts starting from 1984. At the meetings the dean reports to the heads on university policy and administration and on academic issues discussed at the Vice Chancellor's Advisory Committee (VCAC). Matters raised are those of accommodation, use of faculty facilities, equipment, accounts, enrolments, and procedures for course approval, recruitment and selection procedures for staff, et al. Also discussed are matters like special grant applications and collaboration in teaching between different schools. Other records realting to heads of school meetings held by the Archives date from early 1963 to 1974 and consist of circulars to heads of schools of the faculty, papers relating to meetings as well as handwritten notes of meetings kept by the head of the school of French.

A proposal to establish a diploma in Librarianship at the university was first submitted for consideration to the NSW University of Technology by John Metcalfe, Principal Librarian at the Public Library of NSW in 1954. [SRF - SILAS etc] Other requests were received from the Library Association of Australia, the Library Board of NSW, and the Trustees of the Public Library of NSW. (The University of New South Wales c. 1961: 84) At the time qualifications in librarianship were obtained by completing the Library Association of Australia's examination by correspondence [Clinch, M, S Wilson and P Wood. Administrative History of the School of Librarianship University of New South Wales 1960 - 1975: 2 99A103/Box 17] At a Council meeting on 10 Nov 1958 John Metcalfe was invited to accept the position of University Librarian at the University of NSW. (resolution 58/149) His duties would involve being responsible for the organisation and management of the University's library services and the establishment and supervision of such courses in library training as may be approved by the university. Metcalfe was also made a member of the Professorial Board. Metcalfe commenced duty on 2 February 1959. (BRF - Metcalfe) Immediately after taking up his appointment as University Librarian, Metcalfe made submissions regarding library education at the university to the Professorial Board. At the Council meeting of 13 July 1959 approval was given for a graduate diploma course in Librarianship (resolution 59/123). Metcalfe was appointed as Director of the School as well as continuing his role as University Librarian. The School of Librarianship was located within the Faculty of Arts and offered courses leading to the Diploma in Librarianship for the first time in March 1960. This made it the first school of librarianship in a tertiary institution in Australia. [SRF - UNSW - School of Information, Library & Archive Studies (SILAS)] John Metcalfe retired as University Librarian in May 1966 but remained as Director of the School of Librarianship until 1968. On his retirement he was succeeded by Wilma Radford who was appointed foundation professor of librarianship and head of school. [SRF - UNSW - SILAS] Administratively the School was placed with the Board of Vocational Studies from 1971 until 1974, with the Board of Professional Studies during 1974, and with the Faculty of Professional Studies from 1975. New programs were introduced in 1964 (Master of Librarianship by research), 1972 (Master of Librarianship by coursework) 1973 (Diploma in Archives Administration) and 1980 (Master of Archives Administration by research). [SRF - UNSW - SILAS] The Diploma in Archives Administration was designed to provide education in the principles and methods of the administration of archives and manuscripts, and various aspects of current records management. A major course revision in 1981, which introduced a common core of subjects for both the librarianship and archives diploma students, saw the diplomas renamed Diploma in Information Management - Librarianship and Diploma in Information Management - Archives Administration. (Clinch et al: 2) At a meeting on 23 March 1992 Council approved the change of name of the School of Librarianship to the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies. [resolution CL92/16] On 2 December 1996 Council resolved to dissolve the Faculty of Professional Studies from 1 January 1997 with the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies being transferred to the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. [resolution CL96/88/3; Uniken 6 Dec 1996: 4] In 1997 approval was given for a third academic stream within the School, this time in audiovisual management. This was primarily an internet-based program which was developed through a partnership between the university and the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. [SRF - UNSW - SILAS] During 1998 as part of the UNSW 2000 planning exercise discussions were held with the School of Information Systems about the feasibility of a merger. Following the receipt of a report by a working party headed by Professor W Boyd Rayward, members of staff of the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies voted to pursue a merger. [SRF - UNSW - SILAS] At a Council meeting on 7 June 1999 the School of Information Systems and the School of Information, Library and Archive Studies were formally disestablished and a new school to be known as the School of Information Systems, Technology and Management was established. The new school was to be located within the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. [resolution CL99/33 (c)] Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 13/07/1959-07/06/1999

This series consists of the 20th Anniversary publication of the Diplomacy Training Program. This book contains an overview and a brief history of the DTP, including significant events and the philosophy behind its establishment.