Online Archives Search

This series contains the Reports on the Course Experience Questionnaire at UNSW. Each item in the series is a typed, paper-bound volume. In the introduction to the report on the 1998 survey it is noted that the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) is a yearly survey of graduates, which provides a range of qualitative measures of students' educational experience at the the University. It has been carried out at all Australian universities since 1993..It is thought to be the only example in the world of such a comprehensive survey of graduate satisfaction. Items prior to the report on the 1996 survey are not currently held by the Archives.

Surveys of the experiences of U Committee members conducted by the University Archives in 2012. The survey was conducted to assist in documenting the contribution of the U Committee to UNSW and in writing the story of the UNSW Bookfair.

Surveys of the experiences of Book Room and Bookfair helperss conducted by the University Archives in 2012. The survey was conducted to assist in documenting the contribution of the U Committee to UNSW and in writing the story of the UNSW Bookfair.

This series comprises the School of Architecture and Building and School of Building's annual reports to the Committee and minutes of the meetings of the Visiting Committee for Building and Quantity Surveying / Visiting Committee for the School of Building as presented to Council. Occasionally there are minutes only for the reporting year. Annual reports by the head of school for these years can be found in S709.

This series contains survey reports of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item consists of report of a survey undertaken by the Centre.

This series comprises the School's annual report to the Committee and minutes of the meetings of the Visiting Committee of the Department / School of Surveying as presented to Council. Occasionally there are minutes only for the reporting year. These 'minutes only' documents seem to originate from a different source, most likely a Secretariat or Registry file, and may have been used to complement the Visiting Committee Minute part of this series. Annual reports by the head of school for these years can be found in S712. In 1986 the report changed to cover the calendar year, so minutes of the meeting of the Committee are dated the following year.

At Council's 14 November 1960 meeting - as a result of the Student Failure and Wastage Survey - it approved the recommendations of the Personnel Sub-Committee from 8 November 1960, which included the establishment of a Statistics Section attached to the Examinations Branch within the Division of the Registrar to provide statistics as required and to develop a machine processing organisation to serve all administrative units (resolution 60/152). The university's first Statistics Officer was R. R. Maloney, who was appointed on 16 October 1961 (Personnel Sub-Committee 12 December 1961 meeting). When the Division of the Registrar was restructured in 1981, the Statistics Section was moved into the newly formed Data Processing & Statistics Office, which reported to the Head of the Management Services Branch and Deputy Registrar, P. J. Wildblood. As part of a major administrative restructure that took place in July 1985 (SRF - Statistics), the Planning Services Department was created within the Division of the Deputy Principal (Planning & Information) with staff from the Statistics Section and from November 1985 they were managed by Terry Hand. At the time it was noted that the Department was responsible for supporting the development and maintenance of a planning process which regularly reviews the University's uses of its resources, examines and proposes alternatives in the context of long range goals (1985 UNSW Annual Report, p 71). On 1 September 1990 the Department was re-designated the Planning Services Office and transferred to the direction of the newly appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor Tony Wicken (Focus 10 August 1990, UNSW 1990 Annual Report, p 174). 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. In the Working Party Report on Chancellery Services & Administrative Support Technology Report released on 10 July 1997 it was recommended that the functions of the Planning Services Department and Corporate Planning & Quality Development Office be brought together. Approval for this move was given at the 8 October 1997 meeting of the Executive Group, with it becoming known as the Planning Office and reporting to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development). From 1 February 2000 the Planning Office reported to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning & Resources) (SRF - Organisation & Management). At the 4 April 2001 Executive Group meeting the name of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning & Resources) was changed to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education & Enterprise) and from 16 April 2003 it became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International & Education) (file 2003/0773). From 7 January 2004 the name of this position was altered to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) (SRF - Organisation & Management). At the 21 April 2004 Senior Management Group meeting the name of the Office was changed to the Institutional Analysis and Reporting Office, reporting to the Division of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). In 2007 the Office's website noted that it liaises with faculties and the Senior Management Group for student enrolment planning, prepares the University Enrolment Plan, and coordinates the preparation of the University's Institution Assessment Framework submission to the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). Other tasks undertaken by the office include: formulation, conduct and reporting on a range of student and staff surveys relating to the quality assurance initiatives of the University; development of measures of performance; analysis of UAC data to support the admissions and planning processes; ad hoc analyses and reporting of student and staff data to assist the Executive and the Deans in management decision-making, and; preparation of student load data for input to the University's annual budget estimates and mid-year adjustments. (April 2007 - http://www.pso.unsw.edu.au). The Office's Director in 2007 was David MacPherson. By at least January 2014, the Office was merged with the Data Governance Unit to form the new Business Reporting and Intelligence and Data Governance Unit (BRIDG) within the Division of Finance and Operations. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/11/1960-31/12/2013

The Quality Assurance Group was established from 1 November 1995 under the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development) (VCAC 1 November 1995) with Terry Hand as the Manager. At the 15 November 1995 meeting of the Planning Committee of Council, it was noted that the remit of the Group included National Quality Assurance Reporting, Performance Evaluation (Surveys), University Management Information System (UMIS) and Corporate Plan - Development & Implementation. Shortly afterwards the Group appears to have become known as the Corporate Planning & Quality Development Office. In the Working Party Report on Chancellery Services & Administrative Support Technology Report released on 10 July 1997 it was recommended that the functions of the Planning Services Department and Corporate Planning & Quality Development Office be brought together. Approval for this move was given at the 8 October 1997 meeting of the Executive Group, with it being absorbed into the Planning Office. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/11/1995-c. 08/10/1997

Visiting Committees 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 Building and Quantity Surveying, comprising distinguished members of the professions, was established at the 10 March 1969 Council meeting (resolution 69/69). The Committee met annually and held its first meeting on 24 June 1969 with Mr R.C. Baker, in the Chair. On 8 May 1972 Council re-established the Committee and changed its name to the Visiting Committee for the School of Building (resolution 72/91). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 10/03/1969-

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-