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On 3 February 2004 the Academic Board endorsed the creation of the Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics (CCAP) within the College of Fine Arts (resolution 04/07). On 20 March 2004 the Vice-Chancellor Professor Wyatt R. Hume approved this proposal and Dr Jill Bennett was appointed as the Centre's first director (file 2003/2613). In 2008 the Centre's director was Associate Professor Jill Bennett. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 20/03/2004-

On 4 December 2001 the Academic Board endorsed the establishment of the Centre for Interactive Cinema Research within the College of Fine Arts (resolution AB01/106). This was approved by the Vice-Chancellor on 2 January 2002 (file 012714). The initial director was Professor Ian Howard. From the beginning the School of Computer Science & Engineering was a key partner in the work of the centre. During 2005 the Faculty of Engineering became involved at a wider level and the Centre evolved into a cross-faculty funded centre. In 2007 the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences also became a partner of the Centre (file 2007/0332). In 2008 the director of the Centre was Professor Jeffrey Shaw. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 02/01/2002-

On 4 November 1997 the Academic Board gave its endorsement to the establishment of the Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP) within the Faculty of Science & Technology (resolution AB97/140). The aim of the Centre was to build upon world-class multi-disciplinary expertise and facilities in atmospheric, oceanic and land-surface modelling in the development of innovative coupled prediction systems for a range of environmental applications. On 10 November 1997 the Vice-Chancellor approved this proposal. Professor Lance Leslie was appointed as the first director of the Centre (file 971992). On 18 Jun, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Science & Technology and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001- including the Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (resolution CL001/49). The Centre appears to have been closed on 31 December 2005 (http://profiles.science.unsw.edu.au/mengland/career-profile/ - accessed 30 May 2008). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 10/11/1997-?31/12/2005

On 23 March 2006 the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) approved the establishment of the Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research (CIIR) within the Faculty of Medicine (file 2006/0651). The main aim of the Centre was to promote interaction and formal collaboration between biomedical research groups studying infective and inflammatory human diseases and Centre's first director was Professor Andrew Lloyd (file 2008/0511). On 2 March 2010 the Academic Board noted the closure of the Centre, effective from 31 December 2009 (resolution AB10/15). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 23/03/2006-31/12/2009

According to the Centre's 2004 Annual Report, the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity was formed in 2002. It was, however, not until 1 March 2005 the Academic Board endorsed the proposal to establish the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity within the Faculty of Medicine (resolution AB05/11). On 2 May 2005 the Acting Vice-Chancellor approved this proposal (file 2005/0187). The first Executive Director of the Centre was Professor Mark Harris. The aim of the Centre was to bring together a substantial and growing body of research in two emerging and inter-related areas - primary health care and equity (file 2005/0187). In 2008 the Executive Director of the Centre remained Professor Mark Harris. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 02/05/2005-

On 12 February 1998 the Vice-Chancellor approved the establishment of the Australian Centre for International Business and on 3 March 1998 the Academic Board gave its support to the proposal (resolution AB98/20). The Centre was jointly formed within the Faculty of Commerce & Economics and the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Economics & Commerce. Professor Sidney Gray was appointed as the Centre's director at UNSW. On 26 May 2003 the Centre's Management Committee approved the closure of the Centre effective 1 June 2003 (file 980487). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 12/02/1998-01/06/2003

On 4 June 1996 the Academic Board supported the creation of the Australian Human Rights Information Centre within the Faculty of Law (resolution AB96/41). By the time of the Vice-Chancellor's approval on 19 June 1996, however, the name of the Centre had become the Australian Human Rights Centre (file 961214). The intention of the original Centre application was for it to function within the Human Rights Centre, but this was not approved and instead on 29 January 1997 the Vice-Chancellor approved the absorption of the Human Rights Centre and all its activities into the Australian Human Rights Centre (file 962119). Associate Professor George Zdenkowski was the first director of the Centre. In 2008 the director of the Australian Human Rights Centre was Associate Professor Andrea Durbach. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 19/06/1996-

The establishment of the Centre for Remote Sensing was endorsed at the 12 August 1981 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee. The main aim of the Centre was to co-ordinate and develop the teaching and research in the multi-disciplinary area of remote sensing. The Centre was jointly administered by the faculties of Applied Science and Engineering and Dr J. A. Richards was appointed as the Centre's first Director. On 5 May 1992 the Academic Board endorsed the renaming of the Centre as the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. This was approved by the Vice-Chancellor on 22 June 1992 (file 930751-01). At the 2 December 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). As a result, from this date the Centre became a joint centre of the faculties of Engineering and Science and Technology. On 18 June, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Science & Technology and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001 (resolution CL001/49). Thus from this date the Centre became a joint centre of the faculties of Engineering and Science. On 21 April 2004 the Pro-Vice-Chancellor wrote to the director of the Centre indicating that the Centre would be disestablished as a UNSW Research Centre, but that the Centre [would] remain listed as a Centre under the 'Other Centres' category for a period of 12 months. Although there were plans for the Centre to become a teaching program centre in association with the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, this does not seem to have eventuated and the Centre appears to have ceased operations by the end of the 12 month period (file 930751-02, http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/crsgis/crsgis.html). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 12/08/1981-?21/04/2005

On 4 September 2008 the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) approved the creation of the Journalism and Media Research Centre within the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (file 2007/1886). On 4 November 2008 the Academic Board noted the establishment of the Centre (resolution AB08/139 - 7.1.1(c)). The first director of the Centre was Professor Catharine Lumby. In 2009 the Centre Director remained Professor Catharine Lumby. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 04/09/2008-

The Working Party on Diversity appears to have been established by Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education & Quality Improvement) Professor Adrian Lee in October 2004. The first meeting of the Committee was held on 4 November 2004. The Working Party was initially asked to report to Professor Lee by the end of February 2005. Following the February 2005 meeting of the Academic Board, the working party's name was altered slightly to become known as the Diversity Working Party and was under the auspices of the office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education and the Learning and Teaching Unit and is comprised of members from all faculties and key support units at UNSW'. The inaugural chair of the working party was Peter Murray.(S1694). No information about the continuance of the Working Party can be located post-2005. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 04/11/2004-?31/12/2005