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On 29 March 1993 Council re-established the Department of Music as the new School of Music & Music Education in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (resolution 93/15b). As part of a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences restructure, the School of Music & Music Education was disestablished effective 31 January 2007. It was amalgamated with the schools of English and Media, Film & Theatre to form the new School of English, Media & Performing Arts (6 February 2007 Academic Board papers). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 29/03/1993-31/01/2007

In March 1963 the History and Political Science departments in the School of History & Political Science were separated, with the School of History once again becoming an independent school in the Faculty of Arts (Council 11 March 1963, 63/3), under the Professor of History, JHM Salmon. He was followed by Professor Frank Crowley in 1966. On 10th December, 1990 Council changed the name of the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (resolution CL90/108ii). As part of a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences restructure, the School of History was disestablished effective 31 January 2007. It was amalgamated with the schools of Philosophy and History & Philosophy of Science to form the new School of History and Philosophy (6 February 2007 Academic Board papers). Subordinate agency: Local History Co-ordination Project (1986-1989) / Community History Program (1989-1994) / Centre for Community History (1994-2002) - 01/03/1986 - 30/06/2002 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 11/03/1963-31/01/2007

The Faculty of Medicine was formally approved by Council on 11th July, 1960 (resolution 60/62i). Functions within the Faculty had, however, already been in operation, with the first Dean, Professor F. F. Rundle, being appointed from 1st May, 1960, and the inaugural Faculty meeting taking place on 23rd June, 1960. The initial schools within the Faculty were Anatomy, Medicine, Pathology, Physiology and Surgery. In 2013 the Faculty of Medicine, administered by Dean Professor Peter Smith, included four Schools, five Clinical Schools and eighteen Centres. Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc 5:2 Committee of the Faculty of Medicine - 26/03/1969 - 25/10/1972 Subordinate agency: Medical (1960 - 1963) / Faculty of Medicine Library Committee (1963 - c. 1982) - 17/11/1960 - 17/02/1982 Subordinate agency: School of Community Medicine - 10/09/1973 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Hospital Administration (1956 - 1969) / School of Health Administration (1969 - 1989) / School of Health Services Management (1989 - 2000) - 01/01/1997 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Physiology (1960 - 1970) / Physiology & Pharmacology (1970 - 2001) - 11/07/1960 - 31/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Anatomy - 11/07/1960 - 31/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Pathology - 11/07/1960 - 31/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Refugee Research - 02/02/1999 Subordinate agency: School of Medical Sciences - 01/08/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Community Medicine, Health Services Management & Medical Education (2001 - 2002) / School of Public Health and Community Medicine (2002 - ) - 01/01/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Medicine - 11/07/1960 - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: School of Surgery - 11/07/1960 - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: Greater Murray Clinical School (2000 - 2001) / School of Rural Health (2001 - 2005) / Rural Clinical School (2006 - ) - 01/01/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Psychiatry - 19/10/1962 Subordinate agency: School of Women's and Children's Health - 01/01/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Medical Education, Research and Development (CMERD) (1973 - 1983) / School of Medical Education (1983 - 2000) - 22/01/1973 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 14/09/1962 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Paediatrics - 18/06/1962 - 31/12/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Human Genetics - 11/07/1966 - 10/09/1973 Subordinate agency: Prince Henry / Prince of Wales Clinical School (1992 - c. 2002) / Prince of Wales Clinical School (c. 2002 - ) - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: St George (1992 - 2013) / St George and Sutherland (2013 - ) Clinical School - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: St Vincent's Clinical School - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: South Western Sydney Clinical School - 10/02/1992 Subordinate agency: Centre for International and Multicultural Health (2000 - 2003) / Culture and Health (2003 - 2005) - 06/06/2000 - 26/07/2005 Subordinate agency: National Perinatal Statistics Unit (NPSU) (1997 - 2010) / National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) (2010 - ) - 01/11/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Health Telematics (1999 - 2000) / Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) (2000 - 2014) - 21/10/1999 - 02/11/2014 Subordinate agency: Centre for Hospital Management and Information Systems Research (1990 - 2001) / Clinical Governance in Research and Health (2001 - 2014) - 01/01/1997 - 02/11/2014 Subordinate agency: Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research (CTVR) (1992 - 2003) / Centre for Vascular Research (CVR) (2003 - 2015) - 25/11/1992 - 21/07/2015 Subordinate agency: National Health & Medical Research Council Special Unit in AIDS Epidemiology & Clinical Research (1986 - c. 1989) / National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research (c. 1989 - 2010) / Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society (2010 - ) - 01/04/1986 Subordinate agency: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) - 28/05/1986 Subordinate agency: Centre for Immunology - 12/08/1983 Subordinate agency: Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Unit (BMSU) (1975 - 1998) / Ray Williams Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF) (1998 - 2002) / Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF) (2002 - ) - 01/06/1990 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research (CIIR) - 23/03/2006 - 31/12/2009 Subordinate agency: Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE) - 02/05/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Public Health - 18/05/1988 - 31/08/2002 Subordinate agency: UNSW Cancer Research Centre - 07/03/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Continuing Medical Education - 28/03/1984 - 01/10/1996 Subordinate agency: Centre for Experimental Neurology - 30/07/1986 - 01/06/1992 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/02/1997 - 01/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Cardiovascular Research - 20/03/1985 - 31/05/1992 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (1) (1962 - c.1985) / Biomedical Electron Microscope Unit (c.1985 - 1995) - 01/01/1962 - 23/03/1995 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 20/02/2001 - 14/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Institute of Health Innovation (2007 - 2009) / Australian Institute of Health Innovation (2009 - 2014) - 24/12/2007 - 02/11/2014 Subordinate agency: Hay Field Station - 15/05/1999 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/05/1960-

On 9 November 1959 the Faculty of Arts was created by Council, to be effective from 1 January, 1960 (resolution 59/204ii) and English became one of the foundation schools within this new faculty. At the same meeting H. J. Oliver was also appointed foundation professor of English and head of school (resolution 59/182). On 10 December, 1990 Council changed the name of the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (resolution CL90/108ii). As part of a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences restructure, the School of English was disestablished effective 31 January 2007. It was amalgamated with the schools of Music & Music Education and Media, Film & Theatre to form the new School of English, Media & Performing Arts (6 February 2007 Academic Board papers). Subordinate agency: Department of Dramatic Art (1959) / Drama (1960 - 1966) - 01/01/1960 - 11/03/1963 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1960-31/01/2007

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 from 1 August 1988 (resolution 88/90). At the same time all departments within the School of Accountancy were made either schools in their own right or independent departments. This included the Department of Finance, which became the School of Banking and Finance. On 3 July 2006 Council approved the disestablishment of the Faculty of Commerce of Economics and the Australian Graduate School of Management to form the Faculty of Business (resolution CL06/68), with the inaugural meeting of the faculty taking place on 23 November 2006. On 18 June 2007 Council noted the renaming of the Faculty of Business to the Australian School of Business at UNSW, as approved by the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and President of the Academic Board (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.

On 13 May 1968 Council approved the establishmenht of a new School of Applied Physics & Optometry within the Faculty of Science (resolution 68/72). As well as the Department of Optometry, the school also comprised the newly formed Department of Applied Physics. The aims of the department were: - to train applied physicists for professional work - to educate physicists to interest themselves in the application of their subject - to propagate a knowledge of current applications of physics among professional scientists and engineers The inaugural head of department was Professor C. J. Milner. (file 00023677). On 10 May 1976 Council approved the dissolution of the School of Applied Physics & Optometry effective from 1 January 1977 and the establishment of a School of Optometry from the same date (resolution 76/67). Consequently the Department of Applied Physics was moved to the School of Physics from this date. On 6 December 1994 the Academic Board recommended that the Vice-Chancellor approve the change in name of the department to the Department of Environmental & Applied Physics (resolution AB94/114). On 20 April 1995 the Vice-Chancellor approved this proposal (file 931110). In 2007 the Head of the Department of Environmental & Applied Physics was Dr Gail Box. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 13/05/1968-

In May 1963 it was decided that a chair in political science would be advertised and when it was filled, the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts would become a school once more (Council 11 May 1963, 63/60). This occurred on 13 July 1964 with the appointment of Professor Douglas McCallum (resolution 64/120), who began work in August 1964. On 10th December, 1990 Council changed the name of the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (resolution CL90/108ii). On 26 June 2000 the school was renamed the School of Politics & International Relations (CL000/39b). As part of a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences restructure, the School of Politics & International Relations was disestablished effective 31 January 2007. It was amalgamated with the schools of Social Work, Sociology & Anthropology and Social Science & Policy to form the new School of Social Sciences & International Studies (6 February 2007 Academic Board papers). A rough list of the heads of the school follows. Please note that some of the dates (particularly in the latter years) are fairly rough as they were mainly obtained from the UNSW calendar: 1964 - 1978 - Douglas McCallum 1978 - 1981 - Preston King 1981 - 1986 - Douglas McCallum 1986 - 1988 - Frederick Mediansky 1988 - 1990 - Tony Palfreeman 1990 - 1992 - Elaine Thompson 1992 - 1995 - Conal Condren 1996 - 1998 - Stephen Fortescue 1999 - 2001 - Robert Steven 2002 - 2004 - Marc Williams 2005 - 2007 - Gavin Kitching Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 01/08/1964-31/01/2007

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 an Educational Research Unit with Research and Teaching Aid Sections. The functions of the unit included teaching methods, examinations, curriculum, university environment, teaching aids, objectives in university education and graduate courses (resolution 60/152).The unit was under the administrative directive of a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. (Powell, J P and E M Barrett. TERC 1961 - 1982: a brief history of a higher education Research and Development Centre: 1 V71). The unit was to be an academic unit created to meet the growing demand for higher education and to respond to challenges that UNSW was facing within this environment. The stated purposes of the Unit were: to undertake the study of all aspects of the educational work of the University; to provide a focus within the University for the study of educational matters which are of general interest or are the particular concern of individual Schools within the University; to provide information which may be required by the Professorial Board or faculties; by research and teaching to promote the improvement of educational practices within the University; to study the general problems of higher education in this State and the Commonwealth; to study developments in higher education in other countries with a view top the adaptation of successful practices for use in Australia; and to serve as a clearing house for studies of higher education and to develop contacts with individuals and institutions engaged in similar work, both in Australia and overseas. (UNSW Calendar 1962: 108) On 8 May 1961 Council approved (resolution 61/59) the recommendations of the Personnel Sub-Committee of 11 April 1961 that the Director of Educational Research would be offered to Dr L. N. Short, who would be responsible to the second Pro-Vice Chancellor (the position of second PVC was established by the same resolution and offered to Professor Myers). A Closed-Circuit Television System was begun on 30 October 1962; a Test Scoring Service in 1964 (from 1967 the Educational Testing Centre); and a Film Library (later called Film Centre) in 1965. (Powell and Barrett: 4 -5) On 9 September 1968 Council changed the name of the Unit to the Tertiary Education Research Centre to indicate more clearly the scope of its activities and to avoid confusion with the newly-established School of Education. From this point TERC took on a more staff development role working with schools and faculties to improve teaching programmes. (UNSW Annual Report 1968: 2.67; Powell and Barrett: 6). The Closed-Circuit Television System had been transferred to the Division of Postgraduate Extension Studies in early 1968. (UNSW Annual Report 1968: 2.67) From 19 April 1982 the Education Testing Centre became an autonomous unit separate from TERC and in the same month the Film Centre was placed with the UNSW Library. (Focus 23 April 1982: 1; TERC Annual Report 1982: 1) As at 21 June 1985 the Tertiary Education Research Centre reported to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Jarlath Ronayne (Focus 21 June 1985). At the 9 May 1988 meeting of Council, Professor Ronayne's position was changed from Pro-Vice-Chancellor to Deputy Vice-Chancellor. From 1 September 1988 the Tertiary Education Research Centre reported to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Alan Gilbert (Focus 27 May 1988). TERC had been studied by reviews in 1979 and 1981 which had led to internal changes. (TERC Annual Report 1982: 1) In August 1985 the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Birt, asked a review group comprising Pro-Vice-Chancellors, J Ronayne and R M Golding as well as the Deputy Principal and Registrar, I R Way, to undertake an executive review of TERC. The review group submitted its draft report in May 1988 with the main recommendation being that TERC be abolished. (Executive Review of the Tertiary Education Research Centre. Draft Report to Vice-Chancellor. May 1988 in Focus 10 June 1988: 9 -16) In October 1988 the Vice-Chancellor released his response to the Executive Review of the Tertiary Education Research Centre (TERC). As a result, the Tertiary Education Research Centre and the Staff Development Unit within the Division of the Deputy Principal & Registrar were combined to form a new Professional Development Centre (file 860333, Focus 4 November, 1988). A Staff Development Advisory Committee was formed in January 1989 to oversee the transition period. (Focus 12 May 1989: 3) Subordinate agency: Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Unit (1962 - 1982) / Audio Visual Unit (1982 - 1998) / Media & Educational Technology Support Unit (METS) (1998 - 2000) - 01/03/1962 - 31/12/1967 Subordinate agency: Test Scoring Service (1964 - 1967) / Educational Testing Centre (1967 - 2004) / Educational Assessment Australia (2004 - ) - 01/01/1964 - 03/03/1982 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/11/1960-c. 26/10/1988

On 9 November 1959 the Faculty of Arts was created by Council, to be effective from 1st January, 1960 (resolution 59/204ii) and Philosophy became one of the foundation schools within this new faculty. At the same meeting Professor Thornton was also appointed foundation professor of Philosophy and head of school (resolution 59/182). On 9 March 1964 Council decided to create two departments within the School of Philosophy - one as the Department of Philosophy and the other the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (resolution 64/34). On 9 May 1966 Council decided that the latter department would become its own independent school (resolution 66/86). Consequently the Department of Philosophy as an independent unit ceased to exist from this date, as it was esstentially absorbed into the remainder of the school. On 10th December, 1990 Council changed the name of the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (resolution CL90/108ii). As part of a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences restructure, the School of Philosophy was disestablished effective 31 January 2007. It was amalgamated with the schools of History and History & Philosophy of Science to form the new School of History and Philosophy (6 February 2007 Academic Board papers). Subordinate agency: Department of Philosophy (2) - 09/03/1964 - 09/05/1966 Subordinate agency: Department of History and Philosophy of Science - 09/03/1964 - 09/05/1966 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1960-31/01/2007

The Bioengineering Centre was established at the 18 January 1989 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee. It was a unit created within the Department of Biotechnology in the Faculty of Applied Science and its aim was to develop and coordinate research and continuing education activities in the multidisciplinary areas of bioengineering and recombinant-DNA technology (V752). Professor Peter Gray was appointed as the Centre's first Director. 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 Department of Biotechnology, including the Bioengineering Centre, was transferred to the Faculty of Life Sciences. 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, including the Bioengineering Centre (resolution CL001/49). On 8 October 2001 Council approved the disestablishment of the School of Applied Bioscience, including the Department of Biotechnology, in order to form a School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences effective from 1 January 2002 (resolution CL001/84). As a result the Bioengineering Centre was transferred to this newly established school. On the 3 October 2006 the Academic Board noted the disestablishment of the Bioengineering Centre effective from 31 December 2006 (AB06/125). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 18/01/1989-31/12/2006