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1 C O N F I R M E D M I N U T E S MEETING RSPH Management Advisory Meeting MEET No. 4 Prof Archie Clements (Chair), A/Prof Nicholas Cherubin, Ms Laurann Yen (by phone), PRESENT Dr Richard Burns, A/Prof Suhail Doi, Dr Ginny Sargent, Prof Robyn Lucas, A/Prof Darren Gray Prof Kathy Griffiths, Prof Emily Banks, Mr Peter Ward, A/Prof Rebecca McKetin Ms Laura Vitler (minute taker) APOLOGIES DATE/TIME A/Prof Cathy Banwell, Prof Kaarin Anstey Tuesday 7 July 10:30-12:15 pm VENUE Seminar Room, Building 62 ITEM 1. Apologies and Minutes 1.1 Apologies noted above. 1.2 The minutes were accepted without amendment. Action item # Meeting Date Description 1 May Teaching Responsibilities. Ms Vitler to send invite to all academics to 15 June Meeting 2 May Promotions Round Laura Vitler to send to academic staff. 3 May PhD Enquiries Action Update Completed Completed Actioned by Cathy Banwell. Action Item 3: Dr Burns to speak with Prof Mike Smithson (Graduate Program Convenor, RSP) to streamline the process of PhD enquiries between RSP/RSPH NEW ACTION ITEMS 1 7 July Review of Teaching (Out of Session Decision): A/Prof Suhail to table the review of teaching recommendations at the next Management Advisory Committee 2 7 July Partnership with PKU A/Prof Doi to continue discussions with Mr Dampney and provide updates to the Education and Management Committee. 3 ECR Seed funding A/Prof Nicholas Cherubin to finalise the document for the next Research Committee meeting. 4 7 July Media & Communications team profile RSPH MPH 1

2 course as a case study for Marketing & Communications marketing strategy. A/Prof Suhail Doi to meet with M&C team 5 7 July Gender Equity Travelling with Dependents Centres to provide to the management committee numbers of academics who would have a requirement to access a travelling scholarship. ITEM 2. Standing Items 2.1 Director s Report. June Executive Committee Prof Clements confirmed that the June executive meeting focused on providing an overview of the centralized budget in relation to the R Ledger, which will be managed by the Director in consultation with the executive. The minutes of that meeting will be available on the intranet once approved. Budget Plenary Meeting Prof Clements & Mr Ward attended the mid-year budget plenary meeting on 22 June. Items discussed included college co-funding of scholarships and scholarship top-ups, with a decision to be deferred until September, and the college taxation model, with no changes to the budget model to be implemented for next year. 2.2 Associate Director Education Report 15 June Academics Meeting A/Prof Doi advised the School-wide academics meeting was held to allow academics to ask questions and clarify understanding of issues regarding proposed changes to RSPH teaching programmes. Data Collection A/Prof Doi advised that data collection forms for RSPH teaching activities will be distributed and academics will be requested to fill their details in. The form contains details of course offering and delivery details. On-line Course Delivery A/Prof Doi & Prof Clements met with the DVC Academic to discuss support structures and funding from the ANU for development of an online MPH. 2 T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y

3 The DVC Academic advised that RSPH should aim to achieve full on-line delivery within 2 years not 5 years as envisaged by RSPH. RSPH has two options (1) outsource the platform to a known company specializing in creating/developing platforms for online teaching or (2) build the platform using the Wattle system which would mean total in-house development. The ANU could assist with funding by way of an amortized loan if Option 2 is selected. An initial discussion was held on the pros and cons of the above options. A decision on the two options will be progressed following discussion with relevant stakeholders and a cost analysis completed. This will be discussed further at future Education and Management Advisory Committee (MAC) meetings. Members noted that an understanding of the business case for teaching and education as a whole would be important in decision making. A/Prof Doi emphasized that increasing on-line teaching was a recommendation of the Review of Teaching. After some discussion with respect to the outcomes of the Review, it was recommended by members of the MAC that the report and recommendations from the Review of Teaching panel, be tabled at a subsequent MAC for discussion and review. Members of the committee suggested that a draft written response to the review of teaching, with consideration of which recommendations should be accepted, would potentially facilitate input into decision making. Action Item 1: (Out of Session Decision): A/Prof Suhail to table the Review of Teaching recommendations for discussion at the next MAC meeting. Partnership with Peking University (PKU) A/Prof Doi met with Mr Jonathan Dampney (Executive Officer, International Development) regarding ANU s partnership with universities in China. RSPH have indicated their interest in working with PKU in terms of the MPH program. This is a potentially exciting development for the school in developing a joint MPH program with PKU which would work off the back of RSPH s on-line teaching program. There is potential for revenue for the school in addition to profiling our work in China and the development of collaborations with the leading school of public health in China. Action Item 2: A/Prof Doi to continue discussions with Mr Dampney and provide updates to the Education and Management Advisory Committee. 2.3 Chair, Research Committee Report The Minutes of the 19 May meeting were distributed to the committee. 3 T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y

4 RSPH ECR seed funding The committee discussed the RSPH ECR seed grant guidelines, with the following clarifications and adjustments: 1. Availability of funding to professional staff. Prof Clements confirmed that the grant was for building academic careers, including collecting pilot data for category 1 grants. If professional staff want to build their own independent research program by moving into an academic stream they will not be excluded. 2. Some minor amendments were suggested for the guidelines, including the funding of up to five, high-quality proposals. 3. Assessment criteria to be provided to external assessors will be developed by the Research Committee. 4. A sharp but strategic name should be given to the RSPH seed grant programme. Action Item 3: A/Prof Nicholas Cherubin to finalise the document for the next Research Committee meeting. Prof Clements thanked A/Prof Cherubin and the Research Committee for their excellent work in developing the guidelines. RSPH Strategic Plan A/Prof Cherubin sought clarification on the aim of the Strategic Plan (SP). Prof Clements advised that the aim of the SP is to set a vision of where the school will be in 5 years-time and describe how to get there in general statements. Part of the Research Committee s role was to identify 5-6 research priority areas of the school. These areas will be used not only as an external marketing/branding exercise but also internally to form conversations within committees about where to focus resources and developing detailed strategies to implement the SP. Prof Clements suggested that the Research Committee proceed with identifying the priority areas, and there will be much opportunity for consultation within the school before finalizing the SP. 2.4 Heads of Centres Reports NCEPH - No update to report. CRAHW - No update to report. 4 T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y

5 APHCRI - No update to report. NIMHR - No update to report. Prof Griffiths acknowledged Dr Batterham s Commonwealth Health Minister s Award Global Health - No update to report. ITEM 3. New Business 3.1 RSPH HDR Programme Prof Clements advised that the numbers were still low in respect to students transferring to the RSPH PhD program. He encouraged all Centre Heads to convey to their students positively, the advice to transfer to the new RSPH PhD program. 3.2 Media & Communication Update Prof Clements advised of the following: RSPH newsletter is progressing and thanked Ms Vitler. Centre administrators need to advise Ms Vitler when a good news story emerges thus ensuring the story is profiled on the RSPH website in addition to the Centre websites. Ms Vitler is setting up a RSPH twitter account. The Media and Communications team are keen on profiling the RSPH MPH course as a case study for their communications marketing strategy. Action Item 4: A/Prof Suhail Doi to meet with M&C team. RSPH have been advised to use the Science@ANU facebook page. Ms Vitler will work on the RSPH website once the Research Committee has finalized the research priorities/matrix. 3.3 College co-funding of scholarships Prof Clements sought the advice of the committee in respect to the School s involvement in the scheme for the co-funding of scholarships. Presently, the School is not using the scheme but being taxed, therefore subsidising other Schools. It was determined that Centres had not previously used the scheme due to financial constraints. Prof Clements advised that with the move in 2016 to a centralized budget there is potential for the School to afford access to this scheme and it is his preference to participate in the initiative if it continues. Ranking of applications can be done at the end of year in conjunction with assessing 5 T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y

6 International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) as all Centres are represented during the IPRS process. 3.4 RSPH Strategic Plan Update No further discussion 3.5 Gender Equity Travelling with Dependents Prof Clements advised that it has come to his attention that there may be academics who are primary care givers for their children who cannot attend international conferences. There may be instances where the academic would need to pay for the airfares for dependents travelling with them overseas or seeking childcare services. Due to FBT implications the School cannot pay airfares for dependents. Prof Clements advised that JCSMR has been exploring the possibility of developing a competitivelyawarded travelling fellowship to assist academic primary care givers, thus eliminating the FBT implications. Action Item 5: Centres to provide to the MAC an indication of the numbers of academics who would have a requirement to access a travelling fellowship if such a scheme was developed within RSPH. ITEM 4. Nil. Other Business Meeting ended. 6 T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L U N I V E R S I T Y