1968-69

VICTORIA

REPORT

OF

THE INTERIM COUNCIL AND

THE COUNCIL OF THE

VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGES

FOR THE YEAR 1967.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT PURSUANT TO ACT No. 7291, S. 39.

Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 10th December, 1968.

By Authority: A. C. BROOKS, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.

No. 32.-11677/68.-PRICE 35 cents

VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGES FINAL REPORT

OF THE

INTERIM COUNCIL

AND

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL

His Excellency the Governor in Council,

SIR,

In conformity with the provisions of Section 39 of the Victoria Institute of Colleges Act 1965, I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the Council covering activities of the Interim Council during the period 1st January to 7th June and of the Council from 8th June to 31st December, 1967, together with an account of income and expenditure.

State Savings Bank Building, 258 Little Bourke-street, Melbourne.

31st July, 1968.

For and on behalf of the Council,

W. H. CONNOLLY, Chairman.

Victoria Institute of Colleges

Members of Council-1967

Historical Background

The Council

CONTENTS

The Powers and Constitution of the Council

Organization of the Victoria Institute of Colleges

Affiliated Colleges-Tertiary Enrolments

Presidents and Principals of Affiliated Colleges

Location of Affiliated Colleges

The Board of Studies and School Boards

Report of the Finance and Administration Committee

Report of the Buildings Committee

Report of the Committee on College Staffs

Report of the Affiliation Committee

Report of the Legislation Committee

The Development of Computer Facilities in Colleges

The Development of Libraries in Victorian Colleges of Advanced Education

Students' Loan Fund

Gifts and Bequests

Papers presented by the staff of the V.LC.

Visit of the MacConnell Team of Consultants

National Seminar on Planning for Colleges of Advanced Education

Seminar on a Diploma in Humanities

Staff Appointments to the Vice-President's Office-1967

Staff of the Vice-President's Office-1967

Financial Statements

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REPORT

VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGES.

The Victoria Institute of Colleges was established as a body corporate by the Government of Victoria by the Victoria Institute of Colleges Act 1965 (amended 1967). The Institute is defined in the legislation as comprising,

" the Council and such members of the Vice-President's office and graduates of the Institute as are prescribed ",

and is charged inter alia with the following responsibilities :-" (a) to serve the community and in particular the citizens of Victoria-

(i) by fostering the development and improvement of institutions offering tertiary education and of tertiary education other than in the universities of Victoria ;

(ii) by assisting and encouraging affiliated colleges to develop and improve tertiary education to meet the needs of the community in general and enrolled students in particular ;

(iii) by awarding degrees diplomas and other awards to enrolled students of affiliated colleges who have attained standards approved by the Institute at examination in courses approved by the Institute :

Provided that no degree shall be awarded by the Institute to any enrolled student unless that student has successfully completed a course of study which is comparable in standard (though not necessarily similar in kind) to that required for the award of a degree at the universities of Victoria ;

(iv) by fostering the general welfare and development of enrolled students ; (v) by making arrangements for the transfer of enrolled students between

affiliated colleges ; and (vi) by entering into arrangements with universities and other institutions

for the recognition of work done by enrolled students at affiliated colleges and for the recognition of work done at universities and other institutions by the affiliated colleges and the Institute ;

(b) to provide such facilities for the aforesaid objects as the Council deems necessary or conducive for their attainment."

VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGES COUNCIL-1967.

President ..

Deputy President

Vice-President

*Dr. W. H. Connolly, C.B.E., B.E.E., B.Com., M.I.E. Aust., M.l.E.E.E. (U.S.A.), F.A.LN., Chairman, State Electricity Commission of Victoria

*Dr. K. T. H. Farrer, D.Sc., F.R.I.C., F.R.A.C.I., F.I.F.S.T., Chief Chemist and Research Manager, Kraft Foods Ltd., Melbourne

*Dr. P. G. Law, C.B.E., M.Sc., D.App.Sc., F.A.I.P., Victoria Institute of Colleges

Mr. E. J. Barker, B.Mech.E., Dip.Ed., Dip.E.E., A.M.I.E. Aust., M.A.C.E., Principal, School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat

*Mr. F. Barnes, B.Ec., Dip.Ed. (Syd.), Business Manager, La Trobe University Mr. D. H. Borchardt, M.A. (NZ), Dip.Lib.Schl. (NZ), A.L.A., F.L.A.A., Chief Librarian, LaTrobe

University *Mr. F. H. Brooks, M.Sc., Dip.Ed., F.R.A.C.I., F.A.C.E., Director General of Education, Victoria Mr. J. R. Clarke, B.Sc., A.R.A.C.I., Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong Hon. P. V. Feltham, M.B.E., LL.M., Solicitor (Retired) (2l

*Mrs. R. Gordon., B.Sc., Dip.Ed., President, National Council of Women • Member of Interim Council. (I) Resigned during the year. (2} Appointed during the year.

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Mr. J. R. Grenville, B.Com., Research Officer, Trades Hall Council, Melbourne Mr. H. J. Halstead, B.A., Dip.Ed., A.F.I.M.A., M.A.C.E., Head, Mathematics Department, Royal

Melbourne Institute of Technology Mr. B. R. Hames, M.A., Dip.Ed., M.A.C.E., Director, Swinburne College of Technology *Mr. A. Holloway, B.Sc., Works Manager, Gas and Fuel Corporation, Morwell (l)

*Professor K. H. Hunt, M.A. (Oxon), M.Mech.E. (Melb.), M.l.Mech.E., M.I.E. Aust., Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

*Mr. J. L. Kepert, M.E.E., B.Mech.E., B.Sc., A.M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.E.E., M.I.E. Aust., Dip.Elec. and Mech.Eng., M.I.A.A.E., M.A.C.E., Director of Technical Education, Victoria

*Mr. E. W. McCann, O.B.E., J.P., Deputy Chairman, Geelong Harbor Trust *Mr. H. T. McKern, F.A.I.B., Managing Director, H. T. McKern and Sons Pty. Ltd., Melbourne *Hon. S. Merrifield, M.L.C., Parliamentary Representative, Victoria *Mr. J. M. Saunders, Manager, Personnel Relations, General-Motors Holden's Pty. Ltd., Melbourne *Mr. J. N. Sutherland, B.E.E., M.I.E., Formerly Branch Manager, State Electricity Commission,

Bendigo (I) *Mr. A. W. Taylor, E.D., M.P., Parliamentary Representative, Victoria *Mr. E. J. T. Tippett, Joint Managing Director and Works Manager, Ronaldson Bros. and

Tippett Ltd., Ballarat *Mr. T. C. Trewin, M.L.A., Parliamentary Representative, Victoria *Mr. L. H. Waite, Managing Director, Qualos Machine Tools Pty. Ltd., Melbourne *Mr. H. F. Weber, M.Sc., M.LChem.E., F.R.A.C.I., F.A.I.M., Managing Director, Massey­

Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd., Melbourne Professor P. W. Whitton, B.Sc. (Eng.), Ph.D., D.I.C., M.I.Mech.E., Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Melbourne

Secretary to Council : Mr. C. N. Blake, O.B.E., B.A., B. Com., F.A.S.A., Business Manager, Victoria Institute of Colleges

HISTORICAL BACKGROCND. Until about 1950 tertiary education in Australia (apart from that provided by the Armed

Services and the Church) was of two main types~university education and technical education.

A steadily increasing demand for higher education after World War II resulted in pressures on Australian universities to admit more and more students and finally the Commonwealth Government was forced to take action to relieve these pressures. It set up the Murray Committee in December, 1956 and, as a result of its findings, established the Australian Universities' Commission in 1959. In 1961 it set up a Committee on the Future of Tertiary Education in Australia-the Martin Committee-which made a critical review of the whole national picture of tertiary education.

The Martin Committee's report stressed the need for a type of tertiary education that would be an alternative to that provided by universities, one that would be more strongly orientated in a vocational direction. It pointed out that in Victoria a broad base for such an alternative tertiary education already existed, in the form of senior technical colleges and institutes of technology. It drew attention to the excellence of many of the existing diploma courses in these colleges, to the keen demand by industry and commerce for their diplomates, and to the great future expansion that would be needed in this field. However it recognized the starved condition of these colleges and the urgent need for providing large sums of money to develop their facilities and to improve the image that they presented to the community.

After thorough investigation, the Martin Committee discarded the idea of expanding the universities to the extent that would be required to cope with the total pressure for tertiary education and it dismissed as unsuitable for Australian conditions the idea of "junior colleges " as feeders for the universities or as half-way houses between secondary schools and universities.

The Committee went on to recommend that in each State a body should be set up that might be called an Institute of Colleges to co-ordinate and direct the proposed development of such an alternative educational structure. It listed a number of institutions in Victoria that it considered had the potential to develop as tertiary colleges, including a number that were not technical colleges.

While all this was happening, considerable evaluation of the situation was proceeding in Victoria. In March, 1961, the Ramsay Committee was appointed by the State Government to advise it upon future provisions for tertiary education in Victoria and this Committee presented its report in August, 1963. Although its recommendations were superseded by the later proposals

* 1\1ember of Interim C'ouncil. (I) Resigned during the year. (2) Appointed during the year.

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of the Martin Report, the thorough review of the educational scene in Victoria that the Ramsay Committee had made ensured that Victorian planners were highly informed and well prepared to receive the Martin Report.

The sequence of other developments in Victoria was as follows :-July, 1961 State Advisory Council on Technical Education established.

June, 1964

Sept., 1964

Nov., 1964

Dec. 1964

April, 23rd, 1965

June, 1965

June 24th, 1965

June 28th, 1965

August, 1965

Dec. 9th, 1965

April, 1966

June 8th, 1967

June 26th, 1967

Dec. 19th, 1967

The Premier in a policy speech indicated that work to degree standard would be undertaken in eight Victorian Technical Colleges grouped under the control of a central committee.

First two volumes of Martin Report on Tertiary Education presented to Commonwealth Government. (To Parliament in March, 1965.)

Preliminary discussions by State Government about formation of Victoria Institute of Colleges (VJ.C.).

Mr. Willis Connolly appointed Chairman of the Planning Committee of V.I.C.

First meeting of the Planning Committee for V.I.C. set up to assist with preparation of the V.I.C. Act.

V. L C. Act passed.

Announcement of membership of Interim Council.

First meeting of Interim Council.

Commonwealth Government set up Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education.

Affiliation of first colleges.

Vice-President appointed and Office of the Vice-President established.

Council of V.I.C. appointed by Governor in Council

First meeting of the Council of the V.LC.

Legislation to amend the V.LC. Act proclaimed.

One very important event listed above needs special mention. The successful development of the colleges of advanced education would require, as the Martin Report stressed, a considerable amount of money. The provision of such funds became possible when the Commonwealth Government, in March, 1965, endorsed the recommendation of the Martin Committee for the organization and development of such colleges and, in August, 1965 set up the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education, under the chairmanship of Dr. Ian Wark, to make recommendations to the Government on the distribution of Commonwealth funds to Institutes of Colleges or their equivalents in the various States.

Although the V.I.C. Interim Council was appointed in June, 1965, the V.LC. did not effectively come into being until the first colleges were affiliated in December of that year. The V.I.C. was then faced with the immediate and urgent task of preparing submissions, for the State and Commonwealth Governments, setting out the financial requirements of the affiliated colleges for the 1967-69 triennium.

At the same time, the V.LC. was asked to perform a similar task for a number of tertiary colleges, other than technical colleges, that had been named by the Martin Committee and specifically listed under the States Grants (Advanced Education) Act 1966.

On 15th November, 1967, the Minister of Education introduced into the Legislative Council a Bill to provide for a number of amendments to the Victoria Institute of Colleges Act and the Education Act. After passage by both Houses, the measure received Royal Assent on 19th December, 1967.

Basically, the Bill had a two-fold purpose : (a) to define more precisely the functions of the Institute and give it increased autonomy ;

(b) to re:nove affiliated_ technical colleges from their existing administrative relationship w1th the EducatiOn Department and to make them responsible, in their tertiary functions, to their own governing councils and the Victoria Institute of Colleges.

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The amendments were drafted in consultation with the Council of the V.I.C., the Director-General of Education, Presidents of College Councils, College Principals and the Staff Associations Council of the affiliated colleges. In preparing the legislation, the government aimed to provide for the maximum autonomy and freedom for the colleges affiliated with the V.I.C. while, at the same time, providing the Council of the V.I.C. with those general powers that it required to carry out its important task of co-ordinating and developing advanced education in Victoria.

The amendments were also designed to help in overcoming the difficulties arising from the administrative separation of the tertiary functions of the affiliated colleges from the non-tertiary. (Complete separation poses many problems which yet remain to be solved.)

THE COUNCIL.

During the first part of 1967 the affairs of the Victoria Institute of Colleges continued to be governed by the Interim Council, details of which were given in the Annual Reports for 1965 and 1966. By proclamation of the Governor in Council, on lst February 1967, the date for the constitution of the Council was fixed as 8th June, 1967. Upon the constitution of the Council, the Interim Council was dissolved.

Inaugural Council Meeting.

Left to right standing : Mr. Tippett, Mr. Kepert, Mr. McCann, Mr. Blake, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Parry, Mr. Weber, Mr Halstead, Mr. Borchardt, Dr. Farrer, Mr. Hames.

Left to right seated :

Absent :

Mr. Barnes, Prof. Whitton, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Merrifield, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Clarke, Dr. Connolly, Hon. Lindsay Thompson, M.L.C. (Minister of Education), Dr. Law, Mr. Waite, Mr. McKern, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Holloway, Mr. Barker, Mr. Sutherland.

Mr. Trewin, Prof. Hunt, Mr. Taylor.

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At the inaugural meeting of Council on 26th June, 1967, Dr. Willis H. Connolly, C.B.E., Chairman of the Interim Council since formation, was elected the first President of the Victoria Institute of Colleges. The Minister of Education, The Hon. L. H. S. Thompson, M.L.C., attended the meeting and congratulated Dr. Connolly upon his appointment. Referring to the work of the Victoria Institute of Colleges, the Minister said that the tasks ahead in the field of tertiary education were manifold and difficult, and that the work of the V.I. C. would be hailed as a landmark in the development of tertiary education. He paid tribute to the calibre and experience of Council members who had made themselves available to grapple with the problems. The Minister considered that, on the pattern of progress in recent months, a particularly pleasing form of development leading to a lasting contribution to education at the tertiary level could be foreseen, with general benefit to the State of Victoria.

DR. W. H. CONNOLLY

President of the Victoria Institute of Colleges

Dr. Connolly was honoured by Monash University when, on 25th May, 1967, he was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Engineering.

Honoris Causa.

The minutes of the inaugural meeting of Council record an expression of appreciation of the services rendered by the following members of the Interim Council who either did not seek, or were ineligible for re-appointment :-

Mr. W. F. Beeson, Secretary, Australian Society of Engineers, Melbourne.

Dr. J. G. Campbell, Managing Director, Perkin-Elmer Pty. Ltd., Melbourne.

Professor D. B. Ellis, Dean, School of Humanities, La Trobe University.

Emeritus Prof. J. N. Greenwood, formerly Professor of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne.

Mr. A. W. Hamer, Executive Director, I.C.I.A.N.Z. Ltd., Melbourne.

Mr. A. E. Lambert, Principal, Caulfield Technical College.

Mr. A. McDonell, formerly Director of Education, Victoria.

Mr. H. E. Nicol, formerly Principal, Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong.

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CHANGES IN COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.

Hon. P. V. Feltham, M.B.E. , was appointed to Council on 2nd November, 1967, following the resignation of Mr. A. Holloway. Mr. J. N. Sutherland resigned from Council on 9th November, 1967.

The Interim Council met six times and the Council met eight times during 1967.

DR. PHILLIP LAW

Vice-President of the Victoria Institute of Colleges.

THE POWERS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL.

The V.I.C. Act, as amended on 19th December, 1967, sets down the Powers and Constitution of Council as follows :-

The Powers of Council.

The Council shall-

(!) On its own motion make reports and recommendations to the Governor in Council on any matter relating to tertiary education other than in the universities in Victoria ;

(2) Co-ordinate the activities of the affiliated colleges in the field of tertiary education ;

(3) Make applications and recommendations to the Governor in Council at least once in each financial year based on estimates submitted by the affiliated colleges concerning the financial requirements of the colleges in the field of tertiary education ;

(4) Make recommendations to governing bodies of affiliated colleges in relation to the appointment of principals of colleges ;

(5) From time to time after consultation with the governing body of an affiliated college determine the staffing establishment for that college ;

(6) Take such steps as are considered necessary or desirable to stimulate the improvement of academic standards in the affiliated colleges ;

(7) Carry out such investigations and surveys as it thinks fit in relation to the development of tertiary education other than in the universities in Victoria ;

(8) Report on any particular matter in relation to tertiary education which is referred to it for investigation and report by the Minister of Education.

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The Constitution of the Council.

The Council shall be the governing authority of the Institute.

(1) The Council shall consist of not more than 32 members and shall be constituted as follows:-

(a) Three members who shall be Members of the Parliament of Victoria who have been recommended for appointment by a joint sitting of the Members of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly conducted in accordance with rules adopted for the purpose by Members present at the sitting ;

(b) Four members shall be persons associated with or having a special interest in tertiary education of whom two shall be appointed by the Governor in Council as representing tertiary education in the metropolitan area and two shall be appointed by the Governor in Council as representing tertiary education outside the metropolitan area ;

(c) The Vice-President, the Director of Technical Education and (where he is not otherwise a member of the Council) the President shall be members ex officio ;

(d) One shall be a person appointed by the Minister who shall be either the Director-General of Education or a deputy for the Director-General ;

(e) Two shall be elected in accordance with the Statutes by the academic staff of whom one shall be a member of the academic staff of an affiliated college in the metropolitan area and one shall be a member of the academic staff of an affiliated college outside the metropolitan area ;

(ea) Two shall be members of the governing bodies of affiliated colleges appointed by the Council of the Institute ;

(f) One shall be appointed by the Council of La Trobe University ;

(g) One shall be appointed by the Council of the University of Melbourne ;

(h) One shall be appointed by the Council of Monash University ;

(i) Four shall be persons appointed by the Governor in Council to represent commerce and industry of whom one shall be appointed as representing the interests of employees in commerce and secondary industry and one shall be appointed as representing primary industry ;

(j) Two shall be principals of affiliated colleges elected in accordance with the Statutes by the principals of the affiliated colleges of whom one shall be the principal of an affiliated college in the metropolitan area and one shall be the principal of an affiliated college outside the metropolitan area ;

(k) Not more than four members shall be persons appointed from time to time by co-option by the Council ;

( I) Two shall be elected in accordance with the Statutes by the Councils of the affiliated colleges of whom one shall be a member of the council of an affiliated college in the metropolitan area and one shall be a member of the council of an affiliated college outside the metropolitan area.

(2) The Council may if it thinks fit provide by statute for the election by graduates of the Institute in accordance with the statutes of not more than two persons to be members of the Council.

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AFFILIATED COLLEGES.

TERTIARY ENROLMENTS.

First Term 1967. -··-·-··-·--·~-··-"-·~-·~-··--·---------~-~-

College I

The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat . . . . .. . . Bendigo Institute of Technology .. . . . . . . . . Caulfield Institute of Technology .. . . . . . . . . Footscray Technical College . . .. . . . . . . . . Gordon Institute of Technology . . . . .. .. . . . .

I Occupational Therapy School of Victoria .. . . . . . . . . Physiotherapy School of Victoria . . . . . . . . .. Prahran Technical School . . . . . . .. . . . . Preston Technical College . . . . . . . . .. Swinburne College of Technology . . . . . . . . .. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology .. . . . . . . Victorian College of Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . Victorian School of Speech Therapy . . . . . . . . .. Yallourn Technical College . . . . . . . . ..

TOTALS . . .. . . . . . . (e) Estimated.

Full Time Part Time

242 28 274 76 761 628 701 399 504 142 106 .. 178 236 107 421 400 (e)

1,125 1.075 2,356 4,109

438 .. 65

137 71

7,544 7,035

SouRcll.-Official returns made by colleges to the Education Department or to the V.I.C.

Total

270 350

1,389 1,100

646 106 178 343 821

2,200 6,465

438 65

208

14,579

PRESIDENTS OF COUNCILS AND PRINCIPALS OF AFFILIATED COLLEGES.

The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350 ; telephone Ballarat 21 406. President Mr. M. B. John Principal Mr. E. J. Barker, B.Mech.E., Dip.Ed., Dip.E.E., A.M.I.E. Aust.,

M.A.C.E.

Bendigo Institute of Technology, McCrae-street, Bendigo, Victoria, 3550 ; telephone Bendigo 30 304.

President Principal

Mr. A. C. Sandow, J.P., B.E., A.M.I.E. Aust., F.A.I.M. Mr. R. W. Birrell, B.Sc., B.E.E., A.M.I.E. Aust., S.M.I.R.E.E.,

A.F.A.I.M.

Caulfield Institute of Technology, 900 Dandenong-road, Caulfield East, Victoria, 3145 ; telephone 211 7441.

President Principal

Mr. K. H. Boykett, A.A.S.A., F.A.I.M. Mr. A. E. Lambert, B.E., A.M.I.E.E., M.I.E. Aust., M.A.C.E.

Footscray Technical College, Corner of Ballarat-road and Nicholson-street, Footscray, Victoria, 3011 ; telephone 68 6851.

President Mr. W. J. Cuming, B.Min.E., M.A.I.M.M. Principal Mr. W. J. Bassett, Dip.E.E., Dip.Mech.E., T.T.T.C.

Gordon Institute of Technology, Fenwick-street, Geelong, Victoria, 3220 ; telephone Geelong 95 915.

President Mr. C. E. Jarvis, A.C.I.S., A.C.W.A. Acting Principal Mr. A. W. Cruickshank, B.E., A.M.I.E. Aust., Grad. I.E.E. (Lond.),

M.A.C.E.

Occupational Therapy School of Victoria, Lincoln House, 625-629 Swanston-street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 ; telephone 34 9231.

President Mr. G. H. O'D. Crowther Director Miss D. Goode, Dip.Occ.Thpy., T.M.A.O.T.

Physiotherapy School of Victoria, Lincoln House, 625-629 Swanston-street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 ; telephone 34 9231.

Chairman Dr. L. T. Wedlick, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P. Director Miss P. Cosh, Dip. M.R.B., M.A.P.A., T.T.T.C.

Prahran Technical President Principal

School, 142 High-street, Prahran, Victoria, Mr. S. J. Loxton, M.L.A. Mr. A. E. Warren, F.R.S.A.

3181 ; telephone 51 6861.

Preston Technical President Principal

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College, St. Georges-road, Preston, Victoria, 3072 ; telephone 478 1666. . . Mr. R. Coleman, J.P. . . Mr. C. J. Coon, Dip.E.E., Dip.Mech.E., A.M.I.E. Aust.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 124 La Trobe-street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 ; telephone 34 0234.

President . . Mr. J. W. Wood Principal . . Brig. P. P. Jackson, C.B.E., B.E., M.I.E. (Aust.), M.I.Mech.E.

Swinburne College of Technology, John-street, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 ; telephone 81 0301. President . . Mr. R. G. Parsons, O.B.E. Director . . Mr. B. R. Hames, M.A., Dip. Ed., M.A.C.E.

Victorian College of Pharmacy, 381 Royal-parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052 ; telephone 38 6254. President (Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria)

Mr. A. I. K. Lloyd, Ph.C., F.P.S. Dean . . Mr. N. C. Manning, B.Sc., Ph.C., A.R.A.C.I., F.P.S.

Victorian School of Speech Therapy, Lincoln House, 625-629 Swanston-street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 ; telephone 34 9231.

Chairman . . Mr. G. S. Gunter, M.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. Director . . Mr. R. N. Harrison, B.A., L.A.C.S.T., T.P.T.C.

Yallourn Technical College, Box 63, Newborough, Victoria, 3828 ; telephone Moe 1272. President Cr. J. J. Robertson, Dip. C.E., A.M.I.E. Aust. Principal . . Mr. E. L. Scott, Dip.Mech.E., Dip.E.E., A.M.I.E. Aust.

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LOCATION OF AFFILIATED COLLEGES

COUNTRY COLLEGES

METROPOLITAN COLLEGES

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PORT

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FRANKSTON

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THE BOARD OF STUDIES AND SCHOOL BOARDS.

An Act to amend Section 27 of the V.I.C. Act 1965 relating to the Board of Studies became operative on 17th March, 1967.

The Act provides for a Board of Studies as follows :--

1. There shall be a Board of Studies consisting of :-­

(a) Two ex officio members of whom-

(i) one shall be the Vice-President of the lnstitute, who shall be chairman ; and

(ii) one shall be the Director of Technical Education ;

(b) Two members being members of the academic staff elected for such term and in such manner as the Statutes prescribe, of whom one shall be a member of the academic staff of an affiliated college in the metropolitan area and one shall be a member of the academic staff of an affiliated college outside the metropolitan area ;

(c) One member being a professional officer of the teaching service not below the classification of inspector who shall be nominated by the Director-General of Education ;

(d) Not less than four nor more than ten members appointed by the Council, being Principals of affiliated colleges or Heads of Departments of studies in affiliated colleges and of whom not less than four shall be Principals; and

(c) Not more than ten members, not including any member of the academic staff whose sole or principal employment is in connexion with his duties as such, appointed by the Council ; and

(f) Whenever the Board of Studies is considering any specific course or proposed course of study in any affiliated college or colleges with a view to submitting to the Council an opinion relating to the content or duration of the course or to teaching methods or the qualifications or duties of teachers in connexion therewith, a member or members being the Principal or Principals of the college or colleges concerned to be appointed by co-option by the Board and who shall be a member or members thereof for the purposes only of the consideration of the course of study and the formulation of the Board's opinion thereon.

2. 1 he members of the Board nominated or appointed under paragraphs (c) (d) and (e) of sub-section 1 shall hold office for such time as is prescribed by the Statutes or regulations thereunder.

3. If at any time it appears to him to be desirable to do so because of the nature of the business before the Board or of absence or illness of the member nominated by him pursuant to paragraph (c) of sub-section 1 or of other reasons, the Director-General of Education may appoint another person qualified as provided by the said paragraph (c) to act temporarily as a member of the Board in place of the member so nominated by him and the person so appointed shall be a temporary member of the Board accordingly.

4. In this section " Director-General of Education " includes any person from time to time acting in that ofiice.

Terms of Reference

The Board of Studies-

(a) may make such recommendations to the Council as it thinks proper with respect to instruction, studies, examination, research, admission to degrees, diplomas and other awards and other related academic matters in the affiliated colleges ;

(b) shall report to the Council on all matters submitted to it by the Council for report ;

(c) shall have such other powers and duties as are conferred or imposed upon it by this Act and the Statutes and regulations of the Institute ; and

(d) subject to this Act and the Statutes and regulations may regulate its own proceedings.

Preliminary arrangements were made during the year for the constitution of the Board of Studies which was expected to become fully operative in l968.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS BOARD.

The Board of Studies will receive submissions from a number of Schools Boards, each of which is expected to work through Course Development Committees thus :-

BOARD OF STUDIES

SCHOOLS BOARDS

COURSE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES

During 1967, the first Schools Boards were established-for Pharmacy and Biological Studies and for Engineering, Architecture and Building.

Schools Board for Pharmacy and Biological Studies

The Board was established with the following membership :­

Chairman : Dr. P. G. Law Mr. R. A. Armitage, B.Sc., Dip.Ed., T.P.T.C., Inspector of Technical

Schools Mr. H. E. Barker, B.Sc., Ph.C., F.R.A.C.I., F.P.S., Associate Dean

(Pharmaceutics), Victorian College of Pharmacy Dr. B. M. Comben, M.Sc. (Melb.), Ph.D. (A.N.U.), Chief Chemist, Sigma

Ltd. Dr. F. G. Lennox, D.Sc., Chief of Division of Protein Chemistry,

C.S.l.R.O. Dr. N. Millis, Ph.D. (Brist.), M.Agr.Sc., Department of Microbiology,

University of Melbourne Professor M. J. Rand, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Syd.), Department of Pharmacology,

University of Melbourne Mr. H. M. Teltscher, M.Sc., A.M.T.C. (App. Chern.), Head, Department

of Biology and Biochemistry, R.M.I.T.

The Schools Board carried out an investigation of the request by the Victorian College of Pharmacy for the award by the V.I.C. of the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy and, at the close of the year, the Board's recommendations were before Council.

Schools Board for Engineering, Architecture and Building

By the end of 1967 the following members had accepted an invitation to join this Schools Board:-

11677/68.-3

Chairman : Professor K. H. Hunt Mr. R. W. Birrell, B.Sc., B.E.E., A.M.I.E. Aust., M.l.R.E.E., T.P.T.C.,

Principal, Bendigo Institute of Technology Mr. A. E. Ferguson, M.E.E., A.M.I.E. Aust., A.M.I.E.E., S.M.I.R.E.E.,

Reader in Electronics, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Melbourne

Mr. P. Fitchett, B.Mech.E. (Hons.), A.M.I.E., Chief Engineer, I.C.I.A.N.Z. Mr. A. G. Jones, M.Eng., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Prod.E. Chief

Engineer, Aeronautical Research Laboratories Dr. P. G. Law Mr. R. Lyon, F.R.A.I.A., A.R.LB.A. Messrs. Perrott, Lyon, Timlock

and Kesa Mr. J. T. Pescott, B.C.E., Dip.Ed., A.M.I.E. Aust., Head, Civil

Engineering Department, Caulfield Institute of Technology Mr. R. S. Prentice, F.A.I.B., Chairman, Prentice Builders Pty. Ltd. Mr. H. C. Richards, Dip. C.E., M.I.E. (Aust.), Hardcastle and Richards Mr. R. G. Ritchie, B.Mech.E., A.M.I.E., Inspector of Technical Schools

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Consultant to the Schools Board: Dr. H. K. Womer, D.Sc., A.B.S.M., F.I.M., F.R.A.C.I., M.I.M.M., M.A.I.M.M., Director of New Process Development, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd.

The Board had its inaugural meeting on 20th December, 1967.

During 1967, Council took preliminary steps towards the establishment of the following additional Schools Boards :

Physical Sciences and Mathematics ;

Business Studies, Administration and Management ;

Fine Art and Industrial Arts.

It was expected that these Boards would begin their work during 1968.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE.

During 1967 the following were members of the Finance and Administration Committee :-

Chairman : Hon. S. Merrifield, M.L.C.

Terms of Reference

Mr. F. Barnes Mr. J. A. E. Carr, B.Com., (Cortis and Carr Stockbrokers) Mrs. R. Gordon Mr. A. W. Taylor, E.D., M.P.

To report upon and make recommendations concerning recurrent funds for affiliated colleges. To examine all triennial estimates submitted by affiliated colleges and the Vice-President's Office and to make recommendations to Council concerning triennial submissions to the C.A.C.A.E. ; to exercise such fiscal control of V.I.C. budgets as might be considered necessary by Council ; to recommend for payment by Council such accounts presented by the Vice-President's Office as the Committee approves ; to make recommendations concerning appointments to the staff of the Vice-President's Office and to review from time to time the salaries of such staff and their conditions of employment ; to design a satisfactory scheme of superannuation for such staff.

Council Delegation to the Finance and Administration Committee

On 21st August 1967, the V.I.C. Council delegated to the Finance and Administration Committee, the following matters :-

(a) Approval of purchases of equipment, supplies and services. (b) Endorsement of payment of accounts for all authorized purchases of equipment

and supplies and for services and salaries. (c) (i) Appointment and replacement of staff in all positions authorized by

Council in salary ranges below $4,000 per year. (ii) Progressive adjustments to all administrative staff salaries and wages to

provide for award and cost of living movements. (iii) Progressive adjustments to administrative staff salaries and wages in

ranges below the level of $4,000 per year in response to efficiency and changing market values.

(iv) Approval of life assurance at levels approved by Council or superannuation cover at levels afforded by the State Superannuation Scheme.

REPORT OF THE BUILDINGS COMMITTEE.

The Committee was first appointed by the Interim Council on 28th November 1966, with the following members :-

Chairman: Mr. H. T. McKern Mr. F. Barnes Mr. W. F. Beeson Mr. A. W. Hamer Mr. J. L. Kepert Ron. S. Merrifield, M.L.C. Mr. C. N. McCann Mr. T. C. Trewin, M.L.A.

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Following the constitution of the V.l.C. Council, a new committee was appointed as follows, on 26th June, 1967 :-

Chairman: Mr. H. T. McKern

Mr. E. J. Barker

Mr. J. L. Kepert

Terms of Reference

Hon. S. Merrifield, M.L.C.

Mr. L. H. Waite.

The Committee is responsible to Council for all matters appertaining to the Institute's responsibilities in relation to the buildings, grounds and property of its affiliated colleges.

Engineering Building, Bendigo Institute of Technology.

CAPITAL WORKS (BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT).

SUMMARY Of STATE AND COMMONWEALTH GRANTS PROVIDED UNDER STATES GRANTS (ADVANCED EDUCATION) ACTS 1967.

College State Commonwealth

Contribution Grants

$ $

Bendigo Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . . . 430,000 430,000

*Burnley Horticultural College . . . . . . . . . . 26,500 26,500

Caulfield Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . . . 672,000 672,000

*College of N ursing, Australia . . . . . . . . .. 175,000 175,000

*Dookie Agricultuca1 College . . . . .. . . . . 106,000 106,000

Footscray Technical College . . . . . . . . . . 391 ,500 391,500

*Longerenong Agricultural College . . .. . . .. . . 55,000 55,000

Preston Technical College . . . . . . . . .. 429,000 429,000

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . 1,550,000 1,550,000

*School of Forestry, Creswick . . . . . . . . . . 54,000 54,000

Gordon Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . . . 768,000 768,000

School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat . . . . . . . . 252,000 252,000

Swinburne College of Technology . . . . . . .. 915,000 915,000

Victorian College of Pharmacy . . . . . . .. . . 333,500 333,500

Yallourn Technical College . . . . . . . . . . ll9,500 119,500

All or any of the colleges specified in the Second Schedule of the Act in respect of Victoria . . . . . . . . .. . . 35,000 35,000

6,312,000 6,312,000

Total F unds

$

860,000

53,000

1,344,000

350,000

212,000

783,000

110,000

858,000

3,100,000

108,000

1,536,000

504,000

1,830,000

667,000

239,000

70,000

12,624,000

• Although these co lleges are not affi lia ted with the V.I.C., the V.l .C . has accepted responsibility for the co-ordination of their capital works programme.

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Development of New Sites

In 1966, the State and Commonwealth authorities approved the development of a new site for the School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, at Mount Helen, and for the Bendigo Institute of Technology at Flora Hill.

Preliminary campus development plans were prepared by the respective college councils, and architects were commissioned to prepare plans of the new buildings. At Bendigo, construction of the engineering building was commenced in November 1966. Construction of the first buildings for engineering on the new Ballarat site is planned for early 1968.

In December 1967, the Council of the Gordon Institute of Technology recommended to the Minister of Education that the future development of the Institute should be on a new site.

The College recommendation bas been referred to the V.l.C. for investigation and report.

Foyer of the new Diploma Building, Prahran Technical School.

New Colleges of Advanced Education-Requirements and Priorities in the Metropolitrtn Area

A study to determine the overall need for colleges in the Melbourne Metropolitan area was initiated during the latter half of the year so that future site requirements could be determined.

The Building Programme

During 1967, construction continued on the following major projects commenced in 1966 :­

Approved Grant 1967-69 Triennium

$ Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology- completion of class room

block for mathematics, humanities and commerce The Gordon Institute of Technology- class room block and library Bendigo Institute of Technology-engineering building

Construction work on the following projects was commenced :­

Caulfield Institute of Technology-engineering and chemistry building Footscray Technical College-engineering, physics, mathematics and

library building Swinburne College of Technology-engineering building Stage J ..

2,147,000

500,000 448,000

810,000

360,000 1,440,000

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Victorian College of Pharmacy. One of the two main phar maceutics laboratories.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE STAFFS.

The members of the Committee in 1967 were :-

Chairman : Mr. J. M. Saunders Dr. K. T. H. Farrer Mr. H. J. Halstead Mr. B. R. Hames Mr. J. L. Kepert Hon. S. Merrifield, M.L.C.

*Mr. H. E. Nicol Mr. A. W. Taylor, E.D., M.P. Mr. E. J. T. Tippett.

From its inception, the V.I.C. has recognized that the provision of adequately competitive salaries for tertiary staffs is essential for the forward development of the colleges of advanced education affiliated with the Institute.

The Committee on College Staffs was formed in the latter half of 1966, and during 1967 continued the investigation of appropriate scales of salaries and related conditions for tertiary staff in affiliated colleges.

In March 1967, the Committee submitted, through Council, a recommendation to the Minister of Education for increased salaries. At this time it was not clear just what form the salary determining authority for V.l.C. colleges would finally take, and the departmental colleges still remained under the jurisdiction of the Teachers' Tribunal for salary determinations.

On 22nd June 1967, the Tribunal made an iterim determination granting salary increases, by way of gratuities, to tertiary teaching staffs in departmental technical colleges from 1st July 1967. The Minister of Education approved increases in salary scales at the same levels for council-controlled colleges. The Teachers' Tribunal determination fell short of the salary levels recommended by the V.I.C. and was regarded only as a temporary measure, to be replaced by permanent revised scales when the role of the V.I.C. had been clarified. The salary question was given further urgency by the announcement of substantial increases in university scales shortly after the determination was made by the Tribunal.

'Retired 8th June, 1967.

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The immediate concern of the Committee was to take the actions needed for the implementation of the Tribunal award. The Minister of Education accepted recommendations prepared by the Committee relating to the qualifications and experience required by teaching staff in order to be classified as " tertiary" for purposes of transfer to the new Tribunal scales. In some cases it was necessary to set up expert sub-committees to advise on the professional standing of some members of the tertiary teaching staffs who did not possess the requisite formal qualifications. Representations were also made to the Tribunal concerning certain anomalies arising from the application of the determination in specific cases.

Having dealt, as far as was possible, with the difficulties arising from the implementation of the interim Tribunal determination, the Committee then returned to the consideration of salaries generally, in the light of the interim levels decided on by the Tribunal and the upward movement of professional and academic salaries in other areas.

During this period, the preparation of amending legislation to grant increased autonomy to the V.I.C. was in hand, and the question of what form a permanent salary authority for affiliated colleges should take was re-examined. When presenting the amendments to the V.I.C. Act to Parliament, the Minister announced that the responsibility for salary determination for tertiary staffs of colleges would be removed from the Teachers' Tribunal and that scales would be fixed by the Governor in Council, who would receive recommendations from the Council of the V.I.C.

The new legislation became effective on 19th December, 1967 and as the year closed the Committee on College Staffs had begun the task of preparing a revised submission to the Minister aimed at bringing salaries to levels appropriate for staff engaged in the development of tertiary institutions which would serve as high-standard alternatives to the universities as avenues of higher education. The Committee thus had before it the task of recommending for college staffs competitive salaries which would enable the colleges to recruit and retain professional staff of the calibre and in the numbers needed to advance this vital sector of tertiary education.

As part of its overall review of the salary structure, the committee recommended increased salaries for academic staffs in the three Therapy Schools, and was gratified that the governing councils of the schools were able to effect improvements before the year closed.

Under the new V.I.C. Act, the Council also became responsible for determining the staff establishments in the affiliated colleges and it was noted that this would become an increasingly important function of the Committee on College Staffs in 1968.

Another matter of concern to the Committee in 1967 was the conditions under which staff employed in affiliated colleges still controlled by the Education Department might be transferred to the employment of the College Councils after these Councils became independent of the Department. Preliminary consideration of this problem showed that only careful and sympathetic appreciation of all the aspects involved would produce solutions which were acceptable to the V.I.C., the colleges, the staffs of colleges and the Education Department. While some work had been done on draft conditions, this matter had not been finalized at the end of the year.

REPORT OF THE AFFILIATION COMMITTEE.

The following were members of the Affiliation Committee during 1967 :

Chairman : Professor K. H. Hunt Mr. J. R. Clarke Mrs. R. Gordon Mr. J. L. Kepert Mr. A. McDonell, formerly Director of Education, Victoria.

During 1967 the Committee investigated a number of colleges of advanced education following the receipt of requests for affiliation with the Institute. As a result of the Committee's deliberations and recommendations, Council admitted the following during the year as affiliated colleges :

Occupational Therapy School of Victoria Physiotherapy School of Victoria Prahran Technical School Preston Technical School Victorian School of Speech Therapy Yallourn Technical College.

At 31st December, there were fourteen colleges affiliated with the Institute with the approval of the Governor-in-Council.

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REPORT OF THE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE. The members of the Legislation Committee in 1967 were :­

Chairman : Mr. F. Barnes Mr. J. R. Grenville

*Mr. A. Holloway, Works Manager, Gas and Fuel Corporation Mr. A. E. Lambert, Principal, Caulfield Technical College Mr. A. McDonell Mr. A. W. Taylor, E.D., M.P.

•Resigned during the year.

STATUTES APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL

During 1967 the Legislation Committee prepared new and amended Statutes, which were passed by Council and which received the approval of the Governor in Council, as follows :-

Date of approval by Governor-in-Council Statute

27th April, 1967 2.1 The Council , ,

" "

'' ,., 6th June, 1967

" " 18th July, 1967 29th August, 1967

" " 28th November, 1967

3.2 13.1.2

13.l.l 4.1 4.2 2.2

11.1 3.1

13.1.3

The Vice-President Election of Members of the Council by

Teaching Staff and Principals Elections (Procedure) The Registrar The Business Manager The Council (Amendment) The Seal of the Institute The President and Deputy-President Election of the President and Deputy-

President

The Committee was responsible for drafting the amendments to the V.I.C. Act which have been referred to elsewhere in this Report.

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER FACILITIES IN COLLEGES.

The V.I.C. Computer Committee was appointed on 24th July, 1967 and was given the following terms of reference :

" To investigate the computer requirements of affiliated colleges ; to design a rationalized scheme of development in affiliated colleges to provide for further long-term computer needs of the V.I.C. ; to carry out such other tasks concerning computer evaluation, use or planning as might from time to time be requested by Council."

The members of the Computer Committee in 1967 were

Chairman : Dr. P. G. Law Dr. C. J. Bellamy, B.E. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Syd.), Director, Computer Centre, Monash

University Mr. H. J. Halstead Dr. F. Hirst, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.lnst.P., F.A.l.P., Reader in Automatic Computing,

Computation Department, University of Melbourne Mr. A. E. Lambert, B.E., M.I.E.E ..• M.I.E. Aust., M.A.C.E., Principal, Caulfield

Institute of Technology Mr. E. A. Mayer, Divisional Manager Systems, National Mutual Life Association of

A/Asia Ltd. Mr. D. R. Mills, B.E.E., Dip.E.E., T.T.C., Inspector of Technical Schools Mr. J. Russell, B.Sc., Officer in Charge, Melbourne Branch, Computing Research

Section, C.S.LR.O. Mr. H. P. Weber Mr. J. Webster, B.C.E., A.M. I.E. Aust., Head, Electronic Data Processing Investigation,

State Electricity Commission of Victoria.

Since the introduction of computer facilities and courses at Bendigo Institute of Technology, Caulfield Technical College and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology just over four years ago, there has been a spectacular growth in the enrolments for courses in automatic data processing.

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Already several colleges have been obliged to buy computer time on outside installations either because they Jack computer facilities, or because the facilities which they possess have reached saturation.

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology installed an Elliott 803 computer in February, 1964. By 1967 the level of utilization had reached the point where a decision on a new machine was necessary.

Caulfield Technical College has had two computers, a C.D.C. 160A and a Sirius, in operation since 1964. The College provided services for Moorabbin and Prahran Technical Schools in 1967, but because of the growing demands of its own students it was unable to meet the demand for computer time. It is expected that the Caulfield Technical College will be forced to impose restrictions on the number of student programmes to be processed in 1968 ; it will be necessary for the College to buy time on other computers.

An I.C.T. 1901 Computer was installed at Bendigo Institute of Technology in March, 1967. During the year Bendigo provided services in data processing and computer time to Shepparton, Castlemaine, Maryborough, Footscray and Mildura Technical Colleges.

The next step forward in the development of computer facilities for the affiliated colleges was taken with the decision by R.M.I.T. to purchase an English Electric L.M. System 4-50 computer at a cost of $440,000. The configuration, due for installation in February, 1968, will include all the hardware and software facilities (including a provision for remote consoles) associated with a fully up-to-date medium-sized commercial installation.

After a careful investigation of developments in data processing, the Computer Committee submitted a proposed policy on the provision of computer services for affiliated colleges and this was adopted by Council in December, 1967.

In developing its policy, the Committee recognized the need for access to computer facilities by students wishing to train as computer specialists, students undertaking courses in engineering and science, students undertaking courses in commerce and administration and students training or retraining as systems analysts.

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The English Electric System 4-50 Computer installed at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

The nature of this student demand required facilities that would permit the processing of large numbers of students' programming exercises in a short time.

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The recruitment and training of teaching staff able to develop computing courses also represented a problem which in the view of the committee, demanded the availability of operational computer facilities on each college campus.

Because of the rapid rate of technological change, the committee recognized that its proposals for installation of computers in the short-term should not be allowed to prejudice longer-term plans based on the greater knowledge of course demands and the availability of more sophisticated and more economical equipment.

The Committee also took into consideration possible future teaching developments such as the use of remote consoles in association with a computer and the development of a network serving many research and teaching installations. The extent to which these systems were immediately practicable was carefully considered.

As a result of these and other considerations, the following statement, prepared by the committee, was accepted by the Council as V.I.C. policy :-

(a) Each college at present affiliated which is engaged in the teaching of computer subjects should acquire some form of computer. For a number of the metropolitan colleges, however, the machine need only be small and of relatively low cost, since its essential purpose would not be to continue to deal with the bulk processing of increasing numbers of student exercises, but to provide a means of staff development, student motivation and an opportunity for " hands on " experience for those students who require it. In the event, such a small machine, though limited in capacity and speed, might weJI cope with the total college load for several years. This would not be essential, however, since a back-up facility in routine processing would be available in the larger, faster, machine at R.M.I.T. This college, in the preparation of the specifications for its new machine, made provision for such a service for the time being. A courier service between colleges would be necessary for the transport of the programmes.

The following colleges should be invited to submit specific proposals for the acquisition of installations costing up to $120,000-

Swinburne College of Technology

Footscray Technical College

Preston Technical College

Ballarat School of Mines and Industries

Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong.

(b) In the short term the medium sized computer installation already approved for R.M.I.T. ($440,000) and a second medium sized machine, to be located at Caulfield Technical College, together with the five smaller machines recommended above, are expected to cope with the metropolitan load in this triennium and in part of the following triennium.

(c) The adoption of the above policy would result in the expenditure of some $300,000 less on computers in the V.I.C. colleges than was initially envisaged when estimates for the current triennium were prepared almost two years ago.

(d) The committee gave careful thought to the proposition that, in placing a small or medium computer in each of a number of colleges, Victoria would run the risk that nowhere in its system of affiliated colleges was there one really large sophisticated computer. The committee examined claims that a large central computer system would yield more processing capacity per dollar spent than the network of smaller machines suggested above.

The evidence available to the committee led it to the conclusion that such claims might be valid where the need is for long data-processing runs. The affiliated colleges, however, did not have a need for such mass data processing but required, above all, fast input /output facilities for dealing with short student exercises. Investigation had shown the cost of the peripheral equipment necessary to operate a central processer serving a number of centres to be so high as to remove any clear economic advantage that a central installation would have at this stage. In the absence of such an obvious advantage, the committee had been mindful of the significant educational stimulus associated with the possession of a computer on campus, and had therefore recommended the above programme of immediate computer acquisition.

It was emphasized, however, that this programme of computer installations was seen as meeting the needs of the system of affiliated colleges only for the next four or five years.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES IN VICTORIAN COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION.

During 1967, an ad hoc Library Committee was established by the Interim Council for the specific purpose of preparing recommendations to the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education on the grants required by colleges of advanced education for library development. Under the terms of the unmatched grant, $500,000 was offered to the States for this purpose by the Commonwealth for the 1967-69 triennium. This committee was representative of both affiliated and unaffiliated colleges.

The college libraries were visited by a panel representing the ad hoc Library Committee. In addition to assessing the libraries' needs to improve their collections, the panel also took into account the library building programme and the ability of the staff to process the quantity of volumes likely to be handled in each library as a result of the grant. The visits to the libraries were a valuable exercise for they indicated many of the areas in which the V.I.C. should be working to provide improved services and facilities for colleges of advanced education.

In preparing the case for Victoria's share of the unmatched grant, the ad hoc committee discovered that the seventeen libraries in colleges of advanced education served the needs of 13,134 students (full-time equivalent) each of whom was enroHed in one of the 186 tertiary courses offered by these colleges.

As a result of the visits and the estimates provided by each college, the ad hoc committee reported that the sum of $501,400 was needed to bring the libraries up to minimum standard in the triennium 1967-69. This total was indicative of the inferior standard of the majority of college libraries and a request for a grant of this amount was submitted to the Commonwealth Advisory Committee for Advanced Education in response to its invitation to indicate the level of need in the college libraries.

In presenting its report, the committee pointed out that the neglect of libraries generally (to which the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education and others had also alluded) had resulted in a situation where only an effort of substantial proportions would have any significant impact on the overall library standards in the colleges of Victoria.

Library, Lincoln House serves Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy Students.

The ad hoc Committee was careful to recommend grants for each college at a level considered practicable in terms of the accommodation and staffing of its library. Without the restrictions imposed by these factors , much higher sums would have been sought for a number of colleges whose libra ries were particularly under-developed.

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On 7th November, 1967 the Commonwealth Minister for Education and Science advised the Victorian Minister of Education that it was proposed to distribute the unmatched grant of $500,000 for the acquisition of library material for colleges of advanced education as follows :

Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania

$ 180,000 160,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 10,000

$500,000

The amount available to Victoria from the total Commonwealth grant was well below the amount recommended by the V.I.C. Insofar as the latter represented a realistic statement of the need of the libraries in the uniquely wide complex of tertiary colleges which exists in Victoria, it is clear that further grants on a substantial scale will be necessary in subsequent triennia if the standard of college libraries is to be raised to a satisfactory level.

The following table clearly illustrates this situation :~-

PROJECTED STUDENT ENROLMENTS IN COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION.

New South Wales .. Victoria .. Queensland South Australia .. Western Australia .. Tasmania ..

1967

1,847 20,691

2,124 4,218 3,433

604

32,917

SouRCE : C.A.C.A.E. Report 30th June, 1966.

1968

2,581 23,696

2,691 5,087 4,215

810

39,080

1969

3,097 27,552 3,331 5,954 5,035

979

45,945

These figures highlight the outstanding involvement of the Victorian colleges in advanced education. Unmatched grants distributed between the States according to their populations would clearly prove inequitable in the case of Victoria.

Before the close of the year, and with the further assistance of the ad hoc Library Committee, the V.I.C. was able to advise the C.A.C.A.E. that the amount allocated to Victoria should be distributed as follows :-

College

The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat Bendigo Institute of Technology Caulfield Institute of Technology The Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy Footscray Technical College Gordon Institute of Technology Preston Technical College Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Swinburne College of Technology Yallourn Technical College College of Nursing, Australia .. Victorian College of Pharmacy Therapy Schools Longerenong Agricultural College Dookie Agricultural College Burnley Horticultural College of Victoria Victorian School of Forestry, Creswick

Grant $

10,000 18,000 14,000 2,000

20,000 15,000 14,000 32,500 28,000 2,000 6,000 5,500 4,000 2,000 3,000 2,000 2,000

$180,000

It is expected that the first payments of the grants to the colleges for the triennium 1967-69 will be made before 30th June, 1968.

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Before its dissolution in November, the ad hoc Library Committee prepared recommendations on the terms of reference and composition of a standing Library Committee to be submitted to the Council for adoption early in 1968.

STUDENTS' LOAN FUND. Section 34 of the Victoria Institute of Colleges Act 1965 provides for the establishment of a

students' Loan Fund.

The Council appointed an ad hoc committee, which first met on 24th August, 1967, to determine general principles, requirements and procedures for operation of the fund.

By December, 1967 the committee had a draft Statute in readiness for submission to the Legislation Committee early in 1968.

At the same time, the V.I.C. decided to ask the Minister of Education if appropriate arrangements could be made to increase the V.I.C. Students' Loan Fund from $20,000 to $100,000.

GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. The V.I.C. Council acknowledges with gratitude receipt of the sum of $2,000 from

Mr. Malcolm Moore of 227 Collins-street, Melbourne, as a donation to further the objectives of the Institute.

Gifts and bequests to the V.I.C. are allowable taxation deductions.

PAPERS PRESENTED BY STAFF OF THE V.I.C.

During 1967 the Vice-President presented the following papers :~

1. Tim VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF CoLLEGEs-A paper presented to Section J of A.N.Z.A.A.S., Melbourne, January, 1967. This paper appeared in The Australian Unil'ersity, Vol. 5, No. 1, April, 1967.

2. A DIPLOMA IN THE HUMANITIES AT V.l.C. COLLEGES-A working paper prepared for the information of those who attended the Seminar arranged by the V.I.C. on 24th February, 1967.

3. THE WORK OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGES-A lecture to the Victorian institute of Educational Research (V.T.E.R.) on lOth March, 1967.

4. 0RGANIZATION, AIMS AND PROBLEMS OF V.l.C.-A paper presented to Legacy on 14th March, 1967.

5. THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGEs-An address to the Australian Institute of Builders on 30th March, 1967.

6. A STRUCTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION ALTERNATIVE TO THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM-An address to The Engineering Section of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures and Metal Industries Association on llth April, 1967.

7. THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF CoLLEGEs-A paper presented in Session III : Organization of Tertiary Education, at the Fourth Canberra Seminar on Administrative Studies at the Australian National University on 16th May, 1967.

8. CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING-An address to the Girl Guides Commissioners Conference on 23rd June, 1967, and published in Matilda, August, 1967.

9. THE CHANGING PATTERN OF REQUIREMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION-The Chomley Oration for the College of Nursing, Australia, on 2nd June, 1967.

10. A NEw LooK AT TERTIARY EDUCATION-A lecture to the Opening Dinner of National Education Week, N.U.A.U.S., July, 1967.

11. CHANGING EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WoRLD-An address to the Adult Education Association of Victoria on 14th August, 1967.

12. EDUCATION IN AN EXPANDING SociETY-A paper presented to the World Council of the Y.W.C.A. on 22nd August, 1967.

13. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA­Two papers presented as The Mackie Lectures on 6th and 7th September, 1967. Excerpts from the Mackie Lectures were published in the Age Newspaper on 26th and 27th October, 1967.

14. THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE OF COLLEGES-A lecture delivered to The Australian College of Education on 25th October, 1967.

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VISIT OF THE MAcCONNELL TEAM OF CONSULTANTS. Professor James MacConnell, Director, Educational Facilities Laboratory Inc. (established

under the Ford Foundation), Stanford University, U.S.A., visited Australia last May at the invitation of the Commonwealth Government to advise on campus planning for colleges of advanced education in Australia.

The V.I.C. arranged the four-day itinerary for Professor MacConnell's visit to Victoria. The programme included on-site inspections of several of the affiliated colleges.

This tour concluded with a Seminar on Campus Planning for Institutes of Advanced Education, at which Professor MacConnell addressed an audience of 150, including principals and staffs of colleges, architects, senior government officers and others interested in the planning of educational buildings.

Later in the year, specialist members of the MacConnell team were invited to examine aspects of current planning at various Victorian colleges. Reports were submitted to the V.I.C. as follows:-

Notes and sketches on Master Planning prepared for the Victoria Institute of Colleges. Consultant : Hugh S. Mitchell.

Comments relative to the Master Planning at Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong. Consultants : Hugh S. Mitchell and Dr. Paul J. Wisch.

Comments relative to the survey of Libraries with the Victoria Institute of Colleges. Consultants : Warren Hicks and Arden K. Smith.

Master Planning of the Gordon Institute of Technology. Consultant : Arden K. Smith. Master Planning at the Swinburne College of Technology. Consultant : Arden K.

Smith.

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PLANNING FOR COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATlON.

Following the visits of the American Consultants to Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, a Seminar on College Planning was held in Hobart from 5th to lOth November.

Sponsored by the Commonwealth Government, the Seminar was attended by 100 representatives from Colleges of Advanced Education, Commonwealth and State Government Departments and private architects. Discussions centered around two general areas in college planning : the preparation of adequate educational specifications, and the master planning of a campus. Although the American approach to the problem was related to the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, the general principles had application to college planning programmes throughout Australia.

Emphasis was placed on the importance of adequate pre-planning and the preparation of comprehensive educational specifications as a basis for providing physical and environmental facilities with sufficient flexibility to accommodate not only the present programme of education, but changes which might be necessary because of future innovations in instructional and curricular patterns.

A feature of the seminar was a spirited session in which representatives from the various States discussed their individual planning problems.

SEMINAR ON A DIPLOMA IN HUMANITIES. The V.I.C. conducted a one-day Seminar at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology on

24th February, 1967.

All affiliated colleges were represented and members of staff from the three Victorian universities and the University of New South Wales attended. Education Department administrators from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria took part in the Seminar as did twenty-two persons representative of industry.

The Report of the Seminar was published by the V.I.C. and copies are available on application to the Registrar.

STAFF APPOINTMENTS TO THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE IN 1967. Air Commodore C. N. Blake, O.B.E., B.A., B.Com., F.A.S.A., commenced duties as

Business Manager on 6th February, 1967.

The Registrar, Mr. R. E. Parry, B.Sc., B.Ed., commenced duties on 9th May, 1967. Mr. Parry was formerly Registrar of the N.S.W. Institute of Technology, Sydney.

Mr. A. R. Winstone, A.R.M.I.T., was appointed to the position of Buildings Officer on 15th September, 1967. Mr. Winstone was formerly Officer-in-Charge, Operations Section, Australian Universities Commission, Canberra.

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Mr. P. S. Nicholson commenced duties as Administrative Assistant to the Business Manager on 1st September, 1967. Mr. Nicholson was formerly Administrative Assistant to the Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Mr. G. A. Richards, B.Sc., Dip.Ed., was appointed Assistant Registrar (Staffing) on 13th November, 1967. Mr. Richards was formerly Professional and Technical Classification and Appointments Officer, C.S.I.R.O., Head Office, Melbourne.

Business Manager:

VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE State Savings Bank Building,

258 Little Bourke-street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000

STAFF 1967

Vice-President : Dr. P. G. Law, C.B.E., M.Sc., D.App.Sc., F.A.I.P.

Registrar: Mr. C. N. Blake, O.B.E., B.A., B.Com., F.A.S.A. Mr. R. E. Parry, B.Sc., B.Ed.

Buildings-Officer : Assistant Registrar (Staffing) : Mr. A. R. Winstone, A.R.M.I.T. Mr. G. A. Richards, B.Sc., Dip.Ed.

Administrative Assistant : Mr. P. S. Nicholson

Secretaries Mrs. P. B. Cole, Secretary to Vice-President Mrs. D. A. McCulloch, Secretary to Business Manager Miss H. M. Keneley, Dip.Com.Prac., Secretary to Registrar Mrs. C. E. Ellis, Secretary to Assistant Registrar (Staffing).

Mr. M. Avard Miss I. Billto Miss E. Carrel, B.A. Mrs. J. Ennis

Office Staff Miss J. Etter Mrs. J. Kassimates Miss S. Morris Mr. E. A. Weinman

VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

FINAL ACCOUNTS-31ST DECEMBER, 1967.

Statement of Income and Expenditure for All Purposes for the Year Ended 31st December, 1967.

·--·~~~·---------

Income-State and Commonwealth Grants Gifts and donations .. Other

ToTAL INCOME

Expenditure-Salaries and Wages .. Staff Appointment Costs Printing and Stationery Postage and Telephone Travel and Entertainment Office Rent and Cleaning . . . . Office Furniture, Equipment and Partitions Light and Power .. Library (Books &c.) . . . . Motor Vehicle Running Expenses Miscellaneous

TOTAL EXPENDITURE .. Surplus for the year ..

: I

Recurrent Funds

$

117,460 .. ..

117,460

61,030 2,679 3,276 2,359 2,041

12,456 15,652

490 564

1,279 1,134

102,960 14,500

117,460

-··~···----

Gifts and Other Total Donations

$ $ $

.. . . 117,460 2,000 . . 2,000 . . 269 269

2,000 269 119,729

.. . . 61,030

.. . . 2,679

.. . . 3,276

.. . . 2,359

. . .. 2,041

.. . . 12,456

.. . . 15,652

.. . . 490

. . .. 564

.. . . 1,279

.. . . 1,134

Nil Nil 102,960 2,000 269 16,769

2,000 269 119,729

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STATEMENT OF BALANCES AS AT 31sT DECEMBER, 1967.

$ $

Sundry creditors 5,342 Cash at Bank and on hand

Accumulated funds :-Balance 1st January, 1967 .. 526 Sundry debtors Recurrent funds surplus 1967 14,500 Gifts and donations 2,000 Other 269

17,295

22,637

$

18,297

4,340

22,637

The books and accounts of the Victoria Institute of Colleges have been audited by an officer acting under my direction. Tn my opinion, the above Income and Expenditure statement and the statement of Balances are correct.

By Authority: A. C. BROOKS, Government Printer, Melbourne.

A. J. A. GARDNER, Auditor-General of Victoria.

11th April, 1968.