Town Hall Meeting

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Town Hall Meeting 11 December 2006
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Todays agenda

• Introduce DVCs
• Macquarie_at_50 progress
• Update response to your say survey
• Address issues of concern
• Try to answer questions

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Management Team

• Judyth Sachs, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
• Paul Bowler, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chief
  Operating Officer
• Jim Piper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
• Elizabeth More, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
  (Development and External Relations)

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Refining the Vision

• Interdisciplinary research and teaching for
  global problems
• Assuring healthy ageing
• Environmental sustainability
• Assisting those left behind
• Preserving our heritage
• Understanding ourselves and our planet

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Macquarie_at_50

• Research staff, students, infrastructure
• Scholarships undergraduate and post-graduate
• New joined-up management structure
• Enterprise agreement
• Strategic alliances
• Communications publications, web, MQTV,
  transparency

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Moving up

• Shanghai Jiao Tong 9th in Australia
• Times Higher Education Supplement 7th
• Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and
  Social Research Reputation Humanities (10th),
  Business (8th), Education, Law and Science (9th)
• Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (no
  funding in 2006 2.994 million for 2007)

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Your Say survey main problem areas

• Communication / information sharing
• Recruitment processes
• Policies and procedures
• Performance focus
• Staff feedback and consultation
• Career opportunities
• Technology and facilities

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Addressing your concerns
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Divisional visits and Town Hall meetings(write
VC)
Communications/Information Sharing
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Updates on enterprise bargaining (newsletter and
forum)
Communications/Information Sharing
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VC Websitewww.vc.mq.edu.au
Welcome to Macquarie University From the
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steven Schwartz
Welcome to the media site for Professor Steven
Schwartz. Included on the following pages are
copies of articles, speeches, reports to Council,
media bulletins and coverage from September 2002
onwards. We welcome your feedback - please go to
contact details to get in touch with Public
Relations and Marketing
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Staff Consultative Group
See the Human Resources site for details of your
representative (first meeting is 14th Dec)
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Council Web Site

• A comprehensive overview of our University
  Council is available on http//www.mq.edu.au/unive
  rsity_council
• It includes details about our members of Council,
  committees reporting to Council, Council Meeting
  papers and minutes

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Leadership essentials

• Excellent feedback
• 100 academic and general staff so far
• Accept research-led goal (with caveats)

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Improving recruitment processes

• New recruitment policy currently being drafted.
  We want your feedback. Please send to your Staff
  Consultative Group representative
  http//www.pers.mq.edu.au/policy/scg/scge06.html

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Improving recruitment processes
As part of the new recruitment policy, a Deputy
Vice-Chancellor will sit on all senior academic
appointment panels
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Improving recruitment processes

• Permanent positions advertised.
• If vacancy results from a restructure then
  preference given first to qualified existing staff

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Clear Policies and Procedures

• Enterprise Agreement available on the HR
  website. Written in plain English so we no longer
  need to have a translation version.

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Clear Policies and Procedures

• A new Human Resources manager has been appointed
  to oversee Staffing and Policy
• New HR policy website will be launched in 2007
• Policies for OSP and outside work available on
  the HR site
• A working group will be established to develop a
  policy for staff with disabilities

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Clear Policies and Procedures

• A new definition of Research Active will be
  introduced over the next couple of years for use
  in policies such as OSP

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Performance focus

• Vice-Chancellor KPIs on www.vc.mq.edu.au and
  progress is updated in each report to Council
  also on site
• All Senior Manager KPIs on website

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Performance focus

• A new reward and recognition system is being
  drafted to recognise staff who go the extra
  mile
• A new performance management system is being
  developed. It will include training for
  supervisors and briefings for staff during 2007.
• The system is designed to be both a performance
  and a development review. Reviews will occur once
  a year.

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Entrepreneurship

• Plans continue for new projects including the
  hospital, investments, etc
• BluGlass listed on the ASX on 22nd September at
  20c is currently trading around 41c

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Entrepreneurship

• Plans for train station precinct progressing
• Innovation Awards held in November
  highlight our future potential
• We welcome your ideas

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Staff Feedback

• We will re-survey staff to measure progress
• Ethics project
• Local Your Say results broken out for Divisions
  
• Working parties to address issues
• Feedback to me please

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• In 2007 there will be changes to the training
  functions at MQ CPD will focus on Teaching and
  Learning
• General professional development training will be
  picked up by HR. Plans for new courses.
• Following a suggestion from a member of staff, a
  secondment program will be launched in 2007 for
  general staff to move between Divisions and
  Offices.

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Facilities and technology

• ITS is working on building service delivery
  capabilities
• Current consultative process on space charging to
  proceed through 2007

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Whispers

• Large-scale academic staff restructuring
• Space guidelines
• Only CORE research will be supported
• No cultural activities
• Dictionary sold to University of Sydney

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