School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING FEBRUARY 27 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FACULTY OF LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – FEBRUARY 27 2012 AGENDA 1. UWA Travel Requisitioning System - Trobexis. Rob Shannon (Strategic Planning - Financial Services) will give a short presentation on Trobexis, what it involves, and how it will affect the way we work. POSTPONED TO NEXT MEETING . 2. School structure and governance - update. 3. How do we compare with other Schools? 4. Large enrolment numbers. 5. Other School matters: Coordinator of 1st Year Studies; visitor procedure; printing quotas; HDR joint candidature; 3rd Floor Tearoom !

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – FEBRUARY 27 2012 Trobexis email - June 2011 As part of the Procurement Transformation Project, several efficiencies were identified including: the way authorisation is granted; quotes are obtained and all responsibilities are met in relation to duty of care for travellers. These have been incorporated in Trobexis, The University’s new online Travel Requisitioning System. How will Trobexis benefit our travellers? It will provide: • Reduced processing time • Removal of paper forms • Electronic delegated approvals • Online access to travel diaries • Automated submission to International SOS - The University’s 24/7 traveller tracking system for people stranded in foreign countries due to events such as earthquakes, medical/security incidents. • Improved overview of the booking process Trobexis will also deliver the following benefits to your Faculty: • Improved risk management of travel to high risk regions • Greater reporting • Reduction in invoice processing time • Workflow for travel approval and high risk travel For those who prefer to self-train, user guides are available at: http://www.finserv.uwa.edu.au/finapps/travel_requisition/training_notes The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – FEBRUARY 27 2012 Governance structure - February 2012 Head of School Mark Spackman FLPS Board Deputy Head Lawrie Abraham FLPS Executive Business Manager Julie La Spina Technical Operations Manager Greg Allen Finance Manager Animesh Ghosh Program Coordinators - NC2012 majors Murray Baker - Chemistry Lawrie Abraham - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Martha Ludwig - Genetics Graduate Graduate Research Coordinator Allan McKinley Research Chair, SCB Research Cmtee TBA School Chair, SCB Teaching & Learning Cmtee Martha Ludwig FLPS Research FLPS T&L Committee Committee The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – FEBRUARY 27 2012 How do we compare with other Schools? • Measured by load in 2012 SC&B is the equal second largest School in FLPS: 807 EFTSL (24 Feb) cf. 1605 for previous School of BBCS in 2011 (others are Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology - 911 EFTSL; Psychology - 808; SSEH - 464; Physics - 235) • For comparison, total load for FNAS is 1220 EFTSL (Earth & Environment - 469; Animal Biology - 231; Plant Biology - 247) • SC&B is slightly smaller than the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts (840) and the School of Humanities (866). Apart from the Business School (which is huge!), the largest School in the University is Social & Cultural Studies - 1514 • Of these 807 EFTSL, 502 are domestic, 228 international offshore (PSB Singapore), 75 international onshore. There are ~33 PG students in chemistry, ~50 in biochemistry/molecular biology/genetics • Currently comprises ~38 teaching/research and research staff (including 1 ARC Prof Fellow, 2 ARC/NHMRC Res Fellows, 2 ARC Future Fellows, 1 ARC APD) and ~27 admin/professional staff The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – FEBRUARY 27 2012 Some enrolment numbers at 24 February (2011 numbers in parentheses) Semester 1 Semester 2 BIOC2201 249 (187) BIOC2202 184 (114) total = 451 CHEM1001 389 (462) CHEM1001 62 (439) total = 485 CHEM1002 228 (424) CHEM1002 257 (406) CHEM1003 350 (349) CHEM1004 736 (165) CHEM2001 126 (102*) CHEM2002 76 (65*) GENE2204 173 (66) CHEM2003 89 (82*) SCIE2225 116 (93) GENE2230 87 (65) SCIE1106 798 (525) How does level 1 load compare? CHEM1XXX + SCIE1106/3: 302.5 EFTSL in 2011 286.0 EFTSL in 2012 - down 5.5% The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – JANUARY 30 2012 Other School matters • Coordinator of First-Year Studies: Dr Dino Spagnoli commenced today. Welcome Dino! • Printing quotas: Student printing quotas have been set to zero unless a minimal quota is necessary - there are a small number of units falling into this category. IT were trying to enable an alternative printing solution last week to ensure any mandatory printing requirements were met - I am unsure if this was successful. • Visitor procedure: See email of 24 February. • Joint candidature of HDR students: It is the responsibility of the supervisor in the School to ensure that an appropriate share of funds for HDR load and completion flow to the School. BOTH SCHOOLS must sign off on the Research Proposal Coversheet (RP) - if in doubt ask! • Meeting requests: Now made through the calendaring system; this way built-in reminders and cancellations will be automatically adjusted. • 3rd Floor Tearoom: Overwhelming requests for pool/ table tennis table; good coffee; plants; different colours (not orange); different seating - tables for food not feet; bigger bins (including recycling bins); newspapers; board games; great art work; achievements of staff. … Volunteers needed to work with Julie. • Inauguration of School of Chemistry & Biochemistry: May 7 at 3:30 pm….. more later. The University of Western Australia

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry SCHOOL MEETING – JANUARY 30 2012 Forthcoming Meetings • Monday 26 March 2:00 pm in G.33 • Monday 30 April 2:00 pm - venue to be confirmed • Monday 28 May 2:00 pm - venue to be confirmed • Last Monday of each month! The University of Western Australia