1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook 1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook
General University Information Coat of Arms A proud history Swinburne today Mission Statement University Assembly Teaching Sectors Location map for all campuses Swinburne at Lilydale Hawthorn Campus Prahran Campus Staff and Officers of the University University Council 14 Chancellery 15 Information Services 15 International Office 15 Research and Graduate Studies 15 Corporate Services 16 Higher Education Sector 16 TAFE Division 17 Structure Charts Governance Structure 18 University Structure 19 Business, Humanities and Social Science 20 Science, Engineering and Design 21 University Services Access Education Services 22 Alumni Association 22 Bookshops 22 Business Development & Training, Centre 23 Careers & Employment Unit 23 Chaplaincy 23 Child-care Centre (day and evening) 24 Computing Facilities 24 English Language for Migrants 25 Equity Unit 25 International Office 26 Libmry 26 Office for Quality & Educational Dev. 28 Transport, Access and Fbrking 28 Student Residence & Carpark 29 Student Services 29 Contact Details 29 Counselling Services 29 Health 30 Housing, Part-time Employment and Finance 29 Financial Assistance Schemes 30 (Austudy, Abstudy, Loans, Concessions etc.) Student Union 3 1 Organisational Aims & Management 31 Hawthorn campus support services 32 Student Union Computer Centre 32 Student advisory & academic support centre 33 Communications & Information 33 Visual and Performing Arts Department 33 (Activities, Clubs & Societies, Orientation) Tool Library 33 Night Bus 34 Union Services TAFE 34 Photocopying 34 Catering Department 34 Functions Department 34 Lilydale Campus 34 Prahran Campus 35 Sports Association (recreation, clubs, fitness) 35 Swinburne Graduate Research School 36
A Coat ofArms A proud history Ll The coat of arms, conferred on Swinburne by the College of Arms on 25 June 1969, is based on the coat of arms of the Swinburne family. At a period during the 12th-13th centuries, when the northern counties of England were ruled by the Scots, a knight of France came to the aid of Queen Margaret of Scotland. She rewarded him with a grant of land in what is now Northumberland, on the banks of the Swin Burn, a small river that flows into the North Tyne, where he built a castle. He became known as William Swinburn(e) and soon the county reverted to the crown of England. The Swinburne family coat of arms in medieval times was silver with three boars' heads in triangular formation. In the 17th century, during the wars between the Stuart Kings and the Parliament of England, the Swinburnes fought for the royalists. After the restoration of Charles I1 in 1660. the head of the familv was created a baronet for his services. The crest became a baronet's coronet, with the boar's head rising from it and the coat of arms, divided horizontally red and silver, was charged three cinquefoils counter-charged. Swinburne holds a unique place among educational institutions in Australia in the link that persists between it and the founder and his family. The conferring of a modification of the family's coat of arms preserves and strengthens that link. The arms: the basic colours of red and white, and the cinquefoils charged on the shield, commemorate the arms of the Swinburne family. The omission of the third cinquefoil which appears in the family coat and the addition of the Bordure and the Mullets (Stars) are what are known heraldically as 'differences', which may often serve to indicate an association with another armigerous body or family. The four Mullets in Cross symbolise the Southern Cross. The crest: the demi-Boar and the cinquefoil perpetuate the Swinburne connection; the book is symbolic of learning. The motto: the College of Arms' translation of the motto is: Achievement through learning The 1992 proclamation by the Parliament of Victoria of the Swinburne University of Technology Act marked not only recognition of its distinguished history, but the beginning of a new period of growth and innovation for Swinburne. From its establishment in 1908 in Melbourne's eastern suburb of Hawthorn, Swinburne has grown from being a local provider of technical education into a multidisciplined, multicampus provider of higher education of national and international significance. Swinburne was established as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George Swinburne and the first students were enrolled in 1909, when classes began in carpentry, plumbing and blacksmithing. Soon afterwards, a boys' junior technical school and the first girls' technical school in Victoria, were established. In 1913 the institution changed its name to Swinburne Technical College, to commemorate the Honourable George Swinburne, a former Mayor of Hawthorn and a member of the Parliament of Victoria who was responsible for the initial establishment of the college. In 1965 Swinburne affiliated with the Victoria Institute of Colleges, which was established in that year by an Act of the Parliament of Victoria, to 'foster the development and improvement of tertiary education in technical, agricultural, commercial and other fields of learning (including the liberal arts and the humanities) in institutions other than in the universities of Victoria'. The range of courses and the various levels at which they were offered grew to such an extent that in 1969, the boys' and girls' technical schools were taken over by the Victorian Education Department while the college remained as an autonomous institution. An extensive reorganisation of advanced education took place in Victoria in the period 1976-78 culminating in the passing of the Victorian Post-Secondary Education Act. Under the Act the Victoria Institute of Colleges was dissolved and the Victorian Post-Secondary Education Commission established. Under the new arrangements, Swinburne Council was given power to grant bachelor degrees. The first of these was awarded at a conferring ceremony held on Thursday 21 May 1981 at the Camberwell Civic Centre. Swinburne University of Technology was proclaimed on 1 July 1992. Noted Australian businessman Mr Richard Pratt A 0 was installed as Swinburne's Foundation Chancellor on 15 March 1993.
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General University Information<br />
Coat of Arms<br />
A proud history<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> today<br />
Mission Statement<br />
University Assembly<br />
Teaching Sectors<br />
Location map for all campuses<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> at Lilydale<br />
Hawthorn Campus<br />
Prahran Campus<br />
Staff and Officers of the University<br />
University Council 14<br />
Chancellery 15<br />
Information Services 15<br />
International Office 15<br />
Research and Graduate Studies 15<br />
Corporate Services 16<br />
<strong>Higher</strong> <strong>Education</strong> Sector 16<br />
TAFE Division 17<br />
Structure Charts<br />
Governance Structure 18<br />
University Structure 19<br />
Business, Humanities and Social Science 20<br />
Science, Engineering and Design 21<br />
University Services<br />
Access <strong>Education</strong> Services 22<br />
Alumni Association 22<br />
Bookshops 22<br />
Business Development & Training, Centre 23<br />
Careers & Employment Unit 23<br />
Chaplaincy 23<br />
Child-care Centre (day and evening) 24<br />
Computing Facilities 24<br />
English Language for Migrants 25<br />
Equity Unit 25<br />
International Office 26<br />
Libmry 26<br />
Office for Quality & <strong>Education</strong>al Dev. 28<br />
Transport, Access and Fbrking 28<br />
Student Residence & Carpark 29<br />
Student Services 29<br />
Contact Details 29<br />
Counselling Services 29<br />
Health 30<br />
Housing, Part-time Employment and Finance 29<br />
Financial Assistance Schemes 30<br />
(Austudy, Abstudy, Loans, Concessions etc.)<br />
Student Union 3 1<br />
Organisational Aims & Management 31<br />
Hawthorn campus support services 32<br />
Student Union Computer Centre 32<br />
Student advisory & academic support centre 33<br />
Communications & Information 33<br />
Visual and Performing Arts Department 33<br />
(Activities, Clubs & Societies, Orientation)<br />
Tool Library 33<br />
Night Bus 34<br />
Union Services TAFE 34<br />
Photocopying 34<br />
Catering Department 34<br />
Functions Department 34<br />
Lilydale Campus 34<br />
Prahran Campus 35<br />
Sports Association (recreation, clubs, fitness) 35<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> Graduate Research School 36
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