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Appendix C: Profile of Deputy Vice- Chancellor/Pro Vice-Chancellor Positions as of January 1995

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Deputy Vice-Chancellor

The average number of Deputy Vice-Chancellor positions in Australian Universities is two.

The minimum number of Deputy Vice-Chancellor positions in an Australian University is zero at Ballarat and Central Queensland Universities, with the maximum being six at Curtin University.

Designations include: Academic; Academic Projects; Research; Research and Development; Administration; Staffing; Special Project; Technology; Contract Research; Resources; Resources and Planning; Academic Affairs; Research and International; Vocational Education and Training; Academic Services; and Higher Education; Resources.

Curtin University of Technology and James Cook University also have Deputy Vice-Chancellor positions linked to broad disciplines (e.g. Arts, Education and Social Sciences (CUT) and Science and Engineering (JCU)). At the University of Western Sydney, the three Deputy Vice-Chancellors are also Chief Executive Officers of the different campuses and at the Australian National University one of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors is also the Director, Institute of Advanced Studies.

Pro Vice-Chancellor

The average number of Pro Vice-Chancellor positions in Australian Universities is two.

Nine universities do not have Pro Vice-Chancellors. These are: The University of Adelaide, University of Canberra, Curtin University, James Cook University, Northern Territory University, Southern Cross University, University of Southern Queensland, Victoria University of Technology, University of Western Sydney.

The maximum number of Pro Vice-Chancellor positions is nine at The University of Queensland.

Designations include: Finance and Fabric; Planning and Administration; Organisational Development; Academic; Research; Operations and Resources; Development; Quality Advancement; Equity; Information and International Services; Education Developments; Implementation of Strategic Plan; Development; International; International Programs and Development; Research and Information Technology; External Relations; Quality Assurance; Academic Services; Research and Postgraduate Studies; Research and Advancement; Academic Projects; Academic Services and Equity; Equity and External Relations; Information Services; and External Affairs.

Griffith, La Trobe, Monash, and Queensland Universities have campus specific Pro Vice-Chancellors. Queensland and Swinburne have discipline group specific Pro Vice-Chancellors.

Table C.1: Profile of Deputy Vice-Chancellor/Pro Vice-Chancellors Positions - January 1995

Institution	DVCs No.	PVCs No.	Designation DVC	Designation PVC
Charles Sturt University*	2	1	2 No designation	1 No designation
Macquarie University	3	1	1 Academic 1 Administration 1 Research	1 Academic
Southern Cross University	1	0	1 No designation
University of New England	2	1	1 Academic 1 Resources and Planning	1 Research
University of New South Wales	2	1	1 Academic Affairs 1 Research and International	1 No designation
University of Newcastle	1	4	1 No designation	1 Development (Director, Cental Coast Campus) 1 Research and Information Technology 1 External Relations 1 Quality Assurance
University of Sydney	2	5	2 No designation	1 Research 1 Academic Group A 1 Academic Group B 1 Academic Group C 1 Academic Group D
University of Technology, Sydney	1	3	1 No designation	1 Academic Support 1 External Affairs 1 Research
University of Western Sydney	3	6	1 CEO Hawkesbury 1 CEO Macarthur 1 CEO Nepean	3 Research 3 Academic
University of Wollongong	1	2	1 No designation	1 Academic 1 Research
Deakin University	1	2	1 DVC and Vice President (Academic)	1 Development 1 Research
La Trobe University	4	5	1 No designation 1 Research 1 Special Project 1 Contract Research 1 Technology	1 No designation 1 Education Developments 1 Implementation of Strategic Plan 1 International 1 Albury/Wodonga
Monash University	3	3	1 Senior DVC 1 Research and Development 1 Academic Projects	1 International Programs and development 1 Gippsland Campus 1 No designation
RMIT University	3	4	1 Academic Services 1 Higher Education 1 Resources	1 Academic Projects 1 Academic Services and Equity 1 Research and Development 1 Development
Swinburne University of Technology	1	6	1 No designation	1 Division of Business Humanities and Sc. Sciences 1 Division of Science, Engineering and Design 1 Industry and Bus. Liaison 1 Information Service 1 Internationalisation 1 Research
University of Ballarat	0	4		1 Administration 1 Organisational Development 1 Academic 1 Research
The University of Melbourne	3	2	1 Academic 1 Research 1 Resources	2 No designation
Victoria University of Technology	3	0	3 No designation
Central Queensland University	0	3		1 Academic 1 Operations and Resources 1 Research
Griffith University	2	5	1 No designation 1 Research	1 No designation also Director, Gold Coast 1 Quality Advancement 1 Equity 1 Administration 1 Information and International Services
James Cook University	4	0	1 Administration 1 Humanities and Social Science 1 Research 1 Science and Engineering
Queensland University of Technology	1	2	1 No designation	1 Academic 1 Research and Advancement
University of Queensland	1	9	1 No designation	1 Gatton 1 Academic Services 1 Biological Sciences 1 External Affairs 1 Health Sciences 1 Humanities 1 Physical Sciences and Engineering 1 Research and Postgraduate Studies 1 Social Sciences
University of Southern Queensland	1	0	1 No designation
Curtin University of Technology	6	0	1 No designation 1 Arts, Education and Social Sciences 1 Curtin Business School 1 Engineering and Science 1 Health Science 1 Research and Development
Edith Cowan University	2	1	1 Academic 1 Staffing		1 No designation
Murdoch University	1	3	1 No designation		1 Academic 1 Research 1 Development
University of Western Australia	1	1	1 No designation		1 Research
Flinders University	1	2	1 No designation		1 Academic 1 Research
University of Adelaide	2	0	1 Academic 1 Research
University of South Australia	2	2	1 No designation 1 Resources		1 Equity and External Relations 1 Research
University of Tasmania	1	2	1 No designation		1 Research 1 Information Services
Northern Territory University	3	0	1 No designation 1 Administration 1 Vocational Education and Training
Australian National University	2	4	2 No designation (1 Director, Institute of Advanced Studies)		1 Finance and Fabric 1 Planning and Administration 1 Chairman of the Board of the Faculties 1 Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies
University of Canberra	2	0	1 Academic 1 Administration
Australian Catholic University	0	0	Note: This institution uses Principal and Vice Principal as the nomenclature for the senior positions.

*Charles Sturt University also has two assistant Vice-Chancellors with designations for corporate affairs and planning and development.

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