MEMORANDUM TO:Executive Deans

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MEMORANDUM TO:Executive Deans

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President, Student Association - Gatton campus

FROM:President, Academic Board

DATE:29 November, 2004

RE:Review of the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences in 2005

As part of its program of school and centre reviews, the University will be reviewing the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences during the week of 9-13 May, 2005.

Enclosed are the Terms of Reference that the review committee will be using for the Review. If you wish to make a Submission to the review committee, please consider these Terms of Reference and provide your comments on the School and its activities based on your own experience or knowledge. If you are not familiar with all the matters addressed by the Terms of Reference, you need only respond to those that you believe you have the knowledge or experience to comment on.

The review committee depends on input from the School Submission, the results of individual discussions and the information contained in written Submissions in order to produce a plan for the future success of the School, and your contribution would be most valuable to the Committee.

It would be appreciated if you could circulate this invitation to any members of your staff who may be interested in making a written Submission.

All Submissions should be sent to me at the above address by 29 March, 2005.

It is University policy that all written Submissions to the Review will be made available on request to any inquirer, including members of the School being reviewed. Any person making a Submission who does not wish to have their identity revealed outside the review committee, should complete the attached form and return it with the Submission. Please note that the contents of the Submission will still be disclosed on request, but the University will first attempt to remove any information that would reveal the author's identity. Despite this precaution, in some cases the identity of the author may be worked out from the contents.

If there is a Freedom of Information (FOI) application, the success of the University's efforts to argue the case for non-disclosure of the identity will depend on the merits of the individual case and the provisions of the FOI Act.

Thank you for your assistance.

Professor Jenny Strong

President, Academic Board

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