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Importance of research: Improving reputation and quality
Professor Geraldine Mackenzie
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research)
Dr Nicole Rice
Executive Officer (Research)
Southern Cross University
University Governance and Regulations Forum, Sydney,
5-6 September 2016
•More from less
•Going, going….gone?
•The Silk Highway
•Forever young
•Virtually here
•Great expectations
•An imperative to
innovate
Australian Research Environment
• Intensely competitive
• Research funding availability not keeping up with demand; number of researchers increasing
• Research careers increasing difficult with reduced number of externally funded fellowships and post doctoral fellowships in universities available
Regulatory environment for research
• Volatile policy environment with constant change
• Boosting the Commercial Returns for Research 2014
• Review of research policy and funding
arrangements 2015 – the “Watt Review”
• National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA)
• Food
• Soil and water
• Transport
• Cybersecurity
• Energy
• Resources
• Advanced manufacturing
• Environmental change
• Health
Science and Research
Priorities
20th Century Metrics
Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)
– Counts research income and eligible publications; previously HDR load and completions also included
– Quantity over quality
– Government Research Block Grant based on this
– New formula for Block Grant for 2017 (no HDRs)
‘Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted’ Albert Einstein
21st Century Metrics
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
– Three rounds so far – 2010, 2012 and 2015
– ERA 2018 in preparation now
– Emphasis on quality of outputs
– Clear behavior change from institutions and researchers to meet ERA requirements
– No impact on funding (yet)
Quality and selectivity
Reputation (noun) ‘the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something’ Oxford
Dictionary
Geochemistry
• 10 ARC Fellowships (including 3 highly competitive Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards)
• Highest rating of 5 in ERA 2010, 2012 & 2015
Agriculture• Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Crop and
Pasture Production, Forestry and Zoology achieved ERA ratings of 5 (well above world standard) in 2012 and 2015
Gender disparity in the natural and physical sciences at the higher
academic levels (B to E)Source: Higher Education Research Data Collection 2012, Department of Education; Office
of the Chief Scientist, Australia.
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