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RESEARCH DIRECTIONSDRIVING CHANGE
Gail Crossley
Head of School Training
6 April 2009
Overview
1. Government priorities
2. ACU - where we are
3. ACU - where we want to be
(priorities, targets and strategies)
4. ERA
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Government priorities
• Full funding for research
• Collaborations between universities that build research strengths( funding mechanisms and compacts will drive these)
• ERA to measure quality and identify strengths and new opportunities
• Performance targets for research
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Government priorities
• Increasing international collaboration in research by Australian universities
• Increasing collaboration between universities and industry (LPs, Enterprise Connect, Researchers in Business, CRCs,
EIF, Innovation Councils involving industry, government and researchers, Innovation Investment Follow-on Fund)
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Government priorities
• Future Fellowships and Laureate Fellowships
• Research workforce strategy to address expected shortfalls to 2020
• Double APAs and increase funding
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ACU where are we?
ACU 2008 Academic Staff
Full-time and fractional – excludes casuals at 31 March 2008
Level FTE PhDs %
E 35.3 28.2 79.9%
D 48.9 44.7 91.3%
C 105.1 58.4 55.6%
B 221.1 56.7 25.6%
A 24.8 3.3 13.3%
Total 435.2 191.2 43.9%
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ACU 2007 HERDC Publications
7.5 Books (unweighted)
40.59 Book chapters
86.48 Refereed journal articles
62.04 Full refereed conference papers
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ACU 2007 Research Income
Australian Competitive Research Grants
$1.2 million
Other public sector research income
$1.2 million
Industry and other research income
$0.4 million
Total = $2.8 million
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ACU –where do we want to be?
UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN
2009-2011
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Research and Knowledge Transfer
ACU has a specialised, growing and well-regarded research environment.
Key Result Areas –• Research focus• Research culture and infrastructure • Research productivity • Research training • Intellectual engagement
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University Performance Targets
By the end of 2011 ACU will be ranked in the third quartile of Australian Universities for:
• its research income per academic staff FTE.
• its scholarly research output per academic staff FTE.
• the number of its higher degree research course completions as a proportion of all completions
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Research Block Grants
IGS RIBGRTS
APAsCTS
Research income 60% 100%(Cat 1only)
40%
Publications (HERDC only) 10% 10%
HDR completions 50%
HDR load 30%
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DISCUSSION
What are the current strengths and weaknesses of Faculties and Research Centres ?
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RESEARCH FOCUS AREA
Theology and Philosophy ….central to the elucidation, development and expression of Catholic intellectual thought.
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Theology and Philosophy
– Asia-Pacific Centre for Inter-Religious Dialogue
– Centre for Early Christian Studies– Golding Centre for Women’s
History, Theology and Spirituality– Institute for Catholic Identity and
Mission– Plunkett Centre for Ethics
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RESEARCH FOCUS AREA
Health… with a particular emphasis on the value of care, especially of the weak and vulnerable.
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Health
– Centre of Physical Activity Across the Lifespan (CoPAAL)
– National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research (NaCCOR)
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RESEARCH FOCUS AREA
Education ….especially in …exercising an option for the poor and vulnerable. This focus includes religious education, Indigenous education, and learning and leadership in education, literacy and numeracy.
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Education
– Creative and Authentic Leadership
– Mathematics and Literacy Education
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RESEARCH FOCUS AREA
Common Good and Social Justice … comprising the heart of Catholic social thought. This multi‐disciplinary focus, notably in the liberal arts and social sciences, extends throughout the University’s teaching and research….
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Common Good and Social Justice
– Institute of Child Protection Studies
– Institute of Legal Studies– Quality of Life and Social
Justice– Public Policy Institute
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RESEARCH FOCUS
Research concentration strategy implemented
Research centre policy reviewed
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RESEARCH CULTURE
• University research data management system – ResearchMaster
• - Grants and Publications
• - HDR and ERA
• Electronic research repository – ACU Research Bank
• ERA Action Plan
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RESEARCH CULTURE• Research is conducted and managed at the
Faculty level• Enhanced responsibilities for AD (Research)• Faculty Research Managers• Research Centres embedded in Faculties• Honorary appointments associated with
Centres and Schools• New website • New communication strategy
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RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
• Enhanced research budget
• Recruit researchers with track records
• University postdoctoral fellowship scheme
• Streaming of staff into research intensive and teaching and research roles
• Strategies to support staff completing PhDs
• New incentive strategies27
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY• Increased professional support for grant
applications
• Increased support for the development of research budgets
• Professional development program
• Researcher news
• Access to expert consultant advice program
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RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
• Early career researcher start up grants
• Mid career development program
• Research leadership program
• OSP program
• Workload policy
• Only reported outputs considered
• Promotion guidelines reflect ERA
• Restrict non-ACU outside teaching29
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
• Forum of leaders of international Catholic Universities re research partnerships
• Research business development and relationship management
• ACU IRIS grants• ACU grants for Catholic partner research
projects (pre-LP)• Distinguished International Fellows Scheme
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TARGETS
Proportion of academics with PhD
Increase by 4% by 2011 –
Increase by 10% by 2013
Postdoctoral fellows
Increase by 8% by 2010
Research partnerships
Increase by 6 by 2010
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RESEARCH TRAINING
• Increase Honours and ACU scholarships
• Supervisor training and register
• HDR induction program
• Electronic student manual
• Student progression
• Access to expert consultant program
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RESEARCH TRAINING
• Evaluate Research Connect training modules by end of 2009
• Profiling of HDR student projects and supervisors
• Review of MPhil and PhD ( including considering the option of PhD by publication)
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TARGETS
Honours enrolments
Increase by 10% by 2011
PhD scholarships
Increase by 15% by 2010
PhD enrolments
Increase by 15% by 2011
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DISCUSSION
What are the next steps ACU should take to address the Government’s agendas to increase collaboration with
• other Australian universities
• industry
• International researchers?
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ERA
Institution Submissions will be evaluated by Research Evaluation Committees based on performance within disciplines (not as individual researchers) using indicators of
• Research quality
• Research volume
• Recognition
• Application
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ERA
Trials 2009
• PCE cluster due June
• HCA cluster due August
In 2010
• All eight clusters
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ERA
• Eligible researchers – at census date 31 March
• Each researcher is defined by up to 3 FoR codes (4 digit).
• If any one of these FoR codes is within a cluster that researcher must particpate in that submission
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ERA
What counts for each cluster?
Research outputs 2002-2007 (6 years)
Research income 2005-2007 (3 years)
Applied measures 2005-2007 (3 years)
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ERA
Research outputs for HCA cluster
• A1,B1, C1, E1 publications
• original creative works,
• live performance of creative works,
• recorded creative works,
• curated exhibitions
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ERA
Research income for each clusterCat 1- Australian Competitive Grants
Cat 2 - Other public sector research income
Cat 3 - Industry and other research income - Australian
- International A (competitive, peer-reviewed)
- International B
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ERA
What each eligible researcher must do
As an individual nominate FoR codes and apportion %
For the HCA cluster FoR codes must be allocated to each and every output for 2002-2007
Identify best 20% of outputs which may be tagged for peer review
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ERA
Ranking of journals
A* top 5%
A next 15%
B next 30%
C next 50%
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ERA
A* examples in HCA list
Journal of Mass Media Ethics (explores questions of media morality)
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Journal of Religious Ethics
Modern Theology
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ERA
ACU research publications
Early Christian Studies• Early Christian Studies Monographs• Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church • Byzantina Australiensia (for Australian
Association)
Institute of Child Protection Studies• Communities, Children and Families
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ERA
Plunkett Centre• Bioethics Outlook
School of Philosophy• Ethics Education B in HCA list
School of Religious Education• Journal of Religious Education
School of Theology• Australian eJournal of Theology B in HCA list
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ERA
ERA ROAD SHOW
from 20 -30 April
ERA ACTION PLAN
for Faculty Discussion
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DISCUSSION The implications of ERA for ACU
How well do our workload policy and definition of “research active” meet this new challenge?
Should we
- Recognise quality in publications?
- Have different expectations for different academic levels?
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