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ERA 2009 & ERA 2010 http://research.vu.edu.au/era.php. Gayle Morris & Neale Yates Office for Research April, 2009. http://research.vu.edu.au. What is it?. Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Research Quality Assessment Exercise - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ERA 2009 & ERA 2010
http://research.vu.edu.au/era.php
Gayle Morris & Neale YatesOffice for ResearchApril, 2009
http://research.vu.edu.au
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What is it?
• Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
• Research Quality Assessment Exercise
• Managed by the ARC on behalf of Dept. Industry, Innovation, Science & Research
• Largely ‘metrics’ based
• Will assess research quality in Australian universities at multiple levels; Sector, University, discipline cluster, and Field of Research.
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There will be separate ERA submissions for 8 discipline clusters:
• Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences• Humanities and Creative Arts (Note This Grouping Includes Law)• Engineering and Environmental Sciences• Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences• Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences• Biological Sciences and Biotechnological Sciences• Biomedical and Clinical Health Sciences• Public and Allied Health Sciences
Discipline Clusters
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ERA DISCIPLINE CLUSTER 1: PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND EARTH SCIENCES
ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES 0201
ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, NUCLEAR, PARTICLE AND PLASMA PHYSICS 0202
CLASSICAL PHYSICS 0203
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 0204
OPTICAL PHYSICS 0205
QUANTUM PHYSICS 0206
OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES 0299
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 0301
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 0302
MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 0303
MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY 0304
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 0305
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL) 0306
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 0307
OTHER CHEMICAL SCIENCES 0399
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 0401
GEOCHEMISTRY 0402
GEOLOGY 0403
GEOPHYSICS 0404
OCEANOGRAPHY 0405
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE 0406
OTHER EARTH SCIENCES 0499
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ERA DISCIPLINE CLUSTER 2: HUMANITIES AND CREATIVE ARTSLIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES 0807
ARCHITECTURE 1201
DESIGN PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT 1203
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING 1205
OTHER BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN 1299
OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY 1699
LAW 1801
OTHER LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES 1899
ART THEORY AND CRITICISM 1901
FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA 1902
JOURNALISM AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING 1903
PERFORMING ARTS AND CREATIVE WRITING 1904
VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS 1905
OTHER STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING 1999
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES 2001
CULTURAL STUDIES 2002
LANGUAGE STUDIES 2003
LINGUISTICS 2004
LITERARY STUDIES 2005
OTHER LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE 2099
ARCHAEOLOGY 2101
CURATORIAL AND RELATED STUDIES 2102
HISTORIAL STUDIES 2103
OTHER HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 2199
APPLIED ETHICS 2201
HISTORY AND PHILOSPOHY OF SPECIFIC FIELDS 2202
PHILOSOPHY 2203
RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS 2204
OTHER PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2299
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Timelines
• 2009 Trial
• Identify staff to be reported in PCE & HCA submissions• May 1, 2009
• Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (PCE)• June 1 – July 3, 2009
• Humanities and Creative Arts (including Law) (HCA)• August 3 – August 21, 2009
• 2010
• All 8 clusters including PCE and HCA will be required.
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Data Requirements – 2009
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1. Eligible Staff March 31, 2008 Census date
Field of Research Codes
2. Publications 2002 -2007
3. Research Income 2005 - 20074. Applied Measures
5. Background Statements (10,000 characters)
6. Esteem Measures not required for 2009
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1. Data - Staff
Eligibility
• Academic Staff – all staff must be reported.
• Other employees including, senior management, general, ‘casual’ and FE/VE staff can be included
• Adjuncts (where there is an affiliated research publication)
• Census date of March 31, 2008
Requested from you
• Field of Research (FOR) codes
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2. Data - PublicationsIncludes
• 2002 - 2007
• Research books, research book chapters, journal papers, refereed conference papers and creative works
• Most already captured
Requested from you
• Assign/confirm FOR codes to Books, Book chapters and Conference publications
• Identify missing material e.g. for ‘new’ staff
• Identify material appropriate for peer-review (HCA only) – Must be loaded into library repository
• All other publications desirable to be included in library repository
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3. Data – External Research Income
Includes
• 2005 – 2007 External Research Income data is ‘as reported in HERD collection’
Requested from you• Confirmation of FOR coding
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4. Data - Applied Measures
Includes
• 2005 - 2007
• Patents
• Commercialisation Income eg royalties
Requested from you• Details of additional material
• FOR codes
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5. Data - Background Statements
• Optional
• 1 statement per 2 digit FOR division
• = 3 for PCE
• = 6 for HCA
• 10,000 character limit
• OfR to prepare in consultation with appropriate research leaders
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6. Data - Esteem Measures
Dropped from ‘Trial’ - Likely to be back for 2010
Includes (2005 – 2007)• Editorial Roles in A or A* Journal • Contribution to prestigious reference work • Curatorial role in prestigious event • Prestigious Award or Prize • Nationally Competitive Fellowship • Elected Fellowship of Learned Academy
Requested from you
• Details of additional Esteem measure
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Research Data Portal (RDP)
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http://research.vu.edu.au/rdp/rdp.php
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Logging on to RDP
http://research.vu.edu.au/rdp/rdp.php.
Login using LDAP name and password
• LDAP name = firstname.familyname• Password can be reset by ITS Helpdesk (2777) if needed
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Research Development & Investment Strategy
2008-2010
Documents available at
http://research.vu.edu.au/ordsite/management0.php#strategy
(required LDAP login)