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Research Strategy Options WorkshopFECM Strategic Review 2009
Research Issues Summary - 1Enhancing staff research quality
Recruitment: high quality and performance, both Research and T/L
• “Tenure track” - seek potential research leaders - mentor
• All academics to engage in both research and teaching (varying %)
Implication: need Faculty definition of “research active”
• Develop as high priority - inform policies (recruitment, promotion etc)
Implication: policy regarding research appointments
• ARC APDs always on 4 year option (25% teaching)
• ARC QEII/Future Fellows - continuing appointments on good Res, T/L
Implication: appropriate environment? e.g. mentoring program
• Support to maintain high quality Research – develop teaching expertise
Research Issues Summary - 2Enhancing NCG success / ECA careers
Grant writing encouraged by:
• Mentoring
• Recognition within workload calculations
• Successful senior researchers include juniors as CIs on grants
Special situation of ECAs (both Research and T&R staff)
• T&R: need time, space, research seed funding to establish research
• Res: integration into broader Faculty including teaching program
• Mentoring – grants, career directions
Research Issues Summary - 3Enhancing HDR supervision and research
Essential for sustained high performance – our future
• More local HDR students (recent sharp decreases)
• Maintain growth in international HDRs
• Explore strategies for more industry funding of HDRs
Consistent HDR policy across faculty
• Resources (such as conference travel support); encourage publications
• Role of postgraduate coordinators in Schools
• Encouragement of ECAs as co-supervisors
Enhance HDR student experience
• Nurture peer support and staff interactions (beyond supervisors)
• Active seminar series
Research Issues Summary - 4Integration of teaching and research
Cutler Review
• Full funding of research will focus funding towards concentrations of research excellence identified by ERA
Opportunity: Potential to sustain significant sized research centres
• Need to integrate within Faculty teaching program
• Requires true cost model of teaching
Challenge: Minimise competition between business units
• Revenue neutral who coordinates particular course units
• Seamless integration of all academic staff, however employed
Strong disciplined recruitment and a model thatencourages collaboration without boundaries
Research Options Part 1
Faculty Research Model based on research centres
• Research centres for collaboration/supportive environment
• Teaching streams for education – across centres
Establishment of a “Graduate Research School”
• Faculty co-ordinated activities and support for HDRs and their supervisors
A new building to co-locate staff and HDRs
• Shared common room facilities
• Facilitate and encourage interaction between research centres
Research Options Part 2
Staffing options:
Proactive recruitment through research fellowship schemes + mentoring program • ARC: Laureate, Future and QEII Fellowships
Individual workload assessments for each member of staff - drop distinction (T&L, Research)• Teaching, Research and Service divisions
Limit tenure/contract renewal
• Clear evidence of high quality research performance and longer term promise
Research Options Part 3
Student/Resource Options:
Integration of later year students into Faculty research
activities• Including honours students
Aim to increase the number of HDR students
• Target: twice the number of academic staff
Overview of Workshop
3 Rounds small group discussion – 20 mins each
Open discussion at the end – 20 mins
Table Distribution (tables of 4-6)
• Mix of Schools/Centres on each table
• Mix of levels on each table
Round 1: Faculty Research Model
What is the best Faculty Research Modelto promote existing and emerging researchstrengths and optimise researchperformance?
20 minutes of discussion
Record discussions on discussion sheet
Round 2: Faculty Graduate Research School
How could a Faculty Graduate ResearchSchool enhance postgraduate researchoutcomes and the postgraduate researchexperience in FECM?
20 minutes of discussion
Record discussions on discussion sheet
Round 3: Enabling high research performance
What mix of policies on recruitment,workload management, career support,and granting of tenure would best enableall academic staff to become/continue ashigh performers in research and teaching?
20 minutes of discussion
Record discussions on discussion sheet
Round 4: Open Discussion
20 minutes open discussion
Discussion on any aspect of the Research
Options Paper
Faculty Review: Next Steps• The Co-Chairs will consider the options paper in
light of today’s feedback
• The recommendations will be consolidated with the other review areas to produce a singe review document
• This consolidated document will be presented to the Faculty for further feedback
Thank you for participating
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