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ERA 2009 & ERA 2010

http://research.vu.edu.au/era.php

Gayle Morris & Neale YatesOffice for ResearchApril, 2009

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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)