1. Tony Sheil Deputy Director, Research Policy 2011 Guidance Officer and Career Advisers Information Seminar Tuesday 3 rd May 2011 Research at Griffith

2. Research performance: pocket statistics (2010) Total University income$730 million Research income (all sources)$95 million Research Publications2310 Books – not including textbooks 43 Book chapters 323 Articles in refereed journals1652 Conference papers 292 Figures excludes reports, submission, consultancies, newspaper articles and other scholarly contributions.

3. Rowbotham, J 2011, ‘Griffith soars in rankings’, The Australian, 30 March, p. 31 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/griffith-university- soars-in-rankings/story-e6frgcjx-1226030262316 “Griffith soars in rankings”

4. Nature Publishing Index 2010 Asia-Pacific 2011, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Tokyo. “Griffith soars in rankings”

5. Major World University Rankings – Griffith University Ranking System 20092010 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai)~530~520 QS World University Rankings (UK)291323 Times HE World University Rankings (UK)n/a386

6. Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2010 National Report on research excellence – released 31 January 2011 Applies to research undertaken between January 2003 and December 2008 Research assessed using Australian Bureau of Statistics fields of research: 2-digit level – 25 ‘broad’ fields 4-digit level – 157 ‘specific’ fields Griffith submitted research into 22 of the 2-digit fields and 154 of the 157 of the 4-digit fields and was assessed in 80 of these – top 10 for number of fields assessed.

7. ERA results Number of 4-digit fields of research assessed Fields rated world standard or above Proportion of fields rated world standard or above 584578% Number of 2-digit fields of research submitted Fields rated world standard or above Proportion of fields rated world standard or above 221882% Assessment of ‘broad’ fields of research Assessment of ‘specific’ fields of research

8. ERA results – top 10 (41 institutions assessed) Rank: 2-digit fields University Fields rated world standard or above =1UMelb24 =1UQld24 =1USyd24 4UNSW23 5ANU21 6UWA20 7Adelaide19 8Griffith18 =9Monash17 =9QUT17 Rank: 4-digit fields UniversityFields rated world standard or above 1UMelb102 2UQld97 3USyd94 4UNSW84 5Monash78 =6ANU64 =6UWA64 8Adelaide60 9Griffith45 10Macquarie44 =11Newcastle38 =11Tasmania38

9. Specific fields in which Griffith scored above world standard Well above world standard (rating of ‘5’): »Quantum Physics; »Dentistry Above world-standard (rating of ‘4’): »Condensed matter physics; »Earth sciences; »Oceanography; »Physical geography and environmental geosciences; »Soil sciences; »Microbiology; »Agricultural and veterinary sciences; »Fisheries sciences; »Nursing; »Urban and regional planning; »Education systems; »Commercial services; »Tourism; »Political science; »Law and legal studies. Griffith was rated at world standard in another 30 fields of research.

10. What this means for our students Approximately 93 per cent of our 1,400 academic staff perform teaching and research in fields rated world standard or better. Most leading researchers teach – in fact many of these are our best teachers. All academic staff are expected to engage in some form of scholarly activity. This exposes students to leading research currently underway – the results of which will be in textbooks in several years time. Research-led teaching is the fundamental difference between a research university and a teaching institution. Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award winners 2010