1 ERA 2009 & ERA Gayle Morris & Neale Yates Office for Research April,

2 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.

3 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

4 ERA DISCIPLINE CLUSTER 1: PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND EARTH SCIENCES ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES0201 ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, NUCLEAR, PARTICLE AND PLASMA PHYSICS0202 CLASSICAL PHYSICS0203 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS0204 OPTICAL PHYSICS0205 QUANTUM PHYSICS0206 OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCES0299 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY0301 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY0302 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY0303 MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY0304 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY0305 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL)0306 THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY0307 OTHER CHEMICAL SCIENCES0399 ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES0401 GEOCHEMISTRY0402 GEOLOGY0403 GEOPHYSICS0404 OCEANOGRAPHY0405 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE0406 OTHER EARTH SCIENCES0499

5 ERA DISCIPLINE CLUSTER 2: HUMANITIES AND CREATIVE ARTS LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES0807 ARCHITECTURE1201 DESIGN PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT1203 URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING1205 OTHER BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN1299 OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY1699 LAW1801 OTHER LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES1899 ART THEORY AND CRITICISM1901 FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA1902 JOURNALISM AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING1903 PERFORMING ARTS AND CREATIVE WRITING1904 VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS1905 OTHER STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING1999 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES2001 CULTURAL STUDIES2002 LANGUAGE STUDIES2003 LINGUISTICS2004 LITERARY STUDIES2005 OTHER LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE2099 ARCHAEOLOGY2101 CURATORIAL AND RELATED STUDIES2102 HISTORIAL STUDIES2103 OTHER HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY2199 APPLIED ETHICS2201 HISTORY AND PHILOSPOHY OF SPECIFIC FIELDS2202 PHILOSOPHY2203 RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS2204 OTHER PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES2299

6 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, All 8 clusters including PCE and HCA will be required.

7 Data Requirements – Eligible Staff March 31, 2008 Census date Field of Research Codes 2. Publications Research Income Applied Measures 5. Background Statements (10,000 characters) 6. Esteem Measures not required for 2009

8 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

9 2. Data - Publications Includes 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

10 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

11 4. Data - Applied Measures Includes Patents Commercialisation Income eg royalties Requested from you Details of additional material FOR codes

12 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

13 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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