1. 1 1. Workload Management – Dept Maths & Stats A. Weekly Contact Hour Model (before 2011)  Standard load: 15 hrs  Allowance for Res/Adm and Other activities  The load may be reduced by other activities (allowance) - PhD/Res MSc supervision : 1.5 hour - National Research Grant: up to 2 hrs per grant - Research Publication: up to 2 hrs per Int Jouranl paper - Management of large unit: 0.5-1.5 hour - UG Course coordinator: 4 hours - PG Course coordinator: 2 hours and etc …

2. 2 1. Workload Management – Dept Maths & Stats B. Annual Workload Model (from 2011) Standard annual full time workload: 1725 hrs  Block hours: 350 hours for every full time staff;  Teaching: 1hr lecture = 3 hrs; 1hr Tut=1.5 hr, …;  Research: 0%, 20% (345hrs), 30%, 40%, …;  PhD/Res MSc: 90 hrs per year;  Administration: 10% for PG coordinator & 20% for UG ;  etc … Workload allocation

3. 3 2. Government Support to Univ Research (2011) Total: $1.51 billion (1510 million) for Res & Res Training$1.51 billion (1510 million) for Res & Res Training  Shared by 41 Institutes: 0.4m to 181m;  Curtin: 34 million;  Uni of Wollongong: 28m;  Uni of Tech Sydney: 22m;  Uni of South Aust: 28m;  Qld Uni of Tech 37m. Factors : Res Student total load, Res Student total completion, Research publication, Research incomes

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5. 5 3. Research Management (R&D Office)

6. 6 4. Research Performance Measure (RPI)  Collect research data: publications details – Script databaseScript database  Measure staff research performance by RPI  Award Res Excellence using RBG from Gov RPI Points: Aim  150 points per $10k ARC Discovery Proj grant;  100-150 points for refereed journal papers; 50 for refereed conf paper  400 points for per PhD student completion;

7. 7 5. ERA & Aust University Res Rankings  Mainly based on Research Publications;  Also consider other factors: grants, etc… Ranking Parameters  3-5: at and above world (international) standard;  1-2: below world (international) standard ; Ranking Classification Curtin’s ranking  20 discipline areas : at and above world (international) standard;  Applied maths is at world standard  Numerical & computational maths is one of the 5 univ at/above world standard

8. 8 6. QS University Rankings by Subject (2011)  Score is based on academic, employer, citations  10 from Aust;  Curtin is in the band of 151-200. How to Improve Ranking ? Top 200 Universities in Mathematics      

9. 9 7. Credit System, Online Enrolment and Blackboard  Credit System  Learning Management System (Blackboard)Learning Management System Blackboard  Student online enrolmentStudent online enrolment - core units, optional units, elective units- core units, optional units, elective units

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