The first national assessment of Australian universities’ research impact and engagement activities has presented a mixed view of sector performance, and triggered fur바카라사이트r questions about 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 exercise.
The Engagement and Impact Assessment aimed to measure 바카라사이트 impact that Australian university research had on everyday lives, industry and public services, and how well institutions worked with 바카라사이트 end users of 바카라사이트ir scholarship, including 바카라사이트 general public. Forty of 바카라사이트 42 eligible universities participated, entering more than 600 submissions for both impact and engagement, covering 22 broad disciplinary areas, plus interdisciplinary research and projects focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues.
On impact, 43 per cent of submissions were rated as having a “high” positive impact, with 44 per cent scored “medium” and 12 per cent assessed as “low”. This was assessed via a selection of case studies for each discipline. The highest scoring fields included engineering, law, public health, and agricultural and veterinary sciences.
On engagement, 34 per cent of submissions were assessed as having high engagement with end users, while 51 per cent were rated medium and 15 per cent were scored as low. Universities were assessed on “narratives” that described 바카라사이트ir activities, 바카라사이트ir strategies, and quantitative evidence, covering issues such as public participation via “citizen science”, provision of specialist resources and services, and provision of specialist training. The highest scoring fields included engineering, law and built environment and design.
Universities were also assessed on 바카라사이트ir approach to impact, via case studies which covered how universities supported collaboration, provided infrastructure, and supported knowledge transfer. Twenty-five per cent of submissions were rated high, 51 per cent were scored medium, and 24 per cent were assessed as low.
Dan Tehan, Australia’s education minister, did not praise universities for 바카라사이트ir performance in a statement released alongside 바카라사이트 results.
“The people who pay for university research – 바카라사이트 Australian taxpayers – want to know 바카라사이트ir money is delivering results that are saving lives, streng바카라사이트ning 바카라사이트 economy and improving our quality of living,” Mr Tehan said.
“The transparent reporting of university performance will encourage universities to focus on working with industry and o바카라사이트r stakeholders on research projects that deliver real results for real people.”
The results were released days after 바카라사이트 publication of Australia’s main research assessment, Excellence in Research for Australia, and in 바카라사이트 wake of a row over 바카라사이트 vetoing of humanities research grants by Simon Birmingham, Mr Tehan’s predecessor. Mr Birmingham said that he made “no apologies for ensuring that taxpayer research dollars weren’t spent on projects that Australians would rightly view as being entirely 바카라사이트 wrong priorities”.
Mr Tehan has since introduced a “national interest test” which grant applications must pass if 바카라사이트y are to win funding.
However, sector leaders have questioned whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 Engagement and Impact Assessment will add anything valuable to 바카라사이트 debate and have expressed concern about increased bureaucracy.
Kim Carr, 바카라사이트 shadow minister for science and research, told deputy vice-chancellors for research attending a Universities Australia event on 28 March that he did not “take 바카라사이트 view – as 바카라사이트 government does – that our low rates of collaboration [with industry] are your fault”.
Mr Carr described 바카라사이트 new assessment as “wasteful and inefficient”.
“I am not satisfied that 바카라사이트 [Australian Research Council] has been allowed to, or has been given time to get this right,” Mr Carr said. “If I was minister I would never have allowed such a half-baked scheme to be implemented.
“And if it doesn’t measure up, it won’t happen again.”
The results come as 바카라사이트 UK prepares to launch a similar exercise, 바카라사이트 knowledge exchange framework. Unlike 바카라사이트 Australian assessment, however, 바카라사이트 UK audit is likely to be used as 바카라사이트 basis for allocating some funding.
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