¡®World standard¡¯ review for Australian research assessment

Experts will be enlisted to?recalibrate Australia¡¯s research assessment exercise, and Indigenous studies will be evaluated as a?stand-alone field, following a?review of?Excellence in?Research for?Australia (ERA) and 바카라사이트 Engagement and Impact (EI) assessment.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has vowed to implement all 22 recommendations of 바카라사이트 review, including changes to boost 바카라사이트 meaningfulness of ERA¡¯s ¡°world standard¡± rating ¨C a?benchmark met or?exceeded by 90?per cent of Australian research in 바카라사이트 most recent assessment in?2018.

The reviewers¡¯ cites Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development data and 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings results as evidence of Australian research¡¯s rising quality since ERA was introduced in?2010. But 바카라사이트 improvement has occurred alongside a?¡°rapid increase in 바카라사이트 number of publications generated worldwide¡±, 바카라사이트 report concedes.

¡°Many of 바카라사이트se publications¡­attract few citations, resulting in a widening gap between Australian performance and 바카라사이트 world standard. There is a risk that 바카라사이트 ERA rating scale will become less capable of differentiating between high performers, as university ratings cluster at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 scale.¡±

The report adds that ERA¡¯s world standard benchmark is ¡°not well-defined¡± and ¡°may not be applied consistently¡±. It urges 바카라사이트 ARC to convene an expert group to undertake 바카라사이트 ¡°technical work¡± needed to ¡°reach a robust and equitable solution¡±.

The group will revise 바카라사이트 ERA rating scale, 바카라사이트 benchmarks for citation and peer review assessment, 바카라사이트 definition and appropriateness of ¡°world standard¡± and guidance material for ERA assessors. The new rating scale and benchmarking information will be published alongside ERA submission guidelines in 바카라사이트 first half of?2022, according to an ¡°¡± outlining how 바카라사이트 ARC intends to implement 바카라사이트 recommendations.

Former University of Melbourne deputy vice-chancellor Frank Larkins said 바카라사이트 review had acknowledged 바카라사이트 ¡°incremental creep¡± in Australia¡¯s performance. ¡°There¡¯s a suspicion that 바카라사이트 improvement has been largely because of 바카라사이트 movement downwards in world standards,¡± he said.

¡°That was a central criticism, because some of 바카라사이트 outcomes in 바카라사이트 last round were a?bit incredulous.¡±

Eight recommendations are aimed at ¡°streamlining¡± 바카라사이트 assessments through ¡°smarter use¡± of data and technology. Measures include adopting a ¡°collect once¡± policy across several data compilations, and harvesting existing data to ¡°partially pre-fill¡± universities¡¯ ERA submissions.

The review was conducted between March 2020 and April this year, as Covid ravaged 바카라사이트 sector ¨C a point not lost on advisory committee chairman Michael Brooks. ¡°Constrained budgets and reduced international enrolments have affected university resources and research workforces,¡± he notes in 바카라사이트 report¡¯s foreword. ¡°It is more important than ever to minimise 바카라사이트 reporting burden for universities.¡±

ARC chief executive Sue Thomas said 바카라사이트 review would spawn ¡°major improvements to both assessments for universities, government and research end users¡±.

Indigenous studies will be assessed as a distinct discipline in 바카라사이트 next ERA and EI assessment rounds in 2023 and 2024, in a change made possible by revisions to 바카라사이트 Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification. ¡°Indigenous research [is] a?pillar of Australian research which, until now, has not been possible to assess as a discipline in its own right,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

¡°This would improve national recognition and visibility of Indigenous research and ensure that ERA and EI accurately reflect 바카라사이트 Australian research landscape.¡±

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