9:30-10:30am: Health Sciences Lecture Theatre 1.01 Faculties of Science and Engineering, and Medicine,
Nursing and Health Sciences
11:00-12:00pm: Education Lecture Theatre 1.01 Faculties of Social and Behavioural Sciences, and
Education, Humanities and Law
Presenter
Presentation Notes
David Day
What is ERA? • Identifying and promoting research excellence in
Australian higher education institutions
• Identifies research strengths and weaknesses across
the nation
• Identifies new areas for opportunity
• National and international comparison
• Direct impact on future funding
• Important for prestige of the university
Presenter
Presentation Notes
David Day
ERA 2010/2012 Overview
• ERA 2010 – assessed in 44 disciplines – 22 (50%) at or above world standard
• ERA 2012
– assessed in 39 disciplines – 29 (74%) at or above world standard
Presenter
Presentation Notes
David Day
Flinders Response
• Flinders’ strategy for ERA 2015
• Strategic leaders
• Timeframes
• What is required of you?
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs The next few slides will cover what we are supposing Flinders’ response to ERA 2015 will be and how you will be involved. We will look at some timeframes for various activities throughout the rest of this and the beginning of next year and let you know about the system specific components of ERA.
Flinders Response
• Flinders’ strategy for ERA 2015
• Strategic leaders
• Timeframes
• What is required of you?
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs The next few slides will cover what we are supposing Flinders’ response to ERA 2015 will be and how you will be involved. We will look at some timeframes for various activities throughout the rest of this and the beginning of next year and let you know about the system specific components of ERA.
ERA Strategic Leaders Gunther Andersson
02 Physical Sciences; Nanotechnology 1007
Claire Lenehan 03 Chemical Sciences; Nanotechnology 1007
Patrick Hesp 04 Earth Sciences 05 Environmental Sciences
Kathy Soole 06 Biological Sciences David Catcheside 06 Biological Sciences John Roddick 01 Mathematical Sciences
08 Information and Computing Sciences 09 Engineering
Mark Taylor 01 Mathematical Sciences 08 Information and Computing Sciences 09 Engineering Technologies (1005, 1006, 1099)
Ross McKinnon 11 Medical and Health Sciences Jennifer Tieman 11 Medical and Health Sciences Jeff Fuller 11 Medical and Health Sciences Paul Ward – observer
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Kay Whitehead 13 Education Kostas Mavromaras 14 Economics Sean Kim 15 Commerce, Management,
Tourism and Services Sharyn Roach Anleu 16 Studies in Human Society
(NOT 1604) Mike Nicholls 17 Psychology and Cognitive
Sciences Tracey Wade 17 Psychology and Cognitive
Sciences Willem de Lint 18 Law and Legal Studies; 1604 Anne Thompson 19 Studies in Creative Arts and
Writing Julian Meyrick 19 Studies in Creative Arts and
Writing 20 Language, Communication and Culture
Peter Monteath 21 History and Archaeology Heather Burke 21 History and Archaeology Craig Taylor 22 Philosophy and Religious
Studies
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs.
Timeframes DATE TASK RESPONSIBILITY COMMENTS
14 Feb 2014 Draft ERA guidelines response to ARC RSO completed
14 March 2014 Draft ERA 2015 Journal and Conference Lists response to ARC
Individuals completed
March-April Recruitment of Flinders ERA 2015 Strategic Leaders
DVCR, RSO completed
February-June Repository upgrading with retention of 2010 and 2012 data
Library
May Convene strategy meetings with discipline leaders
DVCR, RSO, ERA Strategic Leaders
Clarification of university strategy and project activities
May - July Redevelopment of ERA system RSO
June - July Scopus identifier tagging RSO
July - August Collation and coding of all eligible publications Eligible Staff, RSO
Eligible staff participation important to ensure awareness of ERA and University quality research drivers
July ERA 2015 process overview presentation: (1) University and (2) school level (as required)
(1) DVCR, RSO, Library (2) RSO, ERA Strategic Leaders
ERA 2015 process awareness and engagement
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs.
Timeframes DATE TASK RESPONSIBILITY COMMENTS
August - September
Publication data strategic analysis inc. common discipline cluster meetings
RSO, ERA Strategic Leaders
Opportunity for data optimisation discussions
September-October
Refinement of data to reflect the outcome of meetings between the DVCR and Strategic Leaders
RSO
September-October
Upload of items identified as required for the repository
Library
September Collation of Applied and Esteem Measures Data
Eligible Staff, RSO
September Income FOR Coding Strategic Leaders October Staff coding available for review RSO October Staff FOR coding finalised Strategic Leaders
November Discipline Coding Strategic Decisions DVCR
November Explanatory statements for each two code discipline: Drafted and submitted to the RSO
Strategic Leaders
December Review of explanatory statements RSO December/Jan ‘15 Submission finalised RSO, DVCR January 2015 ERA data submitted RSO Error and eligibility monitoring ARC, RSO
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs.
Flinders Response
• Flinders’ strategy for ERA 2015
• Strategic leaders
• Timeframes
• What is required of you?
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs The next few slides will cover what we are supposing Flinders’ response to ERA 2015 will be and how you will be involved. We will look at some timeframes for various activities throughout the rest of this and the beginning of next year and let you know about the system specific components of ERA.
Login to RePortal https://research.flinders.edu.au
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Instructions • Actions required as part of ERA are shown at the top of
the screen. These will change as we progress through the development of the ERA submission.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Check existing publications • Ensure all of your publications are entered by checking
the “Publications” section of your profile.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Add missing publications • Add any missing publications using the RMIS. Some
Schools or Departments may have Data Co-ordinators to help with this process.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Assign Disciplines to outputs • Assign disciplines to research outputs for use in
ERA2015. Please note that this list of publications will potentially change as we progress through developing the submission.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Assign Disciplines to outputs • Only one set of codes is required per publication,
however more than one set are permitted (i.e. review and add new codes if you disagree)
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Assign Disciplines to outputs • Move between publications • Add new discipline
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Assign Disciplines to outputs • Disciplines assigned during previous rounds of ERA, or preferred
Journal codes are shown. You do not have to use these codes, although some limitations apply in the case of journal articles
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Assign Disciplines to outputs • When editing or adding disciplines, make sure you save any
changes before moving to a new publication, adding a new discipline etc.
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Ben Jacobs. The successful completion of the ERA 2015 submission cannot be achieved without you. It is vital that you understand and appreciate the importance of the ERA evaluation and ensure deadlines are kept throughout the remainder of this year and into next. You will be required to log on to the RePortal system and complete the ERA data. Specific instructions have been emailed to you and are available on various pages in RePortal when you are entering your data. A call has gone out for people interested in being a Research Evaluation Committee (REC) member for one of the eight ERA discipline clusters. Flinders reaped many benefits from participation on the REC’s in the last round of ERA, including ***BEN***
Questions
RePortal / Data: Research Data and Report Team Research Services Office [email protected] Phone: 08 8201 2808
Ben Jacobs The next few slides will cover what we are supposing Flinders’ response to ERA 2015 will be and how you will be involved. We will look at some timeframes for various activities throughout the rest of this and the beginning of next year and let you know about the system specific components of ERA.