Toni Makkai

SRW 1.04

11th April 2011

New HDR student inductionWelcome to CASS

Mission

• globally, to be recognised by its academic excellence across the humanities, creative arts and social sciences, while bringing its expertise to bear on key social, cultural, and political problems facing the contemporary world

• nationally, in partnership with the public, the private sector, and government, to shape Australia as an innovative knowledge-based society

• locally, to engage with, and enrich the community

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Core focus• Research

– Most research intensive university– Outstanding international research reputation– Interdisciplinary and digitial

• Education – research lead– Culture of curiosity and discovery– Thinking critically and analytically– Innovation and path breaking

• Engagement -- impact

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What do we cover?Archaeology, Anthropology, Art, Music, European Languages, Linguistics, English, Classics & Ancient History, Philosophy, Politics & IR, Sociology, History, Arab & Islamic Studies, Indigenous Studies, Public Policy, Demography

How are we structured?College, two research schools + institute, 13 discipline and interdisciplinary schools/centres

How many students (EFST) do we have?Undergraduate 2348PGC 202HDR 466

CASS: What We Do?

Academic 298

% Contract 26

% Female 44

Research intensive 100

% Contract 50

Sessional 162-270

General 50

Administrative staff 128

% Female 66

CASS: Who looks after it?

CASS: infrastructure support

• Buildings – 25• Offices – 859• People occupying offices – 1021• Desktop computers supported – 1504• Collections – 3• Concert hall – 1• Museum – 1• Art Gallery – 1

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Engagement is high -- YTD

• Media mentions – 205

• Web hits – 23,357

• Conferences hosted – 5

• Public lectures/concerts/exhibitions – 7

• Visiting fellows -- 272

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CASS: How do we pay for it?

• Recurrent budget -- $54,844m– Funded on student load and research productivity

• External Grants -- $8,586m– 88 ARC grants, 56 Other grants

– 26 ARC fellowships

• External Consultancies -- $6,296m– 60 grants, 2 Industry fellowships

• Endowment funds -- $41,013m

Governance Structure

Regulatory capitalism – Quality and standards

• International rankings• ERA exercise• Surveys of students• AUQA (Australian Universities Quality Agency) • My universities website coming soon

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ERA 2 digit outcomes

ANU UMelb UQ UNSW USyd UWA UAdel Monash

Studies in Human society

5 4 4 4 3 2 3 2

Philosophy and Religious studies

5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4

History and Archaeology

5 5 4 5 5 4 3 4

Language communication and culture

5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4

Studies in Creative Arts and Writing

3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4

Education 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 4

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Volume of HASS submission – number of journal articles

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Volume of HASS submission – number of books

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Volume of HASS submission – number of book chapters

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Percent A/A* articles – all colleges

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Source: The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 16 February 2011

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Source: The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 23 February 2011

Impact on the college•Provides an external assessment of quality (performance)

–Reputational within university, nationally and internationally

•Will ‘concentrate hearts and minds’

–Strategic priorities?

–Core areas to sustain?

–Core areas to ‘lift’?

–What aren’t we going to do?

•IAS indexation/SRE funds

–Reallocation across the university of funding

–Reallocation of funds within the college

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CASS Executive 2011•

Prof. Toni MakkaiCollege Dean and

Director

Prof. Keith DowdingDirector of Research

Prof. Peter McDonaldDirector, ADSRI

Prof. Howard MorphyDirector, RSHA

Prof. Adam GraycarDirector, RSSS

Ms Julie GorrellCollege General Manager

Prof. Joan BeaumontDean of Education

QUESTIONS

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