Issues to be explored
Q4.1
Considering that EI is a new assessment, to what extent is it meeting its objectives to: a. encourage greater collaboration between universities and research end- users, such as industry, by assessing engagement and impact? A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. b. provide clarity to the Government and the Australian public about how their investments in university research translate into tangible benefits beyond academia? A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. c. identify institutional processes and infrastructure that enable research engagement? A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. d. promote greater support for the translation of research impact within institutions for the benefit of Australia beyond academia? A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. e. identify the ways in which institutions currently translate research into impact? A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. The EI objectives are appropriate for the future needs of its stakeholders. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree or disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer.
Q4.2
Q4.3
What impact has EI had on:
a. the Australian university sector as a whole? Please describe.
b. Individual universities. Please describe.
c. researchers. Please describe.
d. other sectors outside of academia? Please describe.
Q4.4
How do you, or your organisation, use EI outcomes? Please describe.
Q4.5
The EI outcomes are valuable to you or your organisation. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer.
Q4.6
How else could EI outcomes be used? Please describe.
4.2 EI definitions
For the purposes of the EI 2018 submission and assessment, the following definitions were used:
Research
Research is the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings. This could include the synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it is new and creative.
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