Appendix D—Summary of Questions
Section 3—Excellence in Research for Australia
ERA policy
Value of ERA
Q3.1
To what extent is ERA meeting its objectives to:
a. Continue to develop and maintain an evaluation framework that gives government, industry, business and the wider community assurance of the excellence of research conducted in Australian higher education institutions. A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. b. Provide a national stocktake of discipline level areas of research strength and areas where there is opportunity for development in Australian higher education institutions. A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. c. Identify excellence across the full spectrum of research performance. A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. d. Identify emerging research areas and opportunities for further development. A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. Please explain your answer. e. Allow for comparisons of research in Australia, nationally and internationally, for all discipline areas. A very large amount; A large amount; A moderate amount; A small amount; Not at all. . Please explain your answer. The ERA objectives are appropriate for meeting the future needs of its stakeholders. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. a. If you disagreed with the previous statement, what should the primary purpose of ERA be going forward? Please explain your answer.
Q3.2
Q3.3
What impacts has ERA had on:
a.
the Australian university research sector as a whole
b.
individual universities
c.
researchers
d.
Other?
Please explain your answers.
Q3.4
How do you use ERA outcomes? Please describe.
Q3.5
ERA outcomes are beneficial to you/your organisation. Strongly agree; Agree; Neither agree or disagree; Disagree; Strongly disagree. Please explain your answer. Do you have any suggestions for enhancing ERA’s value to you/your organisation? Please explain your answer.
Q3.6
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