Annual Report 2005 - Publications Unit - The University of Western ...

Expenditure Ratios, 2001 to 20052001 2002 2003 2004 2005Expenditure (a) / EFTSL 18,337 19,113 21,484 21,168 25,847Expenditure (a) / Weighted Student Units (b) 16,154 16,835 18,885 18,554 22,779Expenditure (c) / Course Completion 60,837 59,539 62,163 68,180 – (e)Expenditure (c) / Weighted Completion (d) 50,558 49,544 51,303 56,488 – (e)(a)Total expenditure, excluding research-only expenditure and Perth International Arts Festival expenditure, indexed to 2005dollar values. Note that expenditure figures from 2005 are calculated in accordance with AIFRS and hence are not strictlycomparable with previous years’ figures.(b)Weighted student units are calculated by multiplying student load in higher degree research by 2.0, other postgraduate andhonours load by 1.3 and bachelor’s (including graduate entry) load by 1.0.(c)Total expenditure (in 2005 dollar values) excluding research-only expenditure averaged over last three years.(d)Weighted by multiplying the number of completions in higher degree research by 2.0, other postgraduate and honourscompletions by 1.3 and bachelor’s (including graduate entry) completions by 1.0.(e)The number of completions for 2005 is not available until May 2006.2. Research and ScholarshipDesired OutcomeThe desired outcome in Research and Scholarship is to enhance the University’s ‘standing as one of Australia’sleading research universities and the premier research institution in Western Australia. There are two dimensionsto this goal: firstly, the University is committed to the achievement of high quality research and scholarship, byinternational standards, across the whole spectrum of its disciplines; and additionally, to the development ofspecial research concentrations, of the very highest international standards, in selected areas of particularstrength, importance and opportunity’. [Primary goal in Research and Scholarship, UWA Strategic Plan]Indicator 2.1 Higher Degree by Research International and Interstate EnrolmentsThis University’s success in attracting higher degree by research students is a reflection of its reputation forexcellence in research as measured by the proportion of higher degree research students whose undergraduatequalification is from an overseas or an interstate institution. The following table of commencing higher degreeresearch enrolments by undergraduate institution of origin shows that in 2005, 59 per cent of the University’scommencing research students came from outside UWA, with 20 per cent from overseas institutions and 6 percent from interstate.91