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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
Commencing Higher Degree by Research Enrolments by Undergraduate Institution Location, 2001 to 20052005 Enrolments by FacultyOverseas Interstate OtherWANone (a)SubTotal (b)UWA Total (b)Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts 33% 0% 33% 0% 67% 33% 100%Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 21% 12% 9% 0% 42% 58% 100%Economics and Commerce 38% 31% 8% 0% 77% 23% 100%Education 40% 2% 25% 0% 67% 33% 100%Engineering, Computing and Mathematics 34% 6% 11% 3% 54% 46% 100%Law 33% 22% 22% 0% 78% 22% 100%Life and Physical Sciences 19% 1% 14% 0% 34% 66% 100%Medicine and Dentistry 13% 9% 31% 0% 54% 46% 100%Natural and Agricultural Sciences 18% 16% 16% 5% 55% 45% 100%2005 Total 24% 8% 18% 1% 51% 49% 100%2004 Total 19% 9% 14% 5% 46% 54% 100%2003 Total 18% 10% 15% 1% 44% 56% 100%2002 Total 20% 10% 15% 1% 46% 54% 100%2001 Total 25% 10% 16% 5% 56% 44% 100%(a)No undergraduate studies undertaken, or prior institution not recorded.(b)Discrepancies between the sums of component items and the totals are due to rounding.With regard to fee-paying overseas doctoral students, a breakdown of their regional origin shows that over a fiveyearperiod, from 2001 to 2005, the University attracted 253 doctoral students from all regions of the world—Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the Americas and the Pacific Region.Indicator 2.2 Higher Degree by Research Completions per Staff FTEThe numbers of higher degrees by research completed per staff member is a measure of the teaching-andresearchstaff productivity in research and scholarship. It should be noted that the University uses externalexaminers with international reputation to ensure that the degrees conferred are of the highest internationalstandard.The number of higher degree by research completions per 10 full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching-and-researchstaff members at lecturer or above status (excluding casual staff appointments) has increased from 3.64 in 2000to 4.30 in 2004. It should be noted that the staffing level used for this ratio was the average staff FTE for theprevious three years of teaching-and-research staff with a level B or above appointment, and excluded casualstaff.Weighted (a) Higher Degree by Research Completions (b) per 10 Academic Staff FTE (c)2000 to 20042000 2001 2002 2003 2004Doctorate by Research 2.72 2.54 2.75 3.08 3.29Master's by Research 0.92 1.25 1.01 0.83 1.01Total 3.64 3.79 3.76 3.91 4.30Weighted Total 6.36 6.33 6.51 6.99 7.59(a) Doctorates are weighted as 2 and master’s degrees by research as 1.(b) Excluding higher doctorate completions.(c) Average of past three years’ staff FTE for academic staff in academic organisational units with a teaching-and-research orteaching-only appointment at level B or above (excluding casual staff FTE). Note that staff FTE from 2003 onwards is takenfrom DEST while earlier figures were taken from UWA reports. The value of the 2003 indicator has been revised with thischange.92
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