Queensland University of Technology 2011 Annual Report - QUT

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QUT Business School maintained its focus on the externalenvironment to capture opportunities to expand its brandand reputation as well as respond to environmental changes.In the past eight years, the School has been involved in 14major reviews, which included six international reviews, threethematic reviews, one corporate review and two federalgovernment reviews.In the Faculty of Science and Technology, the benchmarkingof Business Process Management (BPM) courses nationallyand internationally highlighted that the Master of BusinessProcess Management at QUT is the only dedicated tertiarycourse for BPM in Australia, and one of the few in the world.2011 marked the second year QUT participated in theInternational Student Barometer (ISB). QUT internationalstudents were invited to participate in the ISB in March 2011;a response rate of 35 per cent was higher than the AustralianTechnology Network, national and international averages.New initiatives such as the 2011 international culturalfestivals and events program, designed to support greaterinteraction between domestic and international students oncampus, were introduced in response to the 2010 survey.Each year the Australian Universities International Directors’Forum commissions a benchmarking survey of outboundstudent mobility. The survey covers semester exchange,short-tem programs and higher degree research.QUT Library conducted the InSync Client Survey in late 2010.QUT’s results were then benchmarked in separate reportsagainst the Libraries of the Australian Technology Networkand against eight other Australian university libraries,including five Group of Eight universities, during 2011.QUT achieved excellent results.Benchmarking studies were also undertaken of the StudentePortfolio and QUT Blackboard, with data expected to beavailable in early 2012.PAGE 24 | QUT ANNUAL REPORT 2011
Building QUT’sresearch reputationProfessor Arun Sharma, Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research and Commercialisation)HIGHLIGHTSConstruction of the biggest project in QUT’s history,the Science and Engineering Centre at Gardens Pointcampus, continued during the year. When completedlater in 2012, the new $230 million centre will house QUT’snew research institute focused on themes around science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A highperformanceworld-class analytical facility will provide centrallaboratory capacity to support research.During 2011, QUT performed strongly in the majornational competitive grant rounds with the award of19 Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants worth$5 372 742 (Round 2, 2010 and Round 1, 2011); 17 ARCDiscovery project grants worth $4 734 000; and nine NationalHealth and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants witha total value of $5 004 675. In addition QUT was awardedtwo NHMRC fellowships worth $727 460.Professor Peter Bartlett was awarded a LaureateFellowship grant from the ARC valued at $2.78 millionover six years. His research program will look at large-scalestatistical machine learning.QUT was awarded 10 Discovery Early Career ResearchAwards (DECRAs), ranking ninth in the sector behindthe Group of Eight (Go8). In terms of success rate, QUTranked fifth in the sector. Total income from DECRAs willbe $3.75 million.QUT was awarded four Future Fellowships with a totalincome of $3.63 million. QUT’s success rate was40 per cent which is well above the national average of30.7 per cent and ranked twelfth in the sector along withfour other universities.Professor Patsy Yates was again successful in receivingfunding from the Department of Health and Ageing torun both the Program of Experience in the PalliativeCare Approach and the Palliative Care Curriculum forUndergraduates program for an additional three years(total funding $11.8 million).Professor Nicholas Graves received NHMRC funding toestablish the Centre for Research Excellence in ReducingHealthcare Associated Infection. The Centre, one of only15 funded in 2011, will receive funding of $2 495 795.Three cooperative research centres (CRCs), in whichQUT is a partner, were successful in their bids forfunding extensions, receiving a total of more than$70 million in new funding: Automotive Australia 2020($26 million), Polymers CRC ($14.5 million), and NationalPlant Biosecurity CRC ($29.7 million). A new CRC forYoung People, Technology and Wellbeing, in which QUTis a partner, received funding of $27 million over five years.The CRC will promote mental health and wellbeing throughthree complementary research programs.QUT performed exceptionally well in the AustralianGovernment’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)assessment framework with more than 70 per cent of QUT’sassessable research ranked world standard or above.Outcomes and achievements against thekey priorities OF THE qut bLUEPRINTEstablishing a major and themed institute in the STEM area isa key plank of Blueprint 3. In 2011, the University AcademicBoard approved the establishment of the new institute withseven research themes:• future energy systems and clean technologies• secure and resilient infrastructure• intelligent systems and adaptive communities• healthy ecosystems and environmental monitoring• sustainable tropical and sub-tropical production• geo-systems and resources• mathematics, computation, simulation and eresearch.A fundraising and engagement strategy was developedfor the Science and Engineering Centre and the newinstitute. The strategy aims for a financial target of$7 million over a four-year period.During the year, the University maintained its focus onresearch potential and quality in staff recruitment withperformance reports for all promotional rounds from theResearch Activity Database and track record assessmentsfor potential research-capacity applicants. The Faculty ofLaw recruited a number of new Early Career Academic andDevelopment (ECARD) staff with doctorates in the disciplineof law, to develop a stronger base of research-active staff inthis field. The Faculty’s cohort of Dean’s Research Scholarsin 2011 was the highest achieving group of students sincethe scheme was established, and these students will beencouraged to pursue research degrees in future, to furtherexpand the Faculty’s research capacity. The Institute forCreative Industries and Innovation developed a strategyaround adjunct appointments, and supported three visitingacademics and one adjunct professor in 2011.PAGE 25 | QUT ANNUAL REPORT 2011
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