New HDR student induction Welcome to CASS

1. New HDR student inductionWelcome to CASS Toni Makkai SRW 1.04 11th April 2011

2. Mission • globally, to be recognised by its academic excellence across the humanities, creative arts and social sciences, while bringing its expertise to bear on key social, cultural, and political problems facing the contemporary world • nationally, in partnership with the public, the private sector, and government, to shape Australia as an innovative knowledge-based society • locally, to engage with, and enrich the community CASS FORUM ERA 2011

3. Core focus • Research • Most research intensive university • Outstanding international research reputation • Interdisciplinary and digitial • Education – research lead • Culture of curiosity and discovery • Thinking critically and analytically • Innovation and path breaking • Engagement -- impact CASS FORUM ERA 2011

4. CASS: What We Do? What do we cover? Archaeology, Anthropology, Art, Music, European Languages, Linguistics, English, Classics & Ancient History, Philosophy, Politics & IR, Sociology, History, Arab & Islamic Studies, Indigenous Studies, Public Policy, Demography How are we structured? College, two research schools + institute, 13 discipline and interdisciplinary schools/centres How many students (EFST) do we have? Undergraduate 2348 PGC 202 HDR 466

5. Academic 298 % Contract 26 % Female 44 Research intensive 100 % Contract 50 Sessional 162-270 General 50 Administrative staff 128 % Female 66 CASS: Who looks after it?

6. CASS: infrastructure support • Buildings – 25 • Offices – 859 • People occupying offices – 1021 • Desktop computers supported – 1504 • Collections – 3 • Concert hall – 1 • Museum – 1 • Art Gallery – 1 CASS FORUM ERA 2011

7. Engagement is high -- YTD • Media mentions – 205 • Web hits – 23,357 • Conferences hosted – 5 • Public lectures/concerts/exhibitions – 7 • Visiting fellows -- 272 CASS FORUM ERA 2011

8. CASS: How do we pay for it? • Recurrent budget -- $54,844m • Funded on student load and research productivity • External Grants -- $8,586m • 88 ARC grants, 56 Other grants • 26 ARC fellowships • External Consultancies -- $6,296m • 60 grants, 2 Industry fellowships • Endowment funds -- $41,013m

9. Governance Structure

10. Regulatory capitalism – Quality and standards • International rankings • ERA exercise • Surveys of students • AUQA (Australian Universities Quality Agency) • My universities website coming soon CASS FORUM ERA 2011

11. ERA 2 digit outcomes CASS FORUM ERA 2011

12. Volume of HASS submission – number of journal articles CASS FORUM ERA 2011

13. Volume of HASS submission – number of books CASS FORUM ERA 2011

14. Volume of HASS submission – number of book chapters CASS FORUM ERA 2011

15. Percent A/A* articles – all colleges CASS FORUM ERA 2011

16. Source: The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 16 February 2011 CASS FORUM ERA 2011

17. Source: The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 23 February 2011 CASS FORUM ERA 2011

18. Impact on the college • Provides an external assessment of quality (performance) • Reputational within university, nationally and internationally • Will ‘concentrate hearts and minds’ • Strategic priorities? • Core areas to sustain? • Core areas to ‘lift’? • What aren’t we going to do? • IAS indexation/SRE funds • Reallocation across the university of funding • Reallocation of funds within the college CASS FORUM ERA 2011

19. CASS Executive 2011 Prof. Joan Beaumont Dean of Education Prof. Toni Makkai College Dean and Director Prof. Keith Dowding Director of Research Prof. Adam Graycar Director, RSSS Prof. Peter McDonald Director, ADSRI Prof. Howard Morphy Director, RSHA Ms Julie Gorrell College General Manager

20. QUESTIONS CASS FORUM ERA 2011