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    Will the impact framework fix the problems the research audit found

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    Authors
    Smith, C.
    Bennett, Dawn
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Non traditional textual works
    
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    Smith, C. and Bennett, D. 2015. Will the impact framework fix the problems the research audit found, in The Conversation, Dec 15, 2015.
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    Research and Creative Production
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    This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31527
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The results from the latest university research audit indicate that research in Australia is improving. This suggests that the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) exercise is working: ERA has achieved its main aim of boosting the quality of Australian research. However, this headline statement masks a plethora of concerns. Under the government’s latest reform of research funding, academics will be assessed not only on their quality of research through the ERA, but also on the economic, social and environmental impacts of their research through a new impact framework The impact and engagement measures herald a new era that rewards researchers for collaborating beyond their institutions. It is timely, then, to reassess ERA’s utility. Is it fit for purpose? Will these two assessment systems complement or contradict one another?

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