These units of measure allow for the fact that not all staff and students are full-time at the University. Academic Staff may be classified as 'Teaching Only', 'Teaching and Research', 'Research Only' or 'Other'. These measures and classifications are defined for the universities by the Commonwealth. Only academic staff associated with Academic Organisational Units and designated as 'Teaching Only' or 'Teaching and Research' have been included in this indicator. Successful load is the sum of all load with a passing result.
Total load is a sum of all load being undertaken by students.
The data for this indicator are extracted from the Commonwealth Student and Staff Data Collections. The load figures are as at 31 August with the 1997 successful load figure preliminary. The University presents two performance indicators to demonstrate how well it is working to achieve its research objectives. Staff FTE is an equivalent full time academic staff member. This unit of measure allows for the fact that not all staff are working full-time at the University.