Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00989:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00989
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 3098–5139

5  Matters relating to the quality of research
TEQSA must have regard to the following matters relating to the quality of research at a regulated entity for the purposes of section 59A of the Act:
          (a)   results from Excellence in Research for Australia and the Engagement and Impact Assessment or any successor evaluations in Australia, and from comparable national and international research assessment exercises;
          (b)   the volume of citations, and the quality of the publications in which the research output appeared;
          (c)   whether research outputs have been peer reviewed and, where peer review has occurred, the nature of the peer review process;
          (d)    outcomes from the prevailing practices for the measurement of research quality in a particular discipline;
          (e)   the regulated entity's governance framework for research including:
              (i)            its policy framework for research;
              (ii)            its financial support for the pursuit of research;
              (iii)            whether and how the governance framework for research is implemented.
          (f)   the extent to which there is a research community at the regulated entity, including:
               1. the number of researchers at the regulated entity and the proportion of time spent by those researchers on research at the regulated entity;
               2. the relationship between individual researchers and the regulated entity;
               3. the extent to which researchers are engaged in the research community at the regulated entity, and with their discipline in the national or international research community where relevant;
               4. the extent to which research at the regulated entity is current or recent; and
               5. the supervisory and study environment for research activity at the regulated entity; and
          (g)    the success of the regulated entity in competitive research grant rounds and in obtaining other direct funding for research.