CONTENTS SECTION 1: OVERVIEW 6 6 7 8 ECU 9 10 11 12 14 SECTION 2A: PERFORMANCE – REPORT ON OPERATIONS 17 1: 17 2: 20 3: 27 4: 30 5: 36 SECTION 2B: PERFORMANCE – REPORT ON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 44 44 45 SECTION 3: SIGNIFICANT ISSUES 53 SECTION 4: DISCLOSURES AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE 55 55 58 59 124 127 127 127 127 128 130 130 133 134 135 REPORT STUDENT
Professor Mark Stoney 1 Oct 2012 – 30 Sept 2015 Current 6 Salaried Staff, Other than Academic Staff – elected (ECU Act, section 9(1)(d)) Ms Valentina Bailey 1 Oct 2012 – 30 Sept 2015 1 Oct 2009 – 30 Sept 2012 1 Apr 2009 – 30 Sept 2009 Current 3(4) Enrolled Students – elected (ECU Act, section 9(1)(e)) Ms Jacynth Cox 10 Oct 2014 – 9 Oct 2015 Term commenced 10 October 2014 2(2) Mr Harinderjit Gill 10 Oct 2013 – 9 Oct 2014 Term ended 9 October 2014 2(4) Mr Matthan Kipps 10 Oct 2013 – 9 Oct 2014 Term 9 October 2014 2(4) Mr Timothy Newhouse 10 Oct 2014 – 9 Oct 2015 Term commenced 10 October 2014 2(2) Alumni – elected (ECU Act, section 9(1)(f)) Mr Brad McManus 22 Dec 2014 – 21 Dec 2017 22 Dec 2011 – 21 Dec 2014 Current 6 Ms Julien Proud 20 Sept 2013 – 19 Sept 2016 20 Sept 2010 – 19 Sept 2013 1 Apr 2009 – 19 Sept 2010 Current 6 Members co-opted by Council (ECU Act, section 9(1)(i)) Ms Janet Curran 20 Sept 2012 – 19 Sept 2015 20 Sept 2009 – 19 Sept 2012 Current 4 Ms Kelly Hick 18 Mar 2012 – 17 Mar 2015 Current 6 Mr Holthouse 12 Sept 2013 – 11 Sept 2016 12 Sept 2010 – 11 Sept 2013 12 Sept 2007 – 11 Sept 2010 Current 4 Ms Denise McComish (Pro-Chancellor since 25.08.2011) 22 Mar 2013 – 21 Mar 2016 22 Mar 2010 – 21 Mar 2013 22 Mar 2007 – 21 Mar 2010 Current 3 Dr Saliba Sassine 17 Nov 2012 – 16 Nov 2015 25 Aug 2011 – 16 Nov 2012 Current 3 * Council held six regular meeting during the year. The bracketed figures indicate the potential number of attendances for members term of office did not cover the full year, or who had leave of absence during the year. Additional Council membership information can be viewed at Members of Council.
academic staff, where academic staff are those at Level B and above, classified as ‘teaching and research’ or ‘research only’. Table 16: Research and Development Publications per 10 Academic FTE 2010 2011 2012 2013 20141 A1 – Authored Research 20.0 11.5 8.0 9.3 B1 - Book Chapter 46.6 40.6 38.5 35.6 C1 - Articles in Scholarly Refereed Journal 268.4 296.0 309.1 343.4 E1 - Full Written Paper - Refereed Proceedings 187.2 201.3 154.2 128.3 Total Unweighted Publications 522.1 549.4 509.7 516.6 Total Weighted Publications 602.1 595.4 541.7 553.8 Academic Staff FTE 531 517 528 512 Weighted Publications per 10 FTE 11.3 11.6 10.3 10.8 Target 12.8 12.8 12.0 12.0 11.0 Note: 1. Research publications figures for 2014 are unavailable until verified by audit in June 2015. Total Unweighted Publications increased by 6.9 publications between 2012 and 2013. Total Weighted Publications also increased between 2012 and 2013, by 12.1 publications. Weighted Publications per 10 Academic Staff FTE increased between 2012 and 2013, from 10.3 to 10.8, and was below the 2013 target of 12 publications per 10 Academic Staff FTE. Higher Degree Research Completions Doctorate and Masters by Research completions is a measure of ECU’s success in training new researchers who will undertake research activity and scholarship, to advance and develop education, industry, commerce and the community. Higher Degree Research Completions per 10 Academic FTE is a measure of the efficiency of ECU’s higher degree research programs in providing new researchers to education, industry, commerce and the community. Higher Degree by Research Completions is defined here as the number of Research Doctorates and Masters by Research theses passed in a year. Completions are also expressed per 10 full-time equivalent (FTE) academic staff, where academic staff are those at Level B and above, classified as ‘teaching and research’ or ‘research only’. Table 17: Higher Degree Research Completions by level, total number and per 10 Academic FTE 2010 2011 2012 2013 20141 Doctorate by Research 51 56 61 84 Masters by Research 19 22 29 27 Total Completions 70 78 90 111