- Title
- Rhodes University Research Report 2003
- Creator
- Rhodes University
- Date
- 2003
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:558
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011947
- Description
- [From Preface and Introduction] The core business of a university is teaching and research and Rhodes has excelled in both. Our success in research is also exemplified by the graduation in April of 39 PhD and 111 Masters students. Postgraduate throughput together with research outputs will play a crucial role in the new funding formula for determining Government subsidy to Institutions. In assessing the research output of universities it is important, for comparative purposes, that this is done in relation to the size of an institution. Currently this research output, per size or per capita, is calculated by dividing the research publication output by either the audited FTE’s (i.e. number of students) or the state subsidy, which is largely based on the size of the university. These calculations show that Rhodes has had the best research output per capita for the previous four years. I would like to congratulate the members of staff and postgraduates, particularly in those Departments that are consistently increasing or maintaining their research output, for their contribution to the research effort of the university. I am aware that the research contributions mentioned in this report have been made amidst many demands such as increased student numbers and a very competitive funding environment, to name a few. Asa result of positive feedback received this year we have maintained the layout and format of the first formal research report published in 2002 Please note that each Department’s/Faculty’s highlights section are as provided by the Head of Department as are the research outputs produced. The table of provisional subsidy units earned by each Department/Faculty have been included as there is often a misconception that one journal article equates to one subsidy unit. This is the case if all the authors are from Rhodes University but where articles are jointly published, a pro-rata share is calculated. Likewise due to the complex funding formula used by the Department of Education, the total research outputs produced do not equate directly to the subsidisable units. Please note that "in press" articles in 2002 but published in 2003 have already been claimed in 2002 and hence do not appear in the table but are recorded in the report. Articles that have been submitted for possible publication have not been included in the table nor the report as it is not possible to prove if the articles had been accepted for publication by the time our submission to the Department of Education was audited. Also please note that subsidy units earned for book/chapter/patent/conference proceedings publications are not included in the subsidy unit tables since we receive no feedback from the Department of Education in terms of which books/chapters/patents/proceedings are finally accepted for subsidy purposes each year. Only a small fraction of such books, chapters, patents and proceedings which are submitted actually receive subsidy. I would like to stress the need to publish in subsidy earning journals and to submit accurate information so that the University can claim as many units as possible. The total audited (but not yet awarded) publication subsidy units for journal articles which have been submitted to the Department of Education for 2003 is 180.56 units. This is some 26.08 units down on our 2002 submission and is of concern. Of this figure, publications in current non-subsidy earning journals in 2003 amounted to 5.5 units. These have been forwarded to the Department of Education for consideration for subsidy purposes. Despite the decrease in publication outputs in 2003, postgraduate student graduation, particularly PhD’s, was encouragingly high in 2003 and in general it was once again a highly successful year for research at Rhodes. I would therefore like to add my congratulations to that of the Vice-Chancellor to all staff and postgraduate students for their research efforts in 2003.
- Format
- 160 pages, pdf
- Contributor
- Woods, D R, Duncan, J R
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Rhodes University
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