Transcript Research Partnerships in Vietnam

Research Changes Emerging Since
The Election - an Overview
Research Drinks and Discussion
– June 2nd, 2008
Some New Initiatives
• 1000 Future Fellows
• Double the number of APAs (ie + ca 5000 by 2012)
• Additional (and immediate) Infrastucture Funding
• Internationalisation of (eg) ARC Fellowship programs
• Different approach to the ‘independent researcher voice’
• Proposed ‘Institutional Compacts’
Research Drinks and Discussion June 2, 2008
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Some New (and Not So New) Reviews and Challenges
• Research Assessment/Rankings
- ERA = metrics ?
• National Innovation Review – integration/co-ordination/removing
barriers ?
• Research Training/Careers Review – declining funding/numbers ?
• Review of Co-operative Research Centres – public good dimension ?
• Low overall funding - further concentration – the diversity debate ?
• The Education Endowment Fund
• ………………………..
Research Drinks and Discussion June 2, 2008
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– a real opportunity ?
RMIT-Wide Researcher Support Initiatives ?
* Research Investment Fund – Research Institutes
* RMIT PhD Scholarships/APA Top-Ups
* Innovation Professors/Tenure Track Post Docs
* Emerging Researcher Grants
* Research Leave Program
* Career Interruption Fellowships
* PhD ‘Finishing’ Grants
* Grant ‘Readers/Mentors’ Program
* International Scholarship opportunities - Vietnam, China, India
Research Drinks and Discussion June 2, 2008
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Research Partnerships - Vietnam/Australia
“…To undertake research and innovation for
the benefit of our communities, our research partners, our
research staff and students….”
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Research Drinks and Discussion June 2, 2008
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Research Partnerships in Vietnam
– Headline 1
An innovative research student program has been
established with Vietnamese research students*
researching in Vietnam and Australia, and a series
of research workshops (2002 through 2006) leading to
project partnerships, involving a number of Institutions
in Vietnam, in the areas of Environment/Water,
Biotechnology, Food Safety and Technology,
ICT Aerospace/Aviation and
Globalisation/Climate Change
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Research Partnerships in Vietnam
– Headline 2
A collaborative scholarship funding package has been
formally agreed with the Vietnam Ministry of Education
and Training (MOET) and our Vietnamese partner
universities involving tuition, living stipend and english
language training with support from both RMIT
Australia and Vietnam supplementing that provided
by MOET.
Expect that these agreements will support a group of ca
40 research students by the end of 2008
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Research Partnerships in Vietnam
– Headline 3
RMIT actively working towards the establishment of
a Research Node at RMIT South Saigon. A
research co-ordinator was recruited in 2006/7.
This Node will provide a base for research activities
aligned to RMIT’s new Research Institutes, initially
‘Global Cities’ – with its research foci
on Globalization and Climate Change
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Some Other Developments Of Interest
Intellectual Property
The Federal Court, in a case involving the University of Western
Australia, has ruled that it is unlikely that Australian universities
have the right in law to ownership of intellectual property arising
from the research of their staff. This ruling appears based in part
on whether there is a clear expectation (via a contract of
employment) that a staff member has a ‘duty to invent’ in addition
to a ‘duty to conduct research’. A diversity of HE sector and legal
opinion has since emerged concerning the validity of this ruling. It
seems likely the University of Western Australia will appeal the
ruling. RMIT is keeping a close watching brief with a view to any
necessary changes to the RMIT policy around our IP Policy.
Research Drinks and Discussion June 2, 2008
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University ‘Partnerships’ – A Way Forward ?
Eg
The WA Mergers ?
Melbourne and Monash
Uni SA and Australian National University
………………………
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The Research Assessment Future
The Publish or Perish Addendum
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Mix of Unweighted Publications
100
(2005 data – from 2006 DEST/HE Data Collection)
80
Conferences
Journals
Chapters
Books
60
% 40
20
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G
IR
U
/R
M
IT
0
A
T
N
Source : DEST Data
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Publish As Often As You Can
But
Always Publish Wisely
Parting Message
“Get Cited’
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