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2007 Annual Forum
28-30 Nov,
Crowne Plaza,
Darling Harbour,
Sydney NSW

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Issue #3, August 2007

The May Federal Budget... so what's changing?

This issue of it figures looks at some of the proposed changes coming out of May's Federal Budget as they affect ANU's planning and funding. We'll also have a look at university ranking comparisons both locally and globally.

Feature stories

^{Source: DEST Budget 07-08 "At a Glance"}

The May Federal Budget had a large component of it devoted to changes to Higher Education especially with respect to how we are funded. This will obviously have a large impact on the way ANU will plan its Commonwealth-supported student load into the future. MORE >>

it figures spoke with Peter Haines, Director, Statistical Services to see just how these changes will impact on ANU next year. HESA Compliance Officer, Felicity Gouldthorp, was contacted by it figures particularly to see what changes might be required to Student21. MORE>>

In the July 2007 edition of the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Simon Marginson assessed the value of some of the more widely used global university ranking schemes. He looked at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rankings and the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) University Rankings and the impact they are having on Australian higher education. it figures summarises his findings. MORE >>

In our Comparative Figures section (below), we have a look at the THES 2006 rankings.

explore unistats

Statistical Services have released an Academic Planning Report (APR) on the unistats website. The APR provides summary information about students, staff and HERDC. It is in the form of a bookmarked PDF document with four levels of hierarchy (ANU, College, School/Faculty, and AOU) to facilitate easy navigation through the 1,841 page report. It should allow staff to get a quick statistical summary of an area and compare that with the College and University totals and/or other parts of the ANU. MORE >>

Pivot Table Training

Register on our waiting list with the Information Literacy Program (ILP) for the full length course (3 hours) through ANUBIS (go to "Training Catalogue" and select the Training Code "SSPT01") or see our 30 minute quick on-line self-learn training manual.

There's a couple of places left in Session #11 on Friday 17th August from 1.30pm to 4.30pm if you're keen.

The 2007 IAFIC Submission to DEST is now available. It includes sections on: Strategic Planning; Capital Asset Planning; Equity Report; Indigenous Education Statement; and Voluntary Student Unionism compliance statement.

comparative figures

How did ANU compare internationally in the 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) World Rankings?

• Overall - ANU was judged 1st in Australia and 16th in the world
• Rest of the world - ANU was 1st in Australia and 2nd overall
• Arts and Humanities - ANU was 2nd in Australia and 6th overall
• Biomedical Science - ANU was 5th in Australia and 24th overall
• Science - ANU was 1st in Australia and 16th overall
• Social Science - ANU was 1st in Australia and 6th overall

ANU has just provided updates for THES so we should know the results for 2007 in October... we'll keep you posted!

Click here if you want to find out more about the THES world rankings.

Visit University of Queensland's Go8 Executive Dashboard MORE >>

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