Professor John Rice

Executive Director

Australian Council of Deans of Science(ACDS)

ACDS AGM . Sydney .

October 21st 2014

Staffing universityscience in the

twenty-first century

Ian R Dobson

A study commissioned by the Australian Council of Deans of Science – February 2014

Staff profile 2002 – 2012University wide

Student load increase 37%

Staff increase 36%

Teaching staff increase 22%

Research only staff 67%

Staff profile 2002 – 2012Science

Student load increase 46%

Teaching staff increase 10%

Research only staff 87% (67%)

Science 2008 - 2012

Student load 86,195 107,487+21,292

Teaching Staff 3,839 3,881+42

Science, Health, Engineering

Increase in: Student load Teaching staff

Science 46%10%

Health 99%44%

Engineering 60% 16%

Chapter

1. Background and introduction

2. Higher education statistics: a description

3. Enrolments – rapid growth in the sector

4. University staff statistics – a sector-wide examination

5. Science and the rest: a comparison of staffing patterns

6. A closer look at ‘science’

7. Conclusions and further research

8. References