CHARLES Sturt University has brushed off a report that showed it ranked low on the list of Australian universities, measured by the strength of its research.
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Vice-chancellor Ian Goulter said yesterday that CSU research was ranked as world-class in agricultural and veterinary science, education, biological science, environmental science and chemical science.
Professor Goulter was commenting the first national evaluation of university research strengths, known as The Excellence in Research for Australia process, which ranked CSU No. 38 out of 41 institutions, based on average scores for each field.
One criteria was based on how many research articles were published in highly-regarded international journals.
“These are results about which our staff, students and communities can feel very proud,” Professor Goulter said.
“CSU was formally established as a university only 21 years ago, and in that time we have managed to build a research program that has been independently ranked as being among the best in the world in five broad areas of research.
“This shows again that regional Australia can compete on a global stage with confidence, and can attract world-leading researchers.
“Indeed, CSU has not only been ranked as being world-class in education research, we significantly outperform the national average for Australian universities in this field.
“This reflects the long history of involvement in innovation in teacher and early childhood education by our predecessor institutions, dating back to 1957.
CSU was ranked as being above the world standard in environmental science and management, analytical chemistry, and crop and pasture systems.
It was ranked as being at world-class standard in the fields of plant biology, education systems, curriculum and pedagogy, tourism, applied ethics and philosophy.