Section 3: Results by Fields of Research Code

13 Education

Education is comprised of the following four-digit codes:

1301 Education Systems
1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
1303 Specialist Studies in Education
1399 Other Education

8 out of 38 two-digit UoEs and 20 out of 93 four-digit UoEs assessed were rated above world standard

FoR Overview

Education (13) accounted for approximately five per cent of the research outputs submitted to ERA 2015. The most common research output type was journal articles (54 per cent), though the proportions of book chapters and conference paper were also high (22 per cent and 20 per cent respectively). Specialist Studies in Education (1303) was the largest Education sub-discipline in terms of volume of outputs, research income and staff FTE. Education Systems (1301) had the highest amount of research commercialisation income.

Indicator	No.
Research outputs	20,286.9
Research income	$215,728,415
FTEs	2,938.7
Esteem count	63.7
Patents	-
Research commercialisation income	$1,362,916

Rating	Distribution
Rating	Two-digit	Four-digit
5	2	6
4	6	14
3	19	34
2	9	34
1	2	5
Total	38	93

Number of UoEs per rating scale score

Stacked bar chart showing the total number of UoEs by rating scale score (i.e. ratings 1-5) for all four-digit Education codes. This chart includes data for two-digit and four-digit evaluations. Further details are located in each of the tables below the sub heading at the start of each four-digit code in this section.

Note: 13 Education shows assessed two-digit UoEs only.

Research outputs submitted by type

FoR code	Book	Book Chapter	Journal Article	Conference Paper	NTRO	Total
1301 Education Systems	72.2	851.9	2,296.3	678.8	160.7	4,060.0
1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	107.1	1,522.7	3,520.2	1,381.3	80.0	6,611.2
1303 Specialist Studies in Education	158.2	1,789.8	4,800.3	1,782.9	137.8	8,669.1
1399 Other Education	11.9	221.7	404.8	302.7	5.4	946.5
Total	349.4	4,386.2	11,021.6	4,145.7	384.0	20,286.9

Research income by year-all categories ($)

Stacked bar chart showing total research income for all HERDC income categories by year for 2011, 2012, and 2013 for each four-digit code in Education - 1301, 1302, 1303 and 1399. Full details are outlined in the following table.

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
1301 Education Systems	16,673,945	16,116,103	15,978,542	48,768,590
1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	20,765,372	22,555,641	21,720,565	65,041,577
1303 Specialist Studies in Education	31,620,174	34,249,332	34,987,713	100,857,219
1399 Other Education	255,393	347,793	457,842	1,061,028
Total	69,314,884	73,268,868	73,144,662	215,728,415

Staffing profile by academic level

FoR code	Level E	Level D	Level C	Level B	Level A	Other FTE	Total
1301 Education Systems	61.4	71.5	167.1	190.5	34.3	63.6	588.3
1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	86.1	127.2	264.6	316.4	55.3	53.7	903.3
1303 Specialist Studies in Education	124.1	151.9	314.9	325.6	56.6	76.5	1,049.7
1399 Other Education	12.5	21.1	72.6	191.7	55.6	43.9	397.4
Total	284.1	371.7	819.2	1,024.3	201.8	237.6	2,938.7

Research commercialisation income by year ($)

FoR code	2011 ($)	2012 ($)	2013 ($)	Total ($)
1301 Education Systems	489,116	185,132	14,804	689,052
1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	214,389	133,630	103,398	451,416
1303 Specialist Studies in Education	52,868	61,245	108,335	222,448
1399 Other Education	0	0	0	0
Total	756,373	380,007	226,536	1,362,916