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The New Funding Framework is based on output and weights the components of teaching output and the components of research output for each unit of subsidy invested by the government, higher education funding is thus based on the aggregate research outputs of universities and is driven by specific goals such as to stimulate and reward institutional research (De Villiers and Steyn, 2009; Madue, 2008: 128). Universities of Technology (UoTs) are therefore under pressure to increase their research performance and measurable outputs in particular (Christiansen and Baijnath, 2007; van Zijl, Gericke and Machet, 2006). This has resulted in a corresponding demand for a range of services to support and develop postgraduate students, supervisors and early career researchers. As research in SA UoTs is at an embryonic stage, this study benchmarked SA UoTs with Australian (Aus) UoTs as Australia has a worldwide reputation for academic excellence, offering internationally recognised qualifications with immediate employment and career development opportunities. The aim of this study was to identify best practice in terms of postgraduate research development and support service delivery in the SA and Aus contexts to inform the development of a quality model for postgraduate or research centres (PG/RCs) at UoTs in SA. Using a mixed-methods research approach, this study gathered data from postgraduate students and staff who had experience with PG/RC services. Service quality of the PG/RCs in this study was determined by measuring the service gaps in terms of student perceptions and expectations so that steps may be taken to close these gaps in an attempt to improve service quality. Based on the literature reviewed, best practice gleaned from the findings of this study, and benchmarking with the Aus UoTs; this study proposed a centralized and decentralized PG/RC model for SA ?UoTs to provide service quality to its customers.

Lecture given by Doctor Albert D. Rovira, CSIRO Division of Soils, Canberra, ACT at the Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, 10.5.1991. This lecture is part of the Campus Seminars and Distinguished Lecturer Series, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, 1991 – 1997. https://figshare.com/projects/Campus_Seminars_and_Distinguished_Lecturer_Series_Waite_Campus_University_of_Adelaide/17756

As part of the annual surveys in coordinated programmes, the DFG requests data on researchers who are involved in DFG-funded research groups. On the basis of this data pool, the reports focus on three topic areas: distribution according to gender, place of employment prior to joining the group and the funding of researchers involved. The results are considered in differentiated terms. The consideration of developments over time provides an overview of which structures are stable over the five-year period and which are subject to change. Differentiation between the four DFG scientific disciplines highlights differences dependent on the disciplines. The survey data from each reporting year is analysed for this purpose. The data reported to the DFG by the Collaborative Research Centres is incorporated into reports and analyses for DFG bodies, funding agencies (federal and state governments) and the public, as well as into independent analyses of funding practice in these programmes. They form an important basis for the reporting of the DFG. ; Selected results from annual surveys of Collaborative Research Centres