ERA development 2008
- Draft Submission Guidelines
- Pilot Submission Guidelines
- Consultation Paper
- 2008 media releases and speeches
Draft Submission Guidelines
The ARC released the draft ERA Submission Guidelines and draft ERA-SEER Technical Specifications for Cluster One (Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences) and Cluster Two (Humanities and Creative Arts) in January 2009:
- Draft ERA Submission Guidelines (PDF file, 938kb)
- Draft ERA-SEER Technical Specifications (PDF file, 402kb)
Also available is the ERA Technology Pack (zip file), which includes the draft ERA-SEER Technical Specifications, ERA cluster submission XML schema files, sample cluster submission XML documents, schema help files and SEER code (reference data) tables.
More information (ARC website)
- UniSA's response to the Draft Submission Guidelines (PDF file, 174kb)
Pilot Submission Guidelines
The ERA Pilot Submission Guidelines (PDF file, 239kb) were released on 1 October 2008. The Guidelines will be used for a Pilot of the ERA system.
Accompanying the ERA Pilot Submission Guidelines is the SEER Technical Specifications (zip file). The Specifications include information about data content and structures required for packaging ERA Pilot submissions; system interfaces; mechanisms of data transfer; and pilot system environment availability and support procedures.
Draft Pilot Guidelines
The Draft Pilot Submission Guidelines (PDF file, 308kb) were released on 22 August 2008. The purpose of these guidelines was to 'provide an overview of, and specify the content and data requirements for, submissions to the ERA Pilot.'
Consultation Paper
The University of South Australia's response to this consultation paper was developed by REQUIEM.
- ERA Consultation Paper - June 2008 (PDF file, 329kb)
- UniSA's final submission (PDF file, 340kb)
2008 media releases and speeches
December 2008
- Indicators of excellence for the new ERA - ARC media release 19 December 2008
June 2008
- Wanted: input into a new 'era' for Australian research (RTF file, 472kb) - Senator Kim Carr's media release 31 March
March 2008
- New classification to assist ERA development - Senator Kim Carr's media release 31 March
- A new era for Australian research quality assessment - Senator Kim Carr's article 4 March (first published in Campus Review, 18, 9)
February 2008
- National innovation system review - submissions called - Senator Kim Carr's media release 29 February
- New ERA for research quality (PDF file, 51kb) - Senator Kim Carr's media release 26 February
