Department of Education Science and Technology (DEST)
CONTACT WEB SITE
http://www.dest.gov.au
DESCRIPTION
The Higher Education Staff Data Collection provides a summary of the number and full-time equivalence of full-time and fractional full-time staff and full-time equivalence for casual staff involved in the provision of higher education in higher education institutions.
Scope
The Higher Education Staff Data Collection only includes information from higher education institutions in Australia, as determined under the Higher Education Funding Act 1988. This includes:
institutions that receive block operating grant funding for teaching and research activities; and other public higher education institutions which receive some level of operating grant funding.
Excluded from the Higher Education Staff Data Collection are; the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Marcus Oldham College of Farm Management and the Open Learning Agency of Australia Pty Ltd., and private institutions which are not required to report statistical data to DEST and are therefore outside the scope of the collection. This includes Bond University and the University of Notre Dame, Australia.
DISSEMINATION
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs 2001, Staff 2000, Selected Higher Education Statistics, DEST, Canberra.
http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/statinfo.htm
DATA ITEMS
The Higher Education Staff Data Collection collects information for the following:
Full-time and fractional full-time staff
Age and Gender
Appointment details
Current duties and classification details
Full-time equivalence details
Salary details
Function
Organisational unit
Indigenous indicator
Casual staff
Gender
Current duties
Function
Organisational unit
Full-time equivalence details
GEOGRAPHY
Information is available for Australia and all States and Territories.
FREQUENCY OF DATA AVAILABILITY
Annual.
HISTORICAL DATA
The collection of higher education statistics in its current form commenced in 1987. Prior to that there were two separate collections of data relating to advanced education institutions and Universities. Data between the two collections is not strictly compatible and only limited comparisons can be made. Since 1987 there have also been changes to the existing collection. In 1989 a number of significant changes to the collection were made, resulting from the introduction of HECS. Since that time DEST has reviewed the nature of information required and the timing of provision of the data.
For information on the Knowledge-based Economy and Society see Discussion Paper Measuring a Knowledge-based Economy and Society.
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