Excellence as a national policy resource
By 2020, ANU will be seen unequivocally as the national leader in contributions to public policy analysis and formulation.
ANU aims to develop a clear leadership position in contributing to public policy formulation and debate. This role will require more staff of the University to be able to take authoritative leadership positions in public debate and to be seen by government and the general community as a knowledge resource. Such engagement with government, industry and community will not be a substitute for research excellence, but will flow from it.
This leadership position will be achieved by:
- assisting researchers in a wide range of fields to engage in public policy debate in their areas of disciplinary expertise
- investment in high-profile academic staff in the field of public policy
- enhancement and growth of existing educational programs in public policy including those for the public service, and programs for students such as internships in government and parliament.
Some measures of success
- ANU will achieve an ERA ranking of 5 in the majority of the discipline areas which, by their nature, have strong public policy relevance (e.g. economics, environment, politics, health etc).
- ANU will continue to expand high-quality postgraduate coursework programs in public policy with a 4 per cent annual increase in enrolments.
- By 2020, ANU will be seen unequivocally as the national leader in contributions to public policy analysis and formulation.
- ANU will continue to grow HDR enrolments on public policy related topics.
- ANU will regularly subject its public policy position to international review. These reviews will show a continued increase in the quantity and impact of our public policy activity.
- The number of ANU staff acting in formal advisory positions to government will increase over the period to 2020.
