Evaluation of Research

There are a number of tools employed in the evaluation of research at Monash.

INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL

Postgraduate Research Supervision Survey (PRSS)

CHEQ is involved in the design and analysis of data collected from the Postgraduate Research Supervision Survey (PRSS), which is held every 4 years. An analysis of the second Survey is available online.

A third Survey is scheduled for implementation in 2005.

Annual Doctoral Exit Survey

The Annual Doctoral Exit Survey is administered by the Monash Research Graduate School. The 2000 Survey report and survey questionnaire are available online. 

NATIONAL LEVEL

Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire (PREQ)

Graduates of the University are asked for feedback through the Graduate Destination Survey (GDS), and the Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire (PREQ). These surveys are Australia-wide surveys, administered by each tertiary institution to their own graduates, under the national co-ordination of Graduate Careers Australia.

Aspects of the research experience examined in these questionnaires include

• Supervision
• The thesis examination process
• Issues about student goals and expectations
• Faculty/department ethos and intellectual climate issues
• Infrastructure issues
• Skills development issues. 

Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) PREQ reports (Monash access only)

• 2004 (pdf, 336KB)
• 2003 (pdf, 971KB)

Monash Data

PREQ Comment Analysis using CEQuery Reports: (Monash access only)

• 2006 (pdf, 333KB)

• 2005 (Word Document, 759KB)

• 2004 (Word Document, 490KB)

• 2003 (Word Document, 721KB)

• PREQ 2002-2004
  - Part I: Summary Report (Word Document, 812KB)
  - Part II: Open-ended Comments (Word Document, 276KB) (Access restricted to authorised individuals)
  

Graduate Destinations Survey (GDS)

The Graduate Destination Survey (GDS) is a study of the activities of new university graduates around 4 months after the completion of their qualifications, undergraduate or postgraduate. This survey is Australia-wide and administered by each tertiary institution to their own graduates, under the national co-ordination of Graduate Careers Australia. 

Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) reports  (Monash access only)

• Graduate Destinations Survey Report 2006 (pdf, 1.34MB)

• Graduate Destinations Survey Report 2005 (pdf, 2.75MB)

• Graduate Destinations Survey Report 2004 (pdf, 640KB)

• Graduate Destinations Survey Report 2003 (pdf, 706KB)

• Postgraduate Destination Survey 2003 (pdf, 667KB)

• Graduate Salaries 2006 (pdf, 807 KB)

• Graduate Salaries 2005 (pdf, 787KB)

• Graduate Starting Salaries 2004 (pdf, 345 KB)

• Graduate Starting Salaries 2003 (pdf, 388KB)

Monash data

Data from the past five years. http://www.ups.monash.edu.au/statistics/stats-pivot-tables/