School Operational Plan 2020 - 2022
| Strategic Goals | Key Objectives | Measures | Targets | Accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Excellent | 1. Improve Quality of Education and Student Outcomes | Increase the number of commencing students |
5% p.a (UG) 15% p.a. (Masters coursework) | DHOS-E, HODs, MAE Coordinator, Academics involved in marketing |
| Maintain student average mark, student progression rate and student retention rate to be at or above overall Monash University rate | On par or better than the Faculty | DHOS-E, HODs, Course Coordinators | ||
| Achieve SETARA Tier 6 | Inline with University | DHOS-E, EM, HODs | ||
| Achieve success in external design competitions | 1 international, 1 national competition award per discipline | AHOS-SE, Academics involved in competitions | ||
| 2. Increase Educational Innovation, Development and Research | Increase the percentage of units offered at Monash Malaysia meet University-wide SETU standards | 3% p.a for each discipline and the School | DHOS-E, HODs, Course Coordinators, Academics | |
| Identify high impact strategic partnerships with key organisations to enrich academic and research programs and campus positioning in the region. | 1 connection per discipline | HODs | ||
3. Expand the Masters Coursework Portfolio | Develop new Master program | 1 program with 3 specializations - Energy and Sustainability, Oil & Fats and Industrial Engineering | DHOS-E, HODs | |
4. Excellence in Research Increase number of active external grants Increase number of large grants (>RM500k) (e.g. TRGS, LRGS, flagship programs, TechnoFund, CREST, Horizon, NF) Increase number of industry, private and international funding Increase quantity, quality and high impact publications Increase the proportion of quality publications with external co-authors Increase quality and quantity of graduate research students Improve campus MyRA scores | Core performance indicators CPI'123+ | Overall composite CPI'123 > 75%
CPI'3 GRS students >70% | DHOS-R, Academics DHOS-R, HODs, Academics DHOS-R, HODs, Academics, AHOS-GR, DHOS-R, HODs, Academics | |
| i) Number of external grant applications ii) Grants awarded amount iii) % staff holding an external grant | ≥ 80% T&R staff submitted grant application ≥ RM32k/staff ≥ 80% | DHOS-R, HODs, RM, EEM, Academics | ||
| Number of submission for large grant application (>RM500K) | ≥ 1 grant application per discipline | DHOS-R, HODs, RM, Academics | ||
| Number of successful awarded grants | ≥ 1 successful industry/international grant application per discipline | DHOS-R, HODs, Academics, RM, EEM | ||
| Number of high quality and high impact publications and citations | ≥ 2 ISI Q1-papers per staff ≥ 45% papers published in T10% journals (Citescore index) by 2022 ≥ 75% papers published in Q1 & Q2 journals Increase number of citations by 20% p.a. | DHOS-R, HODs, RM, Academics | ||
| i) International co-authors ii) Co-authorship (MyRA) or publication published with industry iii) Co-publications with external stakeholder- with non-Monash Unversity staff. (publication are based on indexed in WOS/SCOPUS/ERA) | Increase by 10% p.a. | DHOS-R, HODs, Academics | ||
| Number of postgraduate students enrolled, externally support, on-time completion and research output | Maintain full capacity 130 GRS > 50% on-time completion < 5 withdrawals > 50 ISI journal papers contributed by students > 30% of GRS funded externally (Ext grants/industry support) > 10% increase in high quality (H1 or first class) admissions Increase commencing enrolment by 10% p.a. or per load target Timely submission of thesis by 10% p.a. | AHOS-GR, DHOS-R, RM, Academics | ||
| Improve campus MyRA scores by 5 points p.a. | Increase 5 points p.a. | DHOS-R, AHOS-GR, HODs, RM | ||
5. Talent Enhancement High calibre research active staff in key research focused areas | Research and Teaching staff (EFT) meet research performance standards approved by campus |
Increase external research funding performance standards by 5% p.a. Increase publications performance standards by 5% p.a. Graduate Research supervision performance standards by 5% p.a. | DHOS-R, AHOS-GR, HODs, Academics | |
| Implement the Monash University Malaysia Talent Management Strategy 2018-2020 | To fill up available vacancies in Level D/E | HOS, HODs | ||
6. Robust Quality Management Systems Develop and deliver excellence services to key stakeholders. | Ensure academic staff complete administrative tasks on time (non-conformance, NCR) | NCR target> 80% | DHOSs, HODs, SSM, Academics | |
7. Excellent Career Development Environment Develop and deliver excellent career development opportunities to academic and professional staff | Encourage active staff engagement through transparent policies and communication channels | SMC meetings, School meetings, Disciplines meetings, committees, etc | HOS, DHOSs, HODs, SSM | |
| Provide staff development opportunities for academic and professional staff | OSP, conferences, attachment, workshop, training, etc | HOSs, DHOSs, HODs, SSM | ||
International | 1. Strengthen the Monash Student Mobility Program Increase Opportunities for Inbound and Outbound Student Mobility, including International Internships | Ensure students to have international study experience | 50% of students | SEEM |
| 2. Diversity student enrolment sources | Increase the international student enrolment and further diversify the source country | 30% p.a | DHOS-E, HODs, Academics involved in marketing | |
3. International Networks and Partnerships Increase international research income Foster collaboration between Faculty of Engineering and School of Engineering Undertake outstanding fundamental research and translational research that contribute to nation building in the ASEAN region | Increase international research income | 5% p.a. | DHOS-R, HODs, RM, EEM, Academics | |
| i) Faculty-School of Engineering travel grants ii) Joint PhD supervision scholarship scheme | Maintain and yearly review | DHOS-R, AHOS-GR, RM | ||
| MoU and research collaboration activities | Establish collaboration with top universities in ASEAN countries | DHOS-R, HODs, Academics | ||
Enterprising | 1. Increase Involvement of Industry in Education programs Introduce a scheme to enrich student learning via strong government, industry and alumni engagement | Establish industry partner programs with at least five top movers and shakers per discipline. | 5 companies per discipline | HODs, EEM |
2. Increase Opportunities for Leadership and Enterprising Skills Development | Increase number of staff with PEng/CEng status | At least 4 PEng per discipline | HODs | |
| Enhance learning through various student engagement programs (leadership, UROP, EWB etc.) | 20% of students | SEEM | ||
| Establish an international mobility program | 40 participating students per year | SEEM | ||
3. Innovation, Commercialisation Effort, Industry Collaborations Support and increase commercialisation effort Increase industry grants and contract research projects | General of IPs, commercialisation activities | 10% p.a. or 4 IPs filed per year | DHOS-R, EEM, Academics | |
| Industry / private research income | Achieve at least 10 contracted research by industry/other parties | DHOS-R, HODs, EEM, Academics | ||
Inclusive | 1. Develop an Alumni Engagement Plan for Education | Ensure Alumni are included in the industry advisory panel | At least 2 alumni per discipline | DHOS-E, HODs |
2. Improve Gender Balance of Academic Staff and Students Encourage more female students and staff in the School | Increase the proportion of female teaching and research staff | 30% | HOS, HODs | |
| Increase the percentage of female students | 25% | DHOS-E, HODs, Academics involved in marketing | ||
3. Connection and Belonging Advancing ECR research career Increase diversity | Mentorship and support for early career researcher (ECR) | Provide adequate resources and support for ECR | DHOS-R, RM | |
| Identify champions to contribute to campus diversity strategy. | 1 per discipline | HODs |
Abbreviation:
| HOS | Head of School |
|---|---|
| DHoS-E | Deputy Head of School (Education) |
| DHoS-R | Deputy Head of School (Research) |
| AHOS-GR | Associate Head of School (Graduate Research) |
| AHOS-SE | Associate Head of School (Student Experience) |
| HOD | Head of Discipline |
| SSM | Senior School Manager |
| EM | Education Manager |
| RM | Research Manager |
| LM | Lab Manager |
| CM | Course Manager |
| EEM | External Engagement Manager |
| EAC | Engineering Accreditation Council Malaysia |
| EA | Engineers Australia |
| OBE | Outcome Based Education |
| CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement |
| UROP | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program |
| EWB | Engineers Without Borders |
| MAE | Master of Advanced Engineering |