School Operational Plan 2021 - 2023
| 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 SETARA Tier 6 | Inline with University | DHOS-E, EM, HODs | ||
| 2. Increase Educational Innovation | Increase the percentage of units offered at Monash Malaysia meet University-wide SETU standards | 89% units with SETU Q8 of at least 3.8 for each discipline and the School | DHOS-E, HODs, Course Coordinators | |
| Ensure all units participate in ESSFS | 85% agreement on all statements for all units | DHOS-E, Course Coordinators | ||
| Ensure education reform agenda (fully online units, use of diverse education resources, constructive alignment, authentic assessments, pre-recorded lectures etc.) implemented | One unit per discipline fully online One unit per discipline use diverse and open education resources All units with lectures presented as pre-recorded bite sized versions | DHOS-E, HODs, Course Coordinators | ||
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 (e.g. TRGS, LRGS, flagship programs, TechnoFund, CREST, Horizon, Newton Fund) Increase quantity, quality and high impact publications Increase quality and quantity of graduate research students Improve campus MyRA scores | Core performance indicators CPI'123+ | Overall composite CPI'123 > 75% CPI'1 external grant > 80% CPI'2 ISI-Q1> 80% CPI'3 GRS students >70% | DHOS-R DHOS-R, HODs DHOS-R, HODs AHOS-GR, HODs | |
| i) Number of external grant applications ii) Grants awarded amount | ≥ 80% T&R staff submitted grant application ≥ RM42k/staff | DHOS-R, HODs, RM | ||
| Number of submission for large grant application (>RM500K) | ≥ 1 large grant application per discipline p.a. | DHOS-R, HODs, RM | ||
| Number of high quality and high impact publications | ≥ 2 ISI Q1-papers per staff ≥ 45% papers published in T10% journals (Citescore index) by 2022 ≥ 75% papers published in Q1 & Q2 journals | DHOS-R, HODs, RM | ||
| 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 Timely submission of thesis by 10% p.a. | AHOS-GR, DHOS-R, RM | ||
| Improve campus MyRA scores by 5 points p.a. | ↑ 5 points p.a. Annual Target: 2022: 90 2023: 90 | DHOS-R, AHOS-GR, HODs, RM | ||
5. Talent Enhancement High calibre research active staff in key research focused areas | i) Attract world class research fellows under eRAP ii) Attract very high quality HDR students under school-specific scholarship scheme | Maintain and review yearly | DHOS-R, AHOS-GR | |
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 excellence 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 | DHOS-E, SEEM, Course Manager, HODs |
2. International Networks and Partnerships 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 | i) Global Monash Engineering travel grants (MUA-MUM-Suzhou) ii) Cross-campus Joint Research Centre / Hub | Yearly 1 JRC/H by 2023 | DHOS-R, RM | |
| MoU and research collaboration activities | Establish collaboration with top universities in ASEAN countries and world's class top universities | DHOS-R, HODs | ||
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 30% PEng per discipline | HODs | |
| Enhance learning through various student engagement programs (leadership, UROP, EWB etc.) | 20% of students | SEEM | ||
| Achieve success in external design competitions | 1 international, 1 national competition award per discipline | DHOS-E, SEEM, HODs | ||
3. Innovation, Commercialisation Effort, Industry Collaborations Support and increase commercialisation effort Increase industry grants and contract research projects | Generation of IPs, commercialisation activities | 1 successful commercialisation (start-up or spin-off) by 2022 | EEM, DHOS-R | |
| Industry / private research income | At least 5 contracted research by industry p.a. | EEM, DHOS-R | ||
Inclusive | 1. 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 | ||
2. Connection and Belonging Advancing ECR research career Increase diversity | Mentorship and support for early career researcher (ECR) | Provide adequete 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) |
| HOD | Head of Discipline |
| SSM | Senior School Manager |
| EM | Education Manager |
| RM | Research Manager |
| LM | Lab Manager |
| CM | Course Manager |
| EEM | External Engagement Manager |
| SEEM | Student Experience and 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 |
| ECR | Early Career Researcher |