Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Glenn Wightwick. Photographer: Joanne Saad
Results from the Australian Government’s 2015 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) confirm that UTS is well on the way to achieve its vision of becoming a world-leading university of technology.
UTS Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Glenn Wightwick, says that the results demonstrate an increase in the quality of research at UTS, with 67 per cent of our research at the two-digit (discipline) level classified ‘above world standard’ or ‘well above world standard’, which is up from 28 per cent in the 2012 assessment.
“UTS has had an upward curve in research excellence over the past five years and it is gratifying this has been confirmed in the recent ERA assessments,” said Professor Wightwick.
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