Published by Communications and Development

22 December 2004

The University of Canterbury welcomes today's Tertiary Education Commission announcement of a partial round in 2006 for the second Performance-Based Research Fund Quality Evaluation.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roy Sharp, said the early date gave new staff and those who were near the boundary of a higher quality category an opportunity to press their case and to further enhance UC's reputation as a top-class research university.

"The first PBRF result clearly placed the University of Canterbury as one of New Zealand's top two universities for research. I hope that the second round will be an early opportunity to confirm that high rating and further enhance our research status," he said.

PBRF is part of a shift from issuing tertiary research funding based on the number of enrolments to one which rewards institutions for the quality of their research. Between 2004 and 2007 the PBRF will progressively replace the current EFTS (equivalent full-time student) “top-up” funding for research.

For further information contact:
Professor Roy Sharp
phone 364-2989, ext 8858
roy.sharp@canterbury.ac.nz