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ANU tops research excellence rankings

The Australian National University has topped the Excellence in Research Australia rankings, amid a strong showing nationwide.
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ERA outcomes being used to highlight how many per cent of all research areas of a given university are being ranked highly (“95 per cent of ANU’s broad-field research was rated above world standard – up from 84 per cent in 2012”) makes me wonder if this leads to ‘weaker’ areas being purged which surely isn’t what ERA data is intended to be used for and it wouldn’t be in the best interests of the community either.