Higher Education Research Data Collection

The Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) is the annual collection of research income data from Australian universities. It is currently collected by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment. HERDC data is used in the calculation of research block grants.

It was originally called the Higher Education Financial and Research Publications Data Collection.[1][2]

Higher Education Funding Act 1988 section 18 outlined the data that must be reported by institutions.[3]

  1. ^ Department of Employment, Education and Training (1994) Higher Education Financial and Publications Research Data Collection, Specifications for Preparing Returns, December.
  2. ^ Ruth Neumanna and James Guthrie (October 2002). "The corporatization of research in Australian higher education". Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 13 (5–6): 721–741. doi:10.1006/cpac.2002.0557.
  3. ^ HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING ACT 1988 - SECT 18 Conditions of grants