ASPERA Members receive ALTC Funding

Dr. Josko Petkovic, from Murdoch University, has lead a team of six ASPERA member institutions in a successful application for funding from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly the Carrick Institute). The title of the research project is 'Assessing Graduate Screen Production Outputs in Nineteen Australian Film Schools'. This is a major project that will be undertaken over a period of two years and with funding in excess of $200,000.

The aim of the project is to statistically test the operation of ASPERA's peer review assessment system on creative works completed by students attending 19 ASPERA film schools. A sample of three Honours productions completed in the last six years from each ASPERA member institution will be used as the test material. The following team from Murdoch University, VCA, UTS, Griffith University, RMIT and Flinders University will coordinate the trial process with the ASPERA member institutions in each state while liaising with DEEWR and CILECT (the International Association of Film And Television Schools):

• WA - Dr Josko Petkovic, Murdoch University,Director NASS
  ASPERA President 2006–2007, ASPERA Advisory Council

• Victoria - Prof Ian Lang Melbourne University, Head of VCA Film and TV School & Mr Leo Berkeley, RMIT University, ASPERA President 2008–2009

• NSW - A/Prof Gillian Leahy, UTS, ASPERA President 2005–2006,
  ASPERA Advisory Council

• Queensland - Mr Nicholas Oughton, Griffith University, ASPERA President 2007–2008

• South Australia - Ms Alison Wotherspoon, Flinders University, ASPERA Vice-President 2008-2009

The following rationale for the research project was prepared by Dr Josko Petkovic for the 2008 ASPERA Conference.