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Quality assurance is not merely the systematic measurement of quality. It is a political and heuristic process, which has significant gendered consequences for academic women in higher education. This paper problematises quality assurance measures such as the Australian Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative and reveals the tensions between neoliberalism and equality in a new era of higher education management. The embedded gender biases in research output reporting highlight a lack of commitment to academic women’s representation and leadership in academia. Since research performance plays such an intrinsic role in academic promotion, understanding the relationship between gender and assessments of research excellence is crucial to addressing the differences in male and female academic career trajectories and the paucity of women in academic leadership.  \nKeywords: women, leadership, quality assurance, gender, Excellence in Research for Australia  \n‘ERA data is [sic] an ideal tool to guide strategic planning and investment, including aligning research strengths with industry, regional and national priorities to maximise the benefits of public investment in research.’  \nAustralian Government, Excellence in Research for Australia  \n‘The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him athis own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.’  \nAudre Lorde, Sister Outsider  \nIntroduction  \nThe Australian higher education sector has undergone significant operational changes over the last three decades; indeed both public and private universities are 60 A new ‘ERA’ of women and leadership Briony Lipton  \nexperiencing the effects of a new era in higher education policy; of unprecedented student enrolment, a gradual decrease in government funding, and an increase in the marketisation of academic research. Deregulation of the higher education environment in Australia in favour of corporatisation and performance-based funding models is highly visible and has increased competition amongst universities for funding and prestige. Quality assurance policies and practices are intrinsic to the operationalisation of the corporatised academy and are critical to the performance of Australian universities both domestically and internationally. Quality assurance measures are redefining the future of the academic enterprise. One such auditing method is the Australian Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)  \ninitiative. Established in 2010 as ‘an assessment system vol. 57, no. 2, 2015  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W  \nthat evaluates the quality of the research conducted at Australian universities’, ERA is designed to manage quality (Australian Government, 2015) . It is ‘a retrospective measure of research quality, volume, application and esteem aggregated into an overall performance rating’with research quality compared against national and international benchmarks (Marsh et al., 2012, p. 85) . It has quickly become an integral element of the changing higher education landscape in how it informs government policy and determines the levels of government funding universities receive. ERA financially incentivises increased research excellence and productivity. However, the speed at which such quality assurance measures are adopted can have significant negative repercussions for the academic endeavour if not critically analysed in its local context. Particularly in terms of what ty","cbCaipOhuEIuCDT8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipOhuEIuCDT8","pdf",193604,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)\n## Gendered impacts on academic women and leadership\n## Tensions between neoliberalism and equality\n## Directions toward social justice in quality assurance","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper examines how quality assurance measures—especially the Australian Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)—produce gendered consequences for academic women’s leadership and career advancement.\"},{\"question\":\"How does ERA function within Australian higher education?\",\"answer\":\"ERA is an assessment system introduced in 2010 to evaluate research quality and related dimensions and to inform government policy and the level of funding universities receive.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the paper argue that ERA is gendered?\",\"answer\":\"Because it evaluates research without adequately capturing gendered differences in research output, leading to biased implications for the status and representation of women in academia and leadership.\"}]","A new ‘ERA’ of women and leadership - The gendered impact of quality assurance in Australian Higher Education | PDF",1792079479,28]