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Australian Government Department of
Education, Science and Training
Teaching Performance Rankings August
2005
This is an edited version of the official league table of teaching
standards compiled by the Australian Government Department of
Education, Science and Training (http://www.dest.gov.au/) An
explanation of the scaling method follows the table:
University Score
1 - University of Wollongong.....................34.24
2 - Australian Maritime College..................30.79
3 - University of Melbourne........................29.93
4 - Swinburne University of Technology.....29.33
5 - University of Queensland.....................28.73
6 - Australian National University..............26.95
7 - University of New England...................25.56
8 - University of Canberra.........................24.25
9 - University of Ballarat............................24.08
10 - University of Sydney.............................23.93
11 - Murdoch University...............................23.49
12 - University of Western Australia............23.42
13 - Australian Catholic University...............22.73
14 - Monash University................................22.16
15 - Macquarie University............................19.96
16 - Charles Sturt University.......................19.44
17 - University of Technology,Sydney..........18.72
18 - Victoria
University.................................18.65
19 - University of the Sunshine Coast.........18.44
20 - Deakin University.................................18.35
21 - Griffith
University..................................18.25
22 - Edith Cowan University........................17.91
23 - Curtin University of Technology............17.45
24 - University of Newcastle........................16.31
25 - Flinders University................................16.02
26 - University of Southern Queensland......15.39
27 - Southern Cross University....................14.83
28 -
RMIT......................................................14.49
29 - James Cook University..........................14.17
30 - Queensland University of Technology...13.67
31 - University of New South Wales.............13.56
32 - University of Western Sydney...............12.85
33 - University of Tasmania..........................12.00
34 - Central Queensland University..............11.49
35 - University of Adelaide............................10.54
36 - University of South Australia..................10.11
37 - Charles Darwin University ........................9.05
The scaling method used in preparing this league table has five
components:
1) CEQ (Course experience questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
weighting
2) CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
3) CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
4) Students in full-time employment after they graduate:
11.48%
5) Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
6) Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
7) Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%
(source: The Australian 12/08/05, p.2).
Universities are ranked on seven criteria including student
feedback, drop-out and pass rates, along with the percentage of
graduates in full-time employment and those going on to further
full-time study.
It is a public relations boon for those universities on top of the
list like Wollongong in New South Wales- and a nightmare for
those at the bottom, such as University of Southern Queensland
(USQ), RMIT, Central Queensland University (CQU), University of
South Australia (UniSA).
There is a lot of student concern with issues such as a class size,
which are quite large at the moment; 20 , 30 students with one
academic staff and its really unfair on the staff and its really
impacting on the experience for the students.
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