A clear focus on client and national needs, including graduate entry into the labour market and employer requirements. Courses which are intellectually challenging as well as practical and relevant. A team of three spent three days at QUT late in the first semester. Priority was given to hearing from QUT's students through a series of focus groups and discussions with Student Guild delegates. Other discussions were held with members of the academic staff, including those involved in the teaching improvement program and in delivering exciting new courses.
Universities are big, complex federations.
All are good at some things and bad at others. Some other universities could rightly see themselves as strong rivals to QUT in deserving recognition. QUT staff are exceptional in their commitment to good teaching and in the quality of their work with students. QUT's first priority is teaching, not research, and it has set out to be the best teaching university in the country. Staff are highly responsive to student and employer feedback on course design and teaching methods.