The 2012 Good Universities Guide has once again given Avondale top 5-star ratings for key indicators of quality education:
- staff qualifications
- student-staff ratio
- teaching quality (all graduates)
- teaching quality (domestic graduates)
- generic skills (all graduates)
- generic skills (domestic graduates)
- overall student satisfaction (all graduates)
- overall student satisfaction (domestic graduates)
For more than ten years Avondale has repeatedly scored 5-star ratings for quality teaching, generic skills and student satisfaction. With the addition this year of separate ratings for domestic graduates, Avondale received more 5-star ratings than ever before – eight altogether. Only one other institution matched this score.
The Good Universities Guide compares universities and leading private higher education providers Australia-wide. Its ratings for teaching quality, generic skills and student satisfaction are derived from surveys of recent graduates conducted by Graduate Careers Australia, the leading Australian authority on graduate outcomes, educational experience and career opportunities, which it researches in association with government, the higher education sector and business. The ratings for staff qualifications and student-staff ratio are derived from data collected by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Avondale’s president, Dr Ray Roennfeldt, described Avondale’s ratings as “extremely gratifying.” “While we’re working hard to increase our research intensity,” he said, “the 5-star ratings for students’ educational experience show that we also remain focused on our core strengths in quality teaching. Our staff members are totally committed – they’re the best.”