Wollongong ranked equal first as Australia’s top teaching university

3 Oct 2007 Bernie Goldie

Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop today (3 October 2007) announced the allocation of $83 million to reward excellence in teaching and learning at Australia’s universities with the University of Wollongong and the University of Technology Sydney the only universities to make the top A1 band for all four discipline groupings.

According to a league table drawn up by The Australian newspaper the overall results place UOW and UTS as equal first in the country for the 2008 Learning and Teaching Performance Fund.

Twenty three of Australia’s universities will receive a share of the $83 million with UOW allocated $5,896,225.

UOW has been rewarded for its commitment to high quality learning and teaching across the multiple discipline groups of (a) science, computing, engineering, architecture and agriculture; (b) business, law and economics; (c) humanities, arts and education; and (d) health

UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, described the announcement as a stunning result which reinforced Wollongong’s strong performance over the previous two rounds.

The Australian newspaper in 2005 named UOW the number one ranked university in the country for teaching performance when the Federal Government first started the Performance Fund.

Professor Sutton said today’s announcement follows the recent release of the 2008 Good Universities Guide which reaffirmed Wollongong’s standing as one of Australia’s leading research institutions and a place where students experience a five-star educational experience and a five-star chance of gaining a job with a top salary at the end of their degree.