Small, religious and private universities have Australia’s happiest students, while Group of Eight institutions Melbourne, Monash, Sydney and University of NSW have some of the least satisfied students in the country.
University of Divinity in Melbourne has been voted by students as having the highest-quality overall educational experience.Education expert Claire Field says the Group of Eight universities need to better support students.
The nation’s smallest university, the University of Divinity in Melbourne’s Box Hill, has been voted by students as having the highest-quality overall educational experience in Australia in four of the past six years. Sherlock attributed the university’s results to its small size – it has 1700 students, with maximum class sizes of 30 – and the commitment of staff and students.When a student is absent, the teacher checks in with them. And students tend to be older and know themselves: some want to be a priest or minister; others would like to deepen their faith; and the remainder are studying for work, such as becoming a counsellor or chaplain.
“It begs the question as to how some of our highly regarded, well-ranked research-intensive universities are doing very poorly and privates and other public universities like [higher-performing] Edith Cowan are doing so much better,” she said.“It’s good to get good employment outcomes, but if you’ve had a miserable, terrible time and really struggled with your studies, that’s not great either.”
“They’re just not comparable. They know the names of all their students. And that’s great, that’s great. But then their employment outcomes aren’t the same as ours,” he said.
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