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During my time at CQU I was basically thrown in at the deep end as I had been employed to deliver an Automotive Electrical course. The course is a three stage course each stage being run over a twelve month period. My problem was that there were no classroom resources and very little practical resources. Over a twelve month period I designed and produced over twenty student resource workbooks which covered all the requirements for the course.
My duties also involved writing the theoretical assessments which included moderation and validation in accordance with the specifications for the Australian Training Council.
A huge learning curve.
The rewards were 100% success for the students and very positive feedback from students regarding the workbooks.

CQIT and CQU merged ( read CQU took over CQIT) five years ago, I worked for CQIT. The academics from CQUniversity treated us like garbage, and the management could not figure out how the VET industry worked. Since then it has gone from  bad to worse with over half of the teachers leaving and not being replaced, all of the lower management are also gone, as are all of the admin support. Market share has dropped from over 70% to about 5%. You can then figure out what is expected of the teachers that are still there. To add to the misery, they recently forced a new EBA on the VET teachers which strips away all of the rights they used to have, and reduced annual leave from 9 weeks to 6 weeks per year, and reduced wages, some as much as 30% as they removed a pay scale for those teachers who held tertiary qualifications.

Central Queensland University is a very good place for beginning academics to start.  There are students from over 50 cultures on most campuses.  Staff are kept busy with 3 semesters per year.  Enrolling is a very busy time.  The students are from diverse backgrounds and often the overseas students have existing qualifications so they are used to a tertiary environment.  The International campuses are usually located close to the Central Business District.  This means that lecturers and tutors can be sourced from adjacent professionals.

The job is more on research and development . The workplace is equipped with the tools and equipment needed for the work . The staff and students in the laboratory are approachable and easy to deal with. Preparations of media and culture materials are readily available. The laboratory is equipped with policies and guidelines for purposes of instruction, direction and proper behavioural expected to anybody using the laboratory facilities. Safety is always the concern of everybody using the laboratory .

cQuniversity is an innovative and entrepreneurial university that is committed to our students and to becoming a great university.

We are one of the fastest growing universities in the country and are now a truly national university growing rapidly in world rankings.

We are progressive in nature, committed to getting things done and our work culture reflects that approach.

Too many inefficient systems. Management is top heavy and distances itself from staff, generally only communicates by email and makes decisions without staff input. They expect very high performance with no support or help. Reputation is very low and career progression has many impossible hurdles to jump through.  There are many other better universities in much nicer places to work for.

As part of of the Masters of Engineering qualification that we offer the students are required to be present on campus for hands-on learning experiences in their field of study. My job is to teach them part of their curricula in a controlled laboratory engironment where they can transfer their theoretical skills into practice.

Works 4hours a week , typical day would be peer facilitated discussions, learnt to communicate better with students and management is helpful and supportive. Workplace culture is good , I have not experienced anything hard about this job and most enjoyable part of their job is meeting people and making friends. 

Central Queensland University is a university in Australia that focuses on the acceleration of its students in their professional careers through internship and networking opportunities. It is most known for its courses in Engineering and Nursing, consequently focusing resources proportionally to these courses.

Management have their favorites and people get promoted without merit. 
Director, DVC, VC level staff are not qualified for the job, so staff spend a lot of time chasing their tails to no avail. Is a them and us mentality. 
Not enough focus on the student experience, rather a lot of in-house competitiveness goes on and student outcomes are lost.

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