Another University for Canberra

Long before it was ACU, Signadou wasn’t a campus but a self-contained college training substandard teachers who could only be employed in the Catholic education sector … Sorry, but the bad reputation sticks for many of us!

Thank you for that, I-filed; I wasn’t aware of a reputation problem stemming from the Signadou Teacher’s College. Was it any worse than other teachers colleges of that era? Were you a gradaute, too?

Now, of course, ACU at Signadou is more diversified, with Early Childhood Education, Secondary Education, Social Work, Nursing, and Theology courses, as well as the original Primary Education course.

astrojax said :

what do you mean, exbikkie?? what does ‘granting’ (shh, no need to yell it) mean, if not that people who complete their studies in a stated ‘degree’ course at an institution and at the end, if they are successful, that institution gives them a document that says, ‘well done on you, here, have a degree’..?

pleeze expline…

Several places, which are not Universities, offer degree courses, but the degree would be validated and awarded by an overseeing University.

This is one of the problems with corporatisation of the university sector. Let’s hope it doesn’t dilute the standard people expect from our local universities.

what do you mean, exbikkie?? what does ‘granting’ (shh, no need to yell it) mean, if not that people who complete their studies in a stated ‘degree’ course at an institution and at the end, if they are successful, that institution gives them a document that says, ‘well done on you, here, have a degree’..?

pleeze expline…

nanzan said :

So, then, how exactly does one define a university these days?

That is simple they have the word university in their name. For example:
-Australian Catholic University
-University of Canberra
-Charles Sturt University
-University of New South Wales
etc.etc.
Canberra Institute of Technology does not have university in the title and as such is not classified as one

nanzan said :

I-filed said :

And Signadou College can’t possibly count if CIT doesn’t. I have a colleague who will not admit to holding a “degree” from that august establishment …

Signadou is a campus, not a college, of Australian Catholic University. Signadou is ACU’s smallest campus, but ACU is, after all, Australia’s biggest university in terms of student numbers.

I have an MA from ACU – completed through the Signadou campus, and have no reason to be shy in telling people so! Smaller campuses can often provide surprisingly good learning environments.

Long before it was ACU, Signadou wasn’t a campus but a self-contained college training substandard teachers who could only be employed in the Catholic education sector … Sorry, but the bad reputation sticks for many of us!

Stick with nanzan … CIT is not a degree GRANTING establishment.

It isn’t just universities. Can anyone explain why Belconnen now has five high schools?

astrojax said :

and the design school at CiT has degree courses, so if we are counting ‘universities’ as anything that gives away degrees, then it’s eight:

7. CiT
8. the internet

Yes, I stand corrected about degrees at CIT. And I believe one can complete degree programs through the Australian Defence Studies College in Weston too. But, these aren’t actually universities, are they?

So, then, how exactly does one define a university these days?

I-filed said :

And Signadou College can’t possibly count if CIT doesn’t. I have a colleague who will not admit to holding a “degree” from that august establishment …

Signadou is a campus, not a college, of Australian Catholic University. Signadou is ACU’s smallest campus, but ACU is, after all, Australia’s biggest university in terms of student numbers.

I have an MA from ACU – completed through the Signadou campus, and have no reason to be shy in telling people so! Smaller campuses can often provide surprisingly good learning environments.