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Students rated ҹɫƵ's "campus environment" highly
15 May 2014

ҹɫƵ’s “campus environment” and buildings took the top spot when more than 16,000 students in four countries were surveyed on the qualities of 123 English language colleges globally.

In the same survey, ҹɫƵ’s (ICTE) was ranked as a top-10 Australian English language college and performed strongly in the key areas of “learning” and “living”.

More than 10,600 Australian English language college students, including 566 ICTE-ҹɫƵ students, and 5504 English language students in Canada, New Zealand and the USA, took part in the survey.

ICTE-ҹɫƵ director said the survey was the most comprehensive of its kind.

“Students ranked their school in four key areas — learning, living, support and arrival — and were asked questions across more than 70 individual measures,” Ms Bundesen said.

In addition to achieving a top-10 Australian English language college ranking overall, ICTE-ҹɫƵ achieved a top-10 Australian ranking in each of the four key survey areas and 49 top-ten Australian rankings, including more than 20 top-10 global rankings, in a broad range of individual survey measures.

Areas in which ICTE-ҹɫƵ scored highest included lecturers’ and supervisors’ teaching ability, course organisation, the quality of lecture theatres and classrooms, class sizes, and the multicultural learning environment.

The institute also scored highly in measures including sporting and social facilities, and on whether students felt welcome, safe and secure.

“These results are a testament to ICTE-ҹɫƵ’s high standard of teaching and the quality of its learning environment, and to the exceptional opportunities for English language students at ҹɫƵ St Lucia to enjoy life beyond the classroom,” Ms Bundesen said.

In 2013 more than 2500 students and professionals from more than 40 countries studied English at ICTE-ҹɫƵ.

ICTE-ҹɫƵ has participated in the iGraduate ELB since the survey’s launch in 2011.

2013 is the first year that Australian results have been incorporated into Global Benchmark results.

Ms Bundesen said students' positive responses in the i-Graduate survey reinforced the , the range of strengths, opportunities and benefits that students gain by studying at a university ranked in the world's top 100.

Contact: Frances Wickerson, ph +61 7 3346 8293, f.wickerson@icte.uq.edu.au