Re: Semester II Chatter Thread!
I hadn't heard that one yet, but that would kinda make sense I guess. All I knew was that there's some retail going in there, and they're moving all (or most) of the science libraries into that building, which will either be totally awesomtastic or a total bumout. I like Fisher, and if all the science ones are combined then I'll have little reason to go there!
Now, in order to facilitate further procrastination, I offer the following for anyone who is interested (which will be no-one but myself).
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USyd>UNSW? A comparison of lecturers.
Nebuchanezzar B.Sc B.Ed (USyd)
Faculty of Education & Social Work, The University of Sydney
Introduction: USyd students are meant to be snobby jerkoffs who believe their educational institution is better than that collection of brutalist architecture over the other side of the Eastern Distributor. This study intends to determine which of the two universities has better educators, measured quantatatively.
Method: Nebuchanezzar is one of the BOS'ers who has attended both universities for a roughly equal amount of time, in an identical degree. He is therefore the best person to determine which is better. Also, he is awesome.
To facilitate ease of computation, lecturers were first listed according to discipline (chemistry, education etc...) and then ranked and assigned a score relative to both other lecturers and the criteria set below. Lecturers from USyd and UNSW are noted as being so. These lecturers were then tabulated next to lecturers from other disciplines, and scores adjusted accordingly.
Lecturers who haven't finished taking their part of the course yet weren't included, nor were lecturers who took like...one lecture, nor were lecturers who I can't remember from UNSW (although I looked most of them up).
Table 1.1: Criteria
10/10: Clear and unabated enthusiasm for subject and charisma. Organises spectacular lectures that are highly relevant and also exciting. Makes use of all materials to enable maximum learning. Is likable and highly competent in subject.
7-8-9/10: Competent enthusiasm for subject and charismatic. Organises good lectures that are relevant and exciting. Makes adequate use of learning materials. Is likable and highly competent in subject.
4-5-6/10: Average to little enthusiasm for subject and little charisma. Average levels of charisma. Organises mediocre lectures that are relevant. Makes adequate use of learning materials. Is competent at subject.
2-3/10: Little to no enthusiasm or charisma. Lecture organisation may be haphazard with little use of all possible learning materials. May not be competent at subject
0-1/10: Abysmal style and competency in all regards. Should be fired post-haste and thrown into a garbage incinerator.
Once again, the criteria AND the relative competencies of lecturers determine rank.
Results (/10):
Chemistry-
Nick Roberts (UNSW): 8
Roger Bishop (UNSW): 4
Graham Ball (UNSW): 3
Peter Rutledge (USyd): 10
Lou Rendina (USyd): 8
James Beattie (USyd): 1
Adam Bridgeman (USyd): 9
Peter Harrowell (USyd): 2
Biological Sciences-
Margaret Cooley (UNSW): 6
Mike Edwards (UNSW): 1
Louise Lutze-Mann (UNSW): 9
Peter Little (UNSW): 9
Mike Archer (UNSW): 10
Paul Adam (UNSW): 1
Mike Beal (UNSW): 0
Adele Pile (USyd): 7
Liz May (USyd): 8
Mike Thompson (USyd): 8
Mike Letnic (USyd): 0
Education-
Sharon Tindall-Ford (UNSW): 8
Paul Chandler (UNSW): 9
Jose Hanham (UNSW): 5
Renee Boon Hong Low (UNSW): 0
Lesley Scanlon (USyd): 7
Robyn Ewing (USyd): 7
Stephen Juan (USyd): 10
Geosciences-
Paul Lennox (UNSW): 7
Colin Ward (UNSW): 0
David Cohen (UNSW): 9
David Edwards (UNSW): 9
John Triantafillis (UNSW): 9
Scott Mooney (UNSW): 7
Mathematics & Statistics-
Diana Combe (UNSW): 4
The other guy (UNSW): 4
William Palmer (USyd): 1
King Fai Lai (USyd): 4
Rubin Zhang (USyd): 0
English & Government-
Shelley Savage (USyd): 9
Liam Semler (USyd): 10
Daniel Anlezark (USyd): 5
Lawrence Warner (USyd): 10
Margaret Rogerson (USyd): 8
Huw Griffiths (USyd): 6
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ALL:
Mike Archer (UNSW): 10
Peter Rutledge (USyd): 10
Stephen Juan (USyd): 10
Lawrence Warner (USyd): 10
Liam Semler (USyd): 10
Louise Lutze-Mann (UNSW): 9
Paul Chandler (UNSW): 9
Adam Bridgeman (USyd): 9
David Cohen (UNSW): 9
John Triantafillis (UNSW): 9
David Edwards (UNSW): 9
Peter Little (UNSW): 9
Shelley Savage (USyd): 9
Margaret Rogerson (USyd): 8
Nick Roberts (UNSW): 8
Lou Rendina (USyd): 8
Sharon Tindall-Ford (UNSW): 8
Liz May (USyd): 8
Mike Thompson (USyd): 8
Lesley Scanlon (USyd): 7
Robyn Ewing (USyd): 7
Scott Mooney (UNSW): 7
Paul Lennox (UNSW): 7
Adele Pile (USyd): 7
Margaret Cooley (UNSW): 6
Huw Griffiths (USyd): 6
Jose Hanham (UNSW): 5
Daniel Anlezark (USyd): 5
Roger Bishop (UNSW): 4
King Fai Lai (USyd): 4
Diana Combe (UNSW): 4
The other guy (UNSW): 4
Graham Ball (UNSW): 3
Peter Harrowell (USyd): 2
James Beattie (USyd): 1
William Palmer (USyd): 1
Mike Edwards (UNSW): 1
Paul Adam (UNSW): 1
Colin Ward (UNSW): 0
Mike Beal (UNSW): 0
Mike Letnic (USyd): 0
Rubin Zhang (USyd): 0
Renee Boon Hong Low (UNSW): 0
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Discussion:
Results were tabulated and the following scores were obtained,
UNSW TOTAL LECTURERS/SCORE/AVERAGE:22/122/
5.54
USYD TOTAL LECTURERS/SCORE/AVERAGE: 21/130/
6.19
Evidently USyd has slightly better teaching quality if we are to measure it quantitatively.
EDIT: Awardz...
Lecturer with the most smartz: Peter Rutledge
Lecturer with the most lulz: Liam Semler
Lecturer with the most funz: Stephen Juan
Lecturer who is most like me: Lawrence Warner
