Well thanks for guy who answered sensibly , some people here seem just a tad sensitive & perhaps even a little reactionary.
Ultra I am sure that your academic subjects at UNSW were delivered by full time academics (lecturers or above) who are employed by the Kensingon campus. They weren't beamed in online by someone who is employed full time by UNSW yet lives in Broome - which is what Griff Avn are effectively doing
As for your comment that lectures are often delivered by PhD students well they might assist an academic deliver a lecture or two a semester. Somewhere like UNSW - very difficult to get a job without a PhD. PhD students might typically work as tutors or lab demonstrators (as you mentioned) - why an earth would the lecturer be on standby on the internet ?? kind of like at mission control or something. Labs for undergrads are pretty basis stuff for PhD students.
What I am trying to do is simply get some feedback from current or recent Griffith grads regarding what seem to be some quite unusual events there.
- The departure of previous Avn Head , who then proceeds to set up another aviation degree at USQ - this is unusual
- Griffith Avn have on of their full time academics Tarryn Killie , senior lecturer so on around $120K , live in Tasmania & deliver lectures online - in my view this is extremely unusual
- A new head of aviation is appointed , who is immediately promoted from being a senior lecturer in the UK , to a full professor at Griffith. Thus skipping the rank of associate prof - this is quite unusual
- Hearing from many people that getting the flying done within time frames just isn't happening over the last couple of years