Student and Staff Profiles

Student Testimonies

Tara Bates
Bachelor Law/Arts

In 2008, I undertook two Summer School courses to accelerate my Law degree. This enabled me to complete six elective units of my degree in a short period of time. Yes, the workload was intensive, but it was worthwhile as I was able to be eligible for Graduation earlier than initially planned.

Summer School allowed me to participate in courses that I would not have had the opportunity to take during normal semester time. For example, I was able to take Immigration and Refugee Law, a challenging yet interesting course that is not offered at any other time of the year.

Due to the intensive nature of Summer & Winter School courses, students are provided with the opportunity to engage with one another in a more relaxed and less intimidating environment, and I certainly felt that this contributed in assisting my learning of the issues covered within the course.

Staff – Academic Testimonies

Cate Jerram
PhD - Information Systems for Organisational Change;
BEd(Hons) - Drama for Education; BAdEd.

"I enjoy teaching, and particularly enjoy summer school. Class sizes are smaller, the engagement time is longer and more intense, there's opportunity for real interaction between students, the material, and with me. It's more intense and challenging but is deeply satisfying and rewarding."

Cate is currently the Lecturer in Charge of the first year course Information Systems 1 and of the IS component of the Masters of Commercial Law and Information Systems. Since 2000, she has taught in Commerce/Management Information Systems and in ECommerce; EBusiness; IT Information Systems; Education; and Social Psychology; at University of Western Sydney, University of New South Wales and University of Technology, Sydney. Cate spent years in management in Australia, NZ, USA, Canada, UK and Germany before coming to academia. Cate's primary interest is in improving the quality of teaching, learning and assessment, regardless of the subject being taught.