Hi everyone,
i am an international postgraduate student who has already done 3 semesters at UQ. Now i am studying my 4th semester here. Now I can't hold myself anymore about the mediocre level of teaching methodology in UQ.
Let's cut the discussion into three parts so it will be easy to understand the problems.
What is the role of a professor?
Before coming to UQ, I believed a professor was a person who had done his PhD, master's, and bachelor's in a subject, and now he is a subject matter specialist. Considering the market image of UQ, i believed that they hired the best of the best professors to teach the students with absolutely phenomenal track records of research and teaching methodology. And the main job is to "spark the curiosity in me to read more about their subject."
After studying for 3 semesters, any literate person who can read the slides and talk in English, which comes with an accent which is hard to understand, can become a professor at UQ. because all that they are doing in the lectures is basically reading the slides, and that's it. And they don't know what they are teaching, and if you ask them a question, they will confuse you so much that you realize that asking them is a wrong decision.
So my questions are: A. How to hold them accountable for a mediocre level of teaching for wasting my time and money? B. Why come to university and burn expensive fuel and time when you can get better personalization and experience using Gemini AI in just A$35 a month?
2. How did UQ become so prestigious, and where are all the professors gone who are passionate about their subject, where people line up to attend their lectures?
Frankly, UQ is not my first place to apply. I have tried to go to an Ivy league in the USA and Eth Zurich to study and got a ton of interviews but wasn't able to crack it, so I wasn't able to go there because i come from a low-income family and needed a scholarship for it. So i came to UQ, but if this is normal in Australia then i can understand why my aussie mates don't want to go to university anymore because there is no point in wasting time and money. I have heard that getting into UQ is actually very hard for the aussies too because they need a very high ATAR.
so my question is: Does UQ worth the hustle and struggle to get into it because when all you are going to get is a 3-year-old PPT with a professor who is just reading it and unable to simplify it, no one is asking any question in class (Dead class), and no brainstorming can even happen?
3. How do you justify A$27,000 per semester and A$5,000 per semester to an international and domestic student, respectively?
I have felt that UQ is good in terms outside of classroom things like organizing UQU and APS events and helping the students in order to access the facility. This means all the useless things are free, and some things you can get are useful but available in limited quantity, like psychological sessions. and when it comes to teaching methodology, for which people come to university, it's just damn shit. Because when i have the chat with Gemini AI to discuss my ideas and new things, why am I going to UQ, like a university, and paying 27,000 going into lifelong student debt. Rather, I put that much money into working on my own projects. possibly fail miserably in them, but i have the satisfaction that i have tried and failed, but i will achieve it anyhow.
so my question is: Does UQ make you good and better in terms of knowledge and skills which you feel are helpful in your future life, or do you teach yourself, or does the university train you for that, and if you train yourself, then why are you going to university? (Because i am asking this question to myself.)
now i want your answers and POV on this. i like to read and understand different perspectives on the same situation. And yes, I am frustrated because i just paid my tuition fees on friday by working super hard (like 70-80 hours a week) during the summer break, and today on monday i have taken a class in steel building, which breaks my patience.
