Abstract:
The vexed issue of keeping staff and students up-to-date
in the fast moving world of internetworking has been
exercising the minds of many tertiary institutions for
several years. One Australian Faculty of IT has partnered
with industry in an attempt to keep the course materials
up-to-date and relevant. This has led to major changes in
the culture of the faculty as staff too have been trained in
the certification subjects and must pass rigorous industry
level examinations in order to be qualified to teach the
material. This paper describes the programs and reports as
well on the results of student surveys which were
undertaken to see if the policy was meeting the needs of
the students. The paper refers to previous staff surveys as
well.
