Questionnaire (Second draft)

External

1) International

• "International benchmarking" (compete university with best US universities)
• International "professional & accreditation bodies" (e. g. ACM or ABET)
• Global issues (e.g. growing population)

2) National

• "National benchmarking" (compete students with other Australian institutes)
• National needs
• Political issues
• Accreditation bodies (e. g. ACS / EA / AQF)
• Economical needs

3) Societal

• Industry agendas (What particular context they want taught)
• Societal trends
• Emerging Technology

Internal

1) Institution

• "Strong leadership accepted by academic staff"
• "Industry advisory committee"
• Availability of staff positions (e.g. Surplus/ shortage of staff / Relying on sessional staff)
• "Key individuals"
• Organisational structure
• Course Co-ordinator
• Curriculum review Committee (e.g. teaching & learning committee)
• Research & Development Committee
• Internal drive to pursue professional development
• "Institutional Support" (e.g. providing resources & facilities)
• "Institutional culture" (weather that culture welcomes change)
• Teaching issues (e.g. innovative teaching technique/ Online teaching)

2) Students

• Students Satisfaction (eg. student subject evaluation)
• "Internal benchmarking" (e. g. failure rate between disciplines)
• Student's ability in Maths
• Student's ability in English
• "Student demands"
• Student's requirement in critical-thinking skills
• Student's requirement in analytical skills
• Student's requirement in social skills
• Student's requirement in communication skills
• Student attrition/retention
• Student background (e.g. socio-economic, ethnic..)
• Gender bias

3) Content

• "Flexibility in delivery" of subjects
• "Low-enrolment subjects"
• "Project-based subjects"
• The "structure of prerequisites"
• Outdated subjects
• The current output (e.g. "the discrepancies between the current output and what is desired by employers")
• Interdisciplinary content
• Assessment
• Overload