Student Feedback

• Transport and Logistics
• Choice Analysis
• Advanced Certificate in Transport and Traffic Management

Transport and Logistics

To Matthew Beck, Lecturer in Analysis Tools for Transport and Logistics:

"At the last Faculty Student Reference Group meeting students were asked to comment on what is working well within the Faculty. You and you work were singled out by a number of students, whose comments included; 'Matthew was very helpful espcially with intensive units'. I am delighted to be able to pass on such glowing praise. Congratulations."

Michele Scoufis, Director Office of Learning and Teaching in Economics and Business

Constantin Vogt-Jordan, Master of Commerce, Major in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, 2009

Orientation

Students who attend the ITLS Orientation have made the following comments on what they found most useful about the day:

• Welcome from Professor Hensher was very good and contained relevant and interesting content.
• The friendly welcome of Professor Hensher and the fact itself that your Discipline offers an orientation.
• The possibility to ask questions, the friendly welcome of Professor Hensher and the nice and friendly staff.
• Meeting academic staff and classmates.
• Listening to the faculty and getting so much of knowledge on the first day which proves very useful later on.
• Being given the resources to take charge of own development.
• Meeting with actual businesses and hearing what is important, everybody gave a realistic view of the road after graduation.
• The information of working opportunities in Australia.
• The questions and answer session.
• Grateful for the general overview and a bit of a clue about peers and peers' backgrounds and aspirations.
• The brief introduction of each course.
• The whole day was very good and useful.
• Very helpful and informative, great value.
• Gives a lot of information about the library, blackboard and study related issues in concise manner.
• I appreciated the mix of speakers and Faculty. It helped to give me a full bodied concept of the Institute and the resources available to students. I also though the step-by-step approach to the website was incredibly helpful, as most students wouldn't think to mine the Institute website for a quarter of the information it has.
• Lots of important information.
• Knowing how to use the web effectively.
• How to learn and manage myself through the course.
• Preparing and formatting assignments.

Choice Analysis

• "Instructors are knowledgeable, patient and able to answer any questions from the class".
• "Everything was excellent".
• "The best thing? Articulation between estimate techniques and design experiments".
• "State of the art practice. Instructors share the latest techniques and ideas from the literature".
• "Excellent practical introduction to modelling and survey design. Very good instructors".
• "Clarity of information being conveyed, very practical, lecturers are very good and experienced".
• "Depth of knowledge of presenters who are leaders in their field in theory and practice, and their familiarity with and enthusiasm for content".
• "A balanced mixture of lectures and practical classes".
• "Excellent course. Should be compulsory for anyone claiming to be a researcher".
• "Ability of the instructors to deliver complex concepts in a clear manner and ability to share cutting edge research".
• "Excellent coverage of a large amount of extremely difficult and complex material".
• "Lots of state-of-the-art and practical information, high quality of teachers".
• "Hi David, A wee note of thanks to you and your team for making my journey into DCM an enjoyable one. You have a really good process, the presenters know their stuff, this is really state of the art in postgrad/executive education. I found the content, scope and pace demanding, (which you want, the course would be a waste of time otherwise) but the structure and approach of the presenters nicely provided the remedy for this. Again, many thanks for a challenging and enjoyable week." - Dr Chris Batstone, Senior Resource and Environmental Economist, The Cawthron Institute

Advanced Certificate in Transport and Traffic Management

• Orientation: "It was good to go over all the statistics in a clear and concise manner and be able to apply it to real examples."
• Orientation: "It set the scene and gave me an introduction to basic skills in statistics that I had already done in university 20 years ago."
• "It improved my knowledge about traffic flow, traffic management, road design etc. Some of these concepts will help decision making with the RTA projects."
• "The tutorial/assignment days allowed the students to get together to discuss and understand concepts and problems and also gave us a chance to get some assignment work done."
• "The meeting of fellow students, lecturers and the course outline of the first module. It gives an insight on what I need to know and the level of knowledge that is expected of me. It highlighted what additional preparation I need in advance of the block strategy."
• "Energy and enthusiasm of lecturers was inspiring. Great to be taught by lecturers with a great deal of experience in the field."
• "Good real life examples of traffic situations. Lecturers obviously have extensive experience in transport."
• "...it is a great privilege to be taught by one of the best in the business."
• "The teaching style and the knowledge of the lecturer were simply exceptional."
• "Objective discussion/presentation on a number of subjects that we deal with on a daily basis in our employment."
• "The direct application to current transportation issues facing Sydney. The concepts aided my ability to understand the context in which transport systems planning decisions occur."
• "Good mix of practical and theory and use of the computer laboratory."
• "It was great to be able to have so many interesting discussions in class."
• "It was a very interesting and enjoyable subject of which I learnt a lot."
• "Very interesting and thought provoking."
• "Opportunity to look at and consider other aspects of transport policy to those normally dealt with in context of work."
• "Organised and structured lecture notes."
• "The variety in assessment was refreshing."
• "Viva and debate, though a little intimidating, made a nice change from essays."
• "The group discussions undertaken by the class."
• "I learnt new concepts on congestion, road pricing and transport policies."
• "Thoroughly interesting lectures and discussions."
• "It allowed us to think about real examples and discuss them in class. We were able to apply this knowledge to our own situations."
• "Re-enforcement of the ideas and understanding of the content of the course from time to time was helpful."
• "Learning about different modelling techniques was very valuable."
• "It was good that the assessments were based on skills that are required for the workforce."
• "It was good that there were a range in the types of assignments given and skills required."
• "It was to be able to learn from real examples of actual situations occurring."
• "The use of industry - practice software is excellent."
• "Good to mix with students from different backgrounds."