Pros
The University is well resourced and has good, if somewhat faded, resources, including some of the ugliest buildings I have ever seen on a Uni campus. Library and IT are amongst the best in Australia and are well managed. The Uni grounds are good and provide a number of opportunities for walks and exercise. The academic culture of the Uni is variable, with some faculties being well managed and with a good work culture, whilst others do not have either. Library resources are amongst the best in Australia and IT seems, on the whole to be well managed. Students are academically good, but the University engagement with the students is unsatisfactory with poor attendance at lectures due to th difficulty of reaching the 'main' campus at Clayton and an over reliance on the recording of lectures rather than providing incentives for students to attend and thus create a collegiate environment.
Cons
he work culture in some faculties is toxic, with bullying prevalent and a command structure better suited to the Army than a University. The work allocation process is flawed and the management of multi-campus teaching not up to scratch, with the time frames expected of staff traveliing between campuses unreasonable and with a general lack of parking and other facilities provided at the city campuses