The relationship between teaching and research in Australian geography

This paper contributes an Australian perspective and some Australian data to the debate about the relationship between teaching and research developed by Jenkins. The article first sets the Australian policy context where research and research training is becoming increasingly concentrated in a small number of institutions. It then turns to an examination of some course experience questionnaire (CEQ) data for the discipline of geography for an indicative guide to the location of good quality teaching. Some comments are offered on the extent to which good quality geography teaching is concentrated in the highest ranking research universities (known as the Group of Eight).