A community that cares. This is how Margaret Graham describes her new workplace and her Avondale experience. Lecturers and a classroom mentor made time for me, she says. Now this teacher is doing the same for her students.

Ellie Penman didn’t find her science teaching degree easy but learning about the “intricate way the world works” is “one of the best decisions I’ve made.” A new graduate, where is she now?

It is a significant milestone. Our technological and applied studies strand convenor Dr Robyn Pearce is celebrating her golden jubilee as a lecturer at Avondale University. We asked her seven questions. Here are the answers she gave.