"ACU has a smaller community than my previous university, where you are very easily lost in the crowd. I believe there is a greater appreciation for student contributions at ACU.

"Several of my friends had studied at ACU and only had positive feedback about their course structure, staff members and community life in general. It was also the first year that the university was running the Accounting and Finance course which was exactly what I was interested in.

"ACU offers an excellent learning environment, but it’s also the students’ responsibility to choose a course that they are passionate about and work hard towards. University will only be as successful and enjoyable as you make it."

Associate Professor Dr Pandula Gamage is Deputy Head of School and Senior Lecturer in Accounting in the Peter Faber Business School . Pandula has extensive national and international experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate subjects. Pandula's considerable personal success in teaching was formally acknowledged in 2014 with the award of "Pearson/AFAANZ Accounting Educator of the year: Australia and New Zealand."

part from his excellence in classroom teaching, Pandula also engages in high-impact research. His research interests include performance management, corporate accountability and auditing, public sector accounting and accounting education. He has also recently published scholarly articles in prestigious journals such as Public Money and Management and Australian Journal of Public Administration. He has also received research grants linked with national professional accounting and finance associations.