Having graduated from UQ and subsequently taught there I must say I feel it has dropped in standards slightly. For example look at the loss of almost all of its perio academics (including Ivanovski to GU) a few years ago. The impending move has probably not helped nor the large class size (70-something in third year).
However a demonstrator I know well did spend some time at GU, before teaching at UQ. He wasn't impressed and says UQ is in much better shape.
Also the fee difference and the new Oral Health Centre have been mentioned.
IMO, UQ would be the better choice. I am however basing this advice on second hand information about GU.
I must admit, I went stalker-mode on this one... You graduated from UQ dent, came back to teach here (as a lecturer? clinical supervisor?) and are now enrolling in UQ med for '12 (future max-fax?
). I tried to suss out who it might be based on that and the initials TCC, but nothing obvious came to mind haha.
I had to look up who Ivanovski was, as he was a little before my time, but based on his lengthy credentials I agree he would've been a significant loss. Come to think of it, the only periodontists I know are academic staff members would be Alayan and Matias... My guess is that they plan to hunt down a stable head of department sometime before the big move to Herston. Certainly, they're filling the ranks in other disciplines, with the recruitment of
http://www.dentistry.uq.edu.au/professor-neil-meredith and
http://www.dentistry.uq.edu.au/dr-shazia-naser-ud-din in the past year alone.
I talked to one of the newer supervisors in clinic today, who had just finished a semester of being in charge of both UQ and GU 5th years in one of the QH clinics. Apparently he was shocked when he recommended a GU student place a bonded amalgam, only to be met with a blank expression. One of my other supervisors claimed to have worked with a recent GU graduate who claimed to have never touched a surgical extraction throughout her entire undergrad course. Just sayin'...