Your teachers are in the same boat as students, they need to get that information from somewhere.
Of course UTS would promote that...they obviously need students and what better selling point is the claim that they have a practical approach. But what does that actually mean and why do they promote that? Do you ask these critical questions? Probably not, because UTS play on the gullibility of high school students, after 13 years of public education, doesn't the word 'practical' sound awesome?
In reality, the sciences need to be academic in nature. There's no point doing practicals if you're not grounded in the theory. University is higher education, it needs to be rigorous. I strongly doubt UTS is actually any more practical than UNSW or any uni, especially in the fundamentals. I'd be concerned if higher education wasn't rigorous and fundamental in nature.