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Quality assurance

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Universities Australia policy and information relating to specifically to quality assurance processes, including both internal and external review mechanisms.

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Policy & advocacy

  • Quality assurance TEQSA Universities Australia is currently in consultation with the Australian Government on the establishment of the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA), a new unifed body to monitor quality and set standards across the tertiary sector.¦ Read More
  • TEQSA Universities Australia supports the development of the Tertiary Education Quality & Standards Agency (TEQSA) as a single national regulator for tertiary education, based on clear, consistent and credible standards.¦ Read More
  • Research quality assessment Universities Australia is working with government on the establishment of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.¦ Read More

Submissions & reports

  • AQF and TEQSA July 2010 On 2 August 2010, Universities Australia held a workshop on AQF, TEQSA and related matters. It was attended by some fifty representatives, mostly Vice-Chancellors and Deputy Vice-Chancellors. This letter outlines the areas on which the workshop participants reached consensus.¦ Read More
  • ESOS legislation amendment July 2010 Universities Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Legislation Amendment 2010.¦ Read More
  • Baird ESOS Review October 2009 Universities Australia provided a submission to Australian Education International's Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 (the 'Baird Review'). The internationalisation of Australia's universities has played out over the last half century.¦ Read More
  • ESOS Senate inquiry September 2009 Universities Australia provided a submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee's inquiry into the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009.¦ Read More
  • Academic standards - AUQA August 2009 Universities Australia supports robust national quality assurance and accreditation requirements for all higher education providers, and is supportive of the aims of Recommendations 19 and 23 of the Review of Higher Education, which discuss this issue of standards.¦ Read More
  • Strengthening AQF July 2009 Strengthening the Australian Qualifications Framework discussion paper Universities are supportive of a strong and widely utilised qualifications framework for Australia, and we endorse the aim the Australian Qualifications Framework Council (AQFC) proposals to bring Australian ...¦ Read More
  • Response to the Bradley Review February 2009 Universities Australia remains strongly supportive of the Review and the overall direction of its recommendations.¦ Read More
  • Response to Cutler Review September 2008 Universities Australia welcomed the opportunity to comment on venturousaustralia, the report of the Review of the National Innovation System ('the Review'), which was released on 9 September 2008.¦ Read More
  • Bradley Review submission July 2008 Australia's universities contribute substantially to Australia's national goals. They are central to each of economic progress, social development and ecological sustainability: the nation's triple bottom line.¦ Read More
  • Cutler Review submission April 2008 Universities Australia's submission to the Review of the National Innovation System (the 'Cutler Review') outlined the strong linkages between the higher education sector and innovation, the role of innovation in sustaining a vibrant economy, and the need for funding and support ...¦ Read More
  • Bradley preliminary statement April 2008 Introduction Universities Australia welcomes the Review of Australian Higher Education and will be pleased to help the Committee in any way that it can. We consider the future of our universities to be critical for the future of Australia.¦ Read More
  • Accreditation body March 2008 Universities Australia made a submission to the MCEETYA Joint Committee on Higher Education's inquiry into the desirability of a national higher education accreditation body.¦ Read More
  • TEQSA - Senate inquiry Universities Australia provided a submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee's inquiry into the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill(s) 2011.¦ Read More

Media centre

  • Federal election statement Australia's ability to prosper as a productive, healthy and sustainable society depends crucially on its capacity to make the most of its people's potential. The future is one of rapid change, with enormous social and environmental challenges, and economic restructuring.¦ Read More
  • Implementing Bradley Review Universities Australia expressed strong support for the announcements made today by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP as she opened the inaugural Universities Australia Higher Education Conference in Canberra.¦ Read More
  • International education quality Universities Australia welcomes the Deputy Prime Minister's announcement in Parliament yesterday to assure quality across all providers of tertiary education, and to enhance the experience for international students studying in Australia.¦ Read More