Monitoring performance and Monitoring performance and quality in Australian Higher quality in Australian Higher

EducationEducation

Richard SymondsRichard SymondsDirector, Higher Education DirectorateDirector, Higher Education Directorate

Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and TechnologyDepartment of Further Education, Employment, Science and TechnologyGovernment of South AustraliaGovernment of South Australia

National Protocols for Higher National Protocols for Higher Education Approval ProcessesEducation Approval Processes

• the National Protocols the National Protocols are the ‘gateway’ are the ‘gateway’ to the system.to the system.

• the Protocols are currently being the Protocols are currently being reviewed principally for national reviewed principally for national consistencyconsistency

• growth in the private provider market is growth in the private provider market is a key drivera key driver

Revision of National ProtocolsRevision of National Protocols

• developing pathways to self-accrediting developing pathways to self-accrediting statusstatus

• all institutions to be assessed against the all institutions to be assessed against the National ProtocolsNational Protocols

• processes for assessment of overseas processes for assessment of overseas institutionsinstitutions

• consideration of specialist university-level consideration of specialist university-level institutionsinstitutions

External MonitoringExternal Monitoring

• Quality and accountability requirements Quality and accountability requirements • Institutional Assessment Framework (IAF)Institutional Assessment Framework (IAF)• Performance assessmentPerformance assessment• Educational Services for Overseas Educational Services for Overseas

Students (ESOS) ActStudents (ESOS) Act

External Monitoring: External Monitoring: performance assessmentperformance assessment

• Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Learning and Teaching Performance Fund

• The Research Quality FrameworkThe Research Quality Framework

External monitoring: External monitoring: transnational quality strategytransnational quality strategy

• better communicationbetter communication • access to data and informationaccess to data and information

• strengthened quality framework to ensure strengthened quality framework to ensure quality of Australian education quality of Australian education transnationallytransnationally

Independent Quality Audit - Independent Quality Audit - Australian Universities Quality Australian Universities Quality

Agency (AUQA)Agency (AUQA)

• audits all government accreditation audits all government accreditation processes every 5 years.processes every 5 years.

• audits report on standards, and audits report on standards, and accreditation and approval processesaccreditation and approval processes. .

• audit reports are public audit reports are public www.auqa.edu.auwww.auqa.edu.au

Emerging IssuesEmerging Issues

• national consistencynational consistency

• diversity and globalisationdiversity and globalisation

• students and graduatesstudents and graduates