Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA)
Australia cannot afford QA drift
CAPA welcomes the announcement by the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) that the Australian University Quality Agency (AUQA) will continue in its current role as the national quality assurance agency until the new regulatory arrangements for the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) are fully implemented. “This decision will offer some assurance that the international reputation of the Australian higher education system will not
Submission to the Review of Australian Higher Education
On 13 March 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, announced a major review of Australia’s higher education system which will examine and report on the future direction of the higher education sector, its fitness for purpose in meeting the needs of the Australian community and economy and the options for ongoing reform. [From the DEEWR website]
Review of the National Governance Protocols (Joint Committee on Higher Education)
The National Governance Protocols were implemented under the Federal Government’s reforms in higher education and became effective in June 2004. The Protocols were to improve governance practices at universities by providing standards to ensure that governing bodies were effectively overseeing the operations of universities.
Revised National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes
The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the JCHE's draft National Protocols for consideration by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
Commercial accountability framework to be reviewed and strengthened
CAPA salutes the twenty-seventh recommendation of the Senate Committee report, Universities in Crisis, that a review be conducted into the commercial accountability arrangements of universities.
"The committee's call for a comprehensive review is most welcome, as it will protect universities themselves, their students and staff, and the public that funds universities in good faith that public money will be spent responsibly on public education," said President John Byron today.
'Who's running these unis anyhow?' State/Commonwealth confusion to be examined
CAPA welcomes the tenth recommendation of the Senate Committee report, Universities in Crisis, that the current balance between state and federal responsibilities for universities should be reviewed.
"A significant disjunction between the locus of statutory authority over universities and the source of their public funding has grown over the past few decades," said CAPA President John Byron today.
