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.

In November 2005, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) agreed to conduct a review of the impact of the National Governance Protocols and call for suggested improvements. Subsequently, an Issues Paper has been released in May 2007, and consultation forums have been hosted for feedback on the Protocols in July (in which CAPA was also a participant).

CAPA’s submission is in response is centred around the consultation questions in the Issues Paper.