Renewal of course accreditation

Report on renewal of accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust

TEQSA has determined, under Section 56 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), to renew accreditation of the following higher education courses of study offered by Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust for a period of seven years until 6 February 2021:

• Diploma in Business Management
• Bachelor of Business

Background to Decision

Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust submitted an application for renewal of accreditation of two courses of study under Part 4 of the TEQSA Act. Subsection 45(4) of the TEQSA Act requires a registered higher education provider who is not authorised to self-accredit the course of study to apply to TEQSA for accreditation. Subsection 56(4) enables TEQSA to renew accreditation of a course of study for a period not exceeding seven years.

Main Reasons for the Decision

TEQSA has determined that the two higher education courses of study submitted by Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust for accreditation comply with the Provider Course Accreditation Standards. The course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites and in Hong Kong.

Renewal of course accreditation

Report on renewal of accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust

TEQSA has determined, under Section 56 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), to renew accreditation of the following higher education courses of study offered by Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust for a period of seven years until 6 February 2021:

• Diploma in Business Management
• Bachelor of Business

Background to Decision

Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust submitted an application for renewal of accreditation of two courses of study under Part 4 of the TEQSA Act. Subsection 45(4) of the TEQSA Act requires a registered higher education provider who is not authorised to self-accredit the course of study to apply to TEQSA for accreditation. Subsection 56(4) enables TEQSA to renew accreditation of a course of study for a period not exceeding seven years.

Main Reasons for the Decision

TEQSA has determined that the two higher education courses of study submitted by Holmes Institute Pty Ltd as Trustee for Holmes Institute Trust for accreditation comply with the Provider Course Accreditation Standards. The course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites and in Hong Kong.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of one higher education course of study offered by Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

TEQSA has determined, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), to grant accreditation of the following higher education courses of study offered by Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE for a period of seven years until 24 October 2020:

• Bachelor of the Built Environment

Background to Decision

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE submitted an application for accreditation of one course of study under Part 4 of the TEQSA Act. Subsection 45(4) of the TEQSA Act requires a registered higher education provider who is not authorised to self-accredit the course of study to apply to TEQSA for accreditation. Subsection 49(6) enables TEQSA to grant accreditation of a course of study for a period not exceeding seven years.

Main Reasons for the Decision

TEQSA has determined that the higher education course of study submitted by Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE for accreditation complies with the Provider Course Accreditation Standards. The course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd

A delegate of TEQSA has accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the following higher education courses of study offered by Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd for a period of seven years until 10 July 2022:

• Diploma of Psychology
• Diploma of Engineering

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA has determined that the two higher education courses of study submitted by Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd for accreditation comply with the Provider Course Accreditation Standards and arrangements for delivery at all Australian sites.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd

A delegate of TEQSA has accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the following higher education courses of study offered by Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd for a period of seven years until 10 July 2022:

• Diploma of Psychology
• Diploma of Engineering

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA has determined that the two higher education courses of study submitted by Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd for accreditation comply with the Provider Course Accreditation Standards and arrangements for delivery at all Australian sites.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College Inc

A delegate of TEQSA has accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the following higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College Inc until 15 July 2023:

• Master of Education
• Graduate Certificate of Education

TEQSA has, under subsection 53(1) of the TEQSA Act, imposed four conditions on the accreditation of the above courses of study. Sheridan College Inc must:

Condition 1:

PCAS 2.2

Sheridan must provide evidence of its new agreements for provision of electronic library and information resources, including databases, and demonstrate that it ensures students have access required to achieve the learning outcomes of the course of study regardless of a student's place of study.

Condition 2:

PCAS 2.4

Sheridan must provide evidence of provision to prospective students of the revised course information with accurate and current information and advice for both full-time and part-time students regarding course delivery, student support services and access to library resources available during their study program

Condition 3:

PCAS 4.1 and 4.2

Sheridan must provide evidence that the staffing profile includes sufficient academic staff to provide supervision for the Research Project who have current scholarship activity and professional practice in the discipline that they teach in the course to support them to engage students in intellectual inquiry appropriate for the Master of Education.

Condition 4:

Sheridan must not market or enrol students in the courses.

The course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites.

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA considers that the decision to apply conditions to Sheridan College Inc's application for accreditation of two courses of study is consistent with the basic principles for regulation in Part 2 of the TEQSA Act, as Sheridan College Inc is at risk of not complying with a number of the Threshold Standards. TEQSA considers that the risks of non-compliance with the Threshold Standards involve a number of matters that may affect Sheridan College Inc's capacity to manage and deliver its higher education awards.

The broad issues which relate to the two courses of study include PCAS 2 in relation to course resourcing and information, and PCAS 4 in relation to the qualifications and expertise of the academic teaching staff.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College Inc

A delegate of TEQSA has accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the following higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College Inc until 15 July 2023:

• Master of Education
• Graduate Certificate of Education

TEQSA has, under subsection 53(1) of the TEQSA Act, imposed four conditions on the accreditation of the above courses of study. Sheridan College Inc must:

Condition 1:

PCAS 2.2

Sheridan must provide evidence of its new agreements for provision of electronic library and information resources, including databases, and demonstrate that it ensures students have access required to achieve the learning outcomes of the course of study regardless of a student's place of study.

Condition 2:

PCAS 2.4

Sheridan must provide evidence of provision to prospective students of the revised course information with accurate and current information and advice for both full-time and part-time students regarding course delivery, student support services and access to library resources available during their study program

Condition 3:

PCAS 4.1 and 4.2

Sheridan must provide evidence that the staffing profile includes sufficient academic staff to provide supervision for the Research Project who have current scholarship activity and professional practice in the discipline that they teach in the course to support them to engage students in intellectual inquiry appropriate for the Master of Education.

Condition 4:

Sheridan must not market or enrol students in the courses.

The course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites.

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA considers that the decision to apply conditions to Sheridan College Inc's application for accreditation of two courses of study is consistent with the basic principles for regulation in Part 2 of the TEQSA Act, as Sheridan College Inc is at risk of not complying with a number of the Threshold Standards. TEQSA considers that the risks of non-compliance with the Threshold Standards involve a number of matters that may affect Sheridan College Inc's capacity to manage and deliver its higher education awards.

The broad issues which relate to the two courses of study include PCAS 2 in relation to course resourcing and information, and PCAS 4 in relation to the qualifications and expertise of the academic teaching staff.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of four higher education courses of study offered by Academy of Information Technology Pty Ltd

A delegate of TEQSA has accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the following higher education courses of study offered by Academy of Information Technology for a period of seven years until 14 November 2023:

• Bachelor of Information Technology (Games Programming)
• Associate Degree in Information Technology (Games Programming)
• Diploma of Information Technology
• Associate Degree in Information Technology (Mobile Application Development)

TEQSA has, under subsection 53(1) of the TEQSA Act, imposed three conditions on the accreditation of the above courses of study:

Condition 1:

Within three months of the date of TEQSA's decision, Academy of Information Technology is to provide a revised course rationale which, to TEQSA's satisfaction, explains and ties in the particular approach for the design of these courses, the relationship of the courses with the intended market and the envisaged graduate outcomes.

Condition 2:

Within three months of the date of TEQSA's decision, Academy of Information Technology is to provide a revised assessment strategy for the course subjects (CMP1042) and (CMP 1043) of the Diploma of Information Technology which has satisfactorily re-aligned the tasks so that the examination is no more than 60% of the final assessment.

Condition 3:

a) Within six months of the date of TEQSA's decision, Academy of Information Technology is to provide an appropriate benchmarking framework and implementation plan with details of the timing and methodology for the suite of courses in Mobile Application Development and Games Programming; and

b) a report to TEQSA on the outcomes of the benchmarking plan by 1 December 2017.

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA considers that the decision to apply conditions to the Academy of Information Technology's application for accreditation of four courses of study is consistent with the basic principles for regulation in Part 2 of the TEQSA Act, as Academy of Information Technology is at risk of not complying with a number of the Threshold Standards. TEQSA considers that the risks of non-compliance with the Threshold Standards involve a number of matters that may affect the Academy of Information Technology's capacity to manage and deliver its higher education awards.

• The broad issues which relate to the courses of study include:

  a) The course documentation does not clearly present the course rationale and link to the graduate outcomes

  b) The assessment tasks for course subjects in two subjects in the Diploma of Information Technology do not provide adequate opportunity for students to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes

  c) The provider does not have an effective benchmarking strategy and plan for the courses of study

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of four higher education courses of study offered by Academy of Information Technology Pty Ltd

A delegate of TEQSA has accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the following higher education courses of study offered by Academy of Information Technology for a period of seven years until 14 November 2023:

• Bachelor of Information Technology (Games Programming)
• Associate Degree in Information Technology (Games Programming)
• Diploma of Information Technology
• Associate Degree in Information Technology (Mobile Application Development)

TEQSA has, under subsection 53(1) of the TEQSA Act, imposed three conditions on the accreditation of the above courses of study:

Condition 1:

Within three months of the date of TEQSA's decision, Academy of Information Technology is to provide a revised course rationale which, to TEQSA's satisfaction, explains and ties in the particular approach for the design of these courses, the relationship of the courses with the intended market and the envisaged graduate outcomes.

Condition 2:

Within three months of the date of TEQSA's decision, Academy of Information Technology is to provide a revised assessment strategy for the course subjects (CMP1042) and (CMP 1043) of the Diploma of Information Technology which has satisfactorily re-aligned the tasks so that the examination is no more than 60% of the final assessment.

Condition 3:

a) Within six months of the date of TEQSA's decision, Academy of Information Technology is to provide an appropriate benchmarking framework and implementation plan with details of the timing and methodology for the suite of courses in Mobile Application Development and Games Programming; and

b) a report to TEQSA on the outcomes of the benchmarking plan by 1 December 2017.

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA considers that the decision to apply conditions to the Academy of Information Technology's application for accreditation of four courses of study is consistent with the basic principles for regulation in Part 2 of the TEQSA Act, as Academy of Information Technology is at risk of not complying with a number of the Threshold Standards. TEQSA considers that the risks of non-compliance with the Threshold Standards involve a number of matters that may affect the Academy of Information Technology's capacity to manage and deliver its higher education awards.

• The broad issues which relate to the courses of study include:

  a) The course documentation does not clearly present the course rationale and link to the graduate outcomes

  b) The assessment tasks for course subjects in two subjects in the Diploma of Information Technology do not provide adequate opportunity for students to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes

  c) The provider does not have an effective benchmarking strategy and plan for the courses of study