Extension of registration

Report on extension of registration and variation of condition - South Metropolitan TAFE

TEQSA has extended, under section 37A of the TEQSA Act, the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider, for a period of two years to 31 December 2019.

TEQSA has varied, under subsection 32(2) of the TEQSA Act, condition 1 previously imposed on the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider.

The original condition (imposed 28 April 2016) is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide quarterly progress reports on the redevelopment and authorisation of the corporate and academic governance framework and activities for higher education including:

• strategic plan
• business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education
• recruitment of academic leaders
• achievement of scholarship activity targets

The varied condition is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide two progress reports per year on its higher education operations including:

• Business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education.

TEQSA has extended, under section 57A of the TEQSA Act, the accreditation of the following courses for a period of two years to 31 December 2019:

• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Computer Science
• Associate Degree of Mobile Development
• Associate Degree of Business
• Associate Degree in Hospitality Management
• Associate Degree of Networking
• Associate Degree of Fashion Business
• Associate Degree in Aviation (Operations Management)

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

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE must not enrol new students in the courses.

Main Reasons for Decision

TEQSA has made these decisions in light of South Metropolitan TAFE's decision to withdraw its registration and teach out its courses.

Extension of registration

Report on extension of registration and variation of condition - South Metropolitan TAFE

TEQSA has extended, under section 37A of the TEQSA Act, the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider, for a period of two years to 31 December 2019.

TEQSA has varied, under subsection 32(2) of the TEQSA Act, condition 1 previously imposed on the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider.

The original condition (imposed 28 April 2016) is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide quarterly progress reports on the redevelopment and authorisation of the corporate and academic governance framework and activities for higher education including:

• strategic plan
• business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education
• recruitment of academic leaders
• achievement of scholarship activity targets

The varied condition is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide two progress reports per year on its higher education operations including:

• Business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education.

TEQSA has extended, under section 57A of the TEQSA Act, the accreditation of the following courses for a period of two years to 31 December 2019:

• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Computer Science
• Associate Degree of Mobile Development
• Associate Degree of Business
• Associate Degree in Hospitality Management
• Associate Degree of Networking
• Associate Degree of Fashion Business
• Associate Degree in Aviation (Operations Management)

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

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE must not enrol new students in the courses.

Main Reasons for Decision

TEQSA has made these decisions in light of South Metropolitan TAFE's decision to withdraw its registration and teach out its courses.

Extension of registration

Report on extension of registration and variation of condition - South Metropolitan TAFE

TEQSA has extended, under section 37A of the TEQSA Act, the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider, for a period of two years to 31 December 2019.

TEQSA has varied, under subsection 32(2) of the TEQSA Act, condition 1 previously imposed on the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider.

The original condition (imposed 28 April 2016) is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide quarterly progress reports on the redevelopment and authorisation of the corporate and academic governance framework and activities for higher education including:

• strategic plan
• business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education
• recruitment of academic leaders
• achievement of scholarship activity targets

The varied condition is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide two progress reports per year on its higher education operations including:

• Business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education.

TEQSA has extended, under section 57A of the TEQSA Act, the accreditation of the following courses for a period of two years to 31 December 2019:

• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Computer Science
• Associate Degree of Mobile Development
• Associate Degree of Business
• Associate Degree in Hospitality Management
• Associate Degree of Networking
• Associate Degree of Fashion Business
• Associate Degree in Aviation (Operations Management)

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

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE must not enrol new students in the courses.

Main Reasons for Decision

TEQSA has made these decisions in light of South Metropolitan TAFE's decision to withdraw its registration and teach out its courses.

Extension of registration

Report on extension of registration and variation of condition - South Metropolitan TAFE

TEQSA has extended, under section 37A of the TEQSA Act, the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider, for a period of two years to 31 December 2019.

TEQSA has varied, under subsection 32(2) of the TEQSA Act, condition 1 previously imposed on the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider.

The original condition (imposed 28 April 2016) is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide quarterly progress reports on the redevelopment and authorisation of the corporate and academic governance framework and activities for higher education including:

• strategic plan
• business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education
• recruitment of academic leaders
• achievement of scholarship activity targets

The varied condition is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide two progress reports per year on its higher education operations including:

• Business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education.

TEQSA has extended, under section 57A of the TEQSA Act, the accreditation of the following courses for a period of two years to 31 December 2019:

• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Computer Science
• Associate Degree of Mobile Development
• Associate Degree of Business
• Associate Degree in Hospitality Management
• Associate Degree of Networking
• Associate Degree of Fashion Business
• Associate Degree in Aviation (Operations Management)

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

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE must not enrol new students in the courses.

Main Reasons for Decision

TEQSA has made these decisions in light of South Metropolitan TAFE's decision to withdraw its registration and teach out its courses.

Extension of registration

Report on extension of registration and variation of condition - South Metropolitan TAFE

TEQSA has extended, under section 37A of the TEQSA Act, the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider, for a period of two years to 31 December 2019.

TEQSA has varied, under subsection 32(2) of the TEQSA Act, condition 1 previously imposed on the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider.

The original condition (imposed 28 April 2016) is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide quarterly progress reports on the redevelopment and authorisation of the corporate and academic governance framework and activities for higher education including:

• strategic plan
• business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education
• recruitment of academic leaders
• achievement of scholarship activity targets

The varied condition is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide two progress reports per year on its higher education operations including:

• Business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education.

TEQSA has extended, under section 57A of the TEQSA Act, the accreditation of the following courses for a period of two years to 31 December 2019:

• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Computer Science
• Associate Degree of Mobile Development
• Associate Degree of Business
• Associate Degree in Hospitality Management
• Associate Degree of Networking
• Associate Degree of Fashion Business
• Associate Degree in Aviation (Operations Management)

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

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE must not enrol new students in the courses.

Main Reasons for Decision

TEQSA has made these decisions in light of South Metropolitan TAFE's decision to withdraw its registration and teach out its courses.

Extension of registration

Report on extension of registration and variation of condition - South Metropolitan TAFE

TEQSA has extended, under section 37A of the TEQSA Act, the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider, for a period of two years to 31 December 2019.

TEQSA has varied, under subsection 32(2) of the TEQSA Act, condition 1 previously imposed on the registration of South Metropolitan TAFE as a higher education provider.

The original condition (imposed 28 April 2016) is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide quarterly progress reports on the redevelopment and authorisation of the corporate and academic governance framework and activities for higher education including:

• strategic plan
• business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education
• recruitment of academic leaders
• achievement of scholarship activity targets

The varied condition is as follows:

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE to provide two progress reports per year on its higher education operations including:

• Business plan, showing adequate funding and resources for higher education.

TEQSA has extended, under section 57A of the TEQSA Act, the accreditation of the following courses for a period of two years to 31 December 2019:

• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Computer Science
• Associate Degree of Mobile Development
• Associate Degree of Business
• Associate Degree in Hospitality Management
• Associate Degree of Networking
• Associate Degree of Fashion Business
• Associate Degree in Aviation (Operations Management)

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

Condition 1

South Metropolitan TAFE must not enrol new students in the courses.

Main Reasons for Decision

TEQSA has made these decisions in light of South Metropolitan TAFE's decision to withdraw its registration and teach out its courses.

Renewal of registration and renewal of accreditation

Report on renewal of registration of Australian Guild of Music Education Inc and the renewal of accreditation of the Bachelor of Music

TEQSA has agreed to orders made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under which the registration of Australian Guild of Music Education Inc (AGME) as a higher education provider was renewed for a period of two years to 10 June 2018 under subsection 36(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act) in the provider category of higher education provider.

These orders also involve the renewal of the accreditation of AGME's Bachelor of Music for the same period under subsection 56(1) of the TEQSA Act, and the imposition of five conditions on the registration of the AGME as a higher education provider under subsection 32(1) of the TEQSA Act:

Condition 1:

By 10 October 2016, and every four months thereafter until the submission of AGME's next renewal of registration application, AGME must provide TEQSA with a report, approved by AGME's Committee of Management, describing AGME's progress against its Distance Learning Plan

Condition 2:

AGME must develop, and provide to TEQSA no later than 10 October 2016, a procedure to systematically collect, review, benchmark and act on student performance data. That procedure must provide for AGME to collect and report upon student attrition, student progress, course completions and grade distributions data, and to analyse that data by reference to:

1. entry path (comparing students admitted under each entry pathway)
2. credit awarded (comparing students admitted with no credit awarded with students admitted with credit for up to a third of the course and between a third and two thirds of the course)
3. study load (comparing students who take less than a full-time study load, exactly a full-time study load and greater than a full-time study load, where full-time study load is equal to 120 credit points in a calendar year)
4. study mode (comparing students who undertake a component of their course by distance with those who study entirely face-to-face) and
5. student achievement in similar courses at other higher education providers.

Condition 3:

AGME must use the analysis required by Condition 2 to develop a strategy to address the underlying causes of student attrition or failure rates in AGME's higher education course. This strategy must be approved by AGME's governing bodies and provided to TEQSA in its next renewal of registration application, together with evidence of a regular and systematic review cycle which uses an analysis of the most recent available data to inform the ongoing revision of the strategy and its effectiveness.

Condition 4:

AGME must:

1. undertake the external review and benchmarking activities identified in its Course Review and Quality Assurance Policy
2. ensure that these activities inform AGME's ongoing reviews of its higher education operations, and
3. provide TEQSA with a report, describing those activities and how those activities have informed AGME's reviews of its operations, in its next renewal of registration application.

Condition 5:

AGME's next renewal of registration application must include a document which describes the basis on which AGME's Academic Board is satisfied that each member of AGME's higher education teaching or leadership staff has qualifications or experience consistent with the requirements of the Threshold Standards and with AGME's own recruitment policy.

Main Reasons for Decision

After reviewing the material submitted by AGME, TEQSA was satisfied that AGME meets the Threshold Standards. However TEQSA considered that there remained a number of risks related to AGME's capacity to meet the Threshold Standards in the future. On this basis, TEQSA considered that the period of registration and accreditation and the conditions to be applied to AGME's registration are consistent with the basic principles for regulation in Part 2 of the TEQSA Act.

• The broad issues led TEQSA to this view include:

  a) Management of AGME's distance education operations

  b) Monitoring and acting on comparative student performance data

  c) The use of benchmarking to quality assure its course of study and higher education operations

  d) The number, qualifications, experience and expertise of academic staff who teach or tutor the course of study and the extent to which these are appropriate to the course of study and mode of delivery.

Course accreditation

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

• Bachelor of Counselling (Honours)
• Bachelor of Social Science (Honours)

Main reasons for decision

TEQSA has determined that the two higher education courses of study submitted by Navitas Professional Institute 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 Professional Institute 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 Professional Institute Pty Ltd

• Bachelor of Counselling (Honours)
• Bachelor of Social Science (Honours)

Main reasons for decision

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