Initial registration

Report on initial registration of The Broken Bay Institute

TEQSA has determined, under Section 21(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), that registration of The Broken Bay Institute as a higher education provider be granted for a period of seven years to 1 September 2023 in the provider category of Higher Education Provider.

TEQSA has determined, under sections 49(1) and 49(6) of the TEQSA Act, to grant accreditation of the following higher education courses of study offered by The Broken Bay Institute until 1 September 2023:

• Graduate Certificate in Governance and Canon Law
• Graduate Diploma in Governance and Canon Law
• Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Theology
• Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Theology
• Master of Leadership and Theology
• Graduate Certificate in Religious Education
• Graduate Diploma in Religious Education
• Master of Religious Education
• Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies
• Graduate Diploma in Theological Studies
• Master of Theological Studies

Main reasons for decision

As part of the initial registration process, TEQSA has assessed the registration and course accreditations submitted by The Broken Bay Institute against the Threshold Standards for Provider Registration and Course Accreditation. The Broken Bay Institute has demonstrated to TEQSA that it meets the Threshold Standards.

The registration and course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites.

Initial registration

Report on initial registration of The Broken Bay Institute

TEQSA has determined, under Section 21(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), that registration of The Broken Bay Institute as a higher education provider be granted for a period of seven years to 1 September 2023 in the provider category of Higher Education Provider.

TEQSA has determined, under sections 49(1) and 49(6) of the TEQSA Act, to grant accreditation of the following higher education courses of study offered by The Broken Bay Institute until 1 September 2023:

• Graduate Certificate in Governance and Canon Law
• Graduate Diploma in Governance and Canon Law
• Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Theology
• Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Theology
• Master of Leadership and Theology
• Graduate Certificate in Religious Education
• Graduate Diploma in Religious Education
• Master of Religious Education
• Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies
• Graduate Diploma in Theological Studies
• Master of Theological Studies

Main reasons for decision

As part of the initial registration process, TEQSA has assessed the registration and course accreditations submitted by The Broken Bay Institute against the Threshold Standards for Provider Registration and Course Accreditation. The Broken Bay Institute has demonstrated to TEQSA that it meets the Threshold Standards.

The registration and course accreditation covers delivery at all Australian sites.

Renewal of registration

Report on renewal of registration of Bond University Limited

TEQSA has renewed, under section 36 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (the TEQSA Act), the registration of Bond University Limited for a period of seven years until 28 September 2024 in the provider category of Higher Education Provider.

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA has assessed the application for renewal of registration submitted by Bond University Limited against the Threshold Standards.

TEQSA is satisfied that Bond University Limited continues to meet the Threshold Standards.

TEQSA's assessment considered Bond University Limited's arrangements for delivery at all Australian sites.

TEQSA found that Bond University Limited (trading as Bond University) has demonstrated:

1. the quality of corporate and academic governance
2. excellent record-keeping in the form of minutes of meetings of the Council, Academic Senate, and committees
3. a focus on continuous improvement and the enablers for student engagement (including a strong student-to-staff ratio)
4. support for participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
5. effective processes for developing and reviewing courses that require professional accreditation
6. strong research performance in Health and Medical Sciences.

Course accreditation

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

On 26 March 2018 a delegate of TEQSA:

Accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), the following courses offered by Excelsia College, for a period of seven years until 26 March 2025:

• Bachelor of Management and Entrepreneurship
• Associate Degree of Management and Entrepreneurship

Imposed, under section 53 of the TEQSA Act, two conditions on the accreditation of the Bachelor of Management and Entrepreneurship and Associate Degree of Management and Entrepreneurship.

Condition 1: Institutional Quality Assurance

Prior to the delivery of the courses, Excelsia must provide TEQSA with:

1. a register of amendments to the unit outlines that maps the changes to the unit outlines recommended by TEQSA's external experts through the development process
2. evidence of the quality assurance processes used to oversee the development and approval of the amendments to the unit outlines that demonstrates academic oversight by peak institutional academic governance processes, for example:
   
   1. Minutes from the course development committee
   2. Minutes and approval from the Academic Board.

Condition 2: Work Integrated Learning

Prior to the delivery of the courses, Excelsia must provide TEQSA with:

1. a comprehensive Work Integrated Learning Placement and Supervision Handbook that includes:
   
   1. quality assurance processes for evaluating the suitability of the placement host and of student supervision;
   2. the types of assistance that Excelsia College provides to students in the event that a student cannot find their own placement.

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA made these decisions in light of risks that the courses submitted by Excelsia College may not meet, or continue to meet, the following provisions of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2015:

1. Section 5.1 of Part A, in relation to Institutional Quality Assurance:
1. course approval processes are overseen by peak institutional academic governance processes.
2. Section 5.4 of Part A, in relation to Delivery with other Parties:
1. Work-integrated learning, placements are quality assured, including the assurance of the quality of supervision and student experiences.

TEQSA's assessment considered Excelsia College's arrangements for delivery at all Australian sites.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by JMC Pty. Limited

On 20 October 2017, a delegate of TEQSA accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries (GDCI) offered by JMC Pty. Limited (JMC) for a period of four years until 20 October 2021.

On 23 October 2017, a delegate of TEQSA:

• accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), the Master of Creative Industries (MCI) offered by JMC Pty. Limited (JMC) for a period of four years until 20 October 2021
• imposed, under section 53 of the TEQSA Act, four conditions on the accreditation of the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries and Master of Creative Industries.

On 10 January 2018, a delegate of TEQSA varied conditions 3 and 4. The revised conditions 3 and 4 are set out below.

Condition 1:Head of Department, Department of Graduate Studies

Prior to offering a student a place in the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries and Master of Creative Industries, JMC must provide to TEQSA evidence of the appointment of a suitably qualified Head of Department, Department of Graduate Studies.

The appointee must possess:

1. a PhD in Creative Industries or a related discipline
2. demonstrated experience in supervising postgraduate degree practice-led research
3. demonstrated leadership in the development of a culture of scholarship
4. demonstrated experience in overseeing the development and coordination of academic programs, and
5. distinguished postgraduate teaching record in the Creative Industries or a related discipline.

Condition 2: Academic staff teaching the GDCI and MCI

Not later than four weeks prior to the commencement of each teaching period for the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries and Master of Creative Industries, in relation to each staff member at each location proposed to teach one or more units in the Courses, JMC must provide TEQSA with:

1. the name of each staff member intended to deliver each unit in the Courses
2. the units proposed to be taught and delivery location
3. each staff member's qualifications in the discipline of the course being taught
4. if a staff member does not hold a qualification in a relevant discipline at least one AQF level above the course in which they are teaching, details of the basis on which JMC determined that the staff member holds professional experience equivalent to such a qualification, and
5. if the staff member is intended to teach or supervise students within the Exegesis 1 & 2 and Graduate Research units
   
   1. a summary of the research activity undertaken by the staff member within the past two years
   2. details of the basis on which JMC determined that the staff member holds the requisite research and supervisory experience to perform these duties.

Condition 3: Academic Staff Qualifications and Experience Policy

By 31 March 2018, JMC must provide TEQSA with:

1. a revised version of its Academic Staff Qualifications and Experience Policy which ensures that all teaching staff are qualified to at least one AQF qualification level higher than the course of study being taught by them or have equivalent professional experience. The revised Policy must set out that professional experience must give those staff the skills, knowledge and capacity to apply skills and knowledge equivalent to an AQF qualification one level above the AQF qualification level being taught and the basis upon which that decision will be made, and
2. minutes of its Academic Board meeting and (if applicable) Governing Council meeting which record the consideration, discussion and approval of the revised policy prior to its submission to TEQSA.

Condition 4: Information about the admission of students into the MCI

Within 2 weeks following the commencement of each teaching period for the Master of Creative Industries, in relation to each student admitted into the Courses, JMC must provide TEQSA with information which describes:

1. the basis upon which the admission decision for each student was made including, where relevant, the education qualification or other criteria which formed the basis for the student's admission, and
2. where applicable, how the assessment rubric within the Admission Procedure has been applied to each admission decision.

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA made these decisions in light of risks that the courses submitted by JMC Pty. Limited may not meet, or continue to meet, the following provisions of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2011:

• PCAS 3 in relation to admissions criteria ensuring that students have adequate prior knowledge and skills to undertake the courses of study successfully.
• PCAS 4 and 5 in relation to the staffing profile and qualification levels of teaching staff at each campus location.

TEQSA's assessment considered JMC Pty. Limited's arrangements for delivery at all Australian sites.

Course accreditation

Report on accreditation of two higher education courses of study offered by JMC Pty. Limited

On 20 October 2017, a delegate of TEQSA accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries (GDCI) offered by JMC Pty. Limited (JMC) for a period of four years until 20 October 2021.

On 23 October 2017, a delegate of TEQSA:

• accredited, under section 49 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), the Master of Creative Industries (MCI) offered by JMC Pty. Limited (JMC) for a period of four years until 20 October 2021
• imposed, under section 53 of the TEQSA Act, four conditions on the accreditation of the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries and Master of Creative Industries.

On 10 January 2018, a delegate of TEQSA varied conditions 3 and 4. The revised conditions 3 and 4 are set out below.

Condition 1:Head of Department, Department of Graduate Studies

Prior to offering a student a place in the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries and Master of Creative Industries, JMC must provide to TEQSA evidence of the appointment of a suitably qualified Head of Department, Department of Graduate Studies.

The appointee must possess:

1. a PhD in Creative Industries or a related discipline
2. demonstrated experience in supervising postgraduate degree practice-led research
3. demonstrated leadership in the development of a culture of scholarship
4. demonstrated experience in overseeing the development and coordination of academic programs, and
5. distinguished postgraduate teaching record in the Creative Industries or a related discipline.

Condition 2: Academic staff teaching the GDCI and MCI

Not later than four weeks prior to the commencement of each teaching period for the Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries and Master of Creative Industries, in relation to each staff member at each location proposed to teach one or more units in the Courses, JMC must provide TEQSA with:

1. the name of each staff member intended to deliver each unit in the Courses
2. the units proposed to be taught and delivery location
3. each staff member's qualifications in the discipline of the course being taught
4. if a staff member does not hold a qualification in a relevant discipline at least one AQF level above the course in which they are teaching, details of the basis on which JMC determined that the staff member holds professional experience equivalent to such a qualification, and
5. if the staff member is intended to teach or supervise students within the Exegesis 1 & 2 and Graduate Research units
   
   1. a summary of the research activity undertaken by the staff member within the past two years
   2. details of the basis on which JMC determined that the staff member holds the requisite research and supervisory experience to perform these duties.

Condition 3: Academic Staff Qualifications and Experience Policy

By 31 March 2018, JMC must provide TEQSA with:

1. a revised version of its Academic Staff Qualifications and Experience Policy which ensures that all teaching staff are qualified to at least one AQF qualification level higher than the course of study being taught by them or have equivalent professional experience. The revised Policy must set out that professional experience must give those staff the skills, knowledge and capacity to apply skills and knowledge equivalent to an AQF qualification one level above the AQF qualification level being taught and the basis upon which that decision will be made, and
2. minutes of its Academic Board meeting and (if applicable) Governing Council meeting which record the consideration, discussion and approval of the revised policy prior to its submission to TEQSA.

Condition 4: Information about the admission of students into the MCI

Within 2 weeks following the commencement of each teaching period for the Master of Creative Industries, in relation to each student admitted into the Courses, JMC must provide TEQSA with information which describes:

1. the basis upon which the admission decision for each student was made including, where relevant, the education qualification or other criteria which formed the basis for the student's admission, and
2. where applicable, how the assessment rubric within the Admission Procedure has been applied to each admission decision.

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA made these decisions in light of risks that the courses submitted by JMC Pty. Limited may not meet, or continue to meet, the following provisions of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2011:

• PCAS 3 in relation to admissions criteria ensuring that students have adequate prior knowledge and skills to undertake the courses of study successfully.
• PCAS 4 and 5 in relation to the staffing profile and qualification levels of teaching staff at each campus location.

TEQSA's assessment considered JMC Pty. Limited's arrangements for delivery at all Australian sites.

Revocation of accreditation conditions

Report on revocation of conditions imposed on accreditation of three higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College

On 14 June 2016 a delegate of TEQSA revoked, under section 53 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), Condition 1 imposed on the accreditation of the following courses offered by Sheridan College:

• Diploma of Arts
• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Science

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA made this decision on the basis that it was satisfied that the condition has been met.

Revocation of accreditation conditions

Report on revocation of conditions imposed on accreditation of three higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College

On 14 June 2016 a delegate of TEQSA revoked, under section 53 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), Condition 1 imposed on the accreditation of the following courses offered by Sheridan College:

• Diploma of Arts
• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Science

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA made this decision on the basis that it was satisfied that the condition has been met.

Revocation of accreditation conditions

Report on revocation of conditions imposed on accreditation of three higher education courses of study offered by Sheridan College

On 14 June 2016 a delegate of TEQSA revoked, under section 53 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), Condition 1 imposed on the accreditation of the following courses offered by Sheridan College:

• Diploma of Arts
• Diploma of Business
• Diploma of Science

Main reasons for the decision

TEQSA made this decision on the basis that it was satisfied that the condition has been met.