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TEQSA, ESOS and CRICOS

TEQSA, ESOS and CRICOS. CRICOS Working Party, 4 April 2012 Dr Greg Cusack – Senior Quality Advisor Ms Helen Spittle – TEQSA Audit Officer. Single Regulator for Higher Education. Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA);

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TEQSA, ESOS and CRICOS

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  1. TEQSA, ESOS and CRICOS CRICOS Working Party, 4 April 2012 Dr Greg Cusack – Senior Quality Advisor Ms Helen Spittle – TEQSA Audit Officer

  2. Single Regulator for Higher Education • Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA); • Absorbed powers of State regulators (e.g. VRQA) including for ESOS Act; • Will take on DIISRTE (DEEWR) responsibility for ESOS Act from 1 July 2012; • Plan to roll TEQSA, HESA and ESOS Acts into one piece of legislation. • Reduce duplication, and inconsistent timelines and risk factors between Acts. • Monash undergoing re-registration process during 2012 – registration expires 31 December. CRICOS Working Party

  3. Communicating with TEQSA • Any documentation can lead to intervention by TEQSA: • Monitor; • Enquire; • Investigate; • Enforce. • Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Quality) the only officers authorised to communicate with TEQSA; • Liaise with Monash Quality Unit in relation to TEQSA; • We will prepare institutional response under advice from portfolios; • Consolidating requests to TEQSA – not contacting them every week; • Delays in approvals likely until TEQSA fully staffed. CRICOS Working Party

  4. CRICOS Registration Event • CRICOS registration event = ESOS audit; • TEQSA invited Monash to apply for CRICOS registration with provider re-registration in 2012. Monash declined and confirmed CRICOS registration scheduled for 2014; • Timeline for CRICOS process: • Prepare submission for TEQSA second half of 2013; • CRICOS registration expires in June 2014; • Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) and Vice-President (Administration) to determine approach as per TEQSA guidelines. CRICOS Working Party

  5. CRICOS – What’s Different • Single set of templates / processes for universities and private providers – driven by private provider data needs; • Monash negotiating with TEQSA re their data requirements; • Monash may amend course approval template to align with TEQSA requirements; • No suspension of a course • Either active or disestablished; • Up to faculties to suspend on Callista, Course Finder etc.; • No form for changes to course titles (done by email); • No 25% rule for determining if a course is a new course – university course amendment process to determine this on advice from Education Policy Committee. CRICOS Working Party

  6. CRICOS – What’s Different • Cannot make any public statements or advertisements that imply that: • A course is accredited; • A course is in the process of being accredited; • The applicant is authorised to confer the qualification. • This includes marketing a course as “subject to approval”; • Need to amend ESOS Compliance Manual and website procedures. CRICOS Working Party

  7. New CRICOS Forms for TEQSA 1. Application Form - Adding one or more courses of study on CRICOS; 2. Application Guide - Adding one or more courses of study on CRICOS; 3. ‘Section 5 – Course Duration’ in the Form for Notifying, or requesting approval for, changes to CRICOS registration (for registered higher education providers); 4. Guide to the Form for Notifying, or Requesting Approval for, changes to CRICOS Registration (for higher education providers); 5. Application Form – Withdraw from or more courses of study from CRICOS or cancel CRICOS registration (for registered higher education providers); 6. Application Guide – Withdraw one or more courses of study from CRICOS or cancel CRICOS registration (for registered higher education providers). CRICOS Working Party

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