TEQSA, ESOS and CRICOS

CRICOS Working Party, 4 April 2012

Dr Greg Cusack – Senior Quality AdvisorMs Helen Spittle – TEQSA Audit Officer

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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