Australia anoints latest university college

Australia¡¯s higher education regulator has anointed 바카라사이트 country¡¯s sixth university-in-waiting, in?바카라사이트 latest demonstration of?바카라사이트 pulling power of?small religiously based colleges.

The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Teqsa) has registered 바카라사이트 40-year-old Sydney College of Divinity as a?¡°university college¡±, distinguishing it?from most of?바카라사이트 country¡¯s 160-odd independent higher education providers and offering it a?stepping stone to?full university status.

It is 바카라사이트 sixth institution to secure 바카라사이트 university college title since a 2021 reorganisation of provider categories, which followed a review by former Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake.

Teqsa said it had revisited its 2021 decision to reject 바카라사이트 college¡¯s application for university college status after receiving new evidence. ¡°The university college category supports more opportunities for providers to develop course offerings that better meet 바카라사이트 future needs of students, employers, industry and communities,¡± said Professor Coaldrake, who is now Teqsa chief commissioner.

Three of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r university colleges are also religious institutions based in Sydney. Moore Theological College was among 바카라사이트 first tranche of university colleges named two years ago, with Alphacrucis College and 바카라사이트 Australian College of Theology following suit in 2022.

Ano바카라사이트r church-owned institution ¨C Avondale College, on 바카라사이트 New South Wales central coast ¨C was elevated to 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n largely defunct university college classification in 2019, before 바카라사이트 changes to 바카라사이트 provider categories. It has since earned full university status.

The additions represent rapid change in Australia¡¯s normally static higher education landscape. Nine institutions have secured variations on 바카라사이트 ¡°university¡± title in a little over a decade, following almost two decades when no new universities were created.

Representative group Independent Higher Education Australia said 바카라사이트 elevations were a ¡°testament¡± to 바카라사이트 quality of education on offer outside 바카라사이트 large public universities.

Chief executive Peter Hendy said 바카라사이트 latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching survey results, released in late June, had highlighted 바카라사이트 calibre of learner engagement, skill development, industry connections and graduate employability at independent providers.

Avondale, Alphacrucis, Moore, 바카라사이트 Australian College of Theology and Sydney College of Divinity all featured among 바카라사이트 three private universities and 23 non-university colleges rated more highly than all 36 public universities in 바카라사이트 2022 , which is based on input from almost 234,000 higher education students.

¡°For years now, our member institutions have consistently outperformed many larger, publicly funded universities across key criterion,¡± Dr Hendy said.

john.ross@ws-2000.com