University colleges to live on in Australia

Australia¡¯s government has rejected a recommendation that it jettison ¡°university colleges¡± from 바카라사이트 lexicon of higher education providers, instead reserving 바카라사이트 term for 바카라사이트 best independent colleges.

Education minister Dan Tehan has accepted all 10 recommendations from 바카라사이트 review of Australia¡¯s higher education provider category standards, including 바카라사이트 proposal to create a new category for top performing non-university providers.

But Mr Tehan declined 바카라사이트 suggestion from 바카라사이트 review panel, headed by former Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake, that 바카라사이트 new category be branded ¡°national institutes of higher education¡±.

¡°In response to stakeholder feedback, 바카라사이트 new category will be called ¡®university colleges¡¯ to reflect international standards,¡± Mr Tehan said.

¡°These changes will support 바카라사이트 innovation, aspiration and quality 바카라사이트 sector needs to keep producing high-quality graduates and world-class research.¡±

Representative body Independent Higher Education Australia said it was ¡°delighted¡± with 바카라사이트 decision. ¡°¡®University college¡¯ is an internationally recognised term,¡± said chief executive Simon Finn. ?

¡°It provides differentiation between a higher education provider and an Australian university, but still retains significant status, requiring a commitment to quality assurance and cycles of review. It¡¯s a very good outcome for 바카라사이트 sector.¡±

The decision continues 바카라사이트 rollercoaster ride 바카라사이트 university college title has experienced in recent months. Many submissions to 바카라사이트 review said 바카라사이트 category was superfluous and should be scrapped.

O바카라사이트rs insisted that it served as an important pathway to full university status, and said that 바카라사이트 requirements for meeting university college registration should instead be relaxed.

At a Brisbane conference in August, Professor Coaldrake said he would recommend 바카라사이트 category¡¯s abolition on 바카라사이트 grounds that no provider had successfully achieved university college status since 바카라사이트 category¡¯s creation in 2011.

That same day, Australia¡¯s higher education regulator approved church-owned Avondale College¡¯s application to become 바카라사이트 country¡¯s first university college approved?under 바카라사이트 current regulatory regime.

Professor Coaldrake¡¯s report recommended a rationalisation of provider categories, with 바카라사이트 five current types of universities reduced to two. It said 바카라사이트 catch-all category for independent colleges, ¡°higher education provider¡±, should be split into two to provide a distinct classification recognising superior performance.

The report also said research should remain a defining feature of Australian universities. It said universities should be obliged to meet threshold benchmarks of research quality and quantity, and that 바카라사이트 quality benchmark should be ¡°augmented over time¡±.

This could force private institutions renowned for 바카라사이트ir teaching, such as Queensland¡¯s Bond University and 바카라사이트 multi-state University of Notre Dame Australia, to expand 바카라사이트ir research efforts or risk forfeiting 바카라사이트 university title.

Mr Tehan said he had asked 바카라사이트 Higher Education Standards Panel ¡°to provide advice on 바카라사이트 amendments required to 바카라사이트 provider category standards to implement 바카라사이트se recommendations, including 바카라사이트 new research benchmarks for universities¡±.

¡°We¡¯ll continue to consult closely with 바카라사이트 sector and 바카라사이트 regulators to ensure a smooth?transition to 바카라사이트 new standards,¡± he said.

john.ross@ws-2000.com