Recent Policy Documents
IRU response - Proposed fees for TEQSA services
January 2012
It is valuable that TEQSA has provided for comment indicative fees for its major services of registration and accreditation. However, the TEQSA statement provides little information about the basis on which the fees are being set. This raises many questions about the nature of the fees and how TEQSA proposes to operate rather than permit a definite response to the fees proposed
IRU response - Allocation and funding of Commonwealth Supported Postgraduate Places
December 2011
The Government’s Consultation Paper “Allocation and funding of Commonwealth Supported Postgraduate Places” addresses the challenge of integrating a demand driven undergraduate funding scheme with provision to fund some, but not all, postgraduate places. The IRU’s response is framed against the following themes:
IRU response - Defining Quality for Research Training
November 2011
The consultation paper “Defining quality for research training” is the first paper concerning the future arrangements for the Commonwealth’s funding and regulation of research training in Australia. A further paper focussed at the Research Training Scheme is to follow.
IRU comment - draft TEQSA Threshold Standards
November 2011
IRU comment on the draft Qualification Standards and the Provider Standards to be created under the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
Bills to amend the Education Services for Overseas Students Act and related measures
October 2011
The three ESOS Bills referred to the Committee are the latest stage of the Government’s implementation of the recommendations of the Review of the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000, commonly called the Baird report, of February 2010. The IRU supports the thrust of the Baird report with its recommended actions to strengthen the effectiveness of the regulation of education to international students.
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