VET student loans to support only genuine students
The education minister, Simon Birmingham, has revealed strict new rules for courses and training organisations in the VET student loans…
Industry Expert reveals lessons learnt from 65+ ASQA Audits
Sukh Sandhu’s Interview conducted by EduTemps During his 20 years in the VET and Higher Education sector, Sukh Sandhu has…
Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) briefings 2018
Do not miss to attend ASQA briefings 2018. ASQA has recently posted the following information regarding their 2018 briefings: Registrations…
How does quality assurance differ from compliance (Part 3)
In this third and final part of our “compliance and quality assurance,” articles, we are continuing to discuss compliance and…
Different phases of assessment and learner validation processes (Part 1)
In this article, we will discuss different phases of validation processes that you should be following in your RTO to…
Assessment issues that may impact your RTO audit (Part 1)
It is important to look into ASQAs 2017 report that shows: Around 72% of RTOs FAIL audit on Assessment Approximately…
ASQA Regulatory strategy 2016–17 and ASQA’s Regulatory Risk Framework
ASQA (Australian Skills Quality Authority), VET regulator has recently released its regulatory strategy for 2016-2017. ASQA’s Regulatory Risk Framework, which…
Heavy penalty for bogus qualification
A former trainer has been ordered to pay $120,000 for providing her employer with 11 bogus vocational education and training…
Vocational education and training courses behind significant drop of crime rate.
Vocational education and training courses have been linked to a significant drop in Victoria's crime rates by University of Melbourne…
National Strategy for International Education 2025
Australia’s first National Strategy for International Education 2025 sets out a 10-year plan for developing Australia’s role as a global…
Ombudsman for dodgy colleges
Dozens of Victorian education providers will be scrutinised by a new investigation unit looking into dodgy training courses across the…
‘Unscrupulous training providers’ to be investigated
The Andrews Labor Government is upping the pressure on rogue training providers with a new investigations unit in the Department…
Higher education standards framework (threshold standards) 2015
TEQSA registers and evaluates the performance of higher education providers against the Higher Education Standards Framework, specifically, the Threshold Standards.…