Australian College of Theology

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Australian College of Theology
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Other name
ACT
Type Tertiary theological institution consortium
Established2 October 1891;132 years ago (2 October 1891)
Founder Anglican Church
Accreditation TEQSA
Chairperson Roger Lewis
Dean James Dalziel
Address
33 York Street, Sydney, New South Wales
,
2000
,
Australia
Website www.actheology.edu.au OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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The Australian College of Theology (ACT) is an Australian higher education provider based in Sydney, New South Wales. [1] The college delivers awards in ministry and theology. [2] It is now one of two major consortia of theological colleges in Australia, [3] alongside the University of Divinity. Over 23,000 people have graduated since the foundation of the college. [4] On 7 October 2022 it was granted university college status by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. [5]

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The current chair of the board is Roger Lewis. [6] The current dean is James Dalziel, [7] while the deputy dean is Edwina Murphy. [8]

History

The college was established by the 1891 General Synod of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania. [9] [10] The college was founded in order to provide for the "systematic study of divinity", especially among clergy and ordination candidates, there being no realistic opportunities for them to earn a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree at English universities and Australian universities refusing to offer theological education. [11] [12] [13]

The ACT is a national consortium of affiliated colleges with 17 theological and Bible colleges approved to deliver its accredited courses. [14] Around 3,000 individual active students and research candidates, are enrolled in courses each year. [15]

The college became a higher education provider (HEP) under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth). [16] As a HEP, the ACT administers the FEE-HELP program, by which students enrolled in accredited higher education courses of the ACT may receive a loan for their tuition fees. [17]

As of September 2007, the college is a company limited by guarantee. [18]

In addition, as a HEP under the Higher Education Support Act, the ACT was required to undergo a quality audit conducted by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA). In November 2006, the college was the first non-self-accrediting HEP to be audited. The AUQA audit report was completed in January 2007 and publicly released on the AUQA website in February 2007. [19] [20] The process was repeated in 2011 and the college underwent a Cycle 2 quality audit by AUQA. The report of the audit was publicly released on the website of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency in March 2012. [21]

In 2010, the college received self-accrediting authority. [22] This means that the college can accredit its own courses in theology and ministry within the scope of the self-accrediting authority specified by the Department of Education and Training in New South Wales. [23] The college is currently accredited by TEQSA through till 2025. [24]

On 7 October 2022 it was granted university college status by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. [25]

Affiliated colleges

New South Wales
New Zealand
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia

Courses

The courses of the college [26] are accredited by the Australian College of Theology, under approval as a self-accrediting provider.

List of Registrars & Deans

There have been nine heads of the ACT, who were firstly known as Registrar and now known as Dean.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty and staff

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