Australian Universities Quality Agency

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Australian Universities Quality Agency
Agency overview
Formed2000;22 years ago (2000)
Dissolved2011;11 years ago (2011)
Jurisdiction Australia

The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) was established in 2000, and was the government body responsible for providing audit of higher education institutions in Australia. AUQA was jointly established in 2000 as an independent quality agency by Federal, State & Territory Governments through the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). AUQA was in some respects a successor to the Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (CQAHE)(1992-1995) and the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission (CTEC) that came before it (1977-1988). [1]

AUQA was dissolved in 2011 and its functions were transferred to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). [2] TEQSA's implementation reflects a move away from the 'fitness-for-purpose' approach employed by AUQA to one premised on regulation and risk.

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References

  1. Palmer, Nigel (2013). External Quality Audit: Has it improved quality assurance in universities?. Oxford: Chandos Learning and Teaching Series. ISBN   978-1-84334-676-0.
  2. "Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA)". Australia: Curtin University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.