Australian University of Theology

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Australian University of Theology
Australian University of Theology Shield.svg
Other name
AUT
Type Collegiate theological university
Established2 October 1891;133 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 aut.edu.au OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Australian University of Theology Logo.svg

The Australian University of Theology (AUT), formerly known as the Australian College of Theology (ACT), is an collegiate theological university based in Sydney, New South Wales. [1] The university delivers awards in ministry and theology. [2] It is 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] and on 20 December 2024, TEQSA confirmed a decision to register the College as an Australian university. [6]

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The current chair of the board is Roger Lewis. [7] The current dean is James Dalziel, [8] while the deputy dean is Edwina Murphy. [9]

History

The college was established by the 1891 General Synod of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania. [10] [11] 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. [12] [13] [14]

The ACT is a national consortium of affiliated colleges with 17 theological and Bible colleges approved to deliver its accredited courses. [15] Around 3,000 individual active students and research candidates, are enrolled in courses each year. [16]

The college became a higher education provider (HEP) under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth). [17] 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. [18]

As of September 2007, the college is a company limited by guarantee. [19]

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. [20] [21] 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 (TEQSA) in March 2012. [22]

In 2010, the college received self-accrediting authority [23] meaning the college could 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. [24] [25] In 2016, ACT applied to become an Australian University of Specialisation which was refused by TEQSA. ACT appealed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) on 9 July 2021. [26] During the appeal process, on 7 October 2022, TEQSA granted ACT university college status. [27] In October 2024, the Tribunal decision was that ACT met the requirements for registration as an Australian University, and TEQSA Commission "confirmed the decision to register the Australian College of Theology in the Australian University category on 20 December 2024." [6] It will be renamed the Australian University of Theology. [28]

Affiliated colleges

New South Wales
New Zealand
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia

Courses

The courses of the university [29] are accredited by the Australian University of Theology, under approval as a self-accrediting provider.

List of registrars and 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

References

  1. ↑ "Australian University of Theology". Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Australian College of Theology. "Our Courses – Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Oslington, Paul (15 October 2021). "Speculations on the future of Australian theological education". Eternity News. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Australian College of Theology. "History – Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Australian College of Theology becomes a University College". Australian College of Theology. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 "TEQSA registers Australian College of Theology as an Australian University". Australian Government Tertiary Educational Quality and Standards Agency. 8 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Australian College of Theology. "Governance & Board of Directors – Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Australian College of Theology. "Our Staff – Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Australian College of Theology (1 February 2022). "Dr Edwina Murphy appointed as new Deputy Dean and Director of Research – Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  10. ↑ McIver, R. (2018). Theological education in Australia: Past and present as possible indicators of future trends. Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review, 50(2), 43-68. Retrieved from https://anzats.edu.au/journal/ 11 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "23 Nov 1911 - AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY. - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 23 November 1911. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "THE ANGLICAN SYNOD". The Daily Telegraph . No. 3822. New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 4 July 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ Ross, John (6 October 2022). "Growing theological university eyes new role in Australian sector" . Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Our Colleges". Australian College of Theology. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "History of the ACT". Australian College of Theology. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "History of the ACT". Australian College of Theology. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "31. FEE HELP". Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "Current details for ABN 88 869 962 393 | ABN Lookup". Abr.business.gov.au. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "Report of an Audit of The Australian College of Theology" (PDF). Australian Universities Quality Agency. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) Audit Action Plan" (PDF). Australian College of Theology. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY" (PDF). Teqsa.gov.au. March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "TEQSA registers Australian College of Theology as University College". Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  24. ↑ "AQF > Register & Accreditation > AQF Register > New South Wales". Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  25. ↑ "National Register - Australian College of Theology". Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  26. ↑ Harris, Tracy (9 January 2025). "Australian College of Theology is Australia's 44th university". The Koala - International Education News. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  27. ↑ "TEQSA registers Australian College of Theology as University College". Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  28. ↑ Cassidy, Caitlin (14 January 2025). "After costly appeal and dispute over research standards, religious institution becomes Australia's 44th university". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  29. ↑ "Our Courses". Australian College of Theology. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  30. ↑ K. J. Cable. "Biography - William Hey Sharp - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  31. ↑ See the Cable Clerical Index "Cable Clerical Index". Anglican History. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  32. ↑ "25 Sep 1946 - Archdeacon of Armidale Dead - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 25 September 1946. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  33. ↑ See the Cable Clerical Index "Cable Clerical Index". Anglican History. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  34. ↑ "Cash Photographs". JSTOR. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  35. ↑ See the Cable Clerical Index "Cable Clerical Index". Anglican History. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  36. ↑ See the Cable Clerical Index "Cable Clerical Index". Anglican History. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  37. ↑ "Jesus Reburied". Wipf and Stock Publishers. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  38. ↑ "Staff - St Anne's Anglican Church, Strathfield". Annes.org.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  39. ↑ Australian College of Theology (31 January 2020). "Dean and CEO of Australian College of Theology – Australian College of Theology". Actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  40. ↑ "Our Staff – Australian College of Theology". Australian College of Theology. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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