1. Private Higher Education – the Australian Experience Claire Field, Chief Executive Officer

2. Australian qualifications framework Certificate I Certificate II/ Year 12 Certificate III Certificate IV Diploma Advanced Diploma/Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Bachelor Honours Degree/ Graduate Certificate/Graduate Diploma Masters Degree Doctoral Degree VETVET Higher Ed

3. Regulation VETHigher Education VET Quality FrameworkHigher Education Standards Framework Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Tertiary Education Quality & Standards Agency (TEQSA) Australian Qualifications Framework

4. Australia’s tertiary education providers 174 providers 4,860 providers

5. Types of providers - VET Vocational education courses prepare students for jobs in: – Retail – Hospitality and Tourism – Community services & nursing (early childhood education, care for people with a disability, aged care) – Manufacturing, mining, transport and logistics – Business studies, management, commerce – ICT – Licensed trades – electrician, plumber, building & construction

6. Laboratory operations

7. Commercial cookery

8. Automotive repair

9. Dealing with hazardous goods

10. Types of providers – higher education Higher education courses prepare students for jobs in: – Hospitality and tourism – Business management, accounting – Engineering – Law – Medicine (including nursing) – Creative industries – Architecture Also Dual Sector providers offering both qualifications

11. Film & TV

12. Nursing

13. Business

14. Fine Arts

15. Delivery Delivery can be: – Classroom – In the workplace – Online – Simulated work environments Instructors and lecturers must have industry experience and keep it current VET instructors must hold a teaching qualification (delivered in the vocational sector) Higher education lecturers are encouraged to have teaching qualifications

16. Online delivery - EIT By region EIT’s customers include: - North America: Chevron, The Department of Energy, Exxon, General Motors, Honeywell, Lockheed, Texas Instruments, NASA, Coca Cola. - Europe: BOC Gases, BBC Engineering, Euro Tunnel, Glaxo, National Grid, Rolls Royce, Siemens, Shell, GE Oil & Gas. - Africa, Asia & The Pacific: De Beers, Alcoa, BHP, Carter Holt Harvey, Ericsson, Fisher & Paykel, Hewlett Packard, Fonterra, Thales. All taught online from Perth, Western Australia.

17. Students – higher education More than 1 million higher education students (~85,000 choose a private higher education provider) Currently the government subsidises students studying at public universities New announcements this month that subsidies will be extended to private higher education students

18. Students – VET More than 3 million VET students – approx 1.7 million are publicly funded Privately funded provision can be funded by student or employer ACPET represents 20% of private provider institutions & ACPET members generate 80% of revenues earned by private providers

19. Outcomes Average salaries of higher education graduates immediately after graduating $48, 000 (42,937,193 Kiyats) Average salaries of VET graduates immediately after graduating $55,700 (many VET students are working while they study – re-training etc) (49,825,034 Kiyats) Australia’s skilled trades people with vocational qualifications earn more than the average university graduate over the course of a lifetime

20. Defining quality Measures of quality – qualification completion rates – student satisfaction – student outcomes – jobs, further study, salaries – employer satisfaction rates Providers generate revenues through ensuring students achieve their aims and employers are satisfied with graduates

21. Quality as a business driver Navitas: 1994 – partnership with Edith Cowan University – new pathway to provide academic and social support and address the cultural and linguistic challenges facing international students – opened with 198 students Navitas: 2013 – 55,000+ students each year from more than 85 countries – 28 countries (100+ campus locations), 4000+ staff – Navitas partner universities: Australia (10); UK (6); USA (5); Canada (2); Singapore (1) – market capitalisation AUD $1.6 billion (1,431,239,777,950 Kiyat)

22. ACPET supporting quality Code of Ethics for ACPET members National Professional Development Framework : business development (new business opportunities) – business management and administration – teaching and learning – student engagement and support Quality ‘health checks’ against ASQA & TEQSA requirements Onsite support for regulatory compliance by ACPET staff

23. The quality stamp