1. AUQA Audit Report

2. AUQA’s report of an audit of UniSA What is AUQA?  the Australian Universities Quality Agency—an independent national body established in 2000  engaged in a 5 year exercise to audit all universities in Australia—first cycle is about half way complete  audit visit to UniSA in 2004 Why is the audit report important?  major, public assessment of the University  based on a detailed and thorough examination of aspects of our operation on and offshore  findings reported in the national and higher education press  we must act on its findings

3. AUQA findings An Audit report…  quite detailed, typically around 40-60 pages long  standard format, often in same structure as an institution’s performance portfolio  findings include:  Commendations—for areas of good practice  Affirmations—areas UniSA has identified for improvement and is currently working on  Recommendations—areas for improvement

4. Commendations UniSA received 16 commendations—these were for substantial and central parts of our operation. Included among them :  governance and management UniSA is a well managed University with the management group providing strong leadership (Audit report page 12) the far-reaching aspirations of the University and its ability as an organisation to consistently move towards them, is notable (Audit report page 3)  program and course quality assurance AUQA commends UniSA for its thorough system of course and program evaluation and review (Audit report page 23)

5. Commendations…continued  transnational operations and international student services the University has a strong and sophisticated transnational education organisation (Audit report page 29) throughout the international student’s lifecycle from recruitment to graduation UniSA is providing excellent information and support services (Audit report page 26)  technological capability AUQA commends UniSA for its ability to identify and implement technological solutions that support its campuses and programs, both within Australia and overseas (Audit report page 49)  and many more…

6. Affirmations & Recommendations AUQA also identified areas where improvement is already in hand (affirmations)… or that will enhance our significant achievements (recommendations) including:  continuing to develop Graduate Qualities  developing a conceptual and strategic planning framework for community engagement  improving market research for new programs and stakeholder input to program evaluation  enhancing aspects of student-centred learning  investigating a wider range of outcome indicators

7. Conclusions  UniSA can be proud and pleased with the results of the audit  Publication of the report gives recognition for our efforts  Findings can now be considered as part of our normal review and planning processes