The peak body representing the independent higher education and vocational sectors believes proposed legislative reforms to the way the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) operates doesn’t go far enough. Parliament is currently considering the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator ...

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) – Australia's VET regulator for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) – has been attacked for alleged over-spending, non-compliance measures and allowing unqualified auditors to undertake auditing activities. A whistleblower from Education Issues Australia contacted Campus ...

At Australian universities and colleges, online course and subject delivery is rapidly disrupting more traditional face-to-face modes of delivery. One in six students are exclusively enrolled online, and a third take at least one subject without having to set foot ...

Every aspect of the national VET regulator needs a review, starting with its paranoid mindset. By Rohan Cresp. The national vocational education and training regulator – the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) – has a challenging remit. It is responsible, ...

Incoming governments usually like to tinker with VET and this time a good place to begin the process would be with ASQA. By Jim Nicholls. Recent experience with the Australian Skills Quality Authority would suggest that it may be losing ...

Claims of a “crisis” in the vocational education and training sector have been overstated by recent ABC news reports, says the Australian Skills Quality Authority. The reports said the national regulator had been slow to respond to allegations of rorting. ...

The initial slow regulatory process by TEQSA and ASQA has put private providers at disadvantage compared with public institutions. By John Wood.  There is considerable dialogue at present around the impact of the new regulatory regimes in higher education and ...

The chief commissioner of the Australian Skills Quality Authority answers criticism that his organisation is keeping a low profile. By John Mitchell. These are extraordinary times for VET nationally. The relentless stories about dodgy providers in Victoria over the last ...

Vocational training has had to absorb many changes this year, the biggest being the push to expand the private sector. It has been a turbulent year for vocational education in Australia, with major changes impacting on public and private providers ...

Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the new national regulator of the vocational education and training sector. From January, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will scrutinise registered training organisations (RTOs) when they ...