Resources

The following URLs provide information on government policy in Australian higher education and access to the current structures, codes and protocols for quality assurance (QA) in Australian self-accrediting institutions and accrediting agencies.  They also provide links to international associations of universities and contacts for QA agencies, centres and services.

National Quality

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Quality in Australian Higher Education

Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)
The National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes 

Australian Qualifications Framework Council
Australian Qualifications Framework

Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
Reports and resources

Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA)
AUQA Audit Manuals
AUQA Good Practice
AUQA Audit Reports and Progress Reports from Universities
Australian Universities Quality Forum (AUQF)

Universities Australia
Policies and Programs
Publications

International Quality

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
European University Assocation
International Association for University Presidents
International Association of Universities

France
Comite National d’Evaluation (CNE)

New Zealand
New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit
Quality at the University of Otago

Norway
Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
Quality Assurance of Norwegian Higher Education

Sweden
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education

United Kingdom
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Learning and Teaching Quality Assurance
Times Higher Education Supplement

United States of America
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)