Review - Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Contents
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................2
Contents ..................................................................................................................................................4
Executive summary.................................................................................................................................5
Project purposes and methodology .....................................................................................................5
Quality assurance systems ..................................................................................................................5
National context..................................................................................................................................5
VET systems .......................................................................................................................................6
National Qualifications Frameworks ..................................................................................................6
Analysis of quality assurance arrangements .......................................................................................6
Implications.........................................................................................................................................7
Project overview .....................................................................................................................................8
Methodology...........................................................................................................................................8
Quality assurance systems ......................................................................................................................9
Context: what influences the nature of national VET quality assurance systems?...............................11
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................11
Purposes ............................................................................................................................................11
Mechanism........................................................................................................................................12
Systems .............................................................................................................................................13
Mediations and restraints ..................................................................................................................13
Intrinsic restraints..............................................................................................................................14
Principles and frameworks................................................................................................................15
Governance .......................................................................................................................................15
VET systems .........................................................................................................................................20
National Qualifications Frameworks ....................................................................................................24
Analysis of quality assurance arrangements .........................................................................................28
Quality assurance processes—regulator ...........................................................................................28
Quality assurance of providers..........................................................................................................29
Front-end processes—registration ................................................................................................29
Key minimum requirements—teacher/trainer qualifications........................................................33
Front-end processes—accreditation..............................................................................................36
Ongoing monitoring......................................................................................................................39
Managing non-compliance............................................................................................................45
Transnational application..............................................................................................................47
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................49
Implications...........................................................................................................................................51
Bibliography .........................................................................................................................................54
Glossary ................................................................................................................................................57
Appendices............................................................................................................................................58
Appendix 1:.......................................................................................................................................59
The European quality assurance reference framework: quality criteria and indicative descriptors..59
A reference set of quality indicators for VET...................................................................................62
Appendix 2: Australia .......................................................................................................................66
Appendix 3: Canada, Ontario............................................................................................................69
Appendix 4: Germany.......................................................................................................................84
Appendix 5: New Zealand ................................................................................................................91
Appendix 6: Singapore .....................................................................................................................99
Appendix 7: United Kingdom.........................................................................................................103
England, Wales and Northern Ireland.........................................................................................103
Scotland ......................................................................................................................................111
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