Quality and compliance
Find out about our commitment to academic quality, our compliance with regulatory requirements and our third party arrangements.
Academic quality
The achievement of academic quality at Swinburne is guided by our Educational Quality Excellence Framework. This framework is underpinned by student-focused quality principles and processes that:
- enable students to achieve their learning potential and career aspirations
- use a collaborative approach where curriculum, pedagogy and student learning outcomes are supported by appropriate resources, facilities and student support
- understand what our students (current and prospective) and other stakeholders (including professional bodies, employers and regulators) value now and in the future
- implement evidence-based decision-making using timely, valid and reliable data and external benchmarks
- focus on maximising effectiveness and efficiency and avoiding non-value-adding bureaucracy
- are bound by the University's risk framework and resource considerations
- align with relevant state and federal legislation and regulatory requirements
- engender a culture of continuous improvement via critical, honest and timely self-reflection and external review
- enable a culture where quality is the responsibility of all staff.
Compliance with regulatory requirements
We’re committed to maintaining high standards of academic quality and continuous improvement. We publish various documents and information in accordance with the external academic regulatory requirements of:
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), an independent national body responsible for higher education regulation and quality assurance
- Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), responsible for VET registration, CRICOS registration and VET course accreditation
- Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), responsible for Non-School Senior Secondary Provider Registration and accreditation of Victorian accredited courses
- Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (Victoria), issuer of the VET Funding Contract between Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (Victoria) and registered training organisations.
Registration and reports
Higher education registration
Higher education at Swinburne is registered by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) against the following standards:
- Higher Education Standards Framework — view Swinburne's registration on the TEQSA website.
- National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018 (National Code), National standards for Foundation programs and National standards for ELICOS providers and courses — view Swinburne's registration on the Department of Education, Skills and Employment website.
Vocational education registrations
Vocational education at Swinburne is regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) against the VET Quality Framework.
Swinburne’s Senior Secondary School Programs are regulated by the Victorian Regulations and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). Swinburne must meet the VRQA’s guidelines for non-school senior secondary school providers — minimum standards for registration to provide an accredited senior secondary course.
Swinburne must also implement and meet the requirements outlined in the current year’s Dual Sector VET Funding Contract issued by the Victorian Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions.
Third party arrangements
Higher education
Swinburne has a number of partners that offer our higher education courses. These arrangements are quality assured by us to ensure that students studying with the partner organisation gain an equivalent learning experience and outcomes compared to if they were studying at Swinburne.
| Partner |
Course offerings |
Country |
|---|---|---|
| Swinburne Online |
Undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. Visit Swinburne Online for course offerings. |
Australia |
| Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak |
Undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. Visit the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak website for course offerings. |
Malaysia |
| CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Melbourne |
|
Australia |
| Education Centre of Australia (ECA) |
|
Australia |
| FPT University |
|
Vietnam |
| HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) |
|
Hong Kong |
| INTI International University & Colleges (INTI) |
|
Malaysia |
| Nawaloka College of Higher Studies |
Foundation and Diploma courses. Visit the Nawaloka College of Higher Studies website for course offerings. |
Sri Lanka |
| Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) |
|
Australia |
Vocational education
Swinburne has the following vocational education third party arrangements that have been approved by the Victorian Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions.
| Third party organisation |
ABN |
Educational service being provided |
Training product being delivered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Studios Australia |
73 117 378 435 |
Recruitment, Training and Assessment |
|
| Spectrum Dance Studios |
48 626 526 967 |
Recruitment, Training and Assessment |
|
| Online Education Services (trading as Swinburne Online) |
75 148 177 959 | Recruitment, Training and Assessment |
|
| Richmond Football Club Limited | 25 679 793 240 | Recruitment, Training and Assessment |
|
Swinburne has the following brokering services arrangement:
| Third party organisation |
ABN |
Educational service being provided |
Training product being delivered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service Limited |
28 600 328 961 |
Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
|
Patrick Studios Australia |
73 117 378 435 |
Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
|
Spectrum Dance Studios |
48 626 526 967 |
Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
|
| Online Education Services (trading as Swinburne Online) |
75 148 177 959 | Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
|
| Richmond Football Club Limited | 25 679 793 340 | Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
|
| No to Violence | 64 524 175 321 | Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
|
| Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co Op Ltd | 44 665 455 609 | Recruitment of individuals to participate in Skills First subsidised training |
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