Higher Ed Accreditation

At Charles Darwin University higher education courses are approved by the Academic Board through the Course Accreditation/Reaccreditation Process (.pdf) which operates on an annual cycle and is used for:

  • accrediting new higher education courses,
  • reaccrediting existing higher education courses according to scheduled course review dates, and
  • for making major changes to existing higher education courses in accreditation.

This process follows a Resource and Planning stage followed by a Quality Accreditation stage. Both stages depend on effective review being carried out at faculty and central University level.

Stage 1 Resource and Planning - executive review

Resource and Planning proposals are developed in consultation with the Office of Learning & Teaching (OLT) and Library and Information Access (LIA) and are reviewed by the relevant Faculty/Institute Executive.

For existing HE courses approval for the proposal to proceed to the Quality Accreditation stage of the process is made by the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Academic in consultation with the relevant Pro-Vice Chancellor. New HE course proposals are reviewed by the Vice Chancellor’s Advisory Group (VCAG) who advises the Vice Chancellor to either (i) approve the proposal to proceed to the Quality Accreditation stage of the process or (ii) reject the proposal.

Stage 2 Quality Accreditation - academic review

Details of course structures, specific award requirements, transition arrangements and study plans are required to be finalised at this stage.

Course developers collaborate with Course Advisory Groups, OLT and LIA to develop aspects of the curriculum at course and unit level.

Quality Accreditation proposals must initially be reviewed and approved by the relevant Faculty/Institute Learning and Teaching Committee.

Faculty-approved proposals are submitted to the CDU Learning and Teaching Committee for final quality review. The role of the Learning and Teaching Committee is to recommend to Academic Board the accreditation, review, re-accreditation, suspension and discontinuation of higher education courses.

Resources

Stage 1: Resource and Planning

Stage 2: Quality Accreditation

Course Quality Accreditation proformas will be provided by Accreditation & Registration (OLT) subsequent to approval of courses at Stage 1.

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Enquiries

Samantha Thompson - Team Leader, Accreditation & Registration
Email: samantha.thompson@cdu.edu.au
Phone: (08) 8946 7775