Examples of recent projects:
Academic Quality And Regulation
Update of policies and procedures pre-reregistration
A metropolitan TAFE
We assisted with review and update of policies and procedures as part of the TAFE’s preparation for upcoming TEQSA and ASQA registration renewals.
Review of Practice Standards
An allied health professional association
We reviewed, revised and updated the association’s Practice Standards, leading the review process to deliver a set of standards clearly aligned with the association’s code of ethics and other key documents.
Assisting the development of education and accreditation standards
A professional association
We provided advice, mediation and project support to facilitate stakeholder consensus on education and accreditation standards aligned with contemporary practice in the profession. We worked with the association and stakeholders to negotiate an agreed path forward and to manage the development and implementation of the updated standards.
Mapping professional accreditation in Australian Higher Education
Commonwealth Department of Education and Training
A report by PhillipsKPA on the extent and scope of professional course accreditation practices in Australian higher education.
Commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training in 2016, the report informed work being undertaken by the Higher Education Standards Panel to provide advice to the Minister for Education and Training on the impact of professional accreditation on Australian higher education and opportunities that may exist to reduce regulatory burden for higher education providers.
Handbook for Executive Leadership of Research Development
University of the Sunshine Coast/Queensland University of Technology
"This handbook is a timely and practically useful original contribution to the field of research development in Australia. Everyone involved, including policy makers in government and leaders in research-intensive universities who want to know what the potential challengers are up to, should read it."
Child safety pulse checks
Department of Education and Training Victoria
Compliance with Ministerial Order 870 Child Safe Standards – Managing the Risk of Child Abuse in Schools in all Victorian schools is mandatory and implementation is critical for managing the risk of child abuse in schools. The pulse check program was implemented to provide independent assessment of school compliance with the Standards, while providing an opportunity for schools to receive advice regarding compliance. We undertook over 150 pulse checks for the Department from 2017 to 2019.
Advice regarding eligibility for Australian government research funding
A UK university with international campuses
A UK university wished to pursue eligibility for funding for research and research training (research postgraduate students) through Australian Government programs. We developed a compelling detailed Policy Paper to make the case for the change sought by the University.
Handbook for Executive Leadership of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Office for Learning and Teaching, Department of Education
The Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching funded PhillipsKPA and the University of the Sunshine Coast to develop a practical resource to inform institutional strategic decision-making about learning and teaching.
Council induction training
A regional university in Queensland
Induction training for new Council members to familiarise them with governance in a university context.
Review of governance
A Go8 University
Review of the governance structure of the University's student union.
