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ASQA will host several webinars in December 2019 and invites you to register to attend.

On Monday 2 December, ASQA will be releasing a new version of our online portal system, asqanet.

ASQA has approved an extended transition period for multiple qualifications.

The recording and slides from ASQA’s webinar on third party arrangements are now available.

ASQA today begins consultation with the vocational education and training (VET) sector on proposed measures to support our transition to full cost recovery from 2020–21.

ASQA is hosting a webinar for training providers who are considering significant changes to, or sale of, their shareholdings and any person or provider looking to acquire shares of a training provider.

Read the ‎November 2019 edition of the ASQA Update newsletter.

New change of ownership obligations for RTOs and CRICOS providers have been implemented.

VET accredited courses are accredited for a maximum of five years. The start and end dates of a course’s accreditation period are recorded on the national register.

ASQA has today tabled its annual report for the 2018-19 financial year.

Ms Saxon Rice, ASQA Acting Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, recently released a communication to the VET sector.

ASQA has approved an extended transition period for ACM30517 Certificate III in Farriery.

Students who studied at RTOs that have since closed may now have updated information on their USI records.

Read the ‎October 2019 edition of the ASQA Update newsletter.

The Australian Government has announced significant reforms to the VET sector including a new VET Stakeholder Committee and plans to expand ASQA’s role to provide more education to providers.

We are making some improvements to asqanet. A new feature will change how stakeholders and students lodge complaints to ASQA, helping us better identify and target provider risk.

ASQA is updating its policy around change of ownership obligations from 31 October 2019. All parties involved in the sale or merger of a provider must understand their new obligations.

As part of a collaboration between the Australian Department of Education, ASQA and the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), ASQA is now able to upload the academic results from closed RTOs to students’ Unique Student Identifier (USI)

ASQA is aware that unfortunately, there are unqualified organisations issuing fake certificates in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.

In response to user feedback, ASQA has made a number of revisions to the Financial Viability Risk Assessment (FVRA) tool to make it more user friendly.

The Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2012 require a course developer to provide:

Any organisation seeking to deliver a new or renewed accredited course must apply to have the course added to its scope of registration for delivery.

The recording from this webinar is now available online.

From 1 October 2019, CRICOS-registered providers must comply with new Regulations.