MEMBERSHIP office
QVB PO Box Q1076. Sydney NSW 1230
Toll-Free T. 1800 774 176
T. 61 2 8280 8100 F. 61 2 9264 4550
E. [email protected]
ACPET:
ANOTHER
WORD FOR
QUALITY
With more than 1,100 members,
located in all States and
Territories, ACPET is the peak body
representing the private education
and training sector in Australia.
ACPET members are diverse, ranging from large, publicly
listed training organisations to small, niche colleges, but
all share a commitment to high quality, innovative education
and training.
ACPET members employ more than 95,000 Australians
and provide training to more than 1.4 million equivalent
full-time students each year, making a contribution
to our national economy of $5.8 billion annually.
About ACPET
ACPET is the Australian Council for Private Education
and Training – the national industry association
for independent providers of post-compulsory
education and training, for Australian and international
students, including:
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Higher Education
Vocational Education and Training
English Language Courses
Senior Secondary Studies
Foundation Studies
National Office
Suite 101. Level 1. 126 Wellington Parade
East Melbourne VIC 3002
PO Box 551. East Melbourne VIC 8002
T. 61 3 9412 5900 F. 61 3 9416 1895
E. [email protected]
Australian Capital Territory
Level 1. The Realm
18 National Circuit. Barton ACT 2600
T. 61 2 6198 3367 F. 61 2 6198 3333
E. [email protected]
New South Wales
Suite 12. Level 14
329 Pitt Street. Sydney NSW 2000
QVB PO Box Q1076. Sydney NSW 1230
T. 61 2 8280 8101 F. 61 2 9264 4550
E. [email protected]
Queensland
Lennons Commercial Tower. Level 26
76 Queen Street. Brisbane QLD 4000
T. 61 7 3210 1628 F. 61 7 3210 6347
E. [email protected]
ACPET
MEMBERSHIP
GIVING YOU
CONFIDENCE
Your ACPET
membership
is changing
This brochure provides
an overview of the
important changes
to ACPET membership
and TAS cover that
will occur in 2011
South Australia
Level 1. 41 Currie Street. Adelaide SA 5000
T. 61 8 8221 5190 F. 61 8 8221 5193
E. [email protected]
Western Australia
Suite 12. 44 Kings Park Road
West Perth WA 6005
PO Box 1645. West Perth WA 6872
T. 61 8 6263 4437 F. 61 8 9226 4836
E. [email protected]
www.acpet.edu.au
Creating futures
WHAT WILL
THE CHANGES
MEAN FOR ME?
RAISING
THE BAR
FOR ACPET
MEMBERSHIP
Restructuring ACPET membership
and TAS coverage
Members have asked
ACPET to continue its
strong stance on the issue
of educational quality and
improving membership
standards. ACPET has done
this in several ways.
Firstly, ACPET has expanded its practical services
for members, such as professional development
programs, HR and industrial relations advisory
services, industry events and information services
that meet the needs of modern educational institutions.
Secondly, ACPET has advocated tenaciously for policy
reform that delivers greater consistency, efficiency and
stability to the way in which education and training is
regulated and governed in Australia.
Finally, ACPET has expanded its role in industry-led
regulation, introducing risk assessments for prospective
members, cancelling existing members where
necessary and introduced bank guarantees to protect
student fees for those in niche programs. This process
has involved some difficult decisions, but ultimately it
has strengthened our membership, and helped to give
ACPET members confidence that their membership of
ACPET is a genuine indicator of quality.
Changing ACPET’s membership structure is the
next step in ACPET’s ongoing commitment to
quality education and training.
Creating futures
ACPET is changing its membership structure to provide
fairer, more tailored, memberships and strengthen the
quality standards for ACPET and Tuition Assurance
Scheme (TAS) coverage.
From now on, ACPET membership and TAS coverage
will be separate.
ACPET membership will continue to occur annually at
the end of each financial year. TAS coverage will now be
considered as a separate transaction, each year on the
anniversary of the date your organisation first joined ACPET.
Risk Assessment for
TAS Applications
ACPET’s TAS is the largest and most effective tuition
assurance scheme in Australia.
To make sure it continues to function effectively, and
ensure the costs of TAS are fairly distributed, ACPET
will conduct risk assessment for all TAS applications
from 2011.
Risk assessment practices, just like those used by banks,
insurance companies and many other membership
organisations, are vital to building a stronger education
and training sector, and should ensure ACPET’s TAS will
be more effective and provide better value-for-money.
To undertake the assessment, ACPET will now be asking
members for general business, financial and educational
information to help us ensure that we are accurately
assessing your risk level.
All members that apply for or seek to renew their
TAS from 2011 will be ‘risk assessed’ and the cost of
their TAS will be determined according to the outcome
of that risk assessment.
Why is ACPET doing this?
Members that don’t need or use tuition assurance shouldn’t
bear the cost of administering the tuition assurance scheme.
With these changes, they won’t have to.
Separating ACPET membership from TAS cover means
members only pay for the membership services they need
and use, and the cost of TAS cover is more fairly distributed
amongst those members who use it.
By risk assessing TAS applications, ACPET can make
sure applications go through appropriate checks and
balances, and those members that pose minimal risks
to the TAS don’t pay as much for membership as those
that present higher risks.
The changes also mean that where a member organisation
poses a higher risk of closing, ACPET will be able to work
proactively with the member to ensure student interests
are safeguarded, well before a call on the TAS is required.
Finding out more
ACPET undertook an extensive consultation program
earlier this year to ensure we heard from members
on the proposed changes and have taken their views into
consideration on the final changes which we’re introducing.
ACPET has also provided information, including the
answers to frequently asked questions about the
separation of ACPET membership and TAS cover,
on its website: http://www.acpet.edu.au/
ACPET’s membership team is available to help you
understand how these changes might affect you.
If you have questions or feedback for the Membership
team, please download the feedback form from the
ACPET website, and send it to:
E. [email protected]; or call,
T. 1800 774 176 or (02) 8280 8100