Workshops and Other Events

AUQA TNE Workshop Auditor Training :
Wednesday 2 April 2008
Venue: Stamford Plaza, 111 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Audience: First preference will be given to honorary AUQA auditors whose costs (transport/accommodation) will be covered. Other fee-paying participants will be admitted, subject to room capacity.


Program

Time Program
From 8.30am Tea / coffee available at venue TBA
9.00am Welcome and presentation of the purposes of the special workshop and auditor training day
  • Dr. David Woodhouse, Executive Director, AUQA
9.20am AUQA's Approach when auditing overseas, including the offshore Audit Visit
  • Dr Antony Stella, Audit Director, AUQA
10.00am Round-table conversations to identify questions and comments on TNE
10.20am Plenary session: questions identified by individual tables, answers from a panel of AUQA staff and Auditors
10.50am Break for morning tea
11.15am Auditing TNE Partners seen from the auditee and auditor perspective. Stimulating comments from a Panel involving auditees and auditors
  • 3 x 10 min presentations of practical examples from experienced panelists
Followed by 15 min conversation around tables regarding the presentations and 15 min of questions and comments
Panel members: TBA
12.15pm Lunch
1.00pm Workshop on the implications of auditing offshore partners. Introduction to case studies.
The participants split into groups. Each group to work with one of the topics.
Presenter: Professor Dean Forbes, DVC(I) Flinders University
2.15pm Report back from the groups in a plenary session
2.45pm Afternoon Tea
3.00pm Admission requirements and ongoing language and language support requirements when offering courses offshore. Issues of language of instruction when offering courses offshore
Presenter: TBA
4.00pm Briefings on the quality assurance of foreign provision in some of the countries which are most often visited, ie China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore
  • Mr. Rob Carmichael, Audit Director, AUQA
  • Dr. Rudi Lidl, Audit Director, AUQA
  • Dr. David Woodhouse, Executive Director, AUQA
4.45pm Concluding comments and evaluation of the meeting
5.00pm Close of the workshop


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