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Principles for Higher Education Course Accreditation

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Professions Australia and Universities Australia, the national peak body of the 39 public universities, have signed the Joint Statement of Principles for Higher-Education Course Accreditation by Professional Organisations, a landmark agreement that will deliver greater clarity on the respective roles of universities and professional accreditation bodies to ensure graduates are best qualified for the professions […]

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AFR Client Choice Awards 2016

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As a sponsor of the prestigious AFR Client Choice Awards since their inception in 2004, our President Michael Catchpole presented the 2016 ‘Best Professional’ Award in front of an audience of more than 300 professional services attendees. The award category winners were:– Martin Jones (Ferrier Hodgson)– Quentin Digby (Herbert Smith Freehills) For more information on

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Modern Professional Practice and its Future

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Today we attended the UNSW “Modern Professional Practice and its Future” Conference hosted by Allens in Sydney which was an outstanding program. It was great to see many of our ACoP members there. Professor Richard Susskind, via video-link from London, outlined the arguments of his co-authored book “The Future of the Professions”. He contends that

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New Horizons – The Future of Professions and Professionalism

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Professions Australia members and their guests met in Sydney on 4 November to explore and discuss the Future of the Professions and Professionalism in the Age of Digitisation – a compelling and crucial topic for the professions. Mr Alex Malley delivered the keynote address on the Future of the Professions and Professions Australia President, Mr

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Accreditation Dialogue between Unis and Professions

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Professions Australia hosted a member forum on 1 April 2015 to progress work on the Universities Australia and Professions Australia draft Joint Statement of Principles for Professional Accreditation. Chaired by former Professions Australia Board Member, Mr Rupert Grayston, the forum saw constructive and robust dialogue between the universities’ and professions’ representatives. However, the open and

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Expert Evidence

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The Federal Court of Australia has produced Guidelines for Expert Witnesses in Proceedings.  These are available at www.fedcourt.gov.au/digital-law-library/judges-speeches/justice-middleton/Middleton-J-200710.rtf. The guidelines are not intended to address all aspects of an expert witness’s duties, but are intended to facilitate the admission of opinion evidence, and to assist experts to understand in general terms what the Court expects

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Blueprint for National Registration of the Professions

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The Blueprint for National Registration of the Professions has been developed by Professions Australia and its member organisations.  Our objective is to promote and facilitate the implementation of national registration arrangements for those professions currently subject to state andterritory based regulation. The Blueprint acknowledges that Australia is a single integrated market, exposed to domestic and

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Professional Skills Development

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Reflecting our concern about the longer term economic and social impacts of ongoing professional skills shortages, Professions Australia has been working with our member associations to better understand the nature of these shortages (or in some instances – oversupply) and to explore possible approaches to better matching supply and demand over the longer term. Our

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