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• ACoP Welcomes Return to Fact-Based Policy-Making20 January 2021
  The Australian Council of Professions welcomes the US administration’s return to making policies based on science and evidence-based facts. The commitments made by US President Joe Biden in his inauguration speech raise substantial hope that … Continue reading “ACoP Welcomes Return to Fact-Based Policy-Making”
• 2021 – Professions, Professionals and Professionalism18 December 2020
  2020 saw unprecedented challenges for Australians and their institutions. Faced with an unknown virus pandemic, the public and governments trusted the Chief Medical/Health Officers as professionals providing evidence-based and ethical thought-leadership and advice to survive … Continue reading “2021 – Professions, Professionals and Professionalism”
• Emerging Professions Round-Table11 December 2020
  Well-established professions occupy a position of privilege and inclusion in the provision of services and lawmaking machinery of societies. It is a desirable position to which communities of practice aspire, however realising this status presents … Continue reading “Emerging Professions Round-Table”
• Chartered Accountants ANZ join Council of Professions19 November 2020
  We are delighted to welcome the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) as a professional association member, further broadening our reach into the accounting profession. CA ANZ represents more than 128, 000 financial … Continue reading “Chartered Accountants ANZ join Council of Professions”
• Professionalism Researcher Strengthens ACoP’s Thought Leadership2 November 2020
  As we look into further strengthening our thought leadership in 2021, the Australian Council of Professions have engaged a key resource to help us deliver additional services to our members. We would like to introduce … Continue reading “Professionalism Researcher Strengthens ACoP’s Thought Leadership”
• Future Pathways to Professional Standing Round-Table28 October 2020
  Micro-Credentials, Experiential Learning, etc. are examples of some rapid developments in the pathways of becoming a professional.  Many of our member organisations are currently exploring and working on what progression to the membership of a … Continue reading “Future Pathways to Professional Standing Round-Table”
• Annual General Meeting 202030 July 2020
• ACoP Appoints new Director15 June 2020
  We are pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has appointed Dr Julie Strous as a Director of the Australian Council of Professions. A veterinarian and executive director of the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council, … Continue reading “ACoP Appoints new Director”
• ‘Guiding for Professionalism’ Project15 June 2020
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• COVID-19 Road to Recovery Education/Training Needs11 June 2020
• Accreditation Expert joins ACoP Leadership18 May 2020
  We are delighted that a further well-regarded leader of a professional accreditation body has joined us in taking our organisation forward in a time when higher education and the accreditation of professional courses is facing … Continue reading “Accreditation Expert joins ACoP Leadership”
• COVID-19 Business Recovery Council12 May 2020
  In May 2020, the Australian Council of Professions joined with the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) to form a thought-leading group for the COVID-19 “Road to Recovery”. The main focus for the … Continue reading “COVID-19 Business Recovery Council”
• Higher-Education Sector Response to COVID-195 May 2020
  The Australian higher education sector has agreed to take a joint approach to effectively and successfully manage the coronavirus pandemic. In a Joint Statement published today, the sector’s peak bodies outline the principles they believe … Continue reading “Higher-Education Sector Response to COVID-19”
• May 2020 Strategic Review and Refresh4 May 2020
• Increased Collaboration of Professionals and Small Businesses17 April 2020
  The Australian Council of Professions and the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia are pleased and excited to announce the creation of a formal partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding. The two organisations between … Continue reading “Increased Collaboration of Professionals and Small Businesses”
• What are “Incidental Professions”?1 April 2020
• Expanding our Leadership21 March 2020
  We are delighted that three well-regarded leaders of professional and educational organisations have joined us in taking our organisation forward to be even more widely recognised and influential as the Unifying Alliance of Professional Associations … Continue reading “Expanding our Leadership”
• COVID-19 Statement20 March 2020
  The Australian Council of Professions has been carefully monitoring and assessing the corona virus (COVID-19) situation since early February. In these unprecedented and difficult times, our thoughts are with professional associations and their professionals in … Continue reading “COVID-19 Statement”
• We are now Professions.org.au19 March 2020
  Our migration from professions.com.au to the Professions.org.au domain is now completed. Implementing the decision at our 2017 Strategic Review and Planning Day we undertook a ‘soft’ and staged migration that commenced with email addresses, then … Continue reading “We are now Professions.org.au”
• International Womens Day 20208 March 2020
  As in previous years, the Australian Council of Professions celebrates the International Day of Women by acknowledging, promoting and celebrating the vital position and contribution of female professionals in the professions and professionalism. We believe … Continue reading “International Womens Day 2020”
• Coronavirus (COVID-19)6 March 2020
  The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) held a crisis meeting in Canberra two days ago to discuss a response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to inform small businesses and consultancies on the issues facing … Continue reading “Coronavirus (COVID-19)”
• Education & Employability25 February 2020
  This initiative seeks to explore the future of learning and employability to support a fair, equitable, socially cohesive and prosperous Australia. Led by the Australian Council of Professions, it brings together educators, the professions and … Continue reading “Education & Employability”
• Leading Higher Education Independent joins ACoP6 February 2020
  The Australian Council of Professions is delighted to welcome Navitas as a supporting organisation member, further broadening and strengthening our membership and reach. Navitas is an Australian company that pioneered an innovative university partnership model … Continue reading “Leading Higher Education Independent joins ACoP”
• Micro-Credentials Principles10 December 2019
  The Australian Council of Professions continues to progress the creation of a Principles of Micro-Credentials document with broad-based input from the Professions and other stakeholders. Our activities so far have been: The Inaugural National Summit … Continue reading “Micro-Credentials Principles”
• Micro-Credential Experts join Council of Professions2 December 2019
  The Australian Council of Professions (ACoP) is pleased to welcome DeakinCo, the commercial arm of Deakin University, as a Member of the Australian Council of Professions. DeakinCo’s membership represents a valuable joining of forces to … Continue reading “Micro-Credential Experts join Council of Professions”
• Celebrating 100 Years of Engineering26 November 2019
  Celebrating the centenary of representing their profession, our member association Engineers Australia co-hosted the World Engineers Convention 2019 with the World Federation of Engineering Organisations in Melbourne last week. The World Federation of Engineering Organisations … Continue reading “Celebrating 100 Years of Engineering”
• AQF Final Report Released24 October 2019
  The Final Report of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Review was released by the Australian Government today. In 2018 we had held an AQF Review Terms of Reference Session and then very actively participated in … Continue reading “AQF Final Report Released”
• Community Work Professionals join ACoP3 October 2019
  The Australian Council of Professions (ACoP) welcomes as a new Professional Association Member the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) – the professional body that supports Australia’s community work practitioners, which is also celebrating its 50-year … Continue reading “Community Work Professionals join ACoP”
• The Most and Least Trusted Professions in Australia 201918 September 2019
  Not all jobs are equal.  A poll released today reveals that doctors are considered the most trustworthy profession in Australia, while scientists are the most trusted globally.  People would put their lives in your hands … Continue reading “The Most and Least Trusted Professions in Australia 2019”
• Web Site Refresh31 August 2019
  We have recently started refreshing and updating our website.This follows the ‘soft’ and staged migration that commenced with email addresses and email lists as decided at our 2017 Strategic Review and Planning Day. The final … Continue reading “Web Site Refresh”