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The purpose of this project was to investigate the desirability and feasibility of allowing TAFE institutes to seek approval to deliver vocational degrees and to examine the relative merits of other arrangements similar to vocational degrees, including associate degrees. The report has been developed following extensive consultations with interested parties. Currently TAFE institutes are excluded from delivering degree qualifications. This study was established to assist the Office of Training and Tertiary Education (OTTE) in developing its views on whether existing arrangements should be maintained or changed. This study impinges on the future role and direction of TAFE and so will need to be considered in the context of other current studies. The study addresses how the relationship between the qualifications delivered in each sector should be constructed. Victorian TAFE Institutes operate within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) which provides for three streams of awards: schools; vocational education and training (VET); and university. The Victorian Qualifications Authority is limited to approving qualifications in the schools and VET sectors only. Even though TAFE institutes cannot be accredited to deliver higher education awards, a number of arrangements have been entered into with universities which result in TAFE teachers delivering higher education on TAFE campuses. While no statistics are kept centrally on these numbers, the estimates provided during consultations suggest that there are between 500 and 1,000 students already enrolled in these degree courses.

Seven projects were undertaken in the process of developing the Ministerial Statement 'Knowledge and skills for the innovation economy' (indexed at TD/LMR 86.31). This report is part of project three: Desirability and feasibility of enabling TAFE institutes to seek approval to deliver degree qualifications. Reports from the other projects are indexed at TD/VIC 70.03, from TD/VIC 70.05 to TD/VIC 70.07, at TD/VIC 70.14 and from TD/TNC 70.285 to TD/TNC 70.287. Show less