Strengthening the AQF: a proposal: analysis of submissions, September 2009

The Australian Qualifications Framework Council was established in 2008 as a Committee of the Ministerial Council on Education Employment Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) with responsibility for advising ministers on the maintenance and strengthening of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). In May 2009, a consultation paper, Strengthening the AQF: a Proposal was drafted by the Council as a basis for strengthening the Australian Qualifications Framework. The Proposal was developed in response to the need for improved linkages and connections between qualifications and sectors as identified by MCEETYA. It took into account the responses of the wide range of stakeholders who had participated in earlier consultations such as the Review of Australian Higher Education, the review of the AQF Advisory Board and the AQF Council's development of common terminology for credit arrangements. The AQF Council sought stakeholder responses to the Proposal which was disseminated widely. This report provides an analysis of the 84 submissions received from organisations and individuals to the Proposal. The responses represent the views of all AQF stakeholders and users.

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