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Study Group Australia Pty Limited (RTO number 5806).

ASQA will cancel 432 security and first aid qualifications and statements of attainment issued to 276 individuals by the now deregistered training provider, Premier Training Institute Pty Ltd.

The Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, has today announced the appointment of Ms Saxon Rice as ASQA’s new Deputy Chief Commissioner.

ASQA has announced its intention to cancel sham security or security-related qualifications and statements of attainment issued by the now de-registered training provider Sage Academy Training Pty Ltd (RTO number 41505, Sage Academy).

Find out more about the ELICOS Standards 2018.

ASQA has cancelled the registration of Study Group Australia Pty Limited (RTO number 5806).

The revised National Code seeks to uphold Australia's international reputation for providing high-quality education and training services.

New standards for English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) have been developed by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.

As of 1 January 2018, eligibility for student payments has been restricted to those VET courses (at diploma level and above) and education providers that are approved for VET Student Loans.

Public consultations with VET stakeholders on the implementation of recommendations made by ASQA in the 2017 report on short courses will be open until 9 March 2018.

On 24 November 2017 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry and Skills Council (CISC) endorsed the recommendations of the Review of the alignment between the Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2012 and Standards for Training Packages.

On Monday 18 December 2017, ASQA agreed to a request from TAFE SA for an extension of time to lodge a reconsideration application to 2 March 2018.

Under the VET Student Loans Rules 2016, the transitional approval of the current tuition assurance operators for VET delivery under VET Student Loans and VET FEE-HELP expires on 31 December 2017.

A new National VET Data Policy was agreed by Skills Ministers at the COAG Industry and Skills Council meeting on 24 November 2017.

ASQA has suspended 10 qualifications from the scope of registration of TAFE SA (RTO number 41026).

ASQA would like to thank VET stakeholders for participating in the recent consultation.

ASQA has announced its intention to cancel 434 sham qualifications and statements of attainment issued to 277 individuals by former training provider Premier Training Institute Pty Ltd.

ASQA has imposed a raft of data retention and reporting conditions on the registration of Gurkhas Institute of Technology Pty Ltd.

The results of ASQA’s annual survey of training providers for 2016-17 show continued satisfaction with the regulator’s efforts to maintain quality in the training sector.

ASQA has published a decision reducing the transition period for training products from the MAR Maritime Training Package.

A man who issued seven vocational education and training statements of attainment despite not being authorised to do so has been convicted and fined $3,000 in the ACT Magistrates Court.

ASQA has welcomed a decision by the Federal Court to impose substantial financial penalties on Get Qualified Australia Pty Ltd (GQA) and its sole director, Mr Adam Wadi, for multiple breaches of the Australian consumer law.

ASQA has recently become aware the organisation’s website is still advertising vocational education and training (VET) courses.

On 13 June 2017, a number of ‘Superseded’ and ‘Current’ training products (315 in total) had their status on training.gov.au changed to ‘Deleted’.