Related policies and procedures

• Academic Accreditation Handbook : https://www.anu.edu.au/anu-policy-handbooks/academic-accreditation-handbook
• *Academic Programs and Courses Accreditation policy: https://policies.anu.edu.au/ppl/document/ANUP_000360
• *Academic Programs and Courses Accreditation procedure: https://policies.anu.edu.au/ppl/document/ANUP_000691
• Knowledge, Pedagogical Skills, and Qualifications requirements for Educators policy: https://policies.anu.edu.au/ppl/document/ANUP_016607
• Knowledge, Pedagogical Skills, and Qualifications requirements for Educators procedure: https://policies.anu.edu.au/ppl/document/ANUP_016608 

*This policy document is effective until 31 December 2024. From 1 January 2025, the University Accreditation Handbook will supersede this webpage.

General information

Professional and short courses issue certificates bearing the ANU brand. The College is required to report all Professional and Short Courses run each year to the Academic Quality Assurance Committee (AQAC) and Academic Board.

These offerings are not proposed through the Curriculum Management System. The College has created a professional and short course pro-forma template that enables proposers to make sure proposal is compliant with the associated policy and procedure.

All work developing the course is undertaken at the school and the general workflow should include:

1. An idea or opportunity for a new professional course emerges. The proposer must explore the impact in terms of resourcing, administration, workload capacity of the teaching staff and support staff within the offering school. All consultations and approvals should be documented in the consultation record of the pro-forma. It is recommended that this include approval of the School Director, School Manager and School Education Committee (or Associate Director (Science) Education)
2. If approved by the relevant School authorities, the proposal is submitted to the College Education Sub Committee (science.curriculum@anu.edu.au)
3. The College Education Sub Committee will review the proposal and provide feedback to the school.
4. Once all feedback is resolved, the proposal can be approved by the Associate Dean (Education).
5. Once approved, the proposal is noted at the next College Education Committee.

College pro-forma

Deadline to submit to College

Please submit to the College for review at least 6 weeks prior to course delivery.

Publication deadline

No specific publication deadline as the offering will not appear on the Programs and Courses website.

Important considerations

The offering school is responsible for providing the certificate of completion/participation using the approved ANU template (see procedure)