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    SCHEDULE A: ACADEMIC STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND EQUIVALENCE FRAMEWORK

    This Schedule is made pursuant to the Course Accreditation Procedure.

    1. Staff with responsibilities for academic oversight or teaching and supervisory roles in courses or units will have appropriate qualifications or equivalent experience as set out in Table 1 (except as specified in clause 2 below). Such roles involve the exercise of academic judgement and include conducting classes or seminars/tutorials, online course delivery or facilitation, and summative assessment.
    2. Staff without appropriate qualifications or experience may teach components of a course under the supervision of staff with appropriate qualifications or experience where they are employed
      1. As professional specialists to meet particular education needs
      2. To teach as part of their career development
      3. To teach in emergent academic disciplines and a plan to support their development, with appropriate timelines, is implemented.
    3. The criteria set out in Table 1 are applied in the context of the discipline and relevant course learning outcomes. The criteria may be varied or added to by the Executive for particular courses as appropriate for the discipline or for individual staff members provided staff can demonstrate equivalence of professional or practice-based experience (with reference to AQF criteria) and are
      equipped to meet students’ educational needs.
    4. Decisions about the equivalence of experience of staff are made by the Dean or associate heads teaching and learning (as nominees) on the advice of senior member/s of academic staff with expertise in the relevant discipline as appropriate.
    5. Evidence to support decisions about equivalence of experience under clause 4 might relate to (but is not limited to):
      1. Experience in professional, business or other practice-based roles requiring high order judgement and the provision of expert advice
      2. Management of significant projects in the field
      3. Testimonials, awards or other recognition that acknowledges leadership or expertise in the field
      4. Professional qualifications, experience and standing, including participation in advisory boards and professional networks
      5. Leadership in the development of professional standards
      6. Practice-based technical achievements
      7. Peer-reviewed and other publications in the field or other publications such as books and reports
      8. Leadership or management of research acknowledged by peers
      9. Teaching experience and success
      10. Scholarship.

    TABLE 1: Criteria for assessing appropriateness of qualifications and/or experience of staff overseeing or teaching in a course 

    NOTE RELATING TO EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE: The assessment of equivalent experience will be made with reference to the course learning outcomes. The number of years of experience stipulated in the Table is indicative and may be varied as appropriate for particular disciplines or professions. What is considered to be ‘current experience’ will depend on the pace of change in a particular discipline or profession.

    Course Type  Minimum Qualification/Experience to Oversee or Teach in Course of This Type 
    Level 6   
    Associate Degree; Advanced Diploma  Bachelor Degree in a relevant area (AQF Level 7) 
    No equivalence is recognized.   
    Level 7   
     

     

     

    Bachelor Degree 

    		 Bachelor Degree Honours, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a relevant area (AQF Level 8) OR Bachelor Degree in a relevant area (AQF Level 7) PLUS EITHER: (a) Typically 5 years current relevant professional, creative or other practice-based experience in a role/s requiring advanced knowledge, highly developed skills and independent planning and management of people, processes and/or projects OR (b) Typically 5 years current experience successfully teaching a course in a related area at Level 7 or above informed by scholarship in the discipline and teaching and learning practice. 
    Level 8   
     

     

    Graduate Certificate; Graduate Diploma; Bachelor Degree Honours (coursework units) 

    		 Masters Degree (Coursework), (Extended) or (Research) in a relevant area (AQF Level 9) OR Bachelor Degree Honours, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a relevant area (AQF Level 8) PLUS EITHER: (a) Typically 5 years current relevant professional, creative or other practice-based experience in a role requiring specialized knowledge, expertise and independent high-level planning and management of people and/or complex processes/projects OR (b) Typically 5 years current experience successfully teaching a course in a related area at Level 8 or above informed by substantial scholarship in the discipline and teaching and learning practice. 
     

     

    Bachelor Degree Honours (research methods units and supervision of research project) 

    		 Masters Degree (Research) in a relevant area (AQF Level 9) OR Masters Degree (Coursework) or (Extended) (AQF Level 9) or Bachelor Degree Honours (AQF Level 8) in a relevant area PLUS Current research experience in a relevant area equivalent to Master Degree (Research), to be determined with reference to evidence that might include independently peer-reviewed publications, research-related awards or prizes, professional reports, body of creative or other practice-based work and/or expert commentary. 
    Level 9   
     

    Masters Degree (Coursework) or (Extended) or coursework components of Masters Degrees (Research) 

    		 Doctoral Degree (Research) or (Professional) in a relevant area (AQF Level 10) OR Masters Degree (Coursework), (Extended) or (Research) (AQF Level 9) PLUS EITHER: (a) For coursework components, extensive current experience practising as an expert in the relevant profession OR (b) For research and research training components, current research experience in a relevant area equivalent to a Doctoral Degree, to be determined with reference to evidence which might 

    include independently peer-reviewed publications, research-related 
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