USQ Readies for AUQA Visit

USQ's AUQA (Australian University Quality Agency) portfolio is almost ready to be submitted prior to the audit bureau's visit later this year.

AUQA's June visit is part of an audit cycle that will examine among other things how the University has responded to recommendations from its initial audit in 2002. Areas in which the AUQA audit team will also be reviewing USQ's operations will be in Internationalisation and Program Design and Delivery.

Staff across the university's three campuses have been involved in the preparations for the audit with a number of reports and documents being prepared to assist the AUQA team in their assessments.

AUQA assesses universities by benchmarking best practice examples and advising on how universities might improve their business and teaching practices. AUQA commendations can lead to increased enrolments and funding for research and teaching programs. 

More information on the AUQA audit process is available at the following SharePoint site:

On-Campus access:

Off-Campus access: 

To help staff across the university understand how they can contribute to AUQA and assist the University as it prepares for the team's visit a number of staff have volunteered as AUQA Advocates to help communicate information about AUQA within their sections, departments and faculties.

Advocates will act as contact points throughout the university and will be available to lead discussion and exchange ideas on how USQ can best address the needs of the AUQA audit.

Staff who have volunteered to be AUQA Advocates include:

Helen Ainsworth Student Management Office
Ron Ayers FOES Management
Lesley Beames Market and Alumni Services
Peter Best FOB
Vivien  Brooks FoB
David Bull FOA
Aidan Burke General Manager's Office
Lorelle Burton FOS
Mark  Byrne FoB
Aileen Cater-Steel FoB
Doren Chadee FoB
Sue Chapple FOB Administration
Geoff Cockfield FOB
Sue Craig DAIS
Grant Daggard FOS
Helen  Drury FoB
Debby  Dunne FoB
Jan Elsley HR Administration
Nick  Erbacher FoB
Ronel Erwee FOB
Barry Fields FOE
Rohan   Genrich FOB
Lorne Gibson Student Management Office
Don Gorman FOS
Raj Gururajan FOB
Sara Hammer LTSU
Janelle Hartwig Student Support and Retention
Alison Hunter Library
Romina Jamieson-Proctor FOE
Janice Jones FOE
Marie Kavanagh FOB Springfield
Jill Lawrence FOA
Tony Machin FoS
Fiona Margetts ACSC
Nerine Martin Springfield
Janet McDonald FOA
Peter McIlveen Student Services
Emory  McLendon FOB
Suzanne Milroy DeC
Liz Newberry Travel Office
Karen Noble FOE Academic
David Orton ICTS
Alfio Parisi FOS
Lindsay Parry FOE Academic
Simon Pearl B&F
Peter Phillips FOB
Dave Roberts FOB
Glenn Roberts Recruitment and Admissions
Cath Rogers-Clark FOS
Sharon Schasser Stud Admin & Academic Support
Harry Spencer FOS Management
Kevin Stapleton Student Guild
Jane Summers FOB
Des Taylor FOB
Peter Terry FOS
Michael Thompson ICTS
Sue Thomson Finance Administration
David Thorpe FOES
Mark Toleman FOB
Robyn Tweedale DAIS
Henriette  van Rensburg FOE
Hardus Venzke FOE Administration
Richard Watson FOS
Christie White LTSU
Trevor White FOES Admin/Technical
John Williams-Mozley CAIK
Graham Young FOB Fraser Coast