Education Quality Directorate

What does Education Quality Directorate do?

Education Quality Directorate (EQD):

  • Manages UNE’s quality assurance processes, which are a key component to ensuring UNE’s compliance with the Higher Education Standards Framework (HESF) and UNE’s registration as a higher education provider under the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) Act
  • Provides information and reporting that supports continuous improvement of UNE’s quality assurance processes, including school reviews, course reviews, course monitoring, unit monitoring, benchmarking, and course accreditation
  • Provides data analysis and recommendations to UNE’s academic governance and management bodies, to inform and support effective strategic decision-making
  • Monitors the sector to identify and respond to issues affecting academic quality in the higher education space
  • Manages, coordinates and analyses results of internal and external student surveys, supporting effective decision making within the quality improvement cycle
  • Is responsible for the ongoing development of the Academic Quality Assurance Policy and all relevant procedures.

Who makes up the team?

Meet the people who make up the Education Quality Directorate within Education Futures:

Director

NameContact
Director, Education Quality Directoratedirector-eqd@une.edu.au

Quality assurance
NameContact
Julie Hunter
Project Manager,  EQD
jhunte42@une.edu.au
Dr Sura Alani
Reviews Coordinator
salani3@une.edu.au
Alex Pont
Accreditation Administrator
accreditation@une.edu.au
TEQSA re-registration
NameContact
Peter May
TEQSA Re-registration Project Manager 
pmay7@une.edu.au
Dr Vernon Crew
Specialist, TEQSA Re-registration
vcrew@une.edu.au
Monitoring and reporting
NameContact
Susan Birchall
Manager, Analytics and Reporting
sbirchal@une.edu.au
Emily O'Brien
Data and Funding Coordinator
eobrien4@une.edu.au
Simon Ostler
Academic Quality and Analytics Officer
sostler@une.edu.au
David Lucas
Survey Officer
evaluati@une.edu.au