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AUQA Audit of UOW

• About AUQA Audits
• 2005 Audit of UOW
• Second Audit Cycle

About AUQA Audits

The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) carries out independent quality audits of Australian universities, other self-accrediting universities and accrediting agencies.

AUQA audits are carried out over a cycle of about five years. The audits in the first cycle took place over 2002-2007. The first audit visits in the second cycle will begin in October/ November 2007.

Check the following links for further information about AUQA audits:

• AUQA Audit Manual
• AUQA Audit Schedule Cycle 1
• AUQA Audit reports for universities

2005 Audit of UOW

AUQA audited the University of Wollongong in 2005 and its audit report was publicly released in March 2006. The report included:

• Commendations - relating to commendable practices.
• Affirmations - areas identified by UOW in its portfolio as requiring attention.
• Recommendations - areas AUQA believed required improvement at the date of the audit.

Check the following links for key audit documents:

• UOW's Performance Portfolio 2005
• AUQA's Report of its Audit of UOW (pdf)
• Report on actions taken by UOW in response to audit report (pdf)
  

Six UOW practices have been included in AUQA's Good Practice Database. To access these practices chech the following link and search under University of Wollongong.

http://www.auqa.edu.au/gp/search/index.php

Second Audit Cycle

It is anticipated that UOW will again be audited some time between 2010 and 2012.

The second audit cycle will focus on:

• Developments since the first audit
• Benchmarking, standards and outcomes
• External reference points
• Specific areas or themes selected by AUQA and/or the auditee
• Transnational activities

Comments and questions may be directed to: quality@uow.edu.au