ACoP Responds to Proposed New TEQSA Fees and Charges

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Our submission to the TEQSA ‘Fees and Charges Proposal Consultation Paper’ is based on aggregated responses from our Member Organisations regarding the impacts of cost recovery on their ability to continue delivering quality higher education. While we support the current regulatory environment that evaluates and recognises best practices in the higher education sector, concerns were […]

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International Consultant’s Day: Thursday 3rd June 2021

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Many of our Member Organisations have special events where they promote their profession to the public. ACoP is delighted to join our Member Organisation Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) in celebrating International Consultants Day 2021. International Consultant’s Day is celebrated on the first Thursday of June each year – in 2021 this is Thursday, June

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Empowering Diversity through Consultancy

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The Australian Council of Professions (ACoP) supports broad-based diversity and inclusion as one of its key policy and advocacy areas and is delighted that one of our member organisations, the Institute of Management Consultants, is leading the charge with a Women in Consulting webinar. As the unifying alliance of Professional Associations, we raise the awareness

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Annual General Meeting 2021

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Our 2021 Annual General Meeting was held on 27 May 2021 – online and back to the standard Corporations Act time-frames. In our view, this is another sign how the “new normal” of online/remote working is proliferating throughout the knowledge-work domain. With nearly all Member Associations in attendance, the AGM approved the minutes of the

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More than a Word – Reconciliation takes Action

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The Australian Council of Professions supports the reconciliation process with First Nations Peoples and in National Reconciliation Week 2021 calls on its member organisations and their professionals to be exemplars of truth-telling, accountability and responsibility.  In its 50th year as the unifying alliance of Professional Associations and celebrating 2021 as the “Year of the Professions,

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Chief Professionalist Round Table

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The last 12 months have seen unprecedented challenges for Australia and a driving question has been “Who can we trust?“.  Many professionals have stepped-up to that challenge and shown that science-based, deeply considered expert guidance helps us successfully navigate the threats to our lives and livelihoods.  Our Chief Professionalist Round-Table will start a nuanced conversation

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Plotting the Journey to Professionalism for English Teachers

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ACoP was invited to present at the 2021 Annual Conference of the English Language Teachers organisation NEAS on the profession’s journey to trust and professionalism. Trust in and regard for teachers as professionals is high but differs across countries and cultures. Teachers of non-English speaking background students are privileged to join doctors and scientists as

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ACoP appoints Chief Professionalist

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Australia and its institutions have experienced unprecedented challenges in the last 12 months.  A question that many have asked has been “who can we trust?“. The strength of Australia’s professional community stepping up to that challenge and helping us navigate the threats to our lives and livelihoods has been inspiring.  In this our Year of

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Micro-Credential Round Table

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The role of micro credentialing within the education ecosystem is increasing significant, yet there continues to be no commonly agreed standard within professional association accreditation practices. Many of our member organisations are grappling with the ways in which they might incorporate accredited micro credential programs into their current and future CPD/CPE offerings and how this

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