The Victorian Regional Dual-Sector University Partnership is an Australian model that supports mass higher education through partnerships between the University of Ballarat and six regional TAFE Institutes in Victoria. This allows the University of Ballarat to offer bachelor's degree programs across regional Victoria through a dual-sector partnership model. The goal is to provide over 1,600 students access to degree-level programs by 2016 to build workforce skills and support regional development. Key aspects of the model include collaborative curriculum development, governance, quality control, blended learning, and capacity building between the higher education and TAFE partners.

1. The Victorian Regional Dual-
Sector University Partnership:
An Australian Model for Mass Higher
Education
Professor Todd Walker.
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Learning and Quality),
University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

2. Total Number of
FTE 2009
1.4 Million
609000
813000
Higher Education VET
Source: NCVER 2011

3. Source: NCVER 2011

4. Source: NCVER 2011

5. University of Ballarat
is the third oldest site of higher learning in
Australia,
is Australia's only regional multi-sector
university,
and offer secondary schooling, TAFE, higher
education, and research opportunities

6. University of Ballarat
High
er
TAF
Ed
E
48%
52%

8. Load
On Campus
Partner Providers
Off Shore
8%
20%
72%

9. Partnership Model
An alternate form of educational delivery
whereby private or public institutions form
collaborative partnerships with the University
to deliver tertiary education.

10. Ballarat...
assesses and approves the Providers’ teaching staff;
provides the curriculum;
sets and moderates the assessments;
ratifies results;
handles appeals and discipline issues
annually reviews the relationship for quality assurance
purposes
meets with management twice-yearly;
and graduates the students.

11. University of
Partnerships

12. …Victorian Regional Dual-Sector
Partnership (DSP)
to support delivery of bachelor degree
programs across regional Victoria working in
dual-sector university partnership (DSP)
with six regional TAFE Institutes in Victoria

13. Market
In regional Victoria in the Diploma /
Advanced Diploma there are 32,000
students
5 per cent take up
1600+ new HE students by 2016

14. build further depth and breadth of the regional
Victorian workforce through providing
opportunity for access to degree level
programs; and
contribute to regional development and
sustainability goals by explicitly addressing
regional skill needs.

15. Partners
Bendigo Institute of TAFE
Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE
East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
Wodonga Institute of TAFE

16. Coverage
80% of Victoria
80% of Victoria
Victoria's mainland area is 227 010 sq km
France’s mainland area is 551,695 sq km

17. Disciplines
• Business Management • Manufacturing
operations
• Hospitality
• Transport and Logistics
• Public Administration
• Health
• Information Technology
• Rural/Agribusiness
• Children’s Services

18. • Certificate III in Children's Services
• Certificate IV in Children's Services
• Diploma in Children's Services (Early
Childhood Education & Care)
• Advanced Diploma in Children Services
• Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood
Education)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education
Studies (Early Childhood)

19. Model
• Collaborative regional program
• Curriculum development
• Collaborative governance
• Moderation model of quality control
• Blended learning
• DSP Higher Education Centres
• Collaborative capacity building

21. Overseas Models
• University of Plymouth “network”
• 20 FE Colleges across SW England
• University of Western England “Federation”
• 11 FE Colleges
• University of The Highlands and Islands, Scotland.

22. Progress
• $24.5M Federal Government Grant
• Dedicated project teams (20 people)
• TAFE and Ballarat University
• Aggregated demand model

23. The fact is, in today’s world, no enterprise, no
university and no national economy stands
alone. There is an ecosystem of business
partners, government agencies, universities
and research labs, customers and
competitors.
Connectivity gives us the unprecedented
ability to collaborate and learn from one
another.

24. Thank you
• Todd Walker
• Email dvc.lq@ballarat.edu.au
• Twitter @dvc.lq