I would like to draw your attention to our upcoming Graduate Certificate in Quality Assurance (GCQA) in 2012. The GCQA offers a comprehensive academic program for the training and professional development of quality assurance professionals. This one-year, part-time online graduate program has been developed in close consultation with the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) and is awarded by the University of Melbourne for professional recognition internationally.

Being a fully online program, it offers maximum flexibility. Participants follow two compulsory modules after which they choose one of two electives. Program staff is international experts in quality assurance and higher education policy and management.

The program features a fully online program, developed according to current state-of-the-art online teaching methodologies, supported by extensive program resources. It offers integrated learning via theory, case studies, moderated discussion boards, virtual teamwork, webinars and work-based assignments.

2012 will be the third year the GCQA is offered, with the program being continuously upgraded based on participant feedback. Our GCQA students have been hailed from 23 countries, across all continents.

Next year, INQAAHE supports the GCQA by providing six scholarships worth US$5,000 each for GCQA candidates from the least developed countries. Please see the website below:

http://www.inqaahe.org/main/capacity-building-39/giqac-50/formulier...

Please visit our GCQA 2012 website to learn more, register your interest, and enroll in the program:

http://www.lhmartininstitute.edu.au/postgraduate-award-programs/51-...

Online applications close 5 December 2011.  For further information on GCQA program, please contact Associate Professor Leo Goedegebuure, Deputy Director, at leo.g@unimelb.edu.au <leo.g@unimelb.edu.au> or + 61 3 8344 0619.

For access to the demo site for the GCQA program, contact Dr. Chinh Nguyen, at chinhn@unimelb.edu.au <chinhn@unimelb.edu.au> or + 61 3 8344 3158.

I trust the information is of interest to you and/or your team. I would be most grateful if you could circulate the information to your colleagues. 

Kind regards,

Professor V. Lynn Meek

Director

LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Management

Melbourne Graduate School of Education