Box Hill Institute: Why Credit Transfer?

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Box Hill Institute Why Credit Transfer?

• Jennifer Oliver
• Executive Director, Learning and Academic Affairs

CRICOS Provider No. 02411J
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Facts about Box Hill Institute

• 40,363 student enrolments
• More than 2,200 international inbound student
  enrolments (50 countries)
• 2,900 student enrolments on international
  campuses in China, Vietnam, Fiji, Malaysia, Saudi
  Arabia, Sri Lanka, PNG
• 47.6 Government funded
• 1,367 Staff
• Over 500 Courses
• 300 Short Courses

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Issues relating to credit transfer

• Training Packages, competency based approach does
  not easily match higher education curricula.
• Graded assessment vs. competency based.
• Excessive time and resources in achieving formal
  credit transfer/articulation arrangements.
• Maintaining current credit transfer/articulation
  arrangements.

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Box Hill Institute Strategic Plan

• Leaders in Relationships
• Additional pathway options for our students and
  staff as a result of alliances with other
  providers.
• Strengthen our relationship with selected
  universities.

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QUESTIONS

• Is the potential for credit transfer one of the
  outcomes of a TAFE Diploma or Advanced Diploma?
• Who should be responsible for pathways?
• What are the opportunities for pathways for our
  students?

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2008 Degree delivery

• Bachelor degrees
• Music (5 streams)
• Computer Systems (Networking)
• Hospitality Management
• Biotechnology and Innovation
• Early Childhood Education (subject to
  accreditation)
• Associate degrees
• Fashion Technology
• Commerce
• Software Development

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Box Hill/Deakin University

• Deakin University Relationship
• 2004 Memorandum of Understanding
• Development of pathways and advanced standing
• Joint delivery of courses
• Shared research
• Joint marketing
• Joint professional development
• Collaboration on enterprise and international
  projects
• Joint subcommittee approach

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Achievements

• Articulation database designed and implemented on
  BHI and Deakin websites.
• Joint delivery of programs eg. Bachelor
  Management/Advanced Diploma of Tourism
  (Management).
• Collaboration for effective credit transfer
  arrangements between BHI TAFE qualifications and
  Higher Education qualifications.