Re: [Linux-aus] Interview with Mark Lloyd from ACS on compulsory accreditation

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Brenda Aynsley wrote:

> The role that acs plays in migration is to assess, not certify, the 
> qualifications of overseas people and offer an opinion on whether the 
> qualifications of a person gained overseas are sufficiently analogous to 
> those obtained in Australia in the computing field.  One of the litmus tests 
> in that process is to ask the question would the person qualify for ACS 
> membership? but the process itself does not lead to ACS Membership and an 
> overseas person can separately seek admission to the ACS.

This power of assessment, that can determine whether a person should be 
allowed to immigrate, is given to an organisation that does not 
recognise a PostGraduate Diploma as being at at least the same level as 
a pass degree?

How can an organisation be qualified to offer an assessment of the 
standing of tertiary qualifications, when it fails to recognise that a 
PostGraduate Diploma is higher than a pass degree awarded by the same 
institution, in the same field?

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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