The APS Academy is excited to be partnering with the University of Melbourne to develop the Academy’s first microcredential, Evaluating Regulatory Systems.
This exciting work not only contributes to the professionalisation of regulators, it also supports the development of evaluation capability across the APS, which was a key need highlighted by Our Public Service, Our Future. Independent Review of the Australian Public Service (Thodey Review).
What is a microcredential?
Sometimes described as short, stackable learning, a microcredential is a certification of assessed learning or competency that can contribute to an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) award. The Evaluating Regulatory Systems microcredential will be designed so learners can combine it with related microcredentials and may be eligible to apply for advanced standing into a post graduate degree at the University of Melbourne.
What will Evaluating Regulatory Systems cover?
The microcredential will explore the complex and dynamic nature of regulatory systems and provide learners with a set of analytical tools and concepts for evaluating regulation in any domain of social and economic activity, in any jurisdiction. It will be designed to develop critical analytical skills in participants, and by linking the learning to the participants own work, will drive them to reflect on and grow in their own practice as regulators.
Structured to offer learning across a 6 week period, the microcredential will be packaged into 4 learning modules;
- Understanding Complex Regulatory Systems
- Promoting the Public Interest
- Evaluating Regulatory Processes
- Systems Approach to Evaluating Regulation.
To ensure that this microcredential is contemporary, relevant and fit-for-purpose, the Academy is calling for expressions of interest from practitioners to participate in a range of review activities.
This opportunity will allow practitioners to not only contribute to the development of this important learning offering for the Academy and the University of Melbourne, but will also offer practitioners a chance to pilot the microcredential in early 2023 prior to being released to the wider APS.