Sam Burrell CEO Australian Computer Society

1. 1 ACS - University Compact Working Together Sam Burrell CEO Australian Computer Society

2. Update 2 • University compact • CBOK and Accreditation Guidelines • Seoul Accord • IP3

3. 3 ACS Compact PPP Universities Employers Course Advisory Panels, Donations, Visiting Lecturers etc Scholarships Donations, Grants, etc ACS Foundation IT Profession – the stakeholders

4. Why a compact? 4 • The profession needs a steady flow of well qualified entrants to grow – universities will continue to provide that inflow • Universities need a strong and well respected profession to attract the best students – the CP initiative is the ACS pathway to a stronger more respected profession • Our futures are interdependent • Increasing demands to recover costs of accreditation

5. What’s in it for the University? 5 • Continued accreditation of programs for marketing purposes – in future to be linked to ACS career portal • Joint marketing to increase interest of high quality school leavers to a strong respected profession • Access to ACS Foundation • Discounted membership fees for level A B and C staff to reflect lower earning capability • Funding of academic conferences – ACSW, ASWEC and ASIS • Strong representation to ACS bodies • Access to ACS members for projects, visiting lectures etc • Any others?

6. What’s in it for ACS? 6 • Partial recovery of accreditation costs • Active support from school leaders for staff to join ACS • Increased participation in ACS professional activities by younger ICT educators – leading the generational change required • Educators as professional role models – professional education starting within the university • Access to School staff for YIT ambassadors in establishing student chapters, increasing student membership

7. Parties to the compact 7 • The School or Faculty (including a nominee to work with ACS) • ACS Branch (BDM) • YIT (Ambassador) • ACS Professional Standards Board and Academic Boards (CS, CS&SE, IS, Communications)

8. Next steps….. 8 • Suggest a small working group from Deans group to finalise the document with ACS • Finalise the compact and endorsement by both ACS and Deans group

9. Accreditation 9 • Revised Core Body of Knowledge has been endorsed by ACPHIS, CORE, the ACS External Industry Advisory Board and the Professional Standards Board. • Principles of the new accreditation process and criteria have been agreed by Professional Standards Board – document is in final draft format. To be trialled at one university before publication • Deans Group endorsement is sought for the process and criteria – suggest a small working party

10. Seoul Accord 10 • Multi-lateral agreement amongst IT and IT-related accreditation bodies • Committed to development and recognition in good practice in IT and IT-related education • Six initial signatories – Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, Korea and US (Dec 2008) • Hong Kong and Taiwan added (Jun 2009) www.seoulaccord.org

11. IP3 11 • IFIP sponsored body to further IT and IT-related professionalism • Accredits professional status offered by professional associations • ACS CP program accredited in July 2008. • CIPS ITCP program provisionally accredited in October 2008 • ISPJ (Japan), CSSA (South Africa) and NZCS are currently preparing applications for accreditation www.ipthree.org

12. END 12 • Thank you – any questions?