29 April 2015 A.D. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Moore College to offer Ph.D.
Editors. “Moore College to offer its own PhD.” Moore College. 29 Apr 2015. http://www.moore.edu.au/news/29-04-2015/moore-college-to-offer-its-own-phd.
Accessed 29 Apr 2015.
Moore College to offer its
own PhD
Moore College is to be the first Anglican
College in Australia and one of very few non-university institutions in the
country to award its own PhD. The College has been supervising PhDs for many
years in conjunction with the University of Sydney and the University of
Western Sydney. Now a Moore College PhD will be available.
On 13 April Professor Nicholas Saunders AO,
Chief Commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
(TEQSA), informed the College of the decision to grant self-accrediting
authority for AQF Level 10 Doctoral Degrees in the field of Philosophy and
Religious Studies. This means that Moore College now has the same range of
awards as any public or private university — from diploma through to PhD.
When making the announcement, our Vice
Principal and Academic Dean, Dr Colin Bale commented, "I want to thank our
Registrar, Rhonda Barry, for the excellent and thorough preparation of the
application. The Chief Commissioner noted the high level of co-operation that
the Commission had received from the College during the application process.
This decision stands the College in very good stead as we prepare for
re-registration in 2016.”
Rhonda Barry was thrilled at the news. “It
is a recognition of the quality of the work done at the College over many years
that this authority has been granted to us. We are looking forward to enrolling
the first Moore College PhD students.”
As the College launches this new program, it
will offer a Moore College Postgraduate Award which will cover all fees and
provide a small living allowance each year for three years. Details and
application forms for the PhD program and for this Award will be available
shortly on this website.
Our Principal, Dr
Mark Thompson, is enthusiastic about this new development. “This will enable us
to extend our service of the churches both at home and around the world by
providing the best theological preparation possible for their future leaders”,
he said
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