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D. Wilson & C.S. Johnson

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Education of quality and quality of education: an Australian experience D. Wilson & C.S. Johnson School of Computing Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, ABSTRACT The Federal Government of Australia has recently introduced two policies that have had a profound effect on the tertiary education of IT. Firstly, the implementation of a purchasing policy that requires adherence to recognised quality assurance techniques has meant that software quality assurance has assumed new importance within the IT industry. Secondly, the Higher Education Council has recommended the introduction of quality management into the tertiary education sector. This paper reports the experiences of the School of Computing Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney in responding to these two initiatives. INTRODUCTION Quality is a major issue for government and industry in Australia and around the world. Quality assurance techniques are widely accepted

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