Thirteen Australian universities have agreed to participate in the ADF Higher Education Advanced Standing scheme and at least another three are expected to join the list soon.

Director of Training Systems Policy DPE Ken Jorgensen said the ADFHEAS was a scheme in which defined, completed education and training provided by Defence might be accepted as “advanced standing” or “credit” towards specific university-awarded qualifications.

“The scheme covers only officer education and training initially but other-rank education and training will be included in due course,” Mr Jorgensen said.

Universities which have agreed to give advanced standing towards a number of their awards for defined Defence education and training are: Australian National University, Australian Catholic University, Charles Darwin University, Charles Sturt University, Macquarie University, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Adelaide, University of Canberra, University of Newcastle, University of South Australia, University of Southern Queensland, University of the Sunshine Coast and Victoria University.

The amount of advanced standing given varies from university to university and award to award.
Details of the awards in the scheme, and the agreed levels of “advanced standing” may be viewed by selecting the ADHEAS web site.

Each university icon has a link to their home page where members can access more detailed information. Universities have indicated that they may include additional awards within the scheme in the future.

 For more information visit http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/adfheas/ or http://intranet.defence.gov.au/adfheas/.