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What’s it like to have your learning and teaching, your facilities and your curriculum examined, and to have staff and students chat with our assessors?

Connecting with hope is the theme of this year’s Schizophrenia Awareness Week, which opens on Sunday 22 May. World Schizophrenia Awareness Day is Tuesday 24 May.

Here at APAC we’ve had a productive first quarter, with two virtual site visits completed, an Accreditation Assessment Committee meeting and seven online information sessions held for education providers.

The APAC Board met on 11 April 2022 via Zoom. It issued a communiqué.

In the run-up to World Health Day, the World Health Organization reports that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a 25 per cent rise in anxiety and depression cases worldwide.

To mark World Bipolar Day, we asked Professor Robert Schweitzer about the disorder and possible treatments.

What’s the reason for accreditation and does it serve a positive purpose?

In this episode we discuss the value and validity of the accreditation process itself. Our guest is Michael Carpenter, CEO of APAC.

Pandemic, war, global heating, floods – hands up who’s feeling positive? Luckily, the International Day of Happiness is upon us.

This time of year is always busy for higher education providers getting ready to welcome or welcome back students for semester 1.

International Women’s Day is on 8 March and this year the theme is #BreakTheBias.

APAC has a new Director – Jillian Harrington BSc, MA (Psych), FCCLP, GAICD, who has been appointed by the Australian Psychological Society.

APAC Accreditation Manager Nghi Robinson takes us through how our fees are set and how the fee structure works.

Meet one of our Assessors, who shares her insights into psychology education and into the assessment process that underpins program accreditation.

Our office will shut from midday on Christmas Eve and staff will return on Tuesday 4 January.

It’s been a year once again shaped by COVID-19 – from lockdowns, vaccinations and border closures to remote learning and teaching and working from home.

The APAC Board met on 29 November 2021 via Zoom. It issued a communiqué.

People with disability tend to report higher levels of psychological distress than people without disability.

The APAC Board met on 11 October
2021 via Zoom. It issued a communiqué.

We believe in collaborating with stakeholders by sharing information about what APAC does and how we do it.