Rob Fearnside is the Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ). He was formerly the Deputy Director of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) with responsibility for registration of VET and higher education providers and the accreditation of qualifications in VET, higher education and senior secondary sectors. While at the VRQA, Rob led the development and implementation of the VRQA online state register of qualifications and education and training providers.

Prior to working at the VRQA Rob was the Director of the Victorian Qualifications Authority (VQA). His work at the VQA included major responsibility for the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and the Credit Matrix. Rob was a Director in the Victorian Auditor General's Office with responsibility for audits and reviews in the education sector including reviews of overseas students in Victorian universities, TAFE funding and offshore operations of Victorian universities and TAFE institutes. He was also an Assistant General Manager with the Victorian Department of Education with responsibility for the review of Victorian government schools.

Rob has also recently undertaken consulting work for the Australian Qualifications Framework Council on new qualification descriptors and on the format for a credit framework as well as working in Timor-Leste on the development of registration standards for VET providers and in Fiji for the Pacific Forum on a regional qualifications register and framework.

Contact Details:

Deputy Executive Director
Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)
10/F (Service Counter) & 23/F
Cambridge House, Taikoo Place
979 King's Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (Near Quarry Bay MTR Station - Exit A)

Tel: (852) 3658 0162
Fax: (852) 2845 9910

Email: robfearnside@hkcaavq.edu.hk