ASQA Regulatory Risk Priorities 2026–27... Where RTO & CRICOS Providers May Be at Risk

Assess Compliance | Assess Governance in Practice™

ASQA updated its Regulatory Risk Priorities on 22 July 2026, identifying areas of regulatory focus for 2026–27. This practical 90-minute session examines what these priorities mean for RTO and CRICOS providers through a compliance, risk and governance lens — helping you identify potential vulnerabilities, determine what should be reviewed now, and consider how your organisation monitors and gains assurance over regulatory risk.

Participants receive a Compliance & Governance Assurance Map  for ASQA Regulatory Risk Priorities  to support review within their organisation 

 

Webinar details

Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026

Time: 1pm AEST (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane)

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

10% discount! for VET PD Series subscribers - Use your Voucher Code when registering!

 

What we'll cover

 Understand – ASQA's 2026–27 Regulatory Risk Priorities 

 Assess – how the priorities apply to your RTO and/or CRICOS operations 

 Identify – where regulatory and operational risk may exist 

 Review – compliance activities, controls and evidence 

 Govern – accountability, oversight and risk monitoring 

 Assure – how you know identified risks are being effectively managed

 

Compliance: Are we meeting the requirements?

Risk: Where could we be exposed?

Governance: How do we know, monitor and assure ourselves?

 

Key Areas of Focus

• Provider governance, market conduct and non-genuine operations 
• Quality of training and assessment 
• International education and delivery risks 
• Transparency, accountability and assurance 
• Emerging or systemic risks affecting provider operations 

 

What Participants Gain

By the end of the session, participants will have:

• A clearer understanding of ASQA's current regulatory risk priorities
• Identified which priority areas are relevant to their organisation 
• Greater visibility of potential compliance and governance vulnerabilities 
• A practical approach to reviewing regulatory risk across provider operations 
• A clearer understanding of oversight, evidence and organisational assurance 

 

Knowing the regulatory priorities is one thing — understanding where your organisation may be exposed and how that risk is being governed is what matters in practice.

 

Presenter

Vanessa Lyon – Founder Assess Consulting | Assess Governance™
Helping RTO, CRICOS and GTO providers connect compliance with effective governance.

Vanessa Lyon is a VET compliance and governance consultant with more than 10 years’ specialist experience supporting RTOs, CRICOS providers and Group Training Organisations across Australia, backed by prior experience across regulated industries, business operations and leadership.

Her VET career began within RTO operations before moving into national consultancy, where she led a team of compliance consultants and supported more than 50 education providers each year. Her experience spans regulatory audits, rectification, initial registration and re-registration, systems, risk management, governance, organisational self-assurance and working with complex legal matters. 
Before entering VET, Vanessa spent more than 20 years managing businesses and teams across three other regulated industries. This broader experience brings a practical commercial and operational perspective to her work and an understanding of the real pressures providers face in balancing regulatory obligations with running an effective organisation.

Through Assess Consulting Vanessa works alongside providers to make compliance and governance practical — helping organisations understand what needs to be done, where risk may exist, and how they know their compliance activities are being effectively managed.

 

 A Certificate of Attendance is available for issue on completion of the event's activities. 

The recording of the live event will be available to participants for 30 days after the event.

 

CORE AREAS

TRAINING

• The Vocational Education & Training Sector
  
  • Interpret VET policy context
    Operate within VET delivery and compliance frameworks