About Us

Annual Report

Our quality assurance and quality enhancement policies and processes are linked to the concepts of continuous development, improvement and accountability, and are in accordance with Australian and NSW legislative and reporting requirements.

The Open Training and Education Network (OTEN) is Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and we are committed to meeting the requirements of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (2015). The Standards provide the national framework that registers and regulates training organisations. This ensures that the training OTEN provides and the qualifications issued by studying with us are recognised throughout Australia.

Annual Report Indicators

As part of TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute, the Open Training and Education Network (OTEN) is the largest provider of distance education and flexibly-delivered programs in Australia. OTEN offers world-class distance education services and supports the Commonwealth Government's commitment to social inclusion, participation and productivity and the NSW Government's commitment to increase participation and improve student outcomes.

Student Profile	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Enrolments	35,370	42,292	59,494	80,957	96,667	108,896	108,519	107,093
Identify as having a disability	8.5%	8.3%	8.4%	7.2%	6.9%	6.7%	5.8%	5.1%
Identify as from a language background other than English	15.6%	16.3%	15.3%	14.5%	14.3%	13.4%	12.6%	11.6%
Identify as from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background	3.6%	4.0%	4.9%	3.6%	4.8%	5.10%	4.6%	5.1%

For more detail please visit www.training.gov.au.