TEQSA
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Opinion
UA chief Luke Sheehy on ATEC & TEQSA
The recent establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) is the clearest sign yet that the Commonwealth wants a…
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Exclusive
How to improve complaints processes: Sivaraman
The Race Discrimination Commissioner has outlined how universities could improve racism complaints processes.
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Policy & Reform
Government to reform ‘toothless’ TEQSA
The federal government has published a consultation paper calling for suggestions to reform the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency…
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On Campus
‘Much work to do’ at ANU, VC admits
The Australian National University admitted its has “much work to do” regarding its management and culture in a report produced…
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Policy & Reform
Minister gives TEQSA more university powers
Education Minister Jason Clare granted the university regulator's wish for more power over universities.
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Workforce
$218m in wages recovered by Fair Work
The Fair Work Ombudsman is probing 28 universities about wage underpayment scandals and have recovered $218 million in unpaid wages…
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Workforce
TEQSA’s new payroll, wage regulatory expectations
Institutions will be required to prove that payroll operations are intact for the next two years to combat endemic wage…
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On Campus
62% Jewish students, staff feel unsafe on campus: Survey
A survey of 550 university staff and students found six in 10 experienced antisemitic comments, and about the same felt…
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Industry & Research
Body cams, staff to carry ID, change of culture: TEQSA draft rules for protests, student complaints
Universities will be expected to publish de-identified complaints data publicly, make student complaints processes clearer, and analyse the data twice…
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Policy & Reform
TEQSA can’t fix wage underpayment, VC pay issues: Governance inquiry
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has told the Education and Employment Senate Committee that the sector regulator doesn't have…
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Policy & Reform
Four universities being investigated over protests: Governance inquiry
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) revealed four universities are being investigated for their handling of protests and…
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Policy & Reform
TEQSA to ask parliament for more power over universities
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) will on Wednesday tell the Education and Employment Legislation Committee it needs…
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Policy & Reform
New TEQSA commissioners announced
The two new leaders of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) were announced on Tuesday. Professor Krause. Picture:…
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Policy & Reform
TEQSA chief commissioner resigns, new CEO announced
The Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) chief commissioner Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake has announced he will resign from his…
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In the News
Sector alert over illegal contract cheating
Australia’s tertiary regulator has flagged an increase in online contractors amping up advertising for illegal cheating services. In a statement,…
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Industry & Research
Murdoch University registered for four years rather than seven, two years after ‘Cash Cows’ revelations
An investigation into Perth’s Murdoch University by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has resulted in the institution…
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Policy & Reform
TEQSA approves Australia’s first new university in nearly a decade
Australian higher education students will be afforded more choice after one new university and three university colleges were approved by…
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In the News
Dedicated ‘creatives’ institute gains self-accreditation status from tertiary regulator
Australian’s higher education regulator has awarded SAE Creative Media Institute Self Accrediting Authority (SAA) status, allowing the institute to accredit…
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News
‘Drowning in red tape’: Peak body for independent sector calls for alignment
The two regulators of Australia’s higher education sector and vocational education, skills and training sector are being urged to limit…
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News
University regulator releases program to help institutions migrate entirely to online learning
Australia’s university regulator, Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA), has released a resource to assist universities fully migrate to…
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In the News
Australia’s first ‘university college’ named
A Seventh-day Adventist higher education provider in Lake Macquarie, NSW, has become Australia's first “university college”. Founded over a century ago,…
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News
Australia’s higher education sector now ‘safer’ for students: TEQSA report
The inaugural report into the risk factor of Australia’s higher education sector has just been released, with the overwhelming majority…
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In the News
CSU VC assures regulator’s renewal decisions ‘pose no risk’ to operations
Charles Sturt University’s VC has assured students that it’s “business as usual” on site after the story of its conditional…
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In the News
Let universities fail: UK gov
Unlike banks such as Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), failing UK universities won't have it easy if they're…
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In the News
Dodgy would-be HE providers knocked back by regulator
We've since moved onto banks, but let's not forget the mess we had to mop up a couple of years ago.…
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