The Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) chief commissioner Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake has announced he will resign from his post on May 10, an announcement that comes as a new TEQSA chief executive was appointed on Friday by Education ...
More »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, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) said the return to face-to-face learning had seen material promoting “assignment help” ...
More »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 having its operating licence renewed for only four years rather than the customary seven. However, Times Higher Education (THE) has ...
More »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 the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA). The NSW-based Avondale University College will be Australia’s first new university in ...
More »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 programs up to degree level across the creative arts and information technology fields. The decision, which was made by the ...
More »‘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 bureaucratic red tape and align their regulatory standards. The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) is the regulator for ...
More »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 online learning, particularly independent providers. According to TEQSA, the program has been developed to “assist the sector’s rapid transition to ...
More »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, Avondale College of Higher Education had its new category status approved late last month by the federal government’s Tertiary Education ...
More »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 of providers posing a low to moderate risk to students. The Tertiary Educations and Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) grouped providers ...
More »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 registration renewal spread. In April this year, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) confirmed CSU's registration for a period ...
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