TEQSA was established on 30 July 2011 by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
TEQSA now has its own dedicated website which can be viewed at www.teqsa.gov.au.
To contact TEQSA please email enquires@teqsa.gov.au or call 1300 739 585.
DEEWR is releasing a draft of the Qualification Standards for public consultation. The Qualification Standards will be applied by TEQSA under the new quality assurance and regulatory arrangements for the higher education sector. The Qualification Standards, together with the Provider Standards, will form the Threshold Standards.
A public consultation draft of the Standards is now available below:
This draft has been prepared based on the Australian Qualifications Framework which was endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment in April 2011 and implemented in July 2011.
Stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the draft Qualification Standards, using the feedback form below:
Please email your form to teqsa@deewr.gov.au by 5pm Thursday 15 September 2011. The feedback received will be considered by the Minister for Tertiary Education in developing the first set of Threshold Standards.