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Transition to TEQSA

The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Bill) provides that higher education providers currently registered under state or territory law will automatically have their current registration status transferred to TEQSA.

The draft Provider Standards, which includes the Provider Category Standards, has been the subject of continued consultation with the higher education sector over the past 14 months. For information on the proposed provider categories, please go to the TEQSA website .

The transition to TEQSA may affect current and new State-based applications as all applications which are outstanding when regulatory functions are transferred to TEQSA will be finalised by TEQSA.

These include applications for:

registration
re-registration
course accreditation
course re-accreditation.

Indicative timeline for transition:

23 March 2011
TEQSA legislation was introduced to parliament

14 June-7 July 2011
Consideration of legislation in Winter sittings of parliament

July 2011
Anticipated establishment date for TEQSA as an organisation, subject to passage of legislation; AUQA's quality assurance functions transition into TEQSA

September 2011
Anticipated timeframe for advance notice in writing to providers of likely category by TEQSA

January 2012
Regulatory functions transfer to TEQSA; providers' registration, including universities' self-accrediting authority, is automatically transitioned from the States and Territories to TEQSA

For further information and updates please visit the TEQSA website . For any enquiries relating to the establishment of TEQSA, please contact the TEQSA Taskforce.

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