TEQSA 2025 Conference recordings available

Full-length recordings are now available of every session from the main day of the TEQSA 2025 Conference. The theme was ‘Trust, Transparency, Transformation’.

Session 1

Introduction

Master of Ceremonies: Liz Hughes, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute for Dramatic Art (NIDA)

Welcome to Country

  • Uncle Perry Wandin, Wurundjeri Elder
  • Performance by Djarlo Dance Group

Opening keynote - Steering the future: Trust-driven governance and transformative productivity through higher education 

Melinda Cilento Chief Executive Officer for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and Chair, Expert Council on University Governance

Minister’s address

The Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education

Session 2: Trust

How systems learn and how they fail: Applying systems thinking to manage regulatory risks and build trust

Chair: Dr Mary Russell, Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA

Panelists:

  • Professor Carl Macrae, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Psychology, Nottingham University Business School
  • Professor John Pollaers OAM, Chancellor, Swinburne University of Technology and Convenor, University Chancellors Council

From compliance to confidence: trust, transparency and regulatory strategy 

Dr Mary Russell, Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA

Trust through our eyes: balancing compliance with care 

Chair: Stephen Somogyi, Commissioner, TEQSA

Panelists:

  • Ashlyn Horton, President, National Union of Students and maths and international relations student, Australian National University
  • Jesse Gardner-Russell, National President, Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations and PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne
  • Billy Bent-Ngawaka, occupational therapy student, Western Sydney University (Anewan, Ngunnawal and Māori man)
  • Devashya Bessie, theology student, Alphacrucis University College
  • Lohit Roy, Master of International Relations student, The University of Melbourne and higher education policy intern, Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN)

Session 3: Transparency

From transparency to trust: Embedding social cohesion in higher education quality assurance practices

Chair: Professor Elizabeth More AM, Commissioner, TEQSA

Panelists:

  • Hashini Panditharatne, Director, Racism@Uni study, Australian Human Rights Commission
  • Professor Shamit Saggar, Executive Director, Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success
  • Renae Isaacs-Guthridge, Lecturer, Kurongkurl Katitjin, and PhD candidate, Edith Cowan University
  • Associate Professor David Slucki, Lead Investigator, Campus Cohesion Project, Monash University.

International education and transparency: Risk, integrity and quality

Chair: Jen Bahen, Executive Director, Regulatory Operations, TEQSA

Panelists:

  • The Hon Julian Hill MP, Assistant Minister for International Education
  • Professor Alec Cameron, Vice-Chancellor and President, RMIT University
  • Rob Regan, Managing Director, Kaplan Australia and New Zealand

Session 4: Transformation

AI transformation and the recalibration of work

Chair: Adrienne Nieuwenhuis, Commissioner, TEQSA

Panelists:

  • Professor Barney Glover AO, Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia
  • Monique Hamilton PSM, First Assistant Secretary, Group Operations, Defence Digital Group
  • Caroline Smith, Executive Director, Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)

Co-regulation of the sector: Building trust through transformational collaborations

Chair: Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA

Panelists:

  • Saxon Rice, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Skills Quality Authority
  • David Turvey PSM, Executive Director, interim Australian Tertiary Education Commission
  • Jasmina Joldić, Deputy Secretary of the Higher Education, Research and International Group, Department of Education
  • Sarah Bendall, First Assistant Ombudsman, National Student Ombudsman
  • Dr Mary Russell, Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA

Conference close

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA.

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