Application Guide for initial registration as a new higher education provider
Use this guide when applying to be registered as a higher education provider for the first time.
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Guidance notes - 18 June 2019 Guidance note: Academic leadership
For regulatory purposes, TEQSA sees academic leadership as a complex system of interrelated and interdependent elements that, together, support leadership of academic matters.
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Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Academic quality assurance
Academic quality assurance is a demonstration or verification that a desired level of quality of an academic activity has been attained or sustained, or is highly likely to be attained or sustained.
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Guidance notes - 04 May 2022 Guidance note: Admissions (coursework)
Admissions policies, requirements and procedures should ensure students have the academic preparation and English language proficiency to participate in their intended study.
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Guidance notes - 06 March 2017 Guidance note: Changes in a course of study that may lead to accreditation as a new course
Courses of study will evolve over time as providers make improvements as part of their quality assurance processes or respond to changing circumstances in the educational and workplace environments.
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Guidance notes - 26 August 2019 Guidance note: Corporate governance
Corporate governance is the framework of structures, rules, relationships, systems and processes of an entity.
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Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Course design (including learning outcomes and assessment)
Course design can be defined structurally as the content, duration and sequencing of the elements of a course of study.
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Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Determining equivalence of professional experience and academic qualifications
Where providers identify a need to rely on an assessment of professional equivalence for the purpose of appointing staff, TEQSA expects that they will have a policy and procedure under which professional equivalence is determined and approved.
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Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Diversity and equity
The terms diversity and equity refer broadly to the creation of equivalent opportunities for access and success in Australian higher education for historically disadvantaged or underrepresented student populations.
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- 20 April 2021 Application Guide for initial registration as a new higher education provider
Use this guide when applying to be registered as a higher education provider for the first time.
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Guidance notes - 18 June 2019 Guidance note: Academic leadership
For regulatory purposes, TEQSA sees academic leadership as a complex system of interrelated and interdependent elements that, together, support leadership of academic matters.
-
Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Academic quality assurance
Academic quality assurance is a demonstration or verification that a desired level of quality of an academic activity has been attained or sustained, or is highly likely to be attained or sustained.
-
Guidance notes - 04 May 2022 Guidance note: Admissions (coursework)
Admissions policies, requirements and procedures should ensure students have the academic preparation and English language proficiency to participate in their intended study.
-
Guidance notes - 06 March 2017 Guidance note: Changes in a course of study that may lead to accreditation as a new course
Courses of study will evolve over time as providers make improvements as part of their quality assurance processes or respond to changing circumstances in the educational and workplace environments.
-
Guidance notes - 26 August 2019 Guidance note: Corporate governance
Corporate governance is the framework of structures, rules, relationships, systems and processes of an entity.
-
Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Course design (including learning outcomes and assessment)
Course design can be defined structurally as the content, duration and sequencing of the elements of a course of study.
-
Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Determining equivalence of professional experience and academic qualifications
Where providers identify a need to rely on an assessment of professional equivalence for the purpose of appointing staff, TEQSA expects that they will have a policy and procedure under which professional equivalence is determined and approved.
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Guidance notes - 11 October 2017 Guidance note: Diversity and equity
The terms diversity and equity refer broadly to the creation of equivalent opportunities for access and success in Australian higher education for historically disadvantaged or underrepresented student populations.