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Registrations are now open for the free TEQSA Talks#3 webinar on Thursday 3 October, 2-3pm (AEST).
Our TEQSA Talks series aims to inform the sector about our regulatory work, quality assurance matters, and risk. At each webinar, you'll hear from our senior leaders and you can participate in a Q&A if you wish.
Thanks to everyone who attended the TEQSA Talks #2 webinar. If you missed out, a recording is on our TEQSA Talks page and YouTube channel.
Our 8th annual conference on 13 November is exploring the theme of Navigating tomorrow: Anticipating challenges, embracing change.
Join us for Australia's only truly sector-focused event in the award-winning Grand Ballroom at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, in the heart of the Treasury precinct and Fitzroy Gardens. A virtual attendance option is also available.
See the conference website for more details, including early bird tickets and discounted accommodation offers.
Predatory conferences are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their marketing and presentation. They can waste time and research funds, and damage your reputation and academic integrity.
There’s no single checklist for identifying a predatory conference, but reputable conferences share some common qualities and features. These can be used to help you decide which conferences you should, and shouldn’t, engage with.
TEQSA has published an A to Z of predatory conferences, to help you work out which ones are reputable. Providers are welcome to download the A to Z to share with academics and students. You may wish to add it to your institution's website, include it in your next newsletter, or print it for use as a poster around campus.
The Global Academic Integrity Network (GAIN), representing 40 education quality and integrity agencies from around the world including TEQSA, has issued an open letter calling on social media and online platforms to take action to stop the advertising of commercial contract cheating services.
Online contract cheating services facilitate academic dishonesty by allowing students to pay someone else to complete assignments and/or take exams on their behalf. These services undermine students’ learning as well as trust in the qualifications which they ultimately receive.
GAIN’s open letter calls on major social media and online platforms to join the fight against academic dishonesty.
By major online platforms working together with GAIN, and reviewing and upholding their community guidelines, GAIN believes we can significantly reduce the visibility and impact of contract cheating services and send a powerful message worldwide about the value of legitimate academic achievements.
This short document is intended to give institutions and teaching and learning leaders in Australian higher education some ideas about steps that can be taken immediately to address the risks to academic integrity posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI). It is recognised that longer-term planning and action are already occurring. The ideas in this document are intended to provide mitigation strategies while those longer-term plans take shape.
There is no single checklist for determining if a conference is predatory. However, reputable conferences share some common qualities and features.
Join us for the launch of our toolkit Gen AI strategies for Australian higher education: Emerging practice.
This new resource has been informed by TEQSA’s Request for information (RFI): Addressing the risk of generative artificial intelligence.
At the webinar TEQSA will share analysis, trends and perspectives gathered from the RFI, which was issued to all registered higher education providers in June 2024.
We will also launch the first resource arising from this analysis. The toolkit Gen AI strategies for Australian higher education: Emerging practice, is designed to support the sector in addressing the risk gen AI poses to the integrity of awards by showcasing the practical actions providers are putting in place for the short and medium-term horizons.
Gen AI strategies for Australian higher education: Emerging practice
Webinar, 2:00-3:00pm (AEDT), Thursday 28 November 2024
Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Chegg Inc (Chegg).
TEQSA alleges that Chegg has contravened Australian laws designed to prohibit academic cheating. These laws were introduced in 2020 following an amendment to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act).
Subsection 114A(3) of the TEQSA Act prohibits providing, offering to provide, or arranging for a third party to provide, an academic cheating service to a higher education student.
TEQSA alleges that Chegg contravened this provision on 5 occasions across 2021 and 2022. TEQSA is seeking declarations about the alleged contraventions, civil penalties, costs and other orders.
As Australia’s independent national regulatory and quality assurance agency for higher education, TEQSA takes seriously its role to protect the integrity, quality and reputation of higher education in this country.
TEQSA has taken this action after receiving concerns from multiple institutions about Chegg’s operations in Australia and engaging with US-based Chegg in an attempt to resolve those concerns.
This is the first time TEQSA has initiated proceedings for alleged contraventions of Australia’s academic cheating laws.
This legal action is another element of TEQSA’s extensive and ongoing work to strengthen the ability of Australian higher education providers to protect academic integrity from the threats posed by academic cheating services and artificial intelligence.
Since 2020, when the academic cheating provisions were enacted, TEQSA has:
Importantly, TEQSA also continues to engage deeply with Australian higher education providers to support efforts to mitigate the risks posed by generative artificial intelligence. In June 2024, TEQSA issued an information request to all registered Australian higher education providers asking for institutional action plans addressing the risk generative artificial intelligence poses to assessment integrity. In November, we will launch the first resource informed by this information request, a toolkit showcasing the practical actions providers are putting in place for the short and medium-term horizons.
“Where TEQSA finds academic cheating services being advertised or offered to students, we will take appropriate action to protect the integrity and reputation of Australia’s higher education sector.”
“TEQSA welcomes reports from students, providers, academic staff and the wider public about suspected cheating services via our website at teqsa.gov.au.”
Our Annual Report 2023-24 is now available.
The report outlines our progress throughout the 2023-24 year to assure the quality of higher education in Australia.
The report provides an account of our performance against measures and targets set out in our 2024-28 Corporate Plan and the 2023-24 Portfolio Budget Statements.
In August, we published our 2024-28 Corporate Plan, which outlines our priorities for the coming years.
Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence