Australia’s anti-cheating laws make it an offence to provide or advertise academic cheating services in higher education.

TEQSA  is working to disrupt access to these sites to protect students and the integrity of higher education.

List of blocked illegal cheating websites

An alphabetical list of blocked illegal cheating websites is available below:

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TEQSA Commission

Our Commissioners are appointed by the Commonwealth Minister for Education based on their expertise in higher education quality assurance and regulatory practice. Commissioners are responsible for making regulatory decisions, setting strategic directions, monitoring risk in the sector and deciding on matters relating to the development of our quality assurance and regulatory functions. The Commissioners are TEQSA's accountable authority.

TEQSA's Commissioners also inform the higher education sector about our work and the responsibilities of higher education providers under the Australian Government’s regulatory system. Our Commissioners are:

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause (Chief Commissioner)

Professor Krause PhD GAICD PFHEA commenced as TEQSA’s Chief Commissioner on 7 April 2025.    She is an experienced Board Chair and brings extensive higher education leadership and knowledge to TEQSA, with more than 30 years’ experience in public universities and independent institutions. Formerly Chair of the Higher Education Standards Panel advising the Minister for Education, Professor Krause combines regulatory and governance expertise with a deep commitment to quality, integrity and transparency. Her university executive leadership has focused on leading systemic organisational reform through enhancing the quality of university learning, teaching and student experiences, particularly among diverse student cohorts. Professor Krause’s most recent book, Learner-centred leadership in higher education, is a practical guide on strategic higher education leadership practices with learners at the heart.    Prior to joining TEQSA, she was Vice-Chancellor of Avondale University, where she successfully led Avondale’s transition from University College to University, applying lessons learned over many years of leading sector-level quality enhancement and university-wide organisational renewal and strategic improvement. She also held the role of Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for the Study of Higher Education.    Other executive leadership roles have included Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at Western Sydney University and La Trobe University and Provost at Victoria University where she led the introduction of the block model curriculum initiative and workforce renewal spanning the higher education and TAFE sectors. As Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne, she led the Student Life executive portfolio, partnering with students, heads of student residential halls and colleagues across the university to enhance the quality of student engagement, safety and wellbeing.    Professor Krause is internationally recognised for her contributions to higher education policy research and practice, including research on the evolving nature of higher education curricula, learners, academic work and implications for leadership, quality, standards and university governance.

Adrienne Nieuwenhuis (Commissioner)

Prior to her appointment to TEQSA, Adrienne held senior positions at the University of South Australia, most recently as the Director of the Office of Vice Chancellor, and in state government as the Director Quality, Tertiary Education, Science and Research in the South Australian Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology. While in this role, Adrienne worked closely with the Australian Government in the establishment of the national regulatory systems for both higher education and VET.   Adrienne was an inaugural member of the Higher Education Standards Panel (2011–14) and the National Skills Standards Council (2011–13). She was reappointed to the Higher Education Standards Panel for a further three-year term in 2018.    Adrienne also has extensive experience across the tertiary education sector, including membership of the South Australian Skills Commission (2013–2025) and member of the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (2019–2022). In 2022 she was appointed to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Advisory Council and in 2024 was appointed to the Commonwealth’s Initial Teacher Education Quality Assurance Oversight Board.    Adrienne has over 30 years’ experience in tertiary education, regulation, and public administration, management and governance. She has been a member of various state and federal committees and working parties associated with both VET and higher education and public policy.    In recognition of her contributions to tertiary education Adrienne was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 South Australian Training Awards.    Adrienne holds an honours degree in science and a master’s degree in tertiary education policy and administration.

Emeritus Professor Elizabeth More AM, FAICD (Commissioner)

Professor More was appointed to the TEQSA Commission in February 2025.   Prior to her appointment to the TEQSA Commission, Professor More held a number of senior academic and leadership roles in higher education. Most recently, Elizabeth has been Chair of the Academic Board of the SP Jain School of Global Management, Board Chair of Nexus Education, and on the Council and Academic Board of Kings Own Institute. Previously, she was the Chief Academic Advisor/Director of Research at Study Group and a member of its senior leadership team. She has also served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Macquarie and Canberra universities and Director of the Macquarie University Graduate School of Management (MGSM), Managing Director of MGSM Pty Ltd; Chair of the Academic Senate at Macquarie University; Foundation Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business at the Australian Catholic University; Professor of Management and MBA and Research Director at MGSM; and Academic Director of Macquarie University’s city campus. She was also the Dean of the Faculty of Business, Management and Wellness, incorporating the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) School of Business and the Australasian College of Health and Wellness.   A past president of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, and of the Australian Communication Association, Elizabeth also has extensive experience in governance, and consulting to both private and public sector organisations. Before becoming a university academic, she worked as a classical ballet dancer in theatre and television, and in the advertising industry.   In addition to being a member of the 2019 Australian Qualifications Framework review panel, Professor More has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Global Responsibility, Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Australian Journal of Communication, Journal of Communication Management, Journal of International Communication, Knowledge and Process Management, and the Journal of Corporation Transformation.   Professor More’s academic achievements were acknowledged in the Queen’s Birthday 2005 Honours List, when she received the award of Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to education, particularly in the fields of communication, management and organisational change. Her most recent research presentations and publications have been focused on change management in the non-profit sector, highlighting the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Her latest publication with co-editors Associate Professor David Rosenbaum and Mark Orr, Journeys through the Disability and Mental Health Nonprofit Sector – The Theory and Practice of Leadership, will be published in April 2025 by Springer UK. Her academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (UNSW), Graduate Diploma in Management (Central Queensland University), Masters of Commercial Law (Deakin University), and a PhD (UNSW).   Her recent work in the nonprofit sector has been as Chair of Flourish Australia, a Director of the Symphony for Life Foundation, and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ NFP Chairs’ Forum.

Stephen Somogyi (Commissioner)

Steve Somogyi was appointed a TEQSA Commissioner in November 2021. He has extensive global experience in the financial services, health care, higher education and prudential regulation sectors and has chaired boards and audit and risk committees.   Steve served as the Chief Operating Officer at RMIT University for 10 years from July 2006 until July 2016. He then became a Strategic Adviser to Monash University, Victoria University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Adelaide, Siemens, Queensland Investment Corporation and Energy Trade.   He has chaired complex projects including the Queen Street Precinct project to improve student experience for Victoria University. He also helped create the Net Zero Program for Monash to achieve energy savings and zero net carbon emissions by 2030 and developed a strategic approach to the Higher Education and Health Care sectors for the Siemens Smart Cities Business Unit.   He was a member of the Expert Review Group for the Australian Council for Educational Research.   Steve has held a range of senior roles in government and industry at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Trowbridge Consulting, Mayne Nickless, Bonlac Foods, IOOF and the CPI Group. He worked at National Mutual for 27 years and ended his career there as Chief Finance Executive and Chief Actuary.   His work on boards includes serving as a Commission Member of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, former Chair of Guild Group, Director of UniSuper including Chair of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, former Chair of Higher Ed Services, Chair of Course-Loop and former Director of Study Loans.   Earning a Master of Science in High Energy Physics from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Science in Management (Sloan Fellow) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Steve is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.

Chief Executive Officer

Dr Mary Russell, CEO

Dr Mary Russell is CEO at TEQSA. She was appointed to the role in May 2024, having led TEQSA as acting CEO since June 2023.   Mary joined TEQSA as the Executive Director of Regulatory Operations in 2022. In this role she led the regulatory teams which manage higher education provider registration, course accreditation, compliance and regulatory risk assessments.   Before joining TEQSA, Mary was Assistant Ombudsman for Dispute Resolution at the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. She held executive roles at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for six years, including as State Manager for Victoria, National Manager of Notifications and National Manager of Regulatory Risk Strategy. While at AHPRA, she led the development and implementation of a risk-based approach to managing concerns about the performance and conduct of health practitioners.   Mary has served as chair and member of regulatory boards, concurrently with roles as a health practitioner and a tertiary educator. She has extensive experience of university teaching, curriculum development and delivery, and has completed her PhD in Health Sciences.

Executive Leadership Team

The Commission is supported by an Executive Leadership Team (ELT) comprising the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Regulatory Operations and senior managers. ELT is responsible for the management of our regulatory business, corporate processes and people.

Organisation structure

Audit and Risk Committee

We have established an Audit and Risk Committee in compliance with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and PGPA Rule.

• View the Audit and Risk Committee Charter

Higher Education Standards Panel

The Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) is an expert statutory advisory body, established under the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), with responsibility related to the standards for delivery of higher education in Australia.

HESP is independent of TEQSA.

• Learn more about HESP (external website)
   

The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act) established TEQSA as an agency. 

The objects of the TEQSA Act are to:

• provide for national consistency in the regulation of higher education
• regulate higher education using a standards-based quality framework and principles relating to regulatory necessity, risk and proportionality
• protect and enhance Australia’s reputation for, and international competitiveness in higher education, as well as the excellence, diversity and innovation in Australian higher education
• protect and enhance academic integrity by prohibiting academic cheating services
• encourage and promote a higher education system that is appropriate to meet Australia’s social and economic needs for a highly educated and skilled population
• protect students undertaking, or proposing to undertake higher education by requiring the provision of quality higher education
• ensure that students have access to information relating to higher education in Australia.

The following legislative instruments have been made under the TEQSA Act:

• The Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 that sets out the requirements for provider entry to, and continued operations within, Australia’s higher education sector.
  On 27 April 2021, the updated Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 legislative instrument was published on the Federal Register of Legislation. The substantive change to the instrument is the updating of the Provider Category Standards to incorporate recommendations from the 2019 review. TEQSA expects the new instrument will take effect from 1 July 2021 and will inform the sector once the commencement date is confirmed.
• The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Information) Guidelines 2017 that set out the Commonwealth authorities and the State or Territory authorities we may disclose higher education information to.
• a Determination of Fees that sets out the amount we may charge for things done in the performance of our functions.
• Register Guidelines that set out the information we must include on the National Register of Higher Education Providers.

Our recruitment and selection processes are fair and transparent, providing you with an opportunity to demonstrate your skills, abilities, and experience relevant to the job.

If you have a disability and need an adjustment to be made to the assessment process, please don’t hesitate to let the nominated contact person or recruitment team know so that we can accommodate your needs.

Eligibility to work with us

TEQSA requires Australian citizenship as a condition of engagement.

Successful applicants must also undergo and satisfy a National Police Check (NPC) and be able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) clearance to Baseline/Negative Vetting Level 1 status, supported by TEQSA.

TEQSA supports workplace diversity and values the contribution of people from diverse backgrounds. In particular, applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people with cultural and linguistic diversity.

Is this the right job for me?

Before applying for a particular job:

• read the job advertisement carefully, in particular the How to apply section which contains specific information about what is required from you
• review the Candidate Information Pack (CIP) to gain a broad understanding of the role
• determine if you possess the key requirements of the role (our ideal candidate and qualifications and experience sections of the CIP) and consider if you are the right person for the job.

If, at any stage during the application process, you need clarification or more information about the position, please call the contact person listed on the advertisement.

Applying for jobs at TEQSA

When applying for jobs, you must follow the How to Apply instructions as outlined in the job advertisement and the Candidate Information Pack. You will also need to provide a copy of your current resume.

For assistance with preparing your pitch, you may wish to refer to Australian Public Service Work Level Standards relevant to the job classification level and read Cracking the code: How to apply for jobs in the Australian Public Service.

Artificial intelligence guidelines

TEQSA recognises that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) as part of their application process. Candidates intending to use AI should refer to the Principles for candidate use of AI in recruitment. TEQSA does not currently use AI in its recruitment processes.

Merit

Our selection processes are merit-based. We use a competitive selection process and assess a candidate's suitability based on their skills, experience, knowledge, and the attributes required for the role. We also assess personal qualities such as honesty, integrity, and cultural fit.

Assessment

Usually, a selection panel of 2 or 3 people assess the merit of each application. The methods they use may include:

• written applications (resume and cover letter/pitch)
• behavioural interviews
• written tasks
• referee comments.

We choose the type of assessment to suit the job type and the specific business environment.

The process

Our most commonly used process is to:

• review your online application
• shortlist candidates
• use a next-stage assessment process, such as interviews and/or written tasks
• contact referees
• create a merit pool or list
• notify candidates about the process outcome (including placement in the pool)
• select the best candidate when we have a vacancy to fill
• contact the successful candidate with a job offer.

Please note: creating, using and sharing merit lists is a common practice in the Australian Public Service (APS) for similar vacancies. This means that if you are in our merit pool, we may contact you about a job opportunity in another agency. Merit pools are valid up to 18 months from the advertised vacancy date.

Applying for our Temporary (Non-ongoing) Employment Registers

From time-to-time, TEQSA requires people across a range of classification levels and business areas to fill short-term vacancies caused by staff movements or to assist with a temporary increase in workload. To help us achieve this, we maintain two registers of interested applicants for use by managers to fill temporary (non-ongoing) roles up to a maximum period of 18 months.

Opportunities vary across classification levels and may be full-time or part-time for a specified term or a specified task based on TEQSA’s needs. Candidates may register interest in temporary employment at TEQSA by completing an application for the General or Regulatory Operations register.

Applying or becoming active on our registers does not guarantee an offer of employment. Applicants will only be contacted if a vacancy arises that matches their skills, qualifications and/or experience.

Our Temporary Employment Registers are advertised along with other TEQSA roles on our online job portal.

Your privacy

Remember to read our privacy policy. The policy describes how privacy principles are applied, how and why data is collected and how it is stored. It also outlines circumstances when your information can be disclosed.