Students are central to TEQSA’s work to assure the quality of Australian higher education. When the quality of higher education is strong, students benefit. When quality falters, students are the first to feel the impact.
As such, students have a pivotal role in helping to identify emerging and enduring sector risks. Their lived experiences provide valuable and diverse insight that continues to inform TEQSA’s work.
Background
In recent years, the higher education sector has faced complex challenges and opportunities. TEQSA recognises our role has evolved and we are therefore rebalancing our regulatory approach. As part of this, TEQSA’s Student Advisory Panel seeks to support us in identifying and managing risks to assure quality across the sector.
TEQSA is expanding the student voices we engage, beyond elected student representatives. TEQSA will establish a Student Advisory Panel. Australia’s higher education sector is diverse and complex, and the Student Advisory Panel seeks to reflect this.
Selection process
The expression of interest (EOI) process closed on 30 April 2026.
The next steps, to review applications and conduct interviews, are now progressing. This process is being facilitated by an external agency, Elliott Gray.
Panel members will be appointed for a one-year term and invited to express interest in extending their term for a second year at the conclusion of the first year. They will be asked to commit to meeting 4 times a year (both online and in person) and will be paid an honorarium for their time.
More updates on the selection outcomes will be released in due course.