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TEQSA was established on 30 July 2011 by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.

TEQSA now has its own dedicated website which can be viewed at www.teqsa.gov.au.

To contact TEQSA please email enquires@teqsa.gov.au  or call 1300 739 585.

DEEWR is releasing a draft of the Qualification Standards for public consultation. The Qualification Standards will be applied by TEQSA under the new quality assurance and regulatory arrangements for the higher education sector. The Qualification Standards, together with the Provider Standards, will form the Threshold Standards.

A public consultation draft of the Standards is now available below:

Draft Qualification Standards ( PDF 537KB | RTF 238KB)
This draft has been prepared based on the Australian Qualifications Framework which was endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment in April 2011 and implemented in July 2011.

TEQSA
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) is Australia's regulatory and quality agency for higher education. TEQSA's primary aim is to ensure that students receive a high quality education at any Australian higher education provider.

The extensive quality assurance arrangements that underpin AQF qualifications are the responsibility of other authorities.

The following links to the external quality assurance mechanisms in each of the three sectors (Schools, Vocational Education and Training and Higher Education) reflect the tri-sector model on which the AQF is largely based.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
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AQF higher education levels
Implementation
Faculty action plans
AQF workshops
Resources
Contacts and support
The Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) provides the standards for Australian qualifications in Australian education and training. The AQF is a taxonomic structure of 10 levels and 16 qualification types each described by learning outcomes and volumes of learning. QUT accredits qualification types from level 5 to level 10.