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This instrument is the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021.
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This instrument establishes the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 and sets the Threshold Standards used to assess higher education quality under the TEQSA Act. It lists the provider categories to which those standards apply. TEQSA (under the Act) will apply these standards when assessing providers; the compliance costs and obligations therefore fall on institutions in the listed categories. The actual Threshold Standards are recorded in Schedule 1 of the instrument.
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This instrument is the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021.
This instrument is made under subsection 58(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
(1) The Higher Education Standards Framework (the Framework) is established by section 58 of the TEQSA Act. (2) The Framework comprises: (a) the Threshold Standards made under paragraph 58(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act, and (b) any other standards made under paragraph 58(1)(b) of the TEQSA Act.
(1) This instrument sets out the Threshold Standards against which the quality of education can be assessed for the purposes of paragraph 58(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act. (2) The Threshold Standards under paragraph 58(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act are set out in Schedule 1.
For the purposes of the definition of provider category in section 5 of the TEQSA Act, the provider categories listed are: (a) Institute of Higher Education (b) University College (c) Australian University, and (d) Overseas University.
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This instrument is the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021.
This instrument is made under subsection 58(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.
(1) The Higher Education Standards Framework (the Framework) is established by section 58 of the TEQSA Act. (2) The Framework comprises: (a) the Threshold Standards made under paragraph 58(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act, and (b) any other standards made under paragraph 58(1)(b) of the TEQSA Act.
(1) This instrument sets out the Threshold Standards against which the quality of education can be assessed for the purposes of paragraph 58(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act. (2) The Threshold Standards under paragraph 58(1)(a) of the TEQSA Act are set out in Schedule 1.
For the purposes of the definition of provider category in section 5 of the TEQSA Act, the provider categories listed are: (a) Institute of Higher Education (b) University College (c) Australian University, and (d) Overseas University.