Higher education provider registration and accreditation with TEQSA
For higher education applicants, registered providers and dual-sector institutions.
Support with TEQSA registration, renewal, course accreditation and governance requirements.
The problem
We support higher education applicants with governance arrangements, quality assurance systems and application evidence. Our work helps your team prepare and organise the material needed for TEQSA assessment.
- 01
Discover
- Provider category, courses and governance model confirmed
- Gap review against the HESF 2021 domains
- 02
Diagnose
- Governance and ethics board design, membership and secretariat
- Quality assurance framework, benchmarking and quality plan
- 03
Deliver
- Registration or re-registration application
- Course accreditation submissions
- CRICOS application for overseas students where needed
- 04
Embed
- Ongoing quality management and continuous improvement
- Self-review and audit capability inside the institution
Deliverables
- HESF 2021 gap review
- Governance framework, board charters and policies
- Quality assurance framework and quality plan
- Registration and course accreditation applications
- Learning management and online delivery advice
Project stages
- Stage 1
Gap review
- Stage 2
Governance and applications
- Stage 3
TEQSA assessment
We agree the project schedule with you before work begins. Regulatory deadlines and assessment times are set by the relevant regulator.
Our higher education consultancy covers (16)
- Registration of higher education providers
- Renewal and re-registration
- Governance and ethics boards: members, policies, secretariat
- Accreditation of courses
- Quality assurance frameworks
- Quality analysis, benchmarking and quality plans
- Ongoing quality management and continuous improvement
- Partner program and course development
- Marketing and communications of programs
- Auditing and self-regulation
- Selection, recruitment and development of staff
- Resource allocation, budgeting and forecasting
- Strategy, policy and program evaluation
- Learning management systems and online transition
- CRICOS application and re-registration
- ELICOS
Pricing
Fixed fee against an agreed scope.
Fixed fee against an agreed scope.
Casual consultation $185 per hour plus GST. Retainers from $1,750 per month plus GST. All prices in Australian dollars. GST is stated on every line.
Regulatory frameworks
CAQA is an independent consultancy. ASQA does not endorse or list consultants.
Case studies
Relevant case studies
Higher Education and VET Provider, Trainer and Assessor Compliance Framework
A dual-sector higher education and VET provider engaged CAQA to review the documentation it used to demonstrate trainer and assessor competency under the Standards for RTOs 2025. The provider had two personnel requirement matrix templates in use and wanted to know whether they were robust enough to withstand regulatory scrutiny.
Read the case studyHigher education applicantTEQSAprovider application supportedHigher Education Provider Application Support
An organisation seeking to become a higher education provider engaged CAQA to support its application.
Read the case study“We are really impressed by Sukh and his team’s experience in dealing with different compliance issues and governing bodies, with an exceptional outlook on identifying gaps within a short period of time. His high level of professionalism, commitment and dedication in getting our RTO registration was very sublime.”
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do you work with AHEG?
Yes. AHEG is the higher education consultancy of the Career Calling International family and shares its senior bench with CAQA.
Changing your compliance consultant?
Send us your current scope and the last audit report. We map what is done, what is open and what is at risk, and quote only the gap. Your evidence stays yours; our fee buys an outcome, not hours.
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