The Australian higher education regulator has released a new toolkit specifically for transnational education best practice, including five phases of building and maintaining a TNE partnership.

Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency has taken action against commercial cheating operators, by banning the top 40 websites providing such services.

Peak bodies have submitted a statement to the Australian government on concerns relating to onshore student transfer practices adopted by some providers.

Study tour provider IndoGenius has launched two new virtual courses aiming to prepare Australian graduates for career readiness in the 'Indian century'.

The Australian government has announced a $53 million Covid support package for international education providers in the country hardest hit by the pandemic.

Australian institutions accused of admitting international students without appropriate levels of English language skills have undertaken significant work "to improve admission and governance practices", TEQSA has concluded.

Contract cheating may have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis, but some new national initiatives aim to broaden awareness while ICAI stakeholders are coming together for an International Day of Action and registrations have soared.

An integrity unit is to be created within TEQSA to protect the interests of students, tackle foreign interference and cheating, and maintain academic integrity.