Date Time Australian higher education providers transition to new category standards The Morrison Government’s reforms to Australia’s higher education regulatory framework have enabled one provider to be registered as a new university and three others as University Colleges under new category standards. The Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) today announced: NSW-based Avondale University College as Australia’s first new university in almost a decade And three providers as University Colleges under a new category established as part of the revised Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021. The National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS)