TEQSA regulatory-led framework for AI and assessment

Summary

TEQSA's Good Practice Hub framework establishes the regulatory expectation that all registered Australian providers manage generative AI risks in assessment and can demonstrate continued assessment validity under the Threshold Standards. Operative from 2026, the framework applies across all discipline areas, making it directly relevant to animation and digital-arts programs. It provides guidance resources alongside the regulatory obligation, positioning TEQSA as both standard-setter and support provider for the sector.

Implications for animation education

Animation program directors in Australia must be able to demonstrate to TEQSA that their assessment design manages generative AI risks and preserves assessment validity under the Higher Education Threshold Standards. In practice this means documented policies on AI use in assessed work, revised assessment tasks that account for AI-assisted production, and evidence that student achievement of learning outcomes is not undermined by unacknowledged AI use. The framework does not prescribe specific controls, so programs have latitude to design studio-appropriate responses; however, the regulatory obligation to evidence compliance is not discretionary. Programs that have already revised assessment briefs for AI can document those changes as evidence of compliance.

Related items

• Assessment Reform for the Age of Artificial Intelligence
• Gen AI Strategies for Australian Higher Education: Emerging Practice

Source

Source: TEQSA (Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency) ↗ (Policy Text)

Primary document: teqsa.gov.au/guides-resources/higher-education-good-practice-hub/artificial-intelligence ↗