Sydney University scrambles after breaching federal requirements

The University of Sydney recruits undergraduates to teach as lay academics in the School of Engineering; federal policy Minimum qualifications for academic staff.

The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) requires accredited higher education providers to ensure academic staff have at least a qualification. one degree program higher But until recently, students with as little as a year or two of undergraduate education worked as ordinary academics on the faculty; They led trainings, workshops, and laboratories for other undergraduates and even graduate students.