As the Australian government progresses its work to possibly form a single national
regulator with the merger of the TEQSA and the ASQA, it is important to ensure that private
tertiary education providers have effective systems and processes to measure and enhance
the student experience. The use of standard, valid, and reliable survey instruments could
motivate private tertiary education providers to participate in using standard surveys and to
possibly benchmark with comparable providers. The use of standard instruments with such
providers will also enhance internal quality assurance within the providers, strengthen the
role of students in providing feedback systematically, and it will assure external regulatory
and accrediting bodies that the student voice is measured and comparable experience can
be benchmarked