The head of Australia's higher education regulatory body has warned the country's universities to brace for more competition, with some 'very strong' rivals about to claim the prized mantle of self-accrediting status. Peter Coaldrake, chief commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Teqsa), said a 'significant number' of higher education providers had the 'maturity' to warrant self-accrediting authority. 'There will be an opportunity for some…to start moving in that direction fairly soon,' he told the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit in Sydney.

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