Dr Helen Gniel

Dr Gniel joined TEQSA to establish the Higher Education Integrity Unit in January of 2021, following a 20 year career in Australia's higher education sector as a scientist, academic, and quality assurance professional. Since its establishment, the Integrity Unit has focussed on working across government and in partnership with Australia’s higher education providers to mitigate emerging or increasing risks to the integrity of Australian awards. Current areas of focus include the impact of generative artificial intelligence, the governance of transnational education, and disrupting the commercial contract cheating industry.

Prior to commencing as the inaugural director of the Higher Education Integrity Unit, Dr Gniel served as the Senior Advisor, Quality and Standards at Monash University, and as an academic in the School of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the Australian National University.