Data Element Dictionary

2018 data elements

2018 Higher Education Student data collection

• 2018 Higher Education Student data collection Elements by file
• 2018 Higher Education Student data collection Elements by name
• 2018 Higher Education Student data collection Elements by number

2018 Higher Education Staff data collection

• 2018 Higher Education Staff data collection Elements by file
• 2018 Higher Education Staff data collection Elements by name
• 2018 Higher Education Staff data collection Elements by number

2018 University Applications and Offers data collection

• 2018 University Applications and Offers data collection Elements by file
• 2018 University Applications and Offers data collection Elements by name
• 2018 University Applications and Offers data collection Elements by number

2018 VET data collections

• 2018 VET data collections Elements by file
• 2018 VET data collections Elements by name
• 2018 VET data collections Elements by number

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2017 data elements

2017 Higher Education Student data collection

• 2017 Higher Education Student data collection Elements by file
• 2017 Higher Education Student data collection Elements by name
• 2017 Higher Education Student data collection Elements by number

2017 Higher Education Staff data collection

• 2017 Higher Education Staff data collection Elements by file
• 2017 Higher Education Staff data collection Elements by name
• 2017 Higher Education Staff data collection Elements by number

2017 University Applications and Offers data collection

• 2017 University Applications and Offers data collection Elements by file
• 2017 University Applications and Offers data collection Elements by name
• 2017 University Applications and Offers data collection Elements by number

2017 VET data collections

• 2017 VET data collections Elements by file
• 2017 VET data collections Elements by name
• 2017 VET data collections Elements by number

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Element history

The Element history pages provide a summary of the change history for each element in the Higher Education and VET collections. This includes the details of the changes provided in the Data requirements and change control document for each reporting year and a link to the relevant version of the element for all reporting years from 2005.

• Data element history by element name
• Data element history by element number

Past elements

This section provides specifications for elements which are no longer included in any of the files for the current reporting years.

• Higher Education Student - Past Elements By Name
• Higher Education Student - Past Elements By Number
• Higher Education Staff - Past Elements By Name
• Higher Education Staff - Past Elements By Number

Derived elements

This section provides specifications for "derived elements", data for which are generated by the department from the files of data submitted to HEIMS. Data for these derived elements are not included in any of the files provided by institutions. Derived elements are frequently included in datasets generated by the department which are disseminated to institutions and other users of data.

• Derived elements by name
• Derived elements by number