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A
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Academic Classification
Academic Organisational Unit
Academic Organisational Unit Group
Academic Support Services Organisational Unit
ACT (the Act)
Adjusted Unit of Study
Administrative Information for Higher Education Providers (AIP)
AIP
Annual Course Contribution
Applicant
Application
Appointment
Areas of Study
ATAR
Attrition Rate
Australian Exchange Students
Australian Postgraduate Awards
Australian Qualifications Framework Terminology
Award
Award Course
B
Basis of Admission
Bridging Course for Overseas-Trained Professionals
C
Calculating pre-2012 loan fees
Calculating pre-2017 charged amounts for HECS-HELP eligible students
Calculating pre-2017 HECS-HELP debts
Calculating pre-2017 paid amounts for HECS-HELP eligible students
Campus
Casual Work Contract
Census Date
Certificate IV trial
Classification Type and Level
Cohort
Collection Year
Combined Course
Commencing Student
Commencing students - VET Only
Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN)
Commonwealth Assistance Notice - VET Only
Commonwealth Contributions
Commonwealth Grant Scheme (CGS)
Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)
Commonwealth Scholarships Program
Commonwealth Supported Place
Commonwealth Supported Student
Compulsory Repayments
Controlled Entity
Course - Higher Education only
Course - VET Only
Course Completion
Course completions - VET Only
Course Load
Course of Study
Course of Study Load for Higher Education providers
Course of Study Load for VET providers
Course schedule
Cross-institutional Program
Current Duties
D
Delivery Location
Detailed submission
Disability
Discipline Group
Discount
Discretionary elements
Domestic Applicant
Domestic Student
Downgrade
E
Effective Substantive Appointment
Element
Eligible students
Employer Reserved Place
Enabling Course
Enrolment
Enrolment Date
Enrolment Exempt from HECS Liability
Entitlements Calculation
Equivalent Full-Time Annual Salary
Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL)
Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) - VET Only
Exchange Program
Exchange Student
Exemption
Exemption Scholarship
F
FEE-HELP
FEE-HELP Balance
FEE-HELP Limit
Fee-Paying Domestic Postgraduate Student
Fee-Paying Domestic Undergraduate Student
Fee-Paying Overseas Student
Fee-Paying Place
Fee-Paying Scholarship
Fee-Paying Student
Field of Education Classification
File
Final Year of Secondary Education
First year
Formal training on end-user engagement
Fractional Full-Time Work Contract
Full-Time
Full-Time Equivalence FTE at the Reference Date
Full-Time Equivalence FTE for a Full Year
Full-Time Study
Full-Time Work Contract
Function
Funding Cluster
G
General Higher Education Provider Services Organisational Unit
Graduate Entry Degree
H
HECS-HELP
HECS-HELP Discount
HECS-HELP reporting for a pre-2017 student
HEIMS Administration
HEIMS Online
HEPCAT
HESA
Higher Degree by Research
Higher Doctorate
Higher Education Course
Higher Education Data Requirements and Change Control document
Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS)
Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Higher Education Provider (HEP)
Higher Education Providers Purposes
Higher Education Student Collection
Highest Preference
HITS
I
I.Am Skills system
Incidental Fees
Independent Operations
Indexation
Indicative student contribution amount
Indicative tuition fee
Institution
Interstate Transfer Index
Invalidated Student Record
Issue date
J
Joint degree
Jointly funded or fully funded by a research end-user
Jointly supervised by a research end-user
L
Last year
Limited Term
Loan Fee
Low socio-economic status (SES) - CD measure
Low socio-economic status (SES) - postcode measure
Low socio-economic status (SES) - SA1 measure
M
Main Criterion
Major Course
Maximum Student Contribution Indicator
Member of Staff
Ministerial Notice (Higher Education Providers)
Ministerial Notice (VET Providers)
Minor Course
Mode of Attendance
Mode of Attendance - VET Only
N
National Priority Areas
National Priority Places
New to Higher Education
Non-Academic Classification
Non-Award Basis
Non-Award Course
Non-Commonwealth Supported Student
Non-Differential Hecs Charge
Non-English speaking background
Notice date
O
Off-Shore Campus
Off-Shore Student
Offer
On-Shore Student
Open Learning Studies
Organisational Unit
OS-HELP
OS-HELP Debt Confirmation Form
OS-HELP Debt Incurral Date
OS-HELP Maximum
OS-HELP Policy
Other commercialisation and engagement activities
Other Function
Other Than Higher Education Provider Purposes
Outside Funded Staff Equivalence
Overall Position
Overseas Student
Overseas Student Fees
P
Part-Time
Partnership
Permanent Home Residence
Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder
Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder - VET Only
Permanent Resident Status
Permanent Visa Holder
Postgraduate Course of Study
Practical Experience Component
Pre-1997 Student
Pre-2005 HECS Student
Pre-2005 PELS Student
Pre-2005 Student
Preference
Preliminary submission
Provider
Public Services Organisational Unit
Q
Qualification
R
Re-Crediting
Recent School leaver
Recognition of prior learning
Reference Date
Reference Date - Higher Education Staff
Reference Year
Reference Year - Staff Only
Regional and Remote - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) measure
Regional and Remote - Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) measure
Remissions, repayments and re-credits
Repayment Thresholds
Reporting Schedule
Reporting Year
Request for Commonwealth Assistance
Request for Commonwealth Support and HECS-HELP
Request for Commonwealth Support and HECS–HELP - PRE–2005 HECS
Request for FEE-HELP Assistance
Request for FEE-HELP Assistance - OUA
Request for VET FEE-HELP Assistance
Research
Research Course
Research end-user
Research internship
Research Only Function
Research Training Program (RTP)
Research Training Scheme (RTS)
Residence
Restricted Access Arrangements
Restricted Access Indicator
Retention Rate
RPL VET unit of study
S
SA-HELP
School
Scope
Secondary Education
Sector
Six-Month Study Period
Specialisation
Stand-Alone
State subsidised student
Structure
Student
Student Cohort
Student Contribution Amount
Student Contribution Amount for a Place
Student Contribution Band
Student Contributions
Student Entitlement Calculation
Student Learning Entitlement (SLE)
Student Load
Student Services Organisational Unit
Student Status
Student to Staff Ratio
Study Abroad Program
Submission
Submission Date
Subsidising state or territory
Substantive Appointment
Success Rate
Summer School
T
Table A and Table B
TAC
TAFE
TAFE Award Course
TAFE Course
TAFE Institution
TCSI data types
Teaching and Research Function
Teaching Only Function
Tenurable Term
Term
Term Location
Tertiary Admission Centre
Tertiary Entrance Score
Third Party Arrangement
Transfer
Tuition Fee
Tuition Fee - VET Only
Type of Attendance
Type of Attendance - VET Only
U
Undergraduate Course of Study
Undergraduate Course of Study for Calculating % of Fee-Paying Students
Unit of Study
Unit of Study - VET Only
Up-Front Payment
Upgrade
V
VET Award Course
VET Course
VET Data Requirements and Change Control document
VET FEE-HELP
VET Institution
VET Student Collection
VET Student Loans
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Voluntary Repayment Bonus
Voluntary Repayments
W
Winter School
Women in Non-Traditional Area
Work Contract
Work Experience in Industry (WEI)
Work Sector
Y
Year 12 Applicant
Year 12 Qualification
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