Legislation & other information for providers
- Opens in a new window: Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA)
- Opens in a new window: VET Student Loans Act 2016
- Opens in a new window: VET Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2016
- Opens in a new window: VET Student Loans (Charges) Act 2016 (note – implementation of fees and charges will occur later in 2017)
- Opens in a new window: HESA Guidelines
- Opens in a new window: Administrative Information for Providers (AIP): Student Support (2015)
- Opens in a new window: Publications for higher education providers
- Opens in a new window: Funding Clusters and HECS Bands for student administrators
- Opens in a new window: uCube Higher Education Online Data Cube for higher education statistics
- Opens in a new window: VET Student Loans
- Opens in a new window: Information for VET Student Loans Approved Providers
- Opens in a new window: VET Student Loans Manual for Providers
- Opens in a new window: VET FEE‑HELP - FAQs
- Ministerial Notice documents are available for all current reporting requirements.
Reporting systems
- Access to department systems: Datamart, HEIMS Administration, HEIMS Online and HEPCAT provides access to HEIMS systems.
- Opens in a new window: HEIMS Online
- Opens in a new window: HEIMS Administration
- The Higher Education Datamart is accessed from the Opens in a new window: Education Portal.
- Program Funding (PFS) user guides & training videos
- Changes to Student Administration Systems
- Opens in a new window: HELP IT system (HITS) for higher education and VET providers
- Opens in a new window: HELP IT system (HITS) user guide and training videos
- Opens in a new window: Government eCAF API system access request form
- Opens in a new window: Government eCAF system access request form
Information for students
- Opens in a new window: Study Assist provides information to students about Australian Government assistance for financing tertiary study.
- Opens in a new window: myUniAssist - Track how much Commonwealth assistance you have used.
- Opens in a new window: Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching - With QILT, you can do side by side comparisons of the quality of the higher education institutions and the study areas that you're interested in.