N. Changes in 2021 edition

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Chapter Part Updates to information regarding
1 1
  • Information about the Australian Government’s Job-Ready Graduates package removed, and new subsection on ‘2021 changes’.
  • A section briefly describing the ‘Unique Student Identifier’ has been added.

1

1.3
  • Additional information on fairness requirement.

1

1.6
  • New section on ‘Marketing Requirements’ which deals with provider compliance on marketing courses.

2

2.1
  • ‘Higher Education Provider (HEP) requirements pack’ changed to ‘FEE-HELP Provider Requirements Pack’.
  • Additional changes and information based on the new requirements pack.

3

3
  • Additional information on procedural requirements for grievance and review procedures.

4

ALL
  • Chapter on ‘Pre-2010 students’ replaced with ‘Grandfathered students’.

5

ALL
  • ‘Student contribution amounts for transitional and non-transitional arrangements’ chapter removed and Domestic and overseas students is now chapter 5.

6

6.5
  • Information on undergraduate certificates added.

6

6.7
  • Additional information on IRLSAF and other grants.

6

6.9
  • Removed section on activating courses for HELP in the Information Technology System.

7

7.6
  • New section added on obligations for providers related to procedures for students ‘withdrawing before the census date’.

9

9.1
  • The hardcopy elements of Commonwealth assistance forms (CAFs) have been removed.
  • ‘Unique Student Identifier’ subsection added.

9

9.3
  • The hardcopy elements of Commonwealth assistance forms (CAFs) have been removed.

9

9.4
  • Additional information on lodging electronic Commonwealth assistance forms (eCAFs).

13

13.2
  • Changes to the eligibility of ‘WEI units’ attracting CGS funding.

13

13.3
  • Changes to the eligibility of ‘WEI units’ attracting CGS funding.

13

13.4
  • Removed section on ‘when is a student enrolled in a WEI unit a Commonwealth supported student?’.
  • Removed ‘Figure 1: WEI arrangements’ and replaced with an updated figure.

14

14.2
  • Added information on cross-institution arrangements and the relationship with grandfathering.

15

15.1
  • Additional information on formal exchanges and eligibility requirements for Commonwealth supported places.

16

16
  • Additional information on Women in STEM and the Advanced Apprenticeships Program.

19

19
  • Subsection added on ‘Regional Universities Centres’.

20

20.3
  • Additional information on ‘student identifiers’ and when a provider should advise a person that they are a Commonwealth supported student.
  • Additional information on the ‘Secretary of the department’, ‘academic suitability’, ‘unit completion’ and when a provider should not advise a person that they are a Commonwealth supported student.
  • Additional information on Student Learning Entitlements.
  • Additional information on completion rate provision.
  • Additional information on genuine students.
     

20

20.7
  • Additional information from the CGS Guidelines.

20

20.9
  • Additional information on Commonwealth supported students and HECS-HELP.
20 20.10
  • Section on Student Learning Entitlements added.

21

21.2
  • Additional information on professional pathway courses.

22

22.2
  • HECS-HELP discount added under multiple student contribution amounts.

22

22.3
  • Additional information on grandfathering.
22 22.5
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders.

26

26
  • Chapter title changed to ‘Waiving fees’.

26

26.1
  • Previous subsection ‘fee scholarships’ removed and replaced with ‘domestic students’.

26

26.2
  • New section ‘overseas students’ added.

27

27.1
  • New chapter added on ‘Tertiary Access Payment’ (TAP).

29

29.2
  • Additional information on ‘Unique Student Identifiers’.
  • Additional information on HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP, and OS-HELP eligibility criteria.
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders.

29

29.3
  • Additional information on the HELP loan limit.
  • Additional information on HELP limit indexation.
  • Additional information on viewing student’s available HELP balance using Unique Student Identifiers.

29

29.5
  • New section added on ‘issuing a CAN’.

29

29.6
  • New section added on ‘withdrawal on or before the census date’.

29

29.7
  • New section added on ‘withdrawal after the census date’.
  • Additional information on the completion rate provision.

29

29.8
  • New section added on ‘cancellation of units of study after the census date’.

30

30.2
  • Additional information on 90 per cent upfront student contribution amounts, available HELP balance being greater than $0, and Unique Student Identifiers.
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders.

30

30.3
  • Additional information on student contribution payment options.

30

30.4
  • Section information on full up-front payments for HECS‑HELP eligible students replaced with new information.
  • Information on partial up-front payments replaced with new information.

30

30.6
  • Additional information added to HECS-HELP loans.

30

30.7
  • Section on issuing a CAN removed.
  • Section 11 on repaying HECS-HELP debit now referred to as section 7.

30

30.8
  • Section on withdrawals on or before the census date removed.
  • New section 8 created on ‘payment of the HECS-HELP discount’.

30

30.9
  • Section on withdrawals after the census date removed.

30

30.10
  • Section on cancellation of units after the census date removed.

30

30.11
  • Section 11 on repaying HECS-HELP debt now referred to as section 7.

30

30.12
  • Section on tax deductibility of student contribution amounts removed.

31

31.4
  • Additional information on eligibility requirements, including pass-rate requirements, residency requirements, New Zealand citizenship, and New Zealand citizens and overseas study.
  • Additional information on the completion rate provision.
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders
     

31

31.6
  • Subsections on exceeding the FEE-HELP balance, students enrolled with multiple providers, determining a student’s HELP balance removed.

31

31.7
  • New section 7 on available HELP balance.

31

31.8
  • Subsection on Loan Fee exemption and reduction added.
  • Additional information on FEE-HELP loan debt.
  • Examples updated.

31

31.9
  • Section on ‘issuing a CAN’ removed.
  • Section 13 now section 9.

31

31.10
  • Section on ‘withdrawing on or before the census date’ removed.

31

31.11
  • Section on ‘withdrawing after the census date’ removed.

31

31.12
  • Section on ‘cancellation of units of study after the census date’ removed.

31

31.13
  • Section 13 on repaying FEE-HELP debt now section 9.
  • Notes have been removed.

32

32.4
  • Additional information on Unique Student Identifiers.
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders.

32

32.5
  • Information on New Zealand citizenship removed.

32

32.22
  • Additional information on OS-HELP assistance.

33

33.1
  • Additional information on Unique Student Identifiers.

33

33.2
  • Additional information on Unique Student Identifiers and NZ citizenship.
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders.

33

33.4
  • Additional information on amount of SA-HELP.

34

34.1
  • Additional information on TFN requirements.

34

34.4
  • Additional information on upfront payments of 90 per cent of a student contribution.

34

34.7
  • Additional information on Commonwealth supported student HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP, and SA-HELP.

35

35.1
  • Additional information on overseas debtors.

36

36.3
  • Section title changed to include Unique Student Identifiers.
  • Additional information on the management of CHESSN and USIs. 
  • Additional information on graduation if a student only has a CHESSN, the importance of having a single USI, USI verification, USI retrieval, CHESSN decommissioning, USI for international students, and USI for international offshore students.

37

37.2
  • Additional information on publishing and notices for the student services and amenities fee.

37

37.4
  • Additional information on variations that disadvantage students.

37

37.5
  • Additional information on schedule variations with and without Ministerial approval.

37

37.6
  • Subsection on revoking pre-2006 determinations with regard to student cohorts removed.
  • New subsection on units of study and other publishing requirements.

38

38.7
  • Subsection on revoking a saved determination without Ministerial approval removed.

38

38.9
  • Subsection on student contribution amount or tuition fee after a saved determination is revoked removed.

41

41.3
  • Additional information on submitting government eCAFs.

41

41.4
  • Reference to USI added.

41

41.6
  • Subsection on optional fields removed.

41

41.8
  • Information on students being unable to submit forms electronically removed.

42

42.1
  • References to the appendices added and additional information on forms and contact details related to these appendices.
  • References added to Student Learning Entitlements.

42

42.3
  • Information changes to remission of HECS-HELP debt and/or repayment of up-front payments of student contribution amounts and units with census dates before 1 January 2012.
  • References added to Student Learning Entitlements.

42

42.4
  • Additional information on when a person can apply for re-credit, remission and/or repayment.
  • References added to Student Learning Entitlements.

42

42.5
  • Additional information on student protections, students not being entitled to assistance, and provider completing requests for assistance.
  • References added to Student Learning Entitlements.

42

42.7
  • Additional information on Administration Guidelines.
  • References added to Student Learning Entitlements.
42 42.8
  • Section on re-crediting a person’s SLE amount added.

43

43.1
  • Additional information on review procedures for reconsidering decisions, statement of reasons for a decision, acknowledging receipt of applications for review and appointment of review officers.

46

46.6
  • Section on replacement providers added.

47

47
  • New chapter on compliance requirements.

Appendix A

A
  • Email related to the Tertiary Access Payment added.
  • Website for USI added.
  • References to legislation, amendments, Ministerial determinations for tuition protection included.
  • References to legislation, amendments, Ministerial determinations for exempt students updated.
  • Reference added to the Student Learning Entitlements Guidelines.
Appendix B B
  • Additional references to, and clear identification of, pre‑2005 terminology.
  • Definition of Tertiary Access Payment and Unique Student Identifier added.
Appendix C C
  • Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders added.
Appendix E E
  • New appendix on application for a USI.
Appendix F F
  • Additional information on New Zealand citizens.
Appendix I I
  • Appendix on student cohorts removed.
Appendix J J
  • Additional information on special circumstances.
  • References added to Student Learning Entitlements.
Appendix K K
  • Additional information on decisions that are subject to review, reconsideration of reviewable decisions, publication of decision notices in certain circumstances.
  • Changes to dates and AAT application fee amount.
Appendix M M
  • New appendix on genuine student and academic suitability assessments.
  • New sections added on ‘Completion rate requirements’ and ‘Completion rate examples’.
Appendix N N
  • Updates to 2021 AIP (this document).