N. Changes in 2021 edition

• 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.

• 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.

• Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders.

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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.

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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.

• 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.

• Additional references to, and clear identification of, pre‑2005 terminology.
• Definition of Tertiary Access Payment and Unique Student Identifier added.

• Additional information on eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holders added.

• New appendix on application for a USI.

• Additional information on New Zealand citizens.

• Appendix on student cohorts removed.

• Additional information on special circumstances.
• References added to Student Learning Entitlements.

• 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.

• New appendix on genuine student and academic suitability assessments.
• New sections added on ‘Completion rate requirements’ and ‘Completion rate examples’.

• Updates to 2021 AIP (this document).