Element E329 - Mode of attendance code
Description
A code which identifies the mode of attendance by which the student undertakes a unit of study OR the mode of attendance for a preference or offered course as indicated by an applicant
Input Packets
Packets/Groups it appears in:
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Validations
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Scheduled Validations
Format
Code category | Element (E) |
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Element # | 329 |
Element Type: | String |
Width: | 1 |
Version Revision Date: | |
Version: | 7.00 |
Years version active: | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Allowable Values
VALUE | MEANING |
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1 | Internal Mode of Attendance at an on‑shore or off‑shore campus (includes classroom based) |
2 | External Mode of Attendance at an on‑shore or off‑shore campus (includes electronic based, on line and correspondence) |
3 | Multi‑modal Mode of Attendance |
6 | Employer based (VET providers only) |
Higher Education Only
VALUE | MEANING |
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4 | Completed course for which ALL units of study have been completed either solely through the Open Universities Australia (OUA) or through the OUA and another Higher Education provider |
7 | Completed course for which ALL units of study have been completed through one or more higher education providers, other than OUA |
5 | Award granted on the basis of submission of original work which is not the result of supervised candidature within the Higher Education provider |
Higher Education only
If a student is attending an off-shore campus as an internal student at that campus, they are to be coded “1”, not “2”.
For aggregated award completions, the code to be assigned for mode of attendance relates to the final year of attendance.
Applications and Offers only
The codes ‘4’, ‘5’ and ‘7’ are not applicable to this collection.
When no information is available on an applicant’s mode of attendance preference but:
- the course itself only provides internal attendance options, report as “1”
- the course itself only provides external attendance options, report as “2”
- the course provides both internal and external attendance options do not report a value
HEPs/ TACs
Data for both Course Offers and Course Preferences are optional in all submissions.
TCSI Support Change History
Revision Data | Change Details | Change Reason |
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2023-12-21 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
2022-12-19 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
2022-12-16 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
2021-11-19 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
2020-06-30 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
2019-09-24 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
2014-05-22 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade |
Ministerial Notice document system upgrade |
Summary
Element 329 was included in the original Higher Education student data collection in 1987. It continued as part of the student data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Opens in a new window: Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) which was implemented in 2005. There have been no significant coding changes to this element
Table 1. Change control information with links to relevant versions 1
First year version applied | Last year version applied | Version | Change | Reason for change | Notice date | Issue date |
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2015 | 2020 | 6.00 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade | Ministerial Notice document system upgrade | 22 May 2014 | 22 May 2014 |
2014 | 2014 | 5.00 | Applications and Offers Data Collection - Updated coding notes to include reference to TAC's Data Elements Map in the HEIMS Web Services Specification. | To clarify information | 27 Mar 2013 | 27 Mar 2013 |
2013 | 2013 | 4.00 | Moved coding notes from Application Details AD file structure documents | To streamline documentation | 14 Feb 2012 | 14 Feb 2012 |
2012 | 2012 | 3.00 | New versioning applied to data elements | No change in requirements - Implementation of new document management system. | 11 Mar 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 |
2010 | 2011 | 1.20 | Addition of coding notes and update of element description to accommodate use for Applications and Offers | Introduction of Applications and Offers data collection | 30 Nov 2009 | 30 Nov 2009 |
2009 | 2009 | 1.10 | VET only. Addition of coding notes and update of element description to accommodate use by VET providers | Introduction of VET FEE‑HELP | 5 Dec 2008 | 5 Dec 2008 |
2005 | 2008 | 1.00 | Inclusion in 2005 student data collection | Implementation of new policy and initiatives under HESA 2003. | 9 Dec 2004 | 9 Dec 2004 |
Pre‑HESA: Element 329 was included in the original Higher Education student data collection in 1987. It continued as part of the student data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Opens in a new window: Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) which was implemented in 2005. There have been no significant coding changes to this element. |
Note 1: A version of an element can be associated with one or more reporting years. Where there are multiple versions applicable to a reporting year, only a link to the latest version is provided.