Element E552 - Eligibility score
Description
The score determined by the institution as the lowest score at which any student, whether Commonwealth Supported or Domestic Fee-paying, be eligible for consideration for this course, excluding special entry.
Input Packets
Packets/Groups it appears in:
Validations
Scheduled Validations
Format
| Code category | Element (E) |
|---|---|
| Element # | 552 |
| Element Type: | Integer |
| Width: | 4 |
| Version Revision Date: | |
| Version: | 4.00 |
| Years version active: | 2019 |
Allowable Values
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 0000 | An eligibility score is not applicable because it is never used as an entrance criterion or part of the selection criteria; or The course is an offshore course. |
| 0001 to 9995 | The eligibility score (reported as a common index – see coding notes). |
The Eligibility Score to be reported is the value for the common index that has been agreed by MCEETYA. The values for the common index will range from 0001 to 9995. The common index is given different names in different states as listed below:
- SA/NT ‑ Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER);
- VIC ‑ Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER);
- WA ‑ Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER);
- TAS ‑ Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER);
- ACT ‑ Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR);
- NSW ‑ Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR); and
- QLD ‑ Interstate Transfer Index
HEPs must provide eligibility score information for their campus according to the postcode location of the campus.
Queensland HEPs may provide an eligibility score for this field.
TCSI Support Change History
| Revision Data | Change Details | Change Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 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 552 was included as part of the Higher Education 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. It has had some addition to coding notes to include offshore courses and support the Transnational Quality strategy. There have been no significant coding changes to this element since.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2019 | 4.00 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade | Ministerial Notice document system upgrade | 22 May 2014 | 22 May 2014 |
| 2012 | 2014 | 3.00 | New versioning applied to data elements | No change in requirements - Implementation of new document management system. | 11 Mar 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 |
| 2009 | 2011 | 1.10 | Addition of note to code "0000" to include The course is an offshore course. | To support the Transnational Quality Strategy | 13 Dec 2007 | 13 Dec 2007 |
| 2005 | 2008 | 1.00 | A new element on the Campus file | Required for CIS | 09 Dec 2004 | 26 Apr 2005 |
| Pre‑HESA: There is no earlier version of 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.
