Element E598 - Commonwealth scholarship amount
Description
Total scholarship amount paid to the student in the reporting period.
Scheduled Validations
Format
| Code category | Element (E) |
|---|---|
| Element # | 598 |
| Element Type: | Decimal |
| Width: | 8(2) |
| Version Revision Date: | |
| Version: | 1.10 |
| Years version active: | 2026 |
Allowable Values
NILReport the amount paid to the student.
This value is to be provided for students who are holders of an Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) Scholarship:
a. Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (Indigenous CECS)
b. Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship (Indigenous CAS)
c. Indigenous Commonwealth Reward Scholarship
The amount is the total amount that has been paid to the student during the reporting period. The amount only needs to be reported once at the end of each reporting period.
This value must be reported in Australian dollars.
TCSI Support Change History
| Revision Data | Change Details | Change Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | Update to coding notes |
To clarify the currency to be reported |
Summary
Element 598 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.
There have been updates and additions to coding notes since to reflect policy changes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Current | 1.10 | Update to coding notes | To clarify the currency to be reported | 5 November 2025 | 5 November 2025 |
| 2021 | 2025 | 1.00 | Incremental version number applied. | A new version number is applied to mark the transition from the Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS) to the Tertiary Collection of Information (TCSI). | 3 Jul 2020 | 3 Jul 2020 |
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.
