Higher Education Course Completions (HDR Students) Live Data Report
The notes on reading this report were updated 26 February 2025 following a major update. Specific updates are not flagged on this page.
How to read this report
This report provides a summary of students who have completed their higher degree research (HDR) courses (E310: Course of study type code in 2, 3), reported in Course admissions, Aggregated awards and in Early exit awards for the completion year, based on E592: Course outcome date.
This report includes:
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Unique count of students who completed a Primary course at a higher education provider for the completion year.
Each unique combination of E313: Student Identification code and E307: Course Code concatenated must have one and only one primary course, allocated to the first record with that combination. (One student, E313: Student Identification code, can have more than one primary course, but only if they have more than one E307: Course Code.)
- Students completion is recorded for the value provided for E307: Course Code.
- Student course outcomes reported as:
- Completed – E599: Course outcome code = 1
- Completed but continuing a related course – E599: Course outcome code = 5
- A students citizenship E358 is based on the value at the time the student completed the course E592: Course outcome date.
Layout of the report
The report defaults to the current reporting year and previous reporting year. Buttons on the left of the page enable users to select 2021 report and 2022 onwards report.
Slicers on the left side of the report enable users to select student completions by:
- Reporting Year (Only in 2022 onwards report)
- Research Type
- Citizenship
- Gender
The following table identifies the fields displayed in the report interface, including slicers:
| Field | Coding notes |
|---|---|
| Research Type |
Value reported at E310: Course of study type code:
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| Citizenship Type (Domestic/Overseas) |
Based on the effective value reported in E358: Citizen resident code at E592: Course outcome date.
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| Cost Type |
Value reported at E461: Field of education code.
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| Indigenous Status |
Value reported at E316: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander code:
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Eligible internship (Applicable to 2022 onwards report only) |
Eligible Internships are defined by all the following criteria being met:
All other records are classified under No Eligible Internship. |
Notes
- The drill-through page of the report includes HDR records for students who have completed both primary and secondary courses.
- The following drill-through reports are available:
- Details report – This report is filtered to include the student count you have drilled down to from the summary page only and will not include multiple records for a student that has multiple research end-user engagement records.
- Details report – all research end-user engagements – This report may include multiple records for a single student if they have multiple research end-user engagement records.
- Enhancements to the drill throughs are expected in the future.
- Deleted records are excluded from the report.