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Glossary of terms, abbreviations and system specific phrases.

A

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Academic classification

Academic organisational unit

Academic support services organisational unit

Administrative Information for Higher Education Providers (AIP)

Australian exchange students

Available HELP balance

B

Bridging course for overseas-trained professionals

C

Calculating HECS-HELP discounts

Calculating loan fees

Calculating pre-2017 amounts for HECS-HELP eligible students

Casual work contract

Classification type and level

Collection year

Combined course

Commencing student

Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)

Commonwealth Scholarship

Commonwealth supported place

Commonwealth supported student

Controlled entity

Course admission

Course completion

Course of study

Course of study load

Cross-institutional program

D

Delivery location

Discipline group

Domestic applicant

Domestic student

E

Effective substantive appointment

Employer reserved place

Enabling course

Equivalent full-time annual salary

Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL)

Exchange program

Exchange student

Exemption scholarship

F

Fee-paying overseas student

Fee-paying place

Fee-paying student

Field of education classification

Final year of secondary education

Formal training on end-user engagement

Fractional full-time work contract

Full-time equivalence FTE at the reference date

Full-time equivalence FTE for a full year

Full-time work contract

G

Graduate entry degree

H

HECS-HELP discount

HEIMS Administration

HELP loan limit

Higher degree by research

Higher doctorate

Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS)

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Higher education provider

Higher Education Student Collection

Highest preference

I

Independent operations

Indicative student contribution amount

Indicative tuition fee

Interstate transfer index

J

Jointly funded or fully funded by a research end-user

Jointly supervised by a research end-user

L

Low socio-economic status (SES) - postcode measure

Low socio-economic status (SES) - SA1 measure

M

Maximum student contribution

Member of staff

Ministerial Notice

Mode of attendance

N

National priority areas

Non-academic classification

Non-Commonwealth supported student

Non-English speaking background

O

Off-shore campus

Off-shore student

On-shore student

Organisational unit

OS-HELP debt incurral date

Other commercialisation and engagement activities

Overall position

Overseas student

P

Pending HELP balance

Permanent humanitarian visa

Postgraduate course of study

Pre-2005 HECS student

Pre-2005 PELS student

Public services organisational unit

Q

R

Recent school leaver

Recognition of prior learning

Regional and remote - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) measure

Regional and remote - Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) measure

Remissions and re-credits

Research end-user

Research internship

Research only function

Research Training Program (RTP)

Research Training Scheme (RTS)

Residential address

Restricted access arrangement

S

Secondary education

Secretary's Notice

Stand-alone arrangement

State subsidised student

Student contribution amount

Student contribution band

Student services organisational unit

Student to staff ratio

Substantive appointment

T

Table A and table B

TCSI Data Entry

TCSI data types

Teaching and research function

Teaching only function

Tertiary Admission Centre

Type of attendance

U

Undergraduate course

V

VET award course

VET Student Loans

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

W

Winter school unit of study

Women in non-traditional area

Work experience in industry (WEI)

Y

Year 12 applicant

Year 12 qualification

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