CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTERPRETATION

1.1 INTERPRETATION

1.1.1 Unless the contrary intention appears, the terms within the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2012 have the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’).

1.5 DEFINITIONS

1.5 DEFINITIONS

1.5.1 In these Guidelines, unless the contrary intention appears:

ASGC Remoteness Structure means the Australian Standard Geographical Classification

(ASGC) Remoteness Structure published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

ASGS Remoteness Structure means the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Remoteness Structure published by the ABS which replaces the ASGC Remoteness Structure from December 2012

campus ‘based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, campus means the physical location at which a provider delivers a unit of study. For on-line/ distance education courses or where studies require attendance at locations such as a health centre, teaching hospital or agricultural farm, the campus is the location from which the course is administered.

Department means the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education

external based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, external means a mode of attendance for a unit of study whereby the provider delivers the course materials to the student and the student is not required to attend classes on campus on a regular basis.

EFTSL An EFTSL is an equivalent full-time student load for a year. It is a measure, in respect of a course of study, of the study load for a year of a student undertaking that course of study on a full‑time basis.

headquarters is a provider’s campus location which has the largest internal and multi-modal EFTSL of Commonwealth supported students

HESC means the Higher Education Student Collection which is a component of the Higher Education Statistics Collection required under subsection 19-70(1) of the Act

HEIMS means the Higher Education Information Management System

internal based on HEIMSHELP Glossary, internal means a mode of attendance for a unit of study whereby the student must attend classes at the provider’s facilities on a regular basis

multi-modal based on HEIMSHELP Glossary,
multi-modal means a mode of attendance for a unit of study that is undertaken partially in an internal mode of attendance and partially in an external mode

provider means Higher Education Provider

1.5.5 Any reference to a part, division or section of the Act is a reference to that part, division or section as in force from time to time.