Chapter 1 – Preliminary

1 Name

This instrument is the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2020.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 238-10 of the Act.

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in Schedule 1 of the Act, including the following:

(a) EFTSL;
(b) funding clusters;
(c) maximum basic grant amount;
(d) national priority; and
(e) Table A provider.

In this instrument:

Act means the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

Department means the Commonwealth department administered by the Minister responsible for administering the Act.

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

Other Grants Guidelines means the Higher Education Support (Other Grants) Guidelines 2022 as that document is in force from time to time.

6 Savings provision

Despite the repeal of the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines 2012 made by Schedule 1 of this instrument, those guidelines, as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument, continue to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a grant made under Part 2-2 of the Act for the 2020 grant year.

Chapter 2 – Higher Education Providers

7 Purpose

This chapter specifies, for the purposes of subparagraph 30-1(1)(b)(i) of the Act, providers other than Table A providers that can be paid grants under Part 2-2 of the Act.

8 Higher Education Providers

The higher education providers are: (a) Avondale University College Limited; (b) Torrens University Australia Ltd; (c) Bond University Limited; (d) University of Divinity; (e) Tabor College Inc trading as Tabor Adelaide; (f) Eastern College Australia Inc; (g) Christian Heritage College; (h) Holmesglen Institute trading as Holmesglen Institute of TAFE; (i) Melbourne Polytechnic; (j) Academy of Information Technology Pty Ltd; (k) Australian College of Nursing Ltd; (l) Alphacrucis University College Limited; (m) Higher Education Leadership Institute Pty Ltd; (n) Chisholm Institute; (o) The Cairnmillar Institute; (p) Box Hill Institute; (q) Australian College of Natural Medicine Pty Ltd trading as Endeavour College of Natural Health; (r) Engineering Institute of Technology Pty Ltd; (s) Excelsia University College; (t) Health Education and Training Institute; (u) Navitas Bundoora Pty Ltd; (v) Marcus Oldham College; (w) Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd; (x) Melbourne Institute of Technology Pty Ltd; (y) SAE Institute Pty Limited; (z) Technical and Further Education Commission; (za) TAFE Queensland; (zb) TAFE SA; (zc) Australian College of Theology Limited; (zd) Colleges of Business and Technology (WA) Pty Ltd; (ze) Crown Institute of Higher Education Pty Ltd; (zf) Edith Cowan College Pty Ltd; (zg) Educational Enterprises Australia Pty Ltd; (zh) ICHM Pty Ltd; (zi) INSEARCH Limited; (zj) International College of Management, Sydney Pty. Limited; (zk) JMC Pty. Limited; (zl) Kaplan Higher Education Pty Ltd; (zm) Kaplan Business School Pty Limited; (zn) Kent Institute Australia Pty Ltd; (zo) Le Cordon Bleu Australia Pty Limited; (zp) Morling College Ltd; (zq) Navitas Professional Institute Pty Ltd (zr) Queensland Institute of Business & Technology Pty Ltd; (zs) South Australian Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd; (zt) Southern Cross Education Institute (Higher Education) Pty Ltd; (zu) S P Jain School of Global Management Pty Limited; (zv) Sydney Institute of Business and Technology Pty Ltd; (zw) Think: Colleges Pty Ltd (zx) Top Education Group Limited (zy) Wentworth Institute of Higher Education Pty Ltd; (zz) Whitehouse Institute Pty Ltd; (zza) The National Institute of Dramatic Art.