Under Subsection 19-70(1) of the Higher Education Support Act 2003, Higher Education providers are required to provide statistical data to the Minister and the allocation of Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Numbers (CHESSN) to all Commonwealth assisted students.
The Ministerial Notice issued on 30 November 2009 sets out the requirements for the Higher Education Data Collection for 2010 Reporting Year.
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Providers must check for any changes which may, from time to time, be made to the requirements for the data. All changes to the requirements for the data for the Higher Education Data Collection will be noted in the 2011 Higher Education Data Requirements and Change Control document. A summary of changes will also be advised to providers in the HEIMS Data Collections newsletters.
Further information on administrative requirements under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) is available in the Administrative Information for Providers (AIP)
This section provides specifications for the elements for which data is to be included in one or more of the files provided to DEEWR by Higher Education Providers in the collection year.
The following documents provides a timing matrix for Higher Education Data Collection submissions due in the 2010 calendar year.
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