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 of 30 November 2009 provides details of the Higher Education Student Data Collection for the 2010 Reporting Year.
2010 Data Requirements and Change Control Information
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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 2010 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) 
The following document provides a timing matrix for the Higher Education Data Collections for the 2010 reporting year.
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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 2010 Reporting Year.
The specifications for each element are shown in these sections.
Elements by File
Elements by Name
Elements by Number