1. 2017 Higher Education Reporting Requirements http://heimshelp.education.gov.au/sites/heimshelp/Support/Pages/Webinar-Higher-Education-Ministerial-Notice-2017

2. Overview What’s changed?  No HECS-HELP Discount Proposed changes  Research Training Program Future enhancements

3. Changes to E490 - Student Status code CodeMeaning 201Deferred all or part of the student contribution through HECS-HELP 204Paid full student contribution upfront Introduction of a new code 204 – Paid full student contribution upfront From 2017 there are two reporting codes for Commonwealth supported students:

4. Retired codes- HECS-HELP Revising previously reported units of study with census dates prior to 1 January 2017 Element 490 - Revising previously reported data – census dates prior to 1 January 2017 202Paid the full student contribution up-front with the HECS-HELP discount 203Paid the full student contribution up-front without the HECS-HELP discount

5. System validations Validations modified to include  new student status code of 204  HECS-HELP discount end date 31 Dec 2016 New validations  census dates 1 Jan 2017

6. Changes to coding notes End date coding notes on:  Element 490 – Student status code  Element 384 – Total amount charged A student's HECS ‑ HELP status is no longer determined by assessing the status of all units of study undertaken, within a given course of study, on a given census date. This only applies to units of study prior to 1 January 2017

7. Changes to Research Training Program from 2017 6 Research Block Grants Research Support Program (RSP) Research Training Program (RTP) Consultation on new program guidelines for Research Block Grants for universities

8. E487 - Scholarship type code New codes 08Research Training Programme (RTP) Scholarship with Stipend 09Research Training Programme (RTP) Scholarship without Stipend E487 - Scholarship type code Existing codes 01Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scheme 02International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) Scheme 07Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) and International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)

9. Codes for revising RTS pre-2017 students Codes for students who were awarded an APA and/or an IPRS are only to be used for revisions to pre-2017 records. Revising pre-2017 data only 01Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scheme 02International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) Scheme 07Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) and International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)

10. E490 – Student Status Proposed new code 331A domestic or overseas student supported under the Research Training Program (RTP) E490 update for Research Training Program Existing codes 320A domestic student who received a research HECS exemption prior to 1 September 2000 330A domestic student enrolled under the Research Training Scheme (RTS) from 1 September 2000

11. Retired codes from 2017 Revising pre-2017 data only 320A domestic student who received a research HECS exemption prior to 1 September 2000 330A domestic student enrolled under the Research Training Scheme (RTS) from 1 September 2000 These codes will now only be used to revise previous RTS student records for census dates prior to 1 January 2017

12. New directions ATO Reporting Changes in 2017 to support the nightly transfer of HELP data to the ATO from July 2017

13. Education Portal - Online Registration New way of applying for access  No paper forms  Reset your own passwords  Manage your own account  Nominate your own administrators Webinar 30 August 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm

14. Data sent to ATO September June Reminder - HELP debt transfers to ATO Report HELP debts and revisions by 31 August to be included in September transfer JulyAug Data reported in:

15. Questions?

16. For all your data questions contact HEIMS Data Collections HEIMS.datacollections@education.gov.au Telephone: (02) 6240 7487 Need more help?