Commonwealth of Australia
Higher Education Support Act 2003
COMMONWEALTH GRANT SCHEME GUIDELINES No.1
Amendments to Guidelines made under section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003
I, Julia Gillard, Minister for Education, pursuant to section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’), make the attached Amendment No.6 to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1, which provide for matters under Part 2-2 and section 93‑10 of the Act.
Dated this __15___ day of __October_______________ 2009.
__Julia Gillard___________________________
JULIA GILLARD
Minister for Education
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Higher Education Support Act 2003
Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1
Amendment No. 6
1 CITATION
These Guidelines may be cited as Amendment No. 6 to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1
2 AUTHORITY
These guidelines are made under section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (the Act) to give effect to matters set out in Part 2-2 and section 93-10 of the Act
3 DATE OF EFFECT
These Guidelines will come into effect on 1 January 2010.
4 AMENDMENT
These Guidelines amend the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No.1 which were registered on 12 December 2006, which commenced on 13 December 2006 (see F2006L04079) and which were amended on 5 September 2007 (see F2007L03523) with effect from 1 January 2008 (see F2008C00071). A second amendment was registered on 27 February 2008, and commenced on 28 February 2008 (see F2008C00134). This amendment was disallowed on 14 May 2008, and the guidelines reverted to the previous amendment. A third amendment was registered on 7 August 2008 and commenced on 8 August 2008 (see F2008L02946). A fourth amendment was registered on 3 November 2008 and commenced on 4 November 2008 (see F2008l04267). A fifth amendment was registered on 9 April 2009 and commenced on 10 April 2009 (see F2009L01293).
PURPOSE
The purpose of this amendment is to:
- repeal redundant Chapter 7 of the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1 as section 33‑17 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in relation to the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and the National Governance Protocols Requirements has been repealed;
- repeal redundant Chapter 8 of the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1 as section 33-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in relation to adjustments to higher education providers’ basic grant amounts has been repealed; and
- amend Chapter 9 of the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1 to remove the education part of funding cluster 3 and create a new ‘Funding cluster 4 – Education’. The current funding clusters 4 to 7 will be renumbered as funding clusters 5 to 8.
ITEM 1
· Repeal the Table of Contents and substitute:
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 3
1.1 INTERPRETATION 3
CHAPTER 2 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS 4
2.1 PURPOSE 4
2.5 HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (section 30-1) 4
CHAPTER 3 NATIONAL PRIORITIES 5
3.1 PURPOSE 5
3.5 NATIONAL PRIORITIES (section 30-20) 5
CHAPTER 4 REGIONAL LOADING 6
4.1 PURPOSE 6
4.2 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING IN 2007 AND LATER YEARS 6
4.5 AMOUNT OF REGIONAL LOADING IN 2006 6
CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING 10
5.1 PURPOSE 10
5.5 MEDICAL STUDENT LOADING (section 33-5) 10
5.10 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING 10
CHAPTER 6 ENABLING LOADING 11
6.1 PURPOSE 11
6.10 LOADING CALCULATION 11
6.15 TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENABLING LOADING AVAILABLE TO THE
SECTOR 12
6.20 CODING NOTES FOR DETERMINING ENABLING LOADING 12
CHAPTER 9 DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS 21
9.1 PURPOSE 21
9.5 DETERMINING THE FUNDING CLUSTERS (section 33-35) 21
CHAPTER 10 ADVANCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES 28
10.1 PURPOSE 28
10.5 ADVANCES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES (section 33-40) 28
10.10 AMOUNTS 28
10.15 CONDITIONS ON ADVANCES 28
10.20 REPAYMENT OF THE ADVANCE 28
CHAPTER 11 – TRANSITIONAL LOADING 29
11.1 PURPOSE 29
11.2 TRANSITIONAL LOADING 29
11.3 CALCULATION OF THE LOADING 29
Notes to the COMMONWEALTH GRANT SCHEME GUIDELINES NO. 1 31
ITEM 2
· Repeal Chapter 7.
ITEM 3
· Repeal Chapter 8.
ITEM 4
· Repeal subsection 9.5.1 and subsection 9.5.5 and substitute with:
9.5.1 The funding cluster, or a particular part of a funding cluster, in which a unit of study is included is determined in the following way. Clusters are defined by the field of education (FOE) code arising from applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) as set out in the table below. A unit with an FOE code of 090701 (psychology) is allocated to ‘behavioural science’ or ‘clinical psychology’ within a funding cluster according to whether the course of study of which it forms part is accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the specified colleges of the Australian Psychological Society (College of Clinical Psychologists, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, College of Counselling Psychologists, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, College of Forensic Psychologists, College of Health Psychologists, College of Sport Psychologists and College of Community Psychologists).
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 1
Law, accounting, administration, economics, commerce
Law
0909
Accounting
0801
Business and Management
0803
Sales and Marketing
0805
Tourism
0807
Office Studies
0809
Banking, Finance and Related Fields
0811
Other Management and Commerce
0899
Economics and Econometrics
0919
Food and Hospitality
1101
Personal Services
1103
General Education Programmes
1201
Other Mixed Field Programmes
1299
Funding cluster 2
Humanities
History
090305
Archaeology
090307
Indigenous Studies
090311
Justice and Law Enforcement
0911
Language and Literature
091500
English Language
091501
Linguistics
091521
Literature
091523
Language and Literature not elsewhere classified
091599
Philosophy and Religious Studies
0917
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 3
Mathematics, statistics, behavioural science, social studies, computing, built environment, other health
Mathematics and statistics
Mathematical Sciences
0101
Computing, built environment or other health
Computer Science
0201
Information Systems
0203
Other Information Technology
0299
Architecture and Urban Environment
0401
Building
0403
Public Health
061300
Occupational Health and Safety
061301
Environmental Health
061303
Health Promotion
061307
Community Health
061309
Epidemiology
061311
Public Health not elsewhere classified
061399
Rehabilitation Therapies
061700
Massage Therapy
061711
Rehabilitation Therapies not elsewhere classified
061799
Complementary Therapies
0619
Other Health
069900
First Aid
069907
Health not elsewhere classified
069999
Behavioural science or social studies
Human Movement
069903
Political Science and Policy Studies
0901
Studies in Human Society
090300
Sociology
090301
Anthropology
090303
Human Geography
090309
Gender Specific Studies
090313
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
090399
Human Welfare Studies and Services
090500
Social Work
090501
Children’s Services
090503
Youth Work
090505
Care for the Aged
090507
Care for the Disabled
090509
Residential Client Care
090511
Counselling
090513
Welfare Studies
090515
Human Welfare Studies and Services not elsewhere classified
090599
Behavioural Science1
0907
Librarianship, Information Management and Curatorial Studies
0913
Sport and Recreation
0921
Other Society and Culture
0999
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 4
Education
Teacher Education
0701
Curriculum and Education Studies
0703
Other Education
0799
Funding cluster 5
Clinical psychology, allied health, foreign languages, visual and performing arts
Clinical psychology, foreign languages, or visual and performing arts
Clinical psychology
0907012
Northern European Languages
091503
Southern European Languages
091505
Eastern European Languages
091507
Southwest Asian and North African Languages
091509
Southern Asian Languages
091511
Southeast Asian Languages
091513
Eastern Asian Languages
091515
Australian Indigenous Languages
091517
Translating and Interpreting
091519
Performing Arts
1001
Visual Arts and Crafts
1003
Graphic and Design Studies
1005
Communication and Media Studies
1007
Other Creative Arts
1099
Allied health
Pharmacy
0605
Optical Science
0609
Indigenous Health
061305
Radiography
0615
Physiotherapy
061701
Occupational Therapy
061703
Chiropractic and Osteopathy
061705
Speech Pathology
061707
Audiology
061709
Podiatry
061713
Nutrition and Dietetics
069901
Paramedical Studies
069905
Funding cluster 6
Nursing
Nursing
0603
Funding cluster 7
Engineering, science, surveying
Science
Physics and Astronomy
0103
Chemical Sciences
0105
Earth Sciences
0107
Biological Sciences
0109
Other Natural and Physical Sciences
019900
Forensic Science
019903
Food Science and Biotechnology
019905
Pharmacology
019907
Laboratory Technology
019909
Natural and Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
019999
Engineering and surveying
Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
0301
Process and Resources Engineering
0303
Automotive Engineering and Technology
0305
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Technology
0307
Civil Engineering
0309
Geomatic Engineering
0311
Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology
0313
Aerospace Engineering and Technology
0315
Maritime Engineering and Technology
0317
Other Engineering and Related Technologies
0399
Funding cluster 8
Dentistry, medicine, veterinary science, agriculture
Dentistry, medicine or veterinary science
Medical Science
019901
Medical Studies
060100
General Medicine
060101
Surgery
060103
Psychiatry
060105
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
060107
Paediatrics
060109
Anaesthesiology
060111
Radiology
060115
Internal Medicine
060117
General Practice
060119
Medical Studies not elsewhere classified
060199
Dental Studies
0607
Veterinary Studies
0611
Agriculture
Agriculture
0501
Horticulture and Viticulture
0503
Forestry Sciences
0505
Fisheries Sciences
0507
Environmental Studies
0509
Other Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies
0599
Pathology
060113
1. Excluding clinical psychology, which is in cluster 5.
2. Clinical psychology units of study are in Cluster 5 and are psychology units of study (Field of Education code 090701) that contribute to courses that are accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, the APS College of Counselling Psychologists, the APS College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists, the APS College of Forensic Psychologists, the APS College of Health Psychologists, the APS College of Sport Psychologists or the APS College of Community Psychologists.
9.5.5 For the purposes of:
a) working out if and how a higher education provider’s basic grant amount for the year 2010 is to be adjusted under subdivision 33-C of the Act; and
b) determining the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study for a person to whom item 3 of Schedule 5 of the Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Act 2009 applies;
the funding clusters and parts of funding clusters in which units of study are included are the funding clusters and parts of funding clusters that existed immediately before the commencement of Item 1 of Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Act 2009 and shall, pursuant to section 33-35 of the Act, be determined as outlined in the following table.
Clusters are defined by the field of education (FOE) code arising from applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) as set out in the table below. A unit with an FOE code of 090701 (psychology) is allocated to ‘behavioural science’ or ‘clinical psychology’ within a funding cluster according to whether the course of study of which it forms part is accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the specified colleges of the Australian Psychological Society (College of Clinical Psychologists, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, College of Counselling Psychologists, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, College of Forensic Psychologists, College of Health Psychologists, College of Sport Psychologists and College of Community Psychologists).
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 1
Law, accounting, administration, economics, commerce
Law
0909
Accounting
0801
Business and Management
0803
Sales and Marketing
0805
Tourism
0807
Office Studies
0809
Banking, Finance and Related Fields
0811
Other Management and Commerce
0899
Economics and Econometrics
0919
Food and Hospitality
1101
Personal Services
1103
General Education Programmes
1201
Other Mixed Field Programmes
1299
Funding cluster 2
Humanities
History
090305
Archaeology
090307
Indigenous Studies
090311
Justice and Law Enforcement
0911
Language and Literature
091500
English Language
091501
Linguistics
091521
Literature
091523
Language and Literature not elsewhere classified
091599
Philosophy and Religious Studies
0917
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 3
Mathematics, statistics, behavioural science, social studies, education, computing, built environment, other health
Mathematics and statistics
Mathematical Sciences
0101
Computing, built environment or other health
Computer Science
0201
Information Systems
0203
Other Information Technology
0299
Architecture and Urban Environment
0401
Building
0403
Public Health
061300
Occupational Health and Safety
061301
Environmental Health
061303
Health Promotion
061307
Community Health
061309
Epidemiology
061311
Public Health not elsewhere classified
061399
Rehabilitation Therapies
061700
Massage Therapy
061711
Rehabilitation Therapies not elsewhere classified
061799
Complementary Therapies
0619
Other Health
069900
First Aid
069907
Health not elsewhere classified
069999
Behavioural science or social studies
Human Movement
069903
Political Science and Policy Studies
0901
Studies in Human Society
090300
Sociology
090301
Anthropology
090303
Human Geography
090309
Gender Specific Studies
090313
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
090399
Human Welfare Studies and Services
090500
Social Work
090501
Children’s Services
090503
Youth Work
090505
Care for the Aged
090507
Care for the Disabled
090509
Residential Client Care
090511
Counselling
090513
Welfare Studies
090515
Human Welfare Studies and Services not elsewhere classified
090599
Behavioural Science1
0907
Librarianship, Information Management and Curatorial Studies
0913
Sport and Recreation
0921
Other Society and Culture
0999
Education
Teacher Education
0701
Curriculum and Education Studies
0703
Other Education
0799
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 4
Clinical psychology, allied health, foreign languages, visual and performing arts
Clinical psychology, foreign languages, or visual and performing arts
Clinical psychology
0907012
Northern European Languages
091503
Southern European Languages
091505
Eastern European Languages
091507
Southwest Asian and North African Languages
091509
Southern Asian Languages
091511
Southeast Asian Languages
091513
Eastern Asian Languages
091515
Australian Indigenous Languages
091517
Translating and Interpreting
091519
Performing Arts
1001
Visual Arts and Crafts
1003
Graphic and Design Studies
1005
Communication and Media Studies
1007
Other Creative Arts
1099
Allied health
Pharmacy
0605
Optical Science
0609
Indigenous Health
061305
Radiography
0615
Physiotherapy
061701
Occupational Therapy
061703
Chiropractic and Osteopathy
061705
Speech Pathology
061707
Audiology
061709
Podiatry
061713
Nutrition and Dietetics
069901
Paramedical Studies
069905
Funding cluster 5
Nursing
Nursing
0603
Funding cluster 6
Engineering, science, surveying
Science
Physics and Astronomy
0103
Chemical Sciences
0105
Earth Sciences
0107
Biological Sciences
0109
Other Natural and Physical Sciences
019900
Forensic Science
019903
Food Science and Biotechnology
019905
Pharmacology
019907
Laboratory Technology
019909
Natural and Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
019999
Engineering and surveying
Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
0301
Process and Resources Engineering
0303
Automotive Engineering and Technology
0305
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Technology
0307
Civil Engineering
0309
Geomatic Engineering
0311
Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology
0313
Aerospace Engineering and Technology
0315
Maritime Engineering and Technology
0317
Other Engineering and Related Technologies
0399
Funding cluster
Part of funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 7
Dentistry, medicine, veterinary science, agriculture
Dentistry, medicine or veterinary science
Medical Science
019901
Medical Studies
060100
General Medicine
060101
Surgery
060103
Psychiatry
060105
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
060107
Paediatrics
060109
Anaesthesiology
060111
Radiology
060115
Internal Medicine
060117
General Practice
060119
Medical Studies not elsewhere classified
060199
Dental Studies
0607
Veterinary Studies
0611
Agriculture
Agriculture
0501
Horticulture and Viticulture
0503
Forestry Sciences
0505
Fisheries Sciences
0507
Environmental Studies
0509
Other Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies
0599
Pathology
060113
1. Excluding clinical psychology, which is in cluster 4.
2. Clinical psychology units of study are in Cluster 4 and are psychology units of study (Field of Education code 090701) that contribute to courses that are accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, the APS College of Counselling Psychologists, the APS College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists, the APS College of Forensic Psychologists, the APS College of Health Psychologists, the APS College of Sport Psychologists or the APS College of Community Psychologists.
9.5.10 For the purposes of determining the maximum student contribution amount for a place in a unit of study for a person to whom Item 7 of Schedule 7 of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 applies the funding clusters in which units of study are included are the funding clusters that existed immediately before the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 and shall, pursuant to section 33-35 of the Act, be determined as outlined in the following table.
Clusters are defined by the field of education (FOE) code arising from applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) as set out in the table below.
Funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 1
Law
Law
0909
Funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 2 Accounting, administration, economics, commerce
Accounting
0801
Business and Management
0803
Sales and Marketing
0805
Tourism
0807
Office Studies
0809
Banking, Finance and Related Fields
0811
Other Management and Commerce
0899
Economics and Econometrics
0919
Food and Hospitality
1101
Personal Services
1103
General Education Programmes
1201
Other Mixed Field Programmes
1299
Funding cluster 3 Humanities
History
090305
Archaeology
090307
Indigenous Studies
090311
Justice and Law Enforcement
0911
Language and Literature
091500
English Language
091501
Linguistics
091521
Literature
091523
Language and Literature not elsewhere classified
091599
Philosophy and Religious Studies
0917
Funding cluster 4 Mathematics, statistics
Mathematical Sciences
0101
Funding cluster 5 Behavioural Science, Social Studies
Human Movement
069903
Political Science and Policy Studies
0901
Studies in Human Society
090300
Sociology
090301
Anthropology
090303
Human Geography
090309
Gender Specific Studies
090313
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
090399
Human Welfare Studies and Services
090500
Social Work
090501
Children’s Services
090503
Youth Work
090505
Care for the Aged
090507
Care for the Disabled
090509
Residential Client Care
090511
Counselling
090513
Welfare Studies
090515
Human Welfare Studies and Services not elsewhere classified
090599
Behavioural Science
0907
Librarianship, Information Management and Curatorial Studies
0913
Sport and Recreation
0921
Other Society and Culture
0999
Funding cluster
Unit description
FOE code
Funding cluster 6 Computing, built environment, health
Computer Science
0201
Information Systems
0203
Other Information Technology
0299
Architecture and Urban Environment
0401
Building
0403
Pharmacy
0605
Optical Science
0609
Public Health
0613
Radiography
0615
Rehabilitation Therapies
0617
Complementary Therapies
0619
Other Health
069900
Nutrition and Dietetics
069901
Paramedical Studies
069905
First Aid
069907
Health not elsewhere classified
069999
Funding cluster 7 Foreign languages, visual and performing arts
Northern European Languages
091503
Southern European Languages
091505
Eastern European Languages
091507
Southwest Asian and North African Languages
091509
Southern Asian Languages
091511
Southeast Asian Languages
091513
Eastern Asian Languages
091515
Australian Indigenous Languages
091517
Translating and Interpreting
091519
Performing Arts
1001
Visual Arts and Crafts
1003
Graphic and Design Studies
1005
Communication and Media Studies
1007
Other Creative Arts
1099
Funding cluster 8 Engineering, science, surveying
Physics and Astronomy
0103
Chemical Sciences
0105
Earth Sciences
0107
Biological Sciences
0109
Other Natural and Physical Sciences
019900
Forensic Science
019903
Food Science and Biotechnology
019905
Pharmacology
019907
Laboratory Technology
019909
Natural and Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
019999
Manufacturing Engineering and Technology
0301
Process and Resources Engineering
0303
Automotive Engineering and Technology
0305
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Technology
0307
Civil Engineering
0309
Geomatic Engineering
0311
Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology
0313
Aerospace Engineering and Technology
0315
Maritime Engineering and Technology
0317
Other Engineering and Related Technologies
0399
Funding cluster 9 Dentistry, medicine, veterinary science
Medical Science
019901
Medical Studies
060100
General Medicine
060101
Surgery
060103
Psychiatry
060105
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
060107
Paediatrics
060109
Anaesthesiology
060111
Radiology
060115
Internal Medicine
060117
General Practice
060119
Medical Studies not elsewhere classified
060199
Dental Studies
0607
Veterinary Studies
0611
Funding cluster 10 Agriculture
Agriculture
0501
Horticulture and Viticulture
0503
Forestry Sciences
0505
Fisheries Sciences
0507
Environmental Studies
0509
Other Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies
0599
Pathology
060113
Funding cluster 11 Education
Teacher Education
0701
Curriculum and Education Studies
0703
Other Education
0799
Funding cluster 12 Nursing
Nursing
0603
