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The Higher Education Staff Data Collection provides information on various characteristics of staff employed by Table A providers (public universities), Table B providers (Bond University, The University of Notre Dame Australia and MCD University of Divinity) and Avondale College, a total of 42 major providers, this is one of the annual reports on Staff Numbers.

Higher education all student EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) tables for the 2013 full year. All students include commencing and continuing students.

Higher education all student enrolment tables for the 2013 full year. All students include commencing and continuing students.

Higher education student enrolment and EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) tables for the 2013 full year offered through Open Universities Australia (OUA). Units of study from a higher education course offered by OUA can be counted as credit towards a higher education institution degree.

Higher education equity groups tables for the 2013 full year. Equity groups include students that:

are from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB); have a disability; are women in non-traditional areas; identify as indigenous; are from low SES (socioeconomic status) locations based on postcode of permanent home residence; and are from regional and remote locations based on postcode of permanent home residence.

Higher education academic organisational unit tables for the 2013 full year. An academic organisational unit group provides a means for standardising academic organisational units across institutions. Academic organisational units are assigned to an academic organisational unit group on the basis of disciplines for which each academic organisational unit has a teaching and/or research responsibility.

Higher education attrition, success and retention rate tables for the 2013 full year.

Higher education award course completion tables for the 2013 full year. Award course completions are conferred after the successful completion of all the academic requirements of a course which includes any required attendance, assignments, examinations, assessments, dissertations, practical experience and work experience in industry.

Higher education commencing student EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) tables for the 2013 full year. Commencing students are persons who have enrolled for the first time in a particular course at a particular higher education institution during the reference period.

Higher education commencing student enrolment tables for the 2013 full year. Commencing students are persons who have enrolled for the first time in a particular course at a particular higher education institution during the reference period.

Higher education ethnicity related tables for the 2013 full year. These tables provide information on country of birth and language spoken at home.

Higher education indigenous student tables for the 2013 full year. Indigenous students are those who self-identify as being of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.

Higher education liability status categories tables for the 2013 full year. These tables provide information on a student’s status for a unit of study (Commonwealth Supported place, scholarship holder and fee-paying).

A list of higher education institutions for the 2013 reference year by State and Type – Public Universities (Table A), Private Universities (Table B and Table C) and Non-University Higher Education Institutions.

Higher education overseas student tables for the 2013 full year. Overseas students includes students who have temporary entry visas, or are diplomats or a dependent of a diplomat (except New Zealand) and reside in Australia during the unit of study, and non-domestic students residing outside Australia during the unit of study.

Higher education special courses tables for the 2013 full year. Students undertaking special courses include courses that:

provide for initial registration as nurses; provide for initial teacher training; lead to provisional registration as a medical practitioner; lead to provisional registration as a veterinary practitioner; lead to provisional registration as a dental practitioner; or lead to provisional registration as a clinical psychologist practitioner.

Higher education student enrolment summary statistics for the 2013 full year.

Higher education student enrolment and EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) summary tables for the 2013 full year.

This data dictionary provides information on the dataset produced as part of the Employer Satisfaction Survey (ESS) Pilot Project. This project was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014 and involved a survey of recent domestic bachelor degree graduates from four Australian universities and their current workplace supervisors.

The Pilot Employer Satisfaction Survey was conducted over 2013-14 and surveyed the supervisors of graduates from four universities across five fields of education.

The pilot survey sought to measure employer satisfaction with graduates’ generic skills, technical skills and work readiness.