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  1. Appendices

VSL Provider Manual

Contents

  • Show pages under VSL Provider Manual VSL Provider Manual
    • 1. General information
    • 2. About VET Student Loans
    • 3. Approved providers
    • 4. Applying to become an approved provider
    • 5. The Application Pack
    • 6. The application fee
    • 7. Application form
    • 8. Other documentation for your application
    • 9. Submitting your application
    • 10. Approved provider conditions and period of approval
    • 11. Provider fee limit
    • 12. Varying the conditions of your approval or provider fee limit
    • 13. Third party arrangements
    • 14. Requesting approval for a third party arrangement
    • 15. Annual charge
    • 16. Approved courses
    • 17. Superseded and replacement courses
    • 18. Payments to providers
    • 19. Tuition fees
    • 20. Goods and services which may be covered by tuition fees
    • 21. Goods and services that must not be included in tuition fees
    • 22. Gap fees and payment plans
    • 23. Tuition fees and recognition of prior learning
    • 24. Varying your tuition fees
    • 25. Fee periods
    • 26. Census days
    • 27. VET Student Loan applications
    • 28. Electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form (eCAF)
    • 29. Collection and verification of student documentary evidence
    • 30. Tax File Numbers (TFN)
    • 31. Student eligibility
    • 32. Academic suitability
    • 33. Evidence required to show academic suitability
    • 34. Language, literacy and numeracy
    • 35. Loan caps
    • 36. Updates to loan caps through changes to the Determination
    • 37. Loan fee
    • 38. HELP loan limit
    • 39. HELP balance
    • 40. Ending a course of study
    • 41. Student progression and engagement
    • 42. Genuine students
    • 43. Information you must give to students
    • 44. Electronic communications
    • 45. Handling students’ information
    • 46. Recrediting a student’s HELP balance
    • 47. Special circumstances
    • 48. Complaints processes
    • 49. VET Student Loans Ombudsman
    • 50. Tuition Protection Service
    • 51. Required provider processes and procedures
    • 52. Record keeping
    • 53. Marketing your courses
    • 54. Publishing information about your courses
    • 55. Data reporting
    • 56. Publishing data
    • 57. Ongoing course provider requirements
    • 58. Ongoing financial performance requirements
    • 59. Ongoing information requirements
    • 60. Provider legislative obligations
    • 61. Compliance action against providers
    • 62. Voluntary revocation of a provider’s approval
    • 63. VET FEE-HELP scheme
    • Show pages under Appendices Appendices
      • A. Legislation: requirements you must meet
      • B. Help and further information
      • C. Glossary
      • D. Obtaining mandatory HITS user access credentials
      • E. Reporting recognition of prior learning
      • F. Checking a student’s HELP balance
      • G. Eligibility criteria for Australian citizens
      • H. Applying for approval of an external LLN tool
      • I. Reviewable decision - Review rights
      • J. Review process flow chart
      • K. Publishing processes and procedures checklist
      • L. Checklist of information to be provided to students prior to enrolment
      • M. Sample Statement of Covered Fees
      • N. Sample of VSL Fee Notice
      • O. Sample of Commonwealth Assistance Notice
      • P. Checklist for administrative requirements
      • Q. Equivalent Full-time Study Load
      • R. Civil penalties and criminal offences
      • S. Change Register

Appendices

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Appendices

AppendixTitle
ALegislation: requirements you must meet
BHelp and further information
CGlossary
DObtaining mandatory HITS user access credentials
EReporting recognition of prior learning
FChecking a student’s HELP balance
GEligibility criteria for Australian citizens
HApplying for approval of an external LLN tool
IReviewable decision - Review rights
JReview process flow chart
KPublishing processes and procedures checklist
LChecklist of information to be provided to students prior to enrolment
MSample Statement of Covered Fees
NExample of VSL Fee notice
OSample of Commonwealth Assistance Notice
PChecklist for administrative requirements
QEquivalent Full-time Study Load
RCivil penalties and criminal offences
SChange Register

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