Element 446 - Variation reason code

Summary

Element 446 was included as part of the Higher Education Student data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) which was implemented in 2005. It was included in the Past Course Completions file in 2009 and the SA‑HELP file in 2012.

The element was included in the Higher Education Staff and the VET FEE‑HELP data collections in 2009.

There have been some updates and modifications to codes and coding notes to this element since.

Table 1. Change control information with links to relevant versions 1

First year version applied	Last year version applied	Version	Change	Reason for change	Notice date	Issue date
2015	Current	4.00	Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade	Ministerial Notice document system upgrade	22 May 2014	22 May 2014
2012	2014	3.10	Clarification of coding notes and reference to SA‑HELP	For clarification on the new reporting requirement for SA‑HELP	11 Mar 2011	7 Dec 2011
2012	2012	3.00	New versioning applied to data elements	No change in requirements - Implementation of new document management system.	11 Mar 2011	11 Mar 2011
2010	2011	1.40	Coding notes updated to be consistent with scope documents.	Clarification	30 Nov 2009	30 Nov 2009
2010	2010	1.31	Update of coding notes to accommodate VET Course Completions file.	For clarification	26 Nov 2009	26 Nov 2009
2009	2009	1.30	Change of element description; Addition of VET input files to accommodate use by VET providers	Introduction of VET FEE‑HELP	5 Dec 2008	5 Dec 2008
2009	2009	1.21	Addition of this element to Past Course Completion file	To provide for revisions to course completions data	28 May 2008	28 May 2008
2008	2008	1.20	Change to coding notes and Input file	For clarification	13 Dec 2007	13 Dec 2007
2006	2007	1.10	References to Element 527 (OS‑HELP Debt incurral date) in coding notes have been changed to read Element 521 (OS‑HELP study period commencement date) Name changed from Variation reason code to Revision reason code	Previous specifications incorrect Name change to match data model	7 Dec 2005	7 Dec 2005
2005	2005	1.00	Included in 2005 Student data collection Modified code and addition of new code	Implementation of HESA Clarification of Code 2 and addition of Code 4	9 Dec 2004	9 Dec 2004
Pre‑HESA: Element 446 was included in the original Higher Education student data collection in 1998. It continued as part of the student data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. There have been no significant coding changes to this element.

Note 1: A version of an element can be associated with one or more reporting years. Where there are multiple versions applicable to a reporting year, only a link to the latest version is provided.

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