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Glossary M-P
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Maximum student contribution amount: the maximum student contribution amount for a place that can be charged for units of study in a given field of education.
See: Summary of the higher education reforms
National Priority areas: areas for which the Commonwealth offers additional assistance, either through offering additional Commonwealth supported places, increasing Commonwealth contributions or reducing the maximum student contribution amounts for a place. Currently, education and nursing are the key National Priority areas.
See: Commonwealth supported places
Non-award unit: a unit of study that does not contribute to the requirements of the course of study in which a student is enrolled.
Non-Commonwealth supported student: a domestic student who is not Commonwealth supported for a unit of study. Non-Commonwealth supported students generally pay tuition fees. Non-Commonwealth supported students are also known as ‘fee-paying students’.
See: Full fees & FEE-HELP
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Ordinary SLE: the type of SLE that domestic students receive when they first commence higher education. All domestic students start with an ordinary SLE of 7 EFTSL.
See: Types of SLE
OS-HELP: a loan available to eligible students who undertake some of their course overseas.
See: OS-HELP
OS-HELP debt incurral date: the date on which you are paid your OS-HELP loan amount.
See: OS-HELP
OS-HELP maximum: the maximum OS-HELP loan amount you can receive in respect of a given six month period.
See: OS-HELP
Overseas student: any student who is not a domestic student.
See: International students
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Permanent humanitarian visa holder: a student who holds a visa of one of the subclasses listed in the Permanent Humanitarian Visa Subclasses list  (17kb).
Permanent visa holder: a student who holds a visa of one of the subclasses listed in the Permanent Visa Subclasses list (17kb).
Postgraduate course of study: a course of study that leads to the award of a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters degree or doctorate.
See: Postgraduate overview
Pre-1997 student: a pre-2005 HECS student who commenced their course prior to 1997. The maximum student contributions for a place for pre-1997 students are lower than those for other pre-2005 HECS students.
See: Pre-2005 HECS students
Pre-2005 HECS student: a continuing student who commenced their course prior to 2005 as a HECS-liable student and who may be eligible to have their access to HECS-HELP assistance determined under the rules for deferring HECS.
See: Pre-2005 HECS students
Pre-2005 PELS student: a continuing student who accessed PELS before 2005 and who may access FEE-HELP under PELS eligibility requirements.
See: Pre-2005 PELS students
Pre-2005 student: a student who commenced their course prior to 2005 and who may be eligible to have their access to student support programmes determined under the former HECS and PELS eligibility requirements.
See: Pre-2005 HECS students or Pre-2005 non-HECS students
Provider: a higher education provider.
See: Higher education providers at a glance
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