Glossary of terms E - H

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e-: a prefix used to denote an association with electronic and internet-based activities. For example, e-learning for online/web-based learning.

eCOE: See Electronic Confirmation of Enrolment.

Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000: government legislation that covers all international students studying in Australia on a student visa.

EFTSL: see equivalent full-time student load.

EFTSU: see effective full-time student unit.

effective full-time student unit (EFTSU): the value of a unit in relation to the standard annual load for a particular course in a given year. The University sets the standard load. For example, the standard annual load for the Bachelor of Business is 96 credit points.

elective units: units that are not part of the mandatory requirements for a course. Elective units can be taken in some courses to fulfil the requirements for that course.

Electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCOE): enrolment confirmation issued to international students by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) for the purpose of applying for a student visa.

employer reserved place: a course place made available under a restricted access arrangement between the higher education provider offering the course and an employer or industry body, which limits or restricts enrolments in some or all of the places in the course to students sponsored by the employer.

enabling course: a course of instruction that enables a person to undertake a course leading to a higher education award. See also bridging program.

encumbrance: a sanction applied to students with outstanding fees, in accordance with University policy, which may restrict a student's access to services.

English Language Program (ELP): an English language course, for example General English or English for Academic Purposes, offered by QUT.

English proficiency: a basic requirement for entry to all tertiary institutions. If English is not the first language of a prospective student and they have not previously undertaken secondary or tertiary study where the medium of instruction was English, they may need to demonstrate their English language proficiency by sitting an examination.

enrolment: process by which a student formally registers in units of study and pays associated fees.

equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL): one EFTSL is a measure of the study load, for a year, of a student undertaking a course of study on a full-time basis.

ESOS: see Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000.

exchange programme: a reciprocal exchange of a domestic student with an overseas student, which is covered by a formal agreement between an Australian higher education institution and an overseas higher education institution that allows both students to pay for their study under whatever regime applies to them in their home country.

exclusion: refusal of re-enrolment due to an unsatisfactory rate of progress in a course, as outlined in the Student Rules.

exemption: see advanced standing .

exemption scholarship: a scholarship that is awarded to a student by a higher education provider that exempts the student from paying student contribution amounts or tuition fees for a course of study.

external studies: a mode of attendance where study is conducted off-campus (eg via correspondence or the internet).

external student: a student who is enrolled at QUT but is provided with learning material so that no regular attendance is required on campus.

F

faculty: a formal grouping of academic programs, schools, discipline areas, research centres and/or any combination of these drawn together for educational purposes.

Field Positions (FPs): relevant only to current Queensland Year 12 students who are eligible for an OP. They indicate a student's rank order position based on overall achievement in authority subjects in up to five fields, such as written expression and numeracy skills.

FEE-HELP: a loan scheme to help eligible non-Commonwealth supported students pay their tuition fees. A FEE-HELP balance is provided to eligible students enumerating the amount that a student may access at a given point in time.

FEE-HELP limit: the maximum amount of tuition fees that a student can receive a FEE-HELP loan for over their lifetime.

fee-paying scholarship: a scholarship that a higher education provider may offer to an overseas student to cover some or all of their fees.

fee-paying student: a domestic student who is not Commonwealth supported for a unit of study. Fee-paying students pay tuition fees. Fee-paying students are also known as non-Commonwealth supported students.

fees: QUT administers tuition fees and higher education contributions in accordance with the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 (Cwth) (HEF Act). Except as specified in the HEF Act, the University may impose fees and charges for enrolment at the University, for services and facilities, and may impose different fees and charges for different categories of students. Schedule 2 of the Student Rules in the QUT Handbook identifies the fees and charges that may be set by QUT and the approval authority. The fees and charges are regularly reviewed and are subject to change. See also Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme (PELS) and Student Guild fees.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP): A protocol which allows a user on one host to access, and transfer files to and from, another host over a network. Also, FTP is usually the name of the program the user invokes to execute the protocol.

financial penalty: the fee applied when a student fails to withdraw from a unit by the published cut-off dates.

FIT: Faculty of Information Technology.

flexible delivery: a combination of study types offered as an alternative to on-campus study. This can consist of a combination of distance education, on-campus workshops and/or intensive block studies.

FoB: Faculty of Business, QUT.

folio: a collection of personal, artistic or other work demonstrating a student's capabilities. It is used for admission to some QUT courses eg fashion design, creative writing.

Foundation: a pathway program offered by the QUT International College (QUTIC).

FPs: see Field Positions.

FTP: see File Transfer Protocol.

full-time student: a student (not an international student) who, in the Higher Education sector, attends the University for at least 75% of the normal full-time program of study, and who, in the Training and Further Education (TAFE) sector, attends for a minimum of 270 hours per semester, or 540 hours per annum.

funding cluster: one of twelve clusters of disciplinary areas in which a given unit of study will fall. Funding clusters are used to determine Commonwealth contributions for a place and the maximum student contributions for a place.

G

Gardens Point campus (GP): located in Brisbane city. Study areas offered include: Built Environment and Engineering, Business, Information Technology, Languages, Law and Science.

general staff: includes all staff not identified as academic staff.

GP: see Gardens Point campus.

grade point average: a numerical index which summarises a student's academic performance in a course in a single semester and/or over the duration of a student's enrolment in the course. It is the average of the results obtained by a student weighted by the unit value of each subject attempted by the student. (At QUT, a 'Withdrawn – Failure' grade is equivalent to 1 in the grade point average calculation.)

graduand: a student who has completed all of the requirements for their program but has not been formally awarded the degree.

graduate: a student who has completed all of the requirements for their program and has formally been awarded the degree. A student graduates on the official graduation date set for their program whether they attend the ceremony or not.

graduate diploma: a graduate/postgraduate award requiring one year of full-time, or equivalent part-time study.

graduate entry: indicates options available for some programs which are open only to students who have already completed another tertiary qualification (usually a bachelor degree).

H

Handbook see QUT Handbook.

Head of School: a member of the academic staff of the University responsible for the teaching, research and administration of a particular school. Heads of school report to the Dean of their faculty.

HDR: See Research Higher Degree.

HECS: see Higher Education Contribution Scheme.

HECS-HELP: a scheme that includes up-front payment discounts and loans to help eligible Commonwealth supported students pay their student contributions.

HECS liability: the amount a student owes under the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, based on the student's enrolment as at the census date in each relevant semester/teaching period. From 2005 this terminology will no longer apply, see instead student contribution.

HECS, Notice of Liability: written notification by the University to students confirming enrolment details and HECS liability. From 2005 this terminology will no longer apply, see instead Commonwealth Assistance Notice.

HECS Payment Options Declaration Form: a Commonwealth Government Form used by students to nominate the method by which they wish to pay their HECS liability. QUT students can complete their HECS Payment Options Declaration Form online via QUT Virtual. From 2005 this terminology will no longer apply, see instead request for Commonwealth assistance.

HELP: see Higher Education Loan Programme.

HESA: Higher Education Support Act 2003.

Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS): a scheme funded by the Commonwealth Government that allows students to defer the cost of particular courses. These courses are also referred to as HECS liable courses. From 2005 this terminology will no longer apply, see instead Higher Education Loan Programme and HECS-HELP.

Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS): an electronic information system that provides students and higher education providers with a range of relevant information, such as the availability and usage of Commonwealth assistance by students and information on programme management reporting.

Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP): a loan programme to help eligible students pay student contributions (HECS -HELP), tuition fees (FEE-HELP) and overseas study expenses (OS-HELP).

Higher Education Student Collection: a statistical data collection that contains data on the characteristics of higher education students in Australia.

honours: see honours degree and award with honours.

honours degree: awarded where, following completion of a degree course of three years' duration, an additional year of full-time study, or its equivalent, is completed by students who have a record of high achievement in the basic degree.

host: a computer that allows users to communicate with other host computers on a network. Individual users communicate by using application programs, such as electronic mail, Telnet and FTP.