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Higher Education Support Act 2003 Guidelines

The HESA 2003 guidelines are delegated legislation authorised by the Act and must be presented to both Houses of the Parliament. They can be disallowed (vetoed) by a motion agreed to by either House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of tabling.

Other Grants Guidelines

The Other Grants Guidelines contain requirements on grants payable to higher education providers and other eligible bodies for a variety of purposes.

Items Purpose of Grant Programme
1. Grants to promote equality of opportunity in higher education Higher Education Disability Support Programme
Higher Education Equity Support Programme
Indigenous Support Programme
2. Grants to promote the productivity of higher education providers Workplace Productivity Programme
3. Grants to enhance learning and teaching in higher education Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
4. Grants to support national institutes specified in the Other Grants Guidelines for the purposes of this item National Institutes
5. Grants to support the capital development project of higher education providers Capital Development Pool
6. Grants to assist with the cost of higher education providers' superannuation liabilities Superannuation Programme
7. Grants to support research by , and the research capability of, higher education providers Research Infrastructure Block Grants
Institutional Grants Scheme
8. Grants to support the training of research students Research Training Scheme
Regional Protection Scheme
Commercialisation Training Scheme
9. Grants to foster collaboration and reform in higher education Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund
10. Grants to support the development of systemic infrastructure used by higher education providers Systemic Infrastructure Initiative
11. Grants for activities that:
  1. Assure and enhance the quality of Australia's higher education sector ; or
     
  2. Foster an understanding of the importance of, or promote research and scholarship in, science, social science or the humanities in Australia; or
     
  3. Support open access to higher education across Australia
Quality Initiatives
Grants-in-Aid and Learned Academies
Chair in Child Protection
Open Universities Australia

Current

The Other Grants Guidelines 2006 was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments on 22 November 2006.

The Other Grants Guidelines 2006 revokes and replaces the existing Other Grants Guidelines made on 13 August 2004 and all subsequent amendments to the same.

Transitional arrangements are in place to ensure that the revocation of the Other Grants Guidelines, dated 13 August 2004, does not affect the validity of a payment or decision made under those guidelines.  A decision made under those guidelines is taken to continue to have effect as if it were made under the Other Grants Guidelines 2006.

Amendment No. 1 to the Other Grants Guidelines 2006 (as registered on 13 December 2006)

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Other Grants Guidelines (as gazetted on 13 August 2003)

Amendment No. 1 to the Other Grants Guidelines (as gazetted on 8 December 2004)

Amendment No. 2 to the Other Grants Guidelines (as gazetted on 8 December 2004)

Consolidated Other Grants Guidelines (incorporating Amendment No. 1 and No. 2)

Amendments No. 3 to No. 7 to the Other Grants Guidelines

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