Chapter 2
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Grants for higher education assistance etc
History
Ch 2 (heading) substituted by No 119 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 8 item 3, applicable in relation to payments under Part
2-4
of the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
in respect of the year 2008 or a later year. The heading formerly read:
Chapter 2
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Grants for higher education assistance
PART 2-1
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HIGHER EDUCATION
PROVIDERS
Division 19
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What are the quality and accountability requirements?
Subdivision 19-G
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The compact and academic freedom requirements
History
Subdiv 19-G inserted by No 104 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 3 item 3, applicable in relation to the year commencing on 1 January 2012 or a later year. For transitional provisions see note under s
19-110
.
SECTION 19-110
Table A providers and Table B providers must enter into mission based compacts
19-110(1)
A higher education provider that is a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider must, in respect of each year for which a grant is paid to the provider under this Act, enter into a mission based compact with the Commonwealth for a period that includes that year.
19-110(2)
The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into a mission based compact with a *Table A provider or a *Table B provider.
19-110(3)
The mission based compact must include:
(a)
a statement of the provider
'
s mission; and
(b)
a statement of the provider
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s strategies for teaching and learning; and
(c)
a statement of the provider
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s strategies for:
(i)
undertaking research; and
(ii)
research training; and
(iii)
innovation; and
(d)
a statement of the provider
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s strategies for engaging with industry; and
(e)
a statement of the provider
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s strategies for improving equality of opportunity in higher education.
Note:
A mission based compact may include other matters.
History
S 19-110(3) amended by No 93 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 3 item 1, by inserting para (d) and (e), effective 28 October 2020 and applicable in relation to a mission based compact in respect of 2021 and later calendar years.
19-110(4)
The *Secretary must cause a copy of each mission based compact to be published on the Department
'
s website within 28 days after the making of the compact.
History
S 19-110 inserted by No 104 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 3 item 3, applicable in relation to the year commencing on 1 January 2012 or a later year. No 104 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 3 item 10 contains the following transitional provision:
10 Transitional
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mission based compacts
(1)
This item applies if:
(a)
the Minister entered into a mission based compact with a Table A provider or a Table B provider before commencement; and
(b)
the compact satisfies the requirements of subsection 19-110(3) of the new Act; and
(c)
the compact is still in force immediately before commencement.
19-110(2)
The compact is taken to have been entered into under section 19-110 of the new Act.
19-110(3)
If it has not previously been published on the Department
'
s website, the Secretary must cause a copy of the compact to be published on the Department
'
s website within 28 days after commencement.