Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023 (Cth)

Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023

I, Jason Clare, Minister for Education, make the following guidelines.

Dated 1 November 2023

Jason Clare Minister for Education

Contents Part 1 – Introduction 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2 – Elections by students 5 Elections by students 6 Requirements on providers in relation to elections by students Part 3 – Requirements for accelerator program courses 7 Requirements for an accelerator program course Part 4 – Selecting students 8 Principles and procedures that a higher education provider must follow in selecting students for receipt of STARTUP-HELP assistance 9 Number of students a higher education provider may select for receipt of STARTUP-HELP assistance in a year 10 Principles and procedures for allocating STARTUP-HELP assistance Part 5 – Requirements in relation to audits 11 Requirements in relation to audits in respect of accelerator program courses

Part 1 – Introduction

1 Name This instrument is the Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Authority This instrument is made under section 238-10 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in Schedule 1 to the Act, including the following: (a) ABS Remoteness Structure; (b) accelerator program course; (c) Australian Qualifications Framework; (d) EFTSL; (e) FEE-HELP assistance; (f) higher education provider; (g) regional university; (h) request for Commonwealth assistance; (i) STARTUP-HELP assistance; and (j) student identifier. In this instrument: academic year means a teaching period, or multiple teaching periods delivered over a 12 month period. Act means the Higher Education Support Act 2003. semester means a teaching period that is not less than 12 weeks.