Slipback offer – a slipback offer is an offer to a lower-level course than the course(s) a student applied for. If a student does not receive an offer in the course to which they've applied, they may receive a slipback offer to a pathway course, even if they didn't apply for it. STAT – Special Tertiary Admissions Test was developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The STAT is used to assess skills associated with successful tertiary study. The STAT is primarily used by mature age applicants, or those without recent or standard Year 12 results, though some institutions also require applicants to sit the STAT exam as an additional requirement. TAC – Tertiary Admissions Centre TAFE – Technical and Further Education TEQSA – the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Association is Australia's independent national regulator of the higher education sector. TISC – Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (WA) TCE – Tasmanian Certificate of Education UAC – Universities Admissions Centre (NSW) VCE – Victorian Certificate of Education VET – Vocational Education and Training VTAC – Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre WACE – Western Australian Certificate of Education Appendix A – Method This project sought to examine how tertiary admissions equity practices have changed in recent years in response to growth in student participation, diversity and mobility, as well as increasing institutional competition. It also sought to assess the impact of such changes on prospective students, careers advisers, higher education providers and tertiary admissions centres. The project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training as a National Priorities Project. Ethics approval for the research process was granted by the La Trobe University College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce Human Ethics Sub-Committee (ASSC) (ref: E15/37) on 25th June 2015, and ratified by the University of New England Human Research Ethics Committee on 3rd July 2015. Approval to conduct online surveys with commencing domestic undergraduate students was provided by La Trobe University’s Performance and Institutional Planning Unit and the University of New England’s Corporate Intelligence Unit. Approval to administer hardcopy surveys to Year 11 students in NSW and Victorian government schools was granted by the Victorian Government Department of Education and Training on 31st July 2015 (ref: 2015_002791) and the NSW Government Department of Education on 3rd September 2015 (ref: SERAP 2015322).
Slipback offer – a slipback offer is an offer to a lower-level course than the course(s) a student applied for. If a student does not receive an offer in the course to which they've applied, they may receive a slipback offer to a pathway course, even if they didn't apply for it. STAT – Special Tertiary Admissions Test was developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The STAT is used to assess skills associated with successful tertiary study. The STAT is primarily used by mature age applicants, or those without recent or standard Year 12 results, though some institutions also require applicants to sit the STAT exam as an additional requirement. TAC – Tertiary Admissions Centre TAFE – Technical and Further Education TEQSA – the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Association is Australia's independent national regulator of the higher education sector. TISC – Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (WA) TCE – Tasmanian Certificate of Education UAC – Universities Admissions Centre (NSW) VCE – Victorian Certificate of Education VET – Vocational Education and Training VTAC – Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre WACE – Western Australian Certificate of Education Appendix A – Method This project sought to examine how tertiary admissions equity practices have changed in recent years in response to growth in student participation, diversity and mobility, as well as increasing institutional competition. It also sought to assess the impact of such changes on prospective students, careers advisers, higher education providers and tertiary admissions centres. The project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training as a National Priorities Project. Ethics approval for the research process was granted by the La Trobe University College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce Human Ethics Sub-Committee (ASSC) (ref: E15/37) on 25th June 2015, and ratified by the University of New England Human Research Ethics Committee on 3rd July 2015. Approval to conduct online surveys with commencing domestic undergraduate students was provided by La Trobe University’s Performance and Institutional Planning Unit and the University of New England’s Corporate Intelligence Unit. Approval to administer hardcopy surveys to Year 11 students in NSW and Victorian government schools was granted by the Victorian Government Department of Education and Training on 31st July 2015 (ref: 2015_002791) and the NSW Government Department of Education on 3rd September 2015 (ref: SERAP 2015322).
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