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Introduction
The Provider Information Request (PIR) is a request for information under Section 28 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act).
From 2022, new reporting requirements have been introduced to streamline the PIR TEQSA dataset with the department as described in the TEQSA’s Consultation Summary paper to improve transparency, efficiency of the data collected and to support the Tuition Protection Service (TPS) arrangements. This includes information which has been collected via manual processes from 2021, such as student names, residential addresses, and information about student courses and units, including cost and information on any work integrated learning unit requirements.
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Reporting method
All data can be reported through:
an application programming interface (API) from each provider’s student management system to the Government or
TCSI Data Entry - TCSI Data Entry (external link)
Providers can report new and revised data as soon as the data is available. The system can receive information about past events and some events that are planned to occur (e.g. the establishment of a course in the following year).
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Reporting TCSI PIR data via API
All data is reported in data packets, with each packet comprising of specific data elements. The packets that are submitted to TCSI via API are submitted in an order or a sequence. This means that there are certain packets that are independent while others that are co-related. The preferred TCSI reporting submission method uses an automated processes known as business to government (B2G) application programming interfaces (APIs) and authentication with PRODA (Provider Digital Access).
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For more information see Department of Education - Transforming the Collection of Student Information (external link)
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PIR Student Data
The sequence in which PIR Student Data is reported to TCSI is:
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Packet Details:
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Course of Study Packet- The PIR course of study packet is used to report data on the courses of study offered by each provider. Providers are required to report a PIR course of study packet for each course of study they intend to admit one or more students. The course of study records must be reported before the first course is linked to the course of study.
Note- The course of study record is the first packet to be sent to TCSI.anchor
Course Packet- The course packet is used to report data on the courses offered by each provider. Each course packet must be linked to an established PIR course of study packet. This means that the course packet is linked to the course of study packet. This needs to be reported beforethe first-course admission or course on campus is linked to the course.
Note- A course record can only be recorded once the course of study record is reported. Anchor
Campus Packet- The PIR campus packet is used to report data on the campuses from which providers deliver their courses. A campus is defined as a unique record based on the combination of campus Suburb, campus Postcode, and campus country code.
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As there can be multiple campuses in the same suburb and postcode, providers are allowed to report further information after the suburb or town name so the campus is uniquely identified. This is automatically handled in the system as we report a combination of Venue Code and Suburb name as Campus Suburb which makes each campus record unique.
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Note- The course on campus packet can only be reported after the course and campus records have been reported. Anchor
Student Packet-The PIR student packet is used to report key identity, address and demographic data for students at the provider. The data collected through a PIR student packet is referenced by one or more PIR course admission packets.
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By default, the first citizenship effective from date (E609) defaults to the date the student packet was submitted to TCSI. This date can be amended. If a student’ citizen resident status changes, the effective from dates (E609) will need to be reported. Anchor
Course Admission Packet- The PIR course admission packet is used to report the admission of students into courses and provide data on aspects of the student's admission and engagement in the course. Each PIR course admission packet must be linked to an established PIR student packet and an established course packet. The data collected through a PIR course admission packet may be referenced by one or more PIR unit enrolment packets.
Note- This data packet is used to report a course admission for a student given that the course and the student records are reported to TCSI already. The course admission for the student must be reported before the first unit enrolment is linked to the course admission. If a course admission is reported to TCSI, the student course cannot be deleted from Meshed System. To delete the student course record, you will need to delete the reported course admission from TCSI reporting page and then delete the student course. Anchor
Unit Enrolment Packet- The PIR unit enrolment packet is used to report a student’s enrolment in units of study. Each PIR unit enrolment packet must be linked to an established course admission packet.Unit enrolments are only reportable if the student remains enrolled after the census date.
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A unit enrolment can only be reported for the student after all the above-mentioned records are reported. If a record for a unit enrolment is reported to TCSI, it cannot be deleted from the Meshed System. To delete the unit enrolment record reported to TCSI, you will first need to delete the reported record from the TCSI reporting page and then delete the unit enrolment from student result page.
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Deletion of PIR Student Related Data Records
There can be instances where there are certain changes or updates need to be made for the data reported to TCSI for any of the above-mentioned packets. This would mean that there will be a need to update the reported data record in TCSI.
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Change in Packet | Affected Packets |
Course Of Study | Course, Course Admission, CourseOnCampus |
Course | Course Admission, CourseOnCampus |
Campus | CourseOnCampus |
Student | CourseAdmission |
CourseAdmission | UnitEnrolments |
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Process flow for deletion of PIR student-related data if any amendments are made:
For any changes made in the Course of Study after the student unit enrolments are reported:
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This means that the course of study, course, course on campus, course admissions and unit enrolment packets are reported related to the course of study. Hence, for any changes made to the course of study record now would mean following the Bottom-Up approach to delete the TCSI reported records.
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Student Data packet does not need to be deleted as the student record links to the course admission record which is deleted in step-2 after the unit enrolments are deleted in step-1. Once these are deleted, the student record exists as an independent record which will be again linked to a course admission when we repost the records.
Reposting the data records after the deletion is completed successfully:
For any changes made in student record after the student unit enrolments are reported:
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This means that the course on campus packet is reported related to the campus. Hence, for any changes made to the campus record now would mean following the Bottom-Up approach to delete the TCSI-reported records.
Reposting the data records after the deletion is completed successfully:
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PIR Staff Data
Similar to the PIR Student Data, PIR Staff Data can also be submitted to TCSI via API. The data is sent in packets with each packet comprising of specific data elements.
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The reference date for the 2022 Staff Collection is 31 March 2023. All full-time staff data for this reference date is to be reported in September 2023.
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The casual staff actuals for the whole of calendar year 2022 must be reported in September 2023.Anchor
Causal Staff Estimates Packet- The casual staff estimates packet is used to report an estimate of the staffing resources that are likely to be engaged on a contract basis by a provider throughout the year. Data for casual staff estimates are collected at the institutional level.
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