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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You may have
been involved in responding to the communication from DEST re comments on the
Detailed data specifications for the new national data collection on
applications and offers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Does anyone
have any comments re these data specs? Three issues come immediately to mind:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Scope creep – the original specs
mentioned nothing re CHESSN, now we are to provide this and other personal data
of applicants so that DEEWR can supposedly link up enrolment and application
data. But this was not the original plan for the dataset.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Compliance – While the Act
requires higher education providers to provide “such statistical and other
information the Minister requests” are there questions about whether that
includes providing personal data on persons who are not actually enrolled at
the HEP – what are the limits to this power? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Privacy: Have privacy issues been
taken sufficiently into account? TAC applicants must agree to provision of
their personal data to DEEWR for allocation of a CHESSN under the requirements
of HEIMS, and DEEWR believe that this also covers the applicant database,
however it could be argued that these are actually separate requirements and be
challenged on privacy grounds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Am I just
being paranoid, or do other unis have issues with the reach of this data?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Lachlan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Lachlan Murdoch</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Manager: Analysis
and Strategy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Planning
and Assurance Services<span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University
of South Australia<span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ph:
08 8302 1071 <span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mob:
0407 181 977<span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:lachlan.murdoch@unisa.edu.au"
title="mailto:lachlan.murdoch@unisa.edu.au"><span style='color:blue'>lachlan.murdoch@unisa.edu.au</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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