DEFINITIONS
- ACT Flinders University of South Australia Act 1966.
- COURSE a degree or other academic award at Flinders.
- CREDIT TRANSFER is the granting of status or credit by the university to students for modules or topics completed at another institution or training organisation or towards the requirements of another course at Flinders.
- EXECUTIVE DEAN each Faculty has an Executive Dean, responsible for providing academic leadership and management.
- FACULTY the basic administrative structure for academic and support staff responsible for teaching and research. Each Faculty may offer more than one course and can contain a number of Schools.
- MAJOR a structured cluster of topics leading to a specialisation within a course (also known as a "program")
- PROGRAM a structured cluster of topics leading to a specialisation within a course (also known as a "major"); a course; or an articulated cluster of courses.
- TOPIC one of the subjects that comprise a course.
UNIVERSITY FACULTIES
- EHL (Faculty of) Education, Humanities and Law
- HS (Faculty of) Health Sciences
- SE (Faculty of) Science and Engineering
- SBS (Faculty of) Social and Behavioural Sciences
ABBREVIATIONS
- APA Australian Postgraduate Awards
- AQF Australian Qualifications Framework
- ARC Australian Research Council
- ASMS Australian Science and Mathematics School
- ATAR Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (formerly TER - Tertiary Entrance Rank)
- ATSI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- BSc Bachelor of Science
- BA Bachelor of Arts
- CEQ Course Experience Questionnaire
- CRC Cooperative Research Centre
- CRICOS Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students
- DECS Department of Education and Children's Services (SA)
- DFEEST Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (SA)
- DEEWR Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Commonwealth)
- DIAC Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Commonwealth)
- DIISRTE Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (Commonwealth)
- DVC(A/I/R) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic/International/Research)
- EFTSL Equivalent full-time student load
- ERA Excellence for Research in Australia
- ESIA Employment Strategy for Indigenous Australians
- ESOS Education Services for Overseas Students (Act)
- FFT Fractional full-time
- FT Full-time
- FTE Full-time equivalent
- GCCA Graduate Careers Council of Australia
- HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme
- HESA Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Commonwealth)
- IAF Institution Assessment Framework
- ICT Information and Communications Technology
- IELTS International English Language Testing System
- IEN International Education Network Pty Ltd
- INU International Network of Universities
- IRU Australia Innovative Research Universities Australia
- KAM(s) Key Accountability Measure(s)
- MCEETYA Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
- NHRMC National Health and Medical Research Council
- NTEU National Tertiary Education Union
- OLT Office of Learning and Teaching
- PREQ Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire
- PVC (IS) Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Information Services) & Chief Information Officer
- SACE South Australian Certificate of Education
- SATAC South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre
- SPR Student progress rate
- TAFE Technical and Further Education
- TEQSA Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Committee
- UA Universities Australia
- VC Vice-Chancellor
- VP(SF&R) Vice-President (Strategic Finance & Resources)
- VP(SCE) Vice-President (Strategy & Community Engagement)
- WGEA Workplace Gender Equity Agency
