Glossary of Common Acronyms and Words used at CIT

CAN	Commonwealth Assistance Notice. A notice containing information about enrolment and use of Commonwealth assistance. Higher education providers must issue a CAN to each of their Commonwealth assisted students after the census date. The CAN is provided to FEE-HELP and VET Student Loans students only
Census Date	Is the date on which all your enrolment requirements must be finalised if you are in a HELP eligible course. The census date is important because it is the deadline for all the following: completing and submitting your Request for FEE-HELP Assistance application, or your Request for VET Student Loan assistance application: paying your student fees up front, if you wish to pay up front; and providing your Tax File Number (TFN), if you requested FEE- HELP assistance or VET Student Loan assistance. If you remain enrolled in a Commonwealth assisted unit at the end of the census date you will: incur a FEE-HELP debt, if you have requested FEE-HELP assistance or VET Student Loan assistance your invoice will advise when your census dates are.
CHESSN	Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number. A unique identifier, allocated to all students accessing Commonwealth assistance for FEE-HELP or VET Student Loan
CIT	Canberra Institute of Technology
CITICT	Canberra Institute of Technology Information and Communication Technology
CITSA	Canberra Institute of Technology Student Association
CITSOL	CIT Solutions: CIT's commercial company
CRICOS	Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students. CIT's CRICOS Provider Code is 00001K
CRN	Course Reference Number: The number that defines the class times, rooms and teacher allocated for delivery of a given subject in a semester
EFTSL	Equivalent Full Time Student Load, one EFTSL is a measure of the study load, for a year, of a student undertaking a course of study on a full time basis
ESL	English as a Second Language
eLearn	CIT's online environment which supports students study
FEE-HELP	FEE-HELP is a loan given to eligible fee-paying students to help pay part or all of their tuition fees.
FT	Full-time
GST	Goods and Services Tax
HE	Higher Education
HEP	Higher Education provider
NCVER	National Centre for Vocational Education Research
PIN	Personal Identification Number
PT	Part-time
USI	Unique Student Identifier number all students are required to have prior to enrolling
VET	Vocational Education and Training
VET Student Loan	VET Student Loans is a loan similar to FEE-HELP but for Diplomas and Advanced Loan Diplomas and was introduced by the Australian Government in 2017. CIT presently has a limited range of courses that can access VET Student Loan. Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses offered through the Academy of Interactive Entertainment may be eligible for VET Student Loan.