Student Learning Entitlement (SLE)

Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) was a government limit on the amount of Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) you can have. The limit was for 7 years of an Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL).

End of the Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) system

The SLE system has ended from 1 January 2012. Eligible students will no longer have a limit placed on how much study they can undertake in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).

If you have used up your allocation of SLE, you will now be able to continue studying with Commonwealth Support.

If you have used up your SLE and paid for a fee-paying place and/or received a FEE-HELP loan, you are not able to receive a fee refund or reversal of your FEE-HELP loan.

How the SLE used to work

Conditions

You use up entitlement if you remain enrolled in CSP units after the census date

SLE reduces by the EFTSL of the unit even if you fail or discontinue it after the census date.

The EFTSL of a unit is shown in the undergraduate and postgraduate handbooks.

Any previous study done in the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) is not counted in the amount of ordinary SLE used.

Tracking your entitlement use

The government records your use of SLE and any loan debt. You can view this at myUniAssist using your Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)

This is printed on your Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN)

Additional entitlements

CSP students get additional SLE if you enrol in an:

• undergraduate course that takes more than six years of full-time study to complete
• honours, graduate entry bachelor degree or postgraduate course.

This is only:

• for that specific course
• after all ordinary SLE is used.