TAFE NSW USI Privacy Notice

Your Unique Student Identifier (USI) is your lifelong education number. It creates an online record of your training in Australia.

You need a USI if you are:

• a student studying nationally recognised Vocational Education and Training (VET)
• a higher education student applying for a HELP loan or Commonwealth Supported Place
• a higher education student graduating in 2023 or later.

As your education or training provider, we must collect and verify your USI.

You may already have a USI if you have done any nationally recognised training or tertiary education.

It is important that you try to find out whether you already have a USI before attempting to create a new one. You should not have more than one USI. The USI website can help you find your forgotten USI.

If you don’t already have a USI, you can create one using a valid form of identification. Don’t create a new USI if you already have one. If you’re not sure, you can search for it on the USI website first.

TAFE NSW may apply for a USI on your behalf in certain cases, under the Student Identifiers Act 2014 (Cth).

By allowing us to apply for your USI, you agree to this Privacy Notice. You also understand that if you don’t give all the correct information, it may affect getting your USI. The information you provide during your USI application:

• is collected by the Student Identifiers Registrar to:
  – process and verify your USI application
  – fix and resolve problems with your USI
  – create authenticated VET transcripts
• may be shared with:
  – Commonwealth and State government departments, Boards of Study, and certain Higher Education and VET bodies for managing and auditing VET and Higher Education:
• for education policy, research and checking eligibility for subsidies, funding or financial help
• VET and Higher Education regulators for their regulatory duties
• VET Admission bodies to manage VET programs
• Tertiary Admission Centres for managing Higher Education courses
• current and former education and training providers to deliver courses, report under standards and contracts, and check eligibility for funding
• schools delivering VET courses and reporting on them
• The National Centre for Vocational Education Research for making VET transcripts, fixing USI issues and gathering national VET data
• researchers for education and training studies
• any other person or agency allowed or required by law
• organisations contracted by the Registrar to help manage the USI system.

Students can learn more about how the Student Identifiers Registrar handles their personal information:

• in the USI Privacy Policy
• by emailing businessstrategy@usi.gov.au
• by calling 1300 857 536 or from outside Australia +61 2 6218 0994.

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