you have a Record of Learning number this will also be the NSN that your tertiary education provider uses. From mid-2008 an NSN will be assigned to all school students in ENROL the school student enrolment register. The information we collect We collect only basic information about students to be stored alongside the NSN.  The database containing this information is called the National Student Index (NSI). It contains: official names shown on identity documents referred or alternative names date of birth residential status gender NSN The NSI does not include details about academic results. Who has access to the NSI? Any tertiary education provider that receives government funding or whose students are eligible for student loans and allowances has access to the NSI. This is so they can assign the NSN for their students or update existing NSI records. What you need to do Basically, you don't have to do a thing! You will be assigned your NSN automatically when you enrol at a tertiary education provider. While the Act provides the legal framework for use of the NSN, all agencies using the NSN and NSI must also comply with the Privacy Act. The information store for tertiary data The Ministry uses the NSN in the Tertiary Data Warehouse, which is where it stores statistical information collected from tertiary education providers. The warehouse allows for the different information to be combined for statistical and analytical purposes. The Education Act and Privacy Act limits the ways in which identification numbers can