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Part 4 : Study Requirements

4.1 Approved Courses of Study

• 4.1.1 Approved Courses
  • 4.1.1.1 Approved Mainstream Courses
  • 4.1.1.2 Approval of Indigenous Special Courses
  • 4.1.1.3 Approval as a Full-time or Part-time Course
  • 4.1.1.4 Approval as a Schooling or Tertiary Course
  • 4.1.1.5 Courses Which Include Both Secondary and Tertiary Subjects
  • 4.1.1.6 Access Programme Courses
  • 4.1.1.7 Articulated Short Courses
  • 4.1.1.8 Articulated Short Courses Under the National Framework for Recognition of Training
  • 4.1.1.9 Mode of Study
  • 4.1.1.10 Short Course
  • 4.1.1.11 Late Starting Course
  • 4.1.1.12 Full Year Course
• 4.1.2 Non Approved Courses
  • 4.1.2.1 Non Approved Courses
  • 4.1.2.2 Courses Comprised Wholly of Away-From-Base Activities
  • 4.1.2.3 Courses Comprised Substantially of Away-From-Base Activities
• 4.1.3 Access Programme Courses
  • 4.1.3.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.3.2 Direct Programme Funding and Applying for ABSTUDY
  • 4.1.3.3 Workload and Duration
  • 4.1.3.4 Course Type
  • 4.1.3.5 Contact Hours
  • 4.1.3.6 Duration of Assistance
• 4.1.4 Competency Based Training (CBT)
  • 4.1.4.1 ABSTUDY Policy Framework
  • 4.1.4.2 Recognition of Prior Learning
  • 4.1.4.3 Flexible Study Arrangements
  • 4.1.4.4 Implications for ABSTUDY
  • 4.1.4.5 Workload
  • 4.1.4.6 Study Across Years
  • 4.1.4.7 Progress/Reasonable Time
  • 4.1.4.8 Student Completes Course Early
  • 4.1.4.9 Articulated Short Course
• 4.1.5 Study Through Open Learning Australia
  • 4.1.5.1 Open Learning: Introduction
  • 4.1.5.2 Registration for Open Learning Study
  • 4.1.5.3 Recognition of Open Learning Study
  • 4.1.5.4 Open Learning Study Units
  • 4.1.5.6 Normal Full-time Workload
  • 4.1.5.7 Eligibility Minimum Workload
  • 4.1.5.8 Example
  • 4.1.5.9 Eligibility Minimum Workload - Sole Parent/Student with Disabilities
  • 4.1.5.10 Payment Period/s for Eligible Students
  • 4.1.5.11 Workload Confirmation
  • 4.1.5.12 Two Units in a Single Study Period or in Two Non-Consecutive Periods
  • 4.1.5.13 Students Undertaking Three or More Units in a Study Period
  • 4.1.5.14 Assistance is Payable for Exam Periods
  • 4.1.5.15 Continuation of Payments from One Study Period to the Next
  • 4.1.5.16 Students Continuing Study into 2001 from the Fourth Study Period of 2000
  • 4.1.5.17 Closing Date for Applications
  • 4.1.5.18 Workload: Concurrent Open Learning/Conventional Study
  • 4.1.5.19 Break in Study Rule

4.2 Schooling Award Study

• 4.2.1 Where Can Students Study?
  • 4.2.1.1 Approved Institutions
  • 4.2.1.2 Secondary School
  • 4.2.1.3 Special Schools
  • 4.2.1.4 What is a "Secondary Course"
  • 4.2.1.5 Victorian Special Schools
  • 4.2.1.6 Action by Course Approvals Officers
  • 4.2.1.7 Statements from School Principals
  • 4.2.1.8 Students Not Eligible for ABSTUDY
  • 4.2.1.9 Study at More Than One Institution
  • 4.2.1.10 Concurrent Secondary School Study and TAFE Study
  • 4.2.1.11 Home Schooling Arrangements
• 4.2.2 Attendance and Workload
  • 4.2.2.1 Schooling Workload
    • 4.2.2.1.1 Full-time Study
    • 4.2.2.1.2 Part-time Study
    • 4.2.2.1.3 Full-time Criteria
  • 4.2.2.2 Progress
    • 4.2.2.2.1 Progress
    • 4.2.2.2.2 Reasonable Time
    • 4.2.2.2.3 Approval of an Extension

4.3 Tertiary Study

• 4.3.1 Where Can Students Study?
  • 4.3.1.1 Approved Institutions – Tertiary
  • 4.3.1.2 Higher Education Institutions
  • 4.3.1.3 TAFE Institutions
  • 4.3.1.4 Non Approved Institutions
  • 4.3.1.5 Concurrent Secondary School Study and TAFE Study
• 4.3.2 Tertiary Workload
  • 4.3.2.1 Introduction
  • 4.3.2.2 Full-time Workload Assessed Courses
  • 4.3.2.3 Full-time Workload in Other Tertiary Courses
  • 4.3.2.4 Part-time Workloads
  • 4.3.2.5 Two Part-time Courses
  • 4.3.2.6 Distance Education/Correspondence
  • 4.3.2.7 Masters and Doctorate Study Requirements
  • 4.3.2.8 Credited Subjects Do Not Count
  • 4.3.2.9 Example
  • 4.3.2.10 Combined Courses
  • 4.3.2.11 Enrolment at Two Institutions
  • 4.3.2.12 What is HECS and How Does It Work?
  • 4.3.2.13 HECS workload - Rounding Effects
  • 4.3.2.14 Calculation of HECS Values
  • 4.3.2.15 How is HECS Taken Into Account for ABSTUDY?
  • 4.3.2.16 Example
  • 4.3.2.17 HECS Workload – Census Date
  • 4.3.2.18 HECS Anomalies
  • 4.3.2.19 Example 1: Industrial Experience
  • 4.3.2.20 Example 2: Uneven Workload Across Semesters
  • 4.3.2.21 Example 3: HECS Not Allocated Proportionally
• 4.3.3 Progress and Duration of Assistance
  • 4.3.3.1 Extent of Assistance
  • 4.3.3.2 Reasonable Time
  • 4.3.3.3 Additional Reasonable Time
  • 4.3.3.4 Extension of One Year Because of Disability or Circumstances Beyond the Student’s Control
  • 4.3.3.5 Assistance for Degree Courses
  • 4.3.3.6 Calculating Limit of Assistance for Degree Courses
  • 4.3.3.7 Calculating Period of ABSTUDY Assistance
  • 4.3.3.8 Studies More Than 10 Years Ago
  • 4.3.3.9 Prerequisite Study
  • 4.3.3.10 Professional Admission Courses
  • 4.3.3.11 Master’s Qualifying Courses

4.4 Workload Concessions

• 4.4.1 Introduction to Workload Concessions
  • 4.4.1.1 Concessions for Tertiary Students
  • 4.4.1.2 Concessions for Schooling Students
  • 4.4.1.3 Concessions Details
• 4.4.2 Types of Workload Concessions
  • 4.4.2.1 Coherent Course Sequence Workload Concession
  • 4.4.2.2 Two-thirds Workload Concession
  • 4.4.2.3 Disability Concession
  • 4.4.2.4 Pensioner Concession
  • 4.4.2.5 Pension Ceases
  • 4.4.2.6 Illness and Injury
• 4.4.3 Disability Workload Concession
  • 4.4.3.1 General Principles
  • 4.4.3.2 How to Apply for the Disability Concession
  • 4.4.3.3 Evidence of Substantial Disability: Physical Disability
  • 4.4.3.4 Evidence of Substantial Disability: Psychiatric or Intellectual Disability
  • 4.4.3.5 Assessment by CRS Australia
  • 4.4.3.6 Arranging a CRS Australia Referral
  • 4.4.3.7 CRS Australia Assessment
  • 4.4.3.8 What Happens in the CRS Australia Assessment
  • 4.4.3.9 CRS Australia Sponsorship of Studies
  • 4.4.3.10 Student Not Able to Undertake a Normal Workload
  • 4.4.3.11 CRS Australia Payment of Fares to Assessment

4.5 Overseas Study

• 4.5.1 Eligibility and Application
  • 4.5.1.1 Eligibility for Schooling Award Students
  • 4.5.1.2 Period of Assistance
  • 4.5.1.3 Attendance
  • 4.5.1.4 Documentation
  • 4.5.1.5 Eligibility for Tertiary Award Students
  • 4.5.1.6 Period of Study
  • 4.5.1.7 Attendance
  • 4.5.1.8 Claims
• 4.5.2 Entitlements and Payments
  • 4.5.2.1 Entitlements
  • 4.5.2.2 Living Allowance
  • 4.5.2.3 Fares Allowance
  • 4.5.2.4 How Payments are Made
  • 4.5.2.5 Evidence and Verification
  • 4.5.2.6 Payments in Advance
  • 4.5.2.7 Regular Payments After Advanced Payments

4.6 Attendance, Absence and Living Allowance Adjustments

• 4.6.1 Activity Test
  • 4.6.1.1 Activity Test
  • 4.6.1.2 Activity Test Requirements
  • 4.6.1.3 Activity Test Breaches
  • 4.6.1.4 Activity Test Breach Penalty
  • 4.6.1.5 Activity Test
  • 4.6.1.6 Activity Test Non-Payment Period
  • 4.6.1.7 Activity Test Breach Rate Reduction Periods
  • 4.6.1.8 Activity Test Pre-Existing Reduction Period
  • 4.6.1.9 Activity Test Exemptions
  • 4.6.1.10 Activity Test for Minimum School Leaving Age
• 4.6.2 Activity Agreement
  • 4.6.2.1 Activity Agreement
  • 4.6.2.2 Activity Agreement for Full-time Secondary School Students
  • 4.6.2.3 Activity Agreement Terms
  • 4.6.2.4 Activity Agreement Requirements
• 4.6.3 Attendance Requirements
  • 4.6.3.1 Attendance
  • 4.6.3.2 Types of Absences
  • 4.6.3.3 Attendance at Classes
  • 4.6.3.4 Enrolment and Attendance Checks
  • 4.6.3.5 Late Resumption From Vacation
  • 4.6.3.6 Resumption of Full-time Study After Cessation of Entitlement
• 4.6.4 Approved Absences
  • 4.6.4.1 Definition
  • 4.6.4.2 Circumstances Beyond Secondary School Student’s Control
  • 4.6.4.3 Evidence Required
  • 4.6.4.4 Sufficient Evidence
  • 4.6.4.5 Absence Due to Transfer Between Schools
  • 4.6.4.6 Extended Period - School Secondary School Students
  • 4.6.4.7 Extended Period – Tertiary and TAFE Secondary School
  • 4.6.4.8 Additional Extended Period – Tertiary and TAFE Secondary
• 4.6.5 Unapproved Absences
  • 4.6.5.1 Definition
  • 4.6.5.2 Unapproved Absences
  • 4.6.5.3 Extended Period of Unapproved Absence
  • 4.6.5.4 Subsequent Resumption of Study
  • 4.6.5.5 Retrospective Approval
  • 4.6.5.6 Vacation
  • 4.6.5.7 Suspension or Expulsion

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