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Remission of debt for course fees after the census date
Where students withdraw from a course or units after the census date, their course or unit fees will be remitted only in `special circumstances' defined in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
Where 'special circumstances' are apparent after the census date, students may apply directly to their faculty. `Special circumstances' include those circumstances that:
- are beyond the person's control, and
- do not make their full impact on the person until on or after the census date for the course of study for the semester, and
- make it impracticable for the person to complete the course of study for the semester during the semester or during the year in which the semester occurs.
Some examples of special circumstances include:
- medical reasons, where a person's medical condition has changed to such an extent that he or she is unable to continue studies
- family/personal reasons such as death or severe medical problems within a family, or unforeseen family financial difficulties, so that it is unreasonable to expect a person to continue studies
- employment-related reasons, where a person's employment status or employment arrangements have changed so that the person is unable to continue his or her studies, and this change is beyond their control
- course-related reasons, where the institution has changed the unit or course it had offered and the person is disadvantaged by either (a) not being able to complete the unit or course, or (b) not being given credit towards other units or courses.
Special circumstances do not include a lack of knowledge or understanding of payment requirements, or a person's capacity to pay.
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