Access Scholarship - Domestic Students

Terms and Conditions:

Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants must meet the following conditions to be eligible for the scholarship:

The applicant must be a local/Domestic student with Australian residency.
Applications are accepted year-round, from January to December.
The applicant must be currently enrolled at Bendigo Kangan Institute and have a current payment plan DEBT, or demonstrate that they are unable to meet future repayments, due to unforeseen circumstances. * (Accounts that have been sent to debt collection, may not be eligible)

Eligibility for Domestic Students:

The applicant must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or holder of a humanitarian visa.
The applicant must provide substantial evidence of financial or personal disadvantage. Eligible disadvantages may include:

Financial hardship (e.g., payslips, Centrelink statements, bank statements, or Centrelink concession cards) as detailed in a personal statement.
Disruptions to studies due to compassionate reasons (e.g., death in the immediate family, family violence, homelessness). Acceptable evidence includes a death certificate, eviction notice, personal statement, or statutory declaration.

The applicant must be currently enrolled at Bendigo Kangan Institute. Scholarships are capped at a maximum of $500 per student.

Terms and Conditions:

The scholarship may provide financial support to be put towards any current payment plan debt for tuition fees, materials/consumables fees incurred, for the duration of study at Bendigo Kangan Institute.
Submission of any Scholarship does not guarantee the applicant $500, this amount will vary up to $500 as the maximum amount. The scholarshipwill notcover stationary, laptop/internet, travel, accommodation, police and WWC checks, or any other external purchases required for study). Scholarships will be awarded based on available funding, individual needs, capacity to complete, and acceptance into the course, through extensive case by case assessment.
Deferring the course will make the scholarship void.
The scholarship is to be used for one course and cannot be transferred to another course.
Scholarship awarded are not redeemable for cash, bank deposits.
If a student fails a unit of competency from the course, they will incur any enrolment or other fees associated with resitting that unit. If a scholarships has been granted and a withdrawal is later approved , allscholarship money previously awarded for the relevant course,will be returned to BKI’s scholarship fund, not the applicant/student.
If the successful student is under the age of 18, the applicant must have permission from their parent/guardian before accepting the terms and conditions of the scholarship.
Successful outcomes will rely on the applicant providing legitimate written evidence/documentation, to help verify an applicants claim of severe financial hardship and/or personal disadvantage. Applicants can be asked to share and provide copy of sensitive information pertaining to financial and personal records.

Further information/documentation can be requested to help demonstrate that the applicant has thoroughly investigated all other eligible resources/funding prior to submitting a scholarship application, and as a result has been declined or deemed ineligible. e i.e Institute payment plans/ or other external payment plan/loan schemes, personal savings, external resources, i.e funding/grants, Centrelink advances etc. Applicants must prove that they have exhausted all other eligible options, prior to submission to be successful.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Student First Name *

Student Last Name *

Email Address *

Date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY) *

Contact number - Mobile *

Contact number - Home

Gender *

MaleFemaleIndeterminate/Intersex/UnspecifiedPrefer not to say

Name of the course currently enrolled *

Total cost of your course (this includes tuition fees, material and consumable fees) *

Postal address *

Street address *

City *

State *

Postcode *

1. Briefly outline your circumstances of financial hardship that you believe fit under “Access Scholarships”. *

2. Are there other factors, in addition to financial hardship, that disadvantages you or act as obstacles in pursuing your studies (eg: personal/family circumstances, disability, ethnicity, resource access, cultural elements, etc). *

3. Explain your motivation for wanting to undertake this qualification and how this support will enable you to fulfill this commitment. *

4. Please provide any additional support you have in place at present, or organisations that you have been in contacted with recently for support with fee related debt and hardship, e.g. case workers, other grants/scholarships, brokerage funds, etc. Please advise what assistance or funding you have been able to secure or can access in future to support with educational related expenses. *

5. Please provide specific information regarding the type of support and/or amount you are seeking assistance with? Please identify any personal contributions you can continue to make towards your educational related expenses. *

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Please complete the income and expenditure template below to assist us to assess your situation. Please calculate your income and expenses per fortnight for the household (includes to parents/guardians, spouse de facto and or shared living arrangements).

INCOME

1. Austudy / Youth Allowance as a student/ Centrelink Benefit

2. Employment- Salary/Wage

3. From parents/ family/ spouse

4. Investment/ business enterprise

5. Rent assistance

6. Family payment

7. Sole parent pension

8. Other (please specify below):

TOTAL INCOME (Fortnightly) *

EXPENDITURE

1. Rent/ Board/Mortgage

2. Meals/Food

3. Dependents (e.g. Children school costs)

4. Services (eg, electricity/gas)

5. Transport Costs- Public, Petrol, Car running costs

6. Insurance (e.g. health/ house, car, life)

7. Hire - purchase

8. Credit Card/Loan repayments

9. Health/ medical costs

10. Fines/ Penalties

11. Telephone/ Internet

12. Recreational Activities (Sports, Hobbies)

13. Other (please specify below):

TOTAL EXPENDITURE (Fortnightly) *

DOCUMENT CHECKLIST

Please submit the following supporting documents to our department via email at welfare@bendigotafe.edu.au.

Most recent financial evidence (Bank statement)
Most recent income statement (payslip, Centrelink statement)
Concession card (Health Care Card) (if applicable)
Parental Consent Form (only applicable for under 18 year applicants)

Download the Parental Consent Form

DECLARATION

By submitting your application you are confirming that:

All of the information provided is true and complete *

Have read and completed the Document Checklist *

Have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions *

You are not currently a recipient of another financial grant or study assistance *

Have completed and uploaded the Parental Consent Form if you are under 18 years of age *

Have uploaded all supporting documentation to your application *

Before your application can be processed you will need to explore whether or not the Payment Plan can assist you; if you believe the Payment Plan cannot assist you, we require a detailed explanation to proceed

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