Access Scholarship – International Students

Terms and Conditions:

Eligibility Criteria:

International Students:

1.Must hold a valid visa (student visa, temporary graduate visa, spouse visa or anyone paying International Fee)

2.Provide evidence of financial or personal disadvantage. Disadvantage(s) may include:

a.financial difficulty (payslips. Bank statements can be used if evidence is displayed in a personal statement)

b.experienced delay or interruption to studies due to compassionate reason (death in the immediate family, family violence, homelessness, or at manager discretion) Evidence – death certificate, eviction notice, personal statement or statutory declaration.

3.Currently enrolled and studying at Kangan Institute

Other Terms and Conditions:

To apply for the Kangan Institute Access Scholarship applicants must:

1.International Students Complete the application form with International Student Welfare team internationalstudent@kangan.edu.au

2.Provide supporting documents

Scholarships are not redeemable for cash, and cannot be used to pay a deposit on a Payment Plan. The scholarship can only be used to offset your tuition fees.

Scholarships will be up to the amount of $1000 towards your tuition fees.

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 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.

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 *

Campus *

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 (Please refer eligibility criteria above) *

2. Have you experienced barriers to your study due to compassionate reasons? (Please refer to eligibility criteria above) *

3. Explain your motivation for applying for this scholarship and explain to us how it would benefit you *

4. Any other information you might find relevant to your application *

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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This information may be regarding further education, short courses, events and information related to industry and education that Bendigo TAFE thinks may be of interest to you.

We understand that this information can be overwhelming for some, please reach out to us if you would like to arrange a time to speak with us further or require further support via email welfare@bendigotafe.edu.au.

Some or all of this training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding. © Bendigo Kangan Institute: RTO number 3077 | ABN 74 802 942 886 | CRICOS Provider Number 01218G