Commonwealth Prac Payment
- Commonwealth Prac Payment
- Eligibility
- How to apply
- What happens next
- Changes in circumstances
- Exceptional circumstances
- Privacy collection notice
Changes in circumstances
If you’ve been approved for the CPP in the current academic year, you need to notify us immediately of changes in circumstances or details that may impact your payment.
There are serious consequences for failing to report these changes, including:
- that you may be required to repay any payments when we reassess your future CPP eligibility
- potential investigations for misrepresentation or fraud, which may lead to compliance actions or legal consequences
- misconduct action by the University, including suspension and expulsion.
Examples of changes to notify us about
Notify us if you:
- enrolled in new CPP eligible unit(s) with mandatory placements
- withdrew from a CPP eligible unit
- withdrew from your studies in a CPP eligible course
- suspended your studies in a CPP eligible course, or if your studies were suspended by the University
- transferred to a different CPP eligible course and enrolled in CPP eligible units.
Notify us if:
- your placement was cancelled by the provider
- you cancelled your placement
- you’re no longer completing 30 placement hours a week or more on average
- you completed your placement early
- you need to complete a supplementary placement.
Notify us if you are no longer receiving an eligible ISP.
You don’t need to notify us if the type of ISP you receive has changed, as long as your new payment is an eligible ISP.
If you’re completing a subsequent placement, notify us if you:
- earned above the income threshold during your evidence period, or
- worked 60 hours or less during the evidence period.
Before notifying us, make sure you’ve read Confirming eligibility for subsequent placements.
If you were approved for CPP under exceptional circumstances, you must immediately notify us if:
- there’s a change in your exceptional circumstances, or
- you experience any of the changes that are described in the sections above.
You’ll need to submit a new CPP application if you were approved due to episodic exceptional circumstances, and you’re:
- completing a second placement that is supplementary to the CPP-approved placement, or
- enrolling in a new CPP-eligible unit with a mandatory placement.
How to notify us
To notify us of changes, submit the Change in circumstances for Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) form.
For general advice on whether a change affects your eligibility, contact us using the Ask a question form (select 'I have a question about something else').
When to notify us
You need to submit the form immediately after becoming aware of the change. You may also need to notify your school or faculty.
When to notify your school or faculty
In addition to submitting the form, you’ll also need to contact your school or faculty directly in the below situations.
Contact the School of Education if you:
- enrol in new CPP-eligible unit(s) with a mandatory placement
- withdraw from a CPP-eligible unit
- withdraw from a CPP-eligible course
- suspend your studies in a CPP-eligible course
- cancel your placement or your placement is cancelled by your provider
- are no longer completing 30 placement hours a week on average across 5 days consecutively
- complete your placement early
- are completing a supplementary placement.
Contact your Music education co-ordinator if you have any questions about your placement.
Contact the Nursing Clinical Placement team if you:
- withdraw from a CPP-eligible unit of study
- withdraw your studies in a CPP-eligible course
- suspend your studies in a CPP-eligible course
- cancel a placement.
Contact the Social Work placement team if you:
- withdraw from a CPP-eligible unit of study
- withdraw your studies in a CPP-eligible course
- suspend your studies in a CPP-eligible course
- cancel your placement or your placement is cancelled by your provider
- are no longer completing 30 placement hours or more a week on average
- complete your placement early.