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We have launched a new special considerations portal for Semester 1, 2022. Designed to be easy to use, the new portal will help improve the process of applying for a special consideration or special arrangement.
If you submitted your special consideration or special arrangement application before or on 30 January, your application will remain in the old special considerations portal. Don’t worry, your application will still be processed, and you can log into the old portal to view updates, submit an appeal or make changes to your application.
As a result of COVID-19, there may be circumstances out of your control that impact on your ability to complete an assessment task. This may include self-isolation, travel bans, carer responsibilities, work commitments, attendance requirements or IT issues impacting online study.
Check our Coronavirus advice page for information on applying for special consideration and documents required in these situations. Be aware as an alternative to a medical certificate or other medical documents, you can submit a student declaration, with any available supporting evidence, that describes the misadventure, illness or injury that you suffered and for how long.
If you have an exam scheduled between 10pm and 6.59am in the timezone you're living in, you may be eligible for a special arrangement.
We assess your eligibility for special consideration based on your circumstances and the supporting documents you provide.
Your application cannot be submitted if it does not include any attachments of supporting documents. It is important you attach the right supporting documents or your application will be automatically declined and you will need to reapply.
Your supporting documents need to:
You will need to provide documents as a pdf, tif, tiff, gif or png file. Word file formats (doc and docx) are not accepted.
Depending on your circumstances, you will need to provide different types of supporting documents as outlined in the table below.
Exceptional circumstance | Supporting documents |
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Short term illness or injury | Provide one of the following:
If you are unable to obtain a professional practitioner certificate due to extenuating circumstances, you will need to provide a statutory declaration stating your illness or injury including the reason as to why you are unable to obtain a professional practitioner certificate or medical certificate. |
Personal misadventure of a family member or close friend |
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Technical issue | Provide the following documents:
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Death of a family member or close friend | Provide the following documents:
If you are unable to obtain a professional practitioner certificate, include a statutory declaration outlining your circumstances, accompanied by supporting documents. Your statutory declaration needs to indicate how your ability to study has been impacted by your circumstances and when you expect to be able to complete your assessments or return to your studies. |
Unexpected primary carer responsibilities | Provide one of the following documents accompanied by relevant supporting documents:
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Attendance at a funeral of a family member or close friend |
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Natural disaster | Provide the following documents:
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Circumstances preventing you from receiving supporting documents | Provide the following documents:
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Special consideration is not granted for circumstances that are considered reasonably foreseeable or avoidable, or within your control, such as:
Special consideration should not be used if you are unable to sit an exam due to a clash. Find out what to do if you have an exam clash.
Essential Commitment | Supporting documents |
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Australian Defence Force or emergency service (including army reserve) | |
Employment of an essential nature (where the student has little or no discretion with respect to the employment demand) | |
Legal commitment | A copy of the summons, subpoena, court order or notice of selection for jury duty stating:
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Parental or adoption commitments | A signed certificate on an official letterhead from a medical practitioner/midwife/relevant adoption agency stating:
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Religious commitments or beliefs |
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Sporting or cultural commitments representing the University, state or nation | |
COVID-19 assessments scheduled in a different time zone | Provide the following document:
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Depending on the circumstances or essential commitment, you will need to supply specific supporting documents as outlined below.
This certificate needs to be completed in full, signed and stamped by a registered medical or health practitioner who is not related to you. You can download and print the form (pdf, 320KB). The certificate needs to:
A statutory declaration is a signed, written statement that allows a person to declare something to be true in the presence of an authorised witness. You'll need to use a NSW statutory declaration form and have it signed by a Justice of the Peace.
Your statutory declaration should include:
A dated obituary from a newspaper, a funeral notice or funeral program that includes:
If you need to travel interstate or overseas for the funeral, you will need to provide supporting documents such as a travel itinerary or statutory declaration for the additional time you are away.
The notice needs to include:
This is produced by the police and should include:
If a police report is unavailable when you submit your application, you will need to provide a statutory declaration that includes how the incident has affected your studies, along with a COPS event number, which is evidence a crime has been reported.
This should be written on an official letterhead and needs to include:
In the student declaration you should describe the misadventure, illness or injury that you suffered and for how long. The student declaration can be used as an alternative to a medical certificate or other medical documents if there is sufficient reason as to why you are unable to obtain a medical document from a professional practitioner. The conditions for making student declarations are outlined in the template. Be aware there are serious consequences for dishonesty in a Student Declaration.
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