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Student Fees Procedures - Startup-Help

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Section 1 - Purpose and Context

(1) These procedures provide the University requirements for managing the STARTUP-HELP program in accordance with the relevant legislation including the Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023.

(2) These procedures apply to students selected for a STARTUP-HELP place in an approved accelerator program at the University.

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Section 2 - Definitions

(3) For the purpose of these procedures definitions that apply can be found in the Student Fees Policy and the Policy DDS Glossary, in addition to the following:

  1. Accelerator Program means a University approved program that meets the requirements as set out in the Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023.
  2. STARTUP-HELP means a loan offered by the Commonwealth Government to provide fee assistance to eligible students in eligible accelerator programs.
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Section 3 - Policy Statement

(4) Refer to the Student Fees Policy.

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Section 4 - Procedures

Eligibility

(5) Eligibility for STARTUP-HELP assistance will be according to the criteria set out in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and and described on the Australian Government’s STARTUP-HELP loan information page.

Selection

(6) Students are selected for a place in an approved accelerator program with a STARTUP-HELP loan in accordance with the Admissions Policy and any published criteria.

(7) The University applies quotas or sub-quotas for admission to STARTUP-HELP places in accordance with the Admissions Policy and to facilitate participation of groups that are underrepresented in the startup ecosystem including, but not limited to:

  1. First Nations Australians
  2. people with a disability
  3. women.

Electronic Commonwealth Assistance Forms (eCAF)

(8) Students enrolling in a STARTUP-HELP assistance program must submit a completed STARTUP-HELP eCAF by the approved census date and:

  1. provide their tax file number
  2. provide their valid unique student identifier
  3. be assessed as a genuine student and academically suitable for the approved accelerator program.

Withdrawing from Study and Reversal of Assistance

(9) No STARTUP-HELP debt will be incurred where a student withdraws from the program before the relevant census date.

(10) A student withdrawing from the STARTUP-HELP program after the census date may apply for a reversal of their STARTUP-HELP assistance and/or remission of any STARTUP-HELP debt if they can demonstrate the following special circumstances happened:

  1. what happened to them was beyond their control
  2. the full impact was not apparent until on or after the census date
  3. what happened made it impracticable for the student to complete the requirements for the Startup Year program
  4. the application is made within 12 months of the withdrawal day.

(11) Refer also to the Student Fees Policy “Withdrawal without Financial Penalty: Guidelines on what Constitutes Extenuating Circumstances” section.

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Section 5 - Guidelines

(12) Higher Education Support Act 2003.

(13) Higher Education Support (STARTUP-HELP) Guidelines 2023.

(14) 2024 STARTUP-HELP Information.