Compassionate and compelling circumstances are defined as circumstances outside a student’s control that impact the student’s ability to study.
Compassionate and compelling circumstances are defined as circumstances outside a student’s control that impact the student’s ability to study. Students who are applying for a reduction of study load, leave of absence or transfer to another education provider are required to provide evidence to demonstrate that they are impacted by compassionate or compelling circumstances.
Circumstance |
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Illness or injury |
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Death, illness or injury or a close family member |
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Permanent or temporary disability |
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Incident or issue impacting student's capacity to study – personal (e.g. serious accident, witnessing or being the victim of a serious crime or incident) |
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Incident or issue impacting student’s capacity to study – community issue (e.g. political unrest, natural disaster, community health event, other community issues limiting access to what a student needs for study) |
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RMIT unable to offer full-time load of courses |
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Delay in receiving a student visa |
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Unforeseen delay to research (Higher Degree by Research students only) |
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Military service |
Note: Leave of absence can only be approved for up to 50% of the total registered duration of your program. If your military service exceeds this period, you may consider cancelling your program and re-applying for your program when you are ready to return to study |
Other circumstances |
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For more information, please contact Student Connect.
Last updated February 2023
By Academic Registrar's Group (ARG)
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