Equity Scholarships help

Institutions offering Equity Scholarships through UAC

Seven institutions are offering Equity Scholarships through UAC’s Equity Scholarships Online for semester 2, 2012.

Australian National University

Continuing student or applicant via UAC or direct

Commonwealth Scholarships Indigenous

Macquarie University

Continuing student or applicant via UAC or direct

Institution Equity Scholarships  & Commonwealth Scholarships Indigenous

Southern Cross University

Continuing student or applicant via UAC/QTAC or direct

Institution Equity Scholarships  & Commonwealth Scholarships Indigenous

University of New England

Continuing student or applicant via UAC/QTAC or direct

Commonwealth Scholarships Indigenous

University of Newcastle

Continuing student or applicant via UAC or direct

Institution Equity Scholarships 

University of Technology, Sydney

Continuing student or applicant via UAC or direct

Institution Equity Scholarships  & Commonwealth Scholarships Indigenous

University of Western Sydney

Continuing student or applicant via UAC or direct

Commonwealth Scholarships Indigenous

 

ES application number

Your ES application number has nine digits and was issued when you applied. If you’re not sure of your ES application number, call UAC on (02) 9752 0200 or email equity@uac.edu.au

ES Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Your ES PIN is the first four digits of your date of birth - for example if your birthday is:

You can change your ES PIN through ES Online applicant services. If you’re not sure of your ES PIN, call UAC on (02) 9752 0200 or email equity@uac.edu.au

UAC application number

Your UAC application number has nine digits and was issued when you applied for either undergraduate or postgraduate admission to UAC. If you’re not sure of your UAC application number, call UAC on (02) 9752 0200.

UAC Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Your UAC PIN has four digits as described below

2011 NSW HSC applicants/ACT year 12 applicants

You’re issued with a UAC PIN in August 2011.

2011 Australian interstate year 12/IB applicants/non-year 12 applicants

Your UAC PIN is the first four digits of your date of birth for example if your birthday is:

3 October, your UAC PIN is 0310

17 May, your UAC pin is 1705

You can change your PIN through undergraduate or postgraduate Check & Change. If you’re not sure of your PIN, call UAC on (02) 9752 0200.

Street number and name

The street number and name entered can only contain these characters:
letters A to Z (UPPERCASE)
digits 0 to 9
apostrophe ( ' )
forward slash ( / )
comma ( , )
hyphen ( - )
space and full stop.

The following are examples of valid street number and name entries:

101 SUMMER STREET
101 ST. AGNES STREET
LOT 101, SUMMER STREET
UNIT 4, 101 SUMMER STREET
SHANGRILA - SUMMER ROAD SOUTH
SHANGRI-LA, 1099 SUMMER ROAD
'SHANGRI-LA' 1099 SUMMER ROAD

Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status

A person will be considered to be an Indigenous person if the person:

1. is of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and
2. identifies as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and
3. is accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in the community in which he/she lives or has lived.

Read Indigenous Australian applicants for more information.

Citizenship status

To be eligible for an Indigenous Commonwealth Scholarship (CS), you must be an Indigenous person and an Australian citizen or the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa.

For more information about citizenship requirements, check the information on individual institution scholarships in the 2012 Mid-year Equity Scholarships booklet.

Definitions of citizenship:

Bachelor degree or higher level award

To be eligible for an Indigenous Commonwealth Scholarship (CS), you mustn’t have completed the requirements of a course of study equivalent to or higher than an Australian bachelor's award, unless each such award is a prerequisite to your:

Direct university applicants

Some institutions are taking direct applications for 2012 admissions. If you’ve applied direct, enter your application number here.

Some institutions/faculties don’t issue application numbers. In this case, enter the name of the course and any reference number the institution may have given you.

Don’t enter your UAC application number or your UAC course code/s here.

Continuing student

This includes all students with an active enrolment, i.e. students who are currently enrolled or on approved leave of absence. If you’re a continuing student enter your student number here.

Don’t enter your UAC application number or your UAC course code/s here.

Student number

Your student number is issued by your institution when you enrol. If you’re not sure of your student number, contact your institution.

Centrelink (or other Commonwealth) means-tested income support payment

Centrelink (or other Commonwealth) means-tested income support payments are subjected to an income and assets test. Family Tax Benefit Part A and B are NOT income- and asset-tested payments.

Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN)

Your Customer Reference Number (CRN) is printed on all correspondence sent to you by Centrelink, including Centrelink's concession card. We’ll use your CRN to request Centrelink to electronically provide a statement of information so that we can assess your Equity Scholarships application. Your CRN is not the same as your Centrelink Customer Access Number (CAN). Contact Centrelink to obtain your CRN if you’re unsure.

Predicted means-tested income support payment

Some institutions may consider your application if you’re not currently eligible for a Centrelink (or other Commonwealth) means-tested income support payment, but expect to be eligible by the relevant census date.

The income support payment you receive must be both income and assets tested. Family Tax Benefit Part A and Family Tax Benefit Part B are NOT income- and asset-tested payments.

Examples of means-tested income support include:

Important: You'll be required to provide details confirming your receipt of a Centrelink (or other Commonwealth) means-tested income support payments before you receive your scholarship payment. Failure to provide these details will result in the award of an Equity Scholarship being withdrawn.

Exceptional financial hardship

To support your claim for exceptional financial hardship you must provide the following information:

You must also provide documentary evidence to support your claim.

Documentation required for exceptional financial hardship

1. You must provide the following documents if applicable to you:

2. If you’re living with your parent/s (or with a partner) and you’re being financially supported you must also provide evidence of your parent/s' (or partner's) income (e.g. an ATO Notice of Financial Assessment for the last financial year).

3. If you’re being financially supported by your parent/s (whether you’re living with them or not) or by your partner they must also prepare a statement that they’re supporting you. In the statement they must also provide details of any other dependent children, including their ages and whether or not they’re tertiary students at or home or away.

4. Include copies of any other documents you wish in order to demonstrate your exceptional financial hardship.

Your application cannot be considered if you don't supply complete and correctly verified documentation.

Documentation

UAC doesn’t return documents. Don’t send originals. Send only verified copies. However, you must be prepared to provide original documents if we ask for them.
If you send original documents and want them returned to you, you must write to UAC enclosing a cheque or money order for the relevant fee. If the documents relate to the current admissions period, the fee is $37. If the documents relate to a previous admissions period the fee is $54.

Photocopies

So that your application can be assessed correctly, ensure that all photocopied documents that you submit are:

Components of study undertaken overseas or through cross-institutional arrangements

Students who undertake a component of their course (a) overseas or (b) with an institution that’s been approved by their institution won’t be precluded from accessing their scholarship if it’s approved by their institution and will count towards the course requirements in which the student is enrolled.

Students who undertake a component of their study overseas won’t be precluded from accessing the scholarship while overseas.

Current or proposed study

In this context 'current university course of study' means:

Internal student

Read internal student for more information.

Regional or remote classification

Read Regional or remote classification for more information.

Eligibility requirements for Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships

Check Additional requirements for Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships and Indigenous Enabling Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships

Sole parent

A sole parent is defined as a person of any age who is single and has at least one child under 18 who is wholly or primarily in their care and who is in Australia.

Carer responsibilities

A carer is defined as a person of any age who, without being paid, cares for another person who needs ongoing support because of a long-term medical condition, a mental illness, a disability, frailty or the need for palliative care.

Formal education

This doesn’t include study you may have undertaken to enable you to sit an English proficiency test recognised by participating institutions, e.g. the International English Language Testing Scheme (IELTS).

Refugee Status (disrupted schooling)

A person’s schooling may have been disrupted as a result of their refugee status.

Institutions may use this criterion in conjunction with other demonstrated disadvantages in awarding their Institution Equity Scholarships (IES).

English language difficulty

A person is considered to be experiencing English language difficulty if they experience difficulties due to their non-English background that affect their ability to study at university

and

they came to Australia from a non-English speaking country after 2007

and

they did not previously undertake any formal education at an institution where the language of instruction was English

and

they have not undertaken two or more years of full-time study in Australia in a diploma, advanced diploma, bachelor degree or higher level award.

Documentation required for long-term medical condition, disability or ongoing effects of abuse

1. You must arrange for three statements to be completed (Educational impact, Medical impact and Personal statements).

2. You must provide medical certificates/reports.

3. You must provide any other relevant information; for example, if you undertook NSW HSC in 2011, a copy of the NSW Board of Studies' letter approving your application for Disability provisions (formerly special examination provisions) in your HSC.

Learning disability (LD) only

2011 Year 12 applicants:

1. If you applied for and were granted Disability provisions (formerly special examination provisions) by the NSW Board of Studies (or interstate equivalent), attach a copy of the decision letter along with copies of any documentation submitted to the Board.

2. If you didn’t apply for Disability provisions (formerly special examination provisions) attach evidence of a clinical assessment conducted by a qualified professional such as an educational psychologist, neuro-psychologist or LD specialist using recognised valid, reliable and standardised tests. These must have been undertaken within the last three years.

All other applicants: 

Attach to your application evidence of a clinical assessment conducted by a qualified professional such as an educational psychologist, neuro-psychologist or LD specialist using recognised valid, reliable and standardised tests. These must have been undertaken within the last three years.