Compassionate and Compelling Circumstances

Circumstances beyond a student control's which significantly affects their course progress or wellbeing. These could include, but are not limited to:

• medical or health-related condition (e.g. serious or debilitating illness or injury; hospitalisation; giving or recently given birth; mental health illness or condition)
• hardship or trauma (e.g. recent victim of crime; serious accident or other critical incident; sudden loss of income, employment or accommodation)
• compassionate circumstances (e.g. death of a family member or close friend; severe disruption to domestic arrangements or family relationship breakdown; unexpected carer responsibilities; life-threatening illness of a family member; severe financial difficulty)
• unavoidable commitment that by its nature cannot be rescheduled (e.g. work commitments; primary carer responsibilities; jury service; approved activities away from campus or normal residence such as study overseas or work placements; cultural or religious obligations; state, national, international or other commitments requiring the student's participation such as emergency services or recognised sports or performance commitments).

These are only some examples of what may be considered compassionate or compelling circumstances. Professional judgement will be used to assess each case on its individual merits. Supporting documentation may be required to confirm compassionate or compelling circumstances.