Financial Assistance
Commonwealth Government Assistance
Austudy and the Youth Allowance
Austudy and the Youth Allowance are available to eligible students enrolled in CSU courses.
The Youth Allowance is available to eligible:
Austudy is available to eligible full-time students aged 25 years or older.
A student is regarded as a full-time student if studying 75% or more of a normal full-time load. A normal full-time load at CSU is 32 points per session.
Austudy and the Youth Allowance are both subject to an income and assets test which, in the case of the Youth Allowance, is applied to parental income and assets unless the student qualifies as an independent student.
Payments are made fortnightly from the date of lodgement of the claim form or the day the course starts whichever is the later. Late claims will not receive back pay. Other benefits include:
Some students in receipt of a social security or veterans’ affairs income support payment (for example sole parents, widows, students with a disability) may also be eligible for the Pensioner Education Supplement to assist with expenses associated with study. Telephone Centrelink on 132 316 for information.
Information and claim forms for Austudy and the Youth Allowance are available from Centrelink offices or by telephoning Centrelink on 132 490.
Abstudy
Abstudy provides financial assistance to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled either full-time or part-time in CSU courses. Abstudy provides a means-tested living allowance which is paid fortnightly and other allowances for expenses associated with study.
Students living in the CSU residences or in a hostel can chose to receive a reduced living allowance and have their residential fees paid by Abstudy. Students receiving Abstudy have access to the Student Financial Supplement Loan Scheme (see below).
Information and claim forms can be obtained from any Centrelink Office or by calling the Abstudy enquiries line on 132 317.
Student Financial Supplement Loan Scheme
Some students eligible for Austudy, Abstudy, the Youth Allowance or the Pension Education Supplement may obtain a loan through the Student Financial Supplement Loan Scheme. The loan can be used to meet expenses such as accommodation, transport, food and books.
Under the Scheme, a student can elect to trade-in part of their payment under Austudy, Abstudy, the Youth Allowance or the Pension Education Supplement for a loan for double that amount. For example, trade in $3,500 of the Youth Allowance for a Student Financial Supplement Loan of $7,000 a year. However, loan amounts are repayable.
For further information on the Student Financial Supplement Loan Scheme telephone Centrelink on 132 490.
CSU Assistance
Special Assistance Loan Scheme
See section 3 of this Handbook.
CSU Foundation Scholarships
CSU, through the CSU Foundation, offers a range of scholarships to Australian undergraduate students and prospective undergraduate students who are or intend studying full-time at one of CSU's main campuses. The scholarships, mostly of one year's duration, range in value from $1,000 to $15,000. Some scholarships, ranging to $15,000 provide a payment in each year of the course.
CSU Foundation Scholarships are awarded on the basis of: academic achievement; the setting and achievement of career goals; and demonstrated leadership and motivation through involvement in community, high school or University life.
Application forms are available from the Foundations Office with whom applications in 2002 close on 25 February.
For further information contact the CSU Foundations Office:
Telephone:
(02) 6338 4832
Facsimile: (02) 6338
4833
www.csu.edu.au/student/scholarships
Albury-Wodonga Campus
Scholarships
Scholarships for
any year students:
Norske Skog Albury
Rotary International
Rotary Club of Tallangatta
Tumut Shire
Council
Scholarships for first year students:
Albury City Council
Dr Henry Nowik
Hume Building
Society
St George Bank
Limited
Scholarships for continuing students:
HC Mott Border Mail
Bathurst Campus Scholarships
Scholarships for
any year students:
Douglas
Schneider Memorial
Mitchell Graduates
Association
Students' Representative
Council (Wammarra)
Tumut Shire
Council
Scholarships for first year students:
AMP
Austereo Limited
Australian
Association of Regional Radio Broadcasters
Australian
Radio Network
AXA Australia
Bathurst City
Council
Bathurst Doctors
for Education
BOC Gases Australia
British American
Tobacco Australasia
Caltex Australia
Channel Seven
Charles Sturt
University Printery
Clyde Engineering
Coca-Cola Amatil
Delta Electricity
Department
of Information Technology and Management – NSW Govt
DMG Radio Australia
Dr Henry Nowik
Esso
George Patterson
Bates
Getronics (Aust)
Pty Ltd
James Hardie
Australia
Kenny Spring
Solicitors
Lattice Davis
Leighton Holdings
Lumley Corporation
McIntosh McPhillamy
& Co
National Australia
Bank
Nine Network
Omya Southern
Pioneer International
RACI Australian
National Chemistry Quiz
Radio 2BS
Radio 2UE Pty
Ltd
Returned Services
RG Capital
Salomon Smith
Barney Australia
Sam Phillips
Memorial
Santos Limited
Southern Cross
Broadcasters
Spencer Stuart
St George Bank
Telstra Corporation
Tooheys
Westpac Banking
Corporation
Scholarships for continuing students:
Alan
Morse & Co
BAM/SSB Advertising
Cox Inall Communications
Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters
Gordon Bullock Memorial
Institute of Chartered Accountants – Central West Region
International Advertising Association
John Pearce Memorial Scholarship for Radio Journalism
KPMG
Macquarie Radio Network
Mitchell Association of Student Councils
Nurse Elvy Brown Scholarship Fund
Nursing Network
Reuters Australia
School of Accounting
School of Marketing and Management
School of Nursing & Health Science
School of Nursing & Health Science Distance Education
School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies
School of Teacher Education
Singleton Ogilvy & Mather
Sky News Australia
Stockford
Students' Representative Council
Tim Durick Memorial
Dubbo
Campus Scholarships
Scholarships for first year students:
Advance Energy
Dubbo RSL Club
Resort
Orana Education
Centre
Scholarships for continuing students:
Darcy
Kennedy
Nursing Network
School of Nursing and Health Science Distance Education
Orana Education Centre
Wagga Wagga Campus Scholarships
Scholarships for
any year students:
Bland Shire Council
Gundagai and
Tumut Shire Council
Junee Shire
Council
Rotary Club
of Wagga Wagga Sunrise
Temora Shire
Council/Izumizaki
Tumut Shire
Council
Wagga Wagga
City Council
Scholarships for first year students:
Ballarat
UFS Dispensaries Limited
Gissing's Pharmacy
Goulburn College
of Advanced Education Alumni
Kevin Dickson
Memorial
Scholarships for continuing students:
Adams
Kenneally White & Co
Area News and
Murrumbidgee Irrigator
Capital Chemist
Dubbo Nuclear
Medicine & Ultrasound
Golden Gown
Award Inc
Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) – Riverina Group
Investment
Taxation Specialists Ltd
St John of
God Hospital
CSU Residential Awards
CSU Residential Awards are awarded to students on the Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst and Wagga Wagga campuses who live in the student residences as residential staff. The awards are based on academic performance, demonstrated leadership ability, motivation to succeed and contribution to life at CSU.
Residential Awards comprise a living allowance paid fortnightly. Application forms and information are available from the Residential Support Manager, telephone: (02) 6933 3800.
Policing Scholarships
Students who apply for admission to the Diploma of Policing Practice course are invited to apply for a Policing Scholarship. Four types of scholarships are available.
Basic Scholarship: a $12,000 scholarship for trimesters 1 to 3, awarded on merit to students who meet the professional and academic criteria for admission to the Diploma of Policing Practice course and demonstrate financial need.
Higher Value Scholarship: an $18,000 scholarship for Trimesters 1 to 3, awarded on merit to students who meet the professional and academic criteria for admission to the Diploma of Policing Practice course and who demonstrate that they would otherwise not be able to do the course without the support of a scholarship.
Graduate Scholarship: a $4,000 scholarship for Trimester 3, awarded on merit to students who meet the professional and academic criteria for admission to the Diploma of Policing Practice course with credit for trimesters 1 and 2 of the course.
Distance Education Scholarship: for students who commenced the Diploma of Policing Practice course via the distance education stream - a scholarship up to $6,000 awarded on merit to students who demonstrate financial need, are enrolled in Trimester 3 and who continue to meet the professional and academic criteria for admission into the course.
Students awarded a scholarship will have the scholarship paid into their bank or credit union account fortnightly. Students living on-campus at Goulburn can have their accommodation costs paid directly from their scholarship. Scholarship payments commence on the Thursday after the course commences. A scholarship may be withdrawn if the student fails to meet the professional and academic criteria of the course.
Application forms are available from:
Admissions Office
Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 676
Wagga Wagga 2678
Telephone: (02)
6933 2121
Facsimile: (02)
6933 2063
Email: admissions@csu.edu.au