Acceptable grounds for applying

• medical
• disability
• personal safety issues
• other (e.g. family or personal circumstances, employment-related circumstances, unavoidable commitments).

Maximum extension periods

*Note, the above extension periods do not relate to requests for extensions to submit a dissertation in Bachelor (Honours) and Masters (Coursework) and (Extended).

Supporting documentation requirements

For individual assessment types outlined in the below table, extensions of up to and including three calendar days do not require supporting documentation*.

Students registered with Student Disability and Accessibility are exempt from providing supporting documentation for extension requests of up to 14 calendar days on the grounds of disability, regardless of the assessment type, as this documentation was submitted to the University at the time of registration.

For all other assessment types, group assessment and extensions greater than three calendars days, your application must include appropriate documentation to support the grounds on which you are requesting an extension.

*Note, for students that are not registered with Student Disability and Accessibility, accumulating more than one approved extension for eligible individual assessments of three or less calendar days per course will require supporting documentation for the remainder of the trimester.

Timeframe to apply

• by the due date of the assessment item.

Possible outcomes

• application approved for 'x' days*.
• application declined.

*Note, for eligible applications exceeding three calendar days, you will receive an interim approval of three calendar days before your application undergoes further review by your Course Convenor for the full extension days requested. For students registered with Student Disability and Accessibility, this is extended to 10 calendar days.

Further extension on approved applications

If you require a further extension on an already approved application, you can do this via the online application. Documentation to support an additional extension is required and the total extension period cannot exceed the maximum allowable extension period for the reason you have selected. Please note that the maximum allowable extension period applies to the entire assessment item, not to each individual request.

Acceptable grounds for applying

• illness
• accident
• temporary disability
• bereavement
• sporting or cultural commitment (at state or international representative level)
• technical difficulties (e.g. causing delays during your online exam or preventing you from completing your online assessment)
• other compassionate circumstances (e.g. serious illness of a family member or close relative, significant and unexpected employment problems or pressures, significant relationship problems).

Timeframe to apply

• no later than three calendar days after the due date of the assessment item or date of the exam.

Possible outcomes

• application approved and a final grade recommended based on your performance across the course
• application approved including opportunity to provide another assessment task
• application approved and marks adjusted (may not always result in a change of grade)
• application declined.