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Submit an enquiryApplications for Special Consideration require evidence to support your request. This evidence will help determine if your application is eligible, and the most appropriate outcome for your application.
Supporting evidence must:
Providing misleading or fraudulent information/documents is considered a breach of the MQ Student Code of Conduct. Breaches will be reported to the Complaints, Appeals and Misconduct Team and no Special Consideration will be granted.
Various documentation types can be used as supporting evidence, however applications may not be approved if they are not supported by appropriate documentary evidence.
The below table outlines the recommended forms of evidence based on the event type. For a full list of acceptable evidence forms please see the Special Consideration Supporting Evidence Schedule.
Event type | Recommended evidence type |
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Short Term Illness |
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Hardship or Trauma |
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Death circumstances |
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Unavoidable commitments |
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Exacerbation of ongoing illness |
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Elite athlete or performer commitments |
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Army Reservists/SES commitments and Volunteer Firefighters |
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If students have consulted with a health professional due to their circumstances, i.e. medical circumstances or hardship circumstances, they can consider using a Professional Authority Form (PAF) as supporting evidence once it has been completed by the relevant health professional.
A Statement of Fact can be used as supporting evidence:
If your Statement of Fact does not include sufficient detail, or does not allow for your circumstances to be confirmed as serious and unavoidable, it will not be accepted. Students are recommended to consider independently corroborated documentation forms which clearly demonstrate serious and unavoidable circumstances.
You do not have to include other evidence when applying, however you may be requested to provide additional supporting evidence when your application is reviewed. If you are able to obtain recommended supporting documentation forms it is suggested to use these documents rather than a Statement of Fact.
You should provide dated evidence of your positive test result, for example: a screenshot of your rapid antigen test (RAT) with file properties of the image, or a dated confirmation of your positive PCR result. Evidence which lacks date confirmation is not considered appropriate supporting documentation, i.e. a photo of a positive rapid antigen test by itself is not adequate documentation.
If your supporting evidence is not in English it cannot be properly assessed. This will impact whether your application is deemed to have acceptable or insufficient evidence.
The university reviews all supporting evidence provided in Special Consideration applications. Where misleading or fraudulent information/ documents are submitted, this will be reported to the Complaints, Appeals and Misconduct Unit. Any application with misleading or fraudulent information will be denied Special Consideration, and the likely outcome is 0% for the assessment task. No further consideration for that assessment task will be given should other evidence be provided.