Continuing Student Enrolment Information including Leave Eligibility and Advice for Completing Students
Continuing Student Enrolment Information
Trimester 3, 2024 Enrolment Dates:
Opens: From 10am AEST* on Thursday 22 August 2024
Closes: 5pm AEST* on Friday 4 October 2024
*Australian Eastern Standard Time
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Upon the opening of enrolment continuing students may enrol online via your Student Portal. For information on how to access your Student Portal please see the My Online Accounts page. Click below to see the CHS Enrolment Guide to assist you to enrol into your units.
Daylight Savings or Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
At 2am on Sunday 6 October 2024 clocks in Sydney and Melbourne are turned forward 1 hour. This is called Daylight Savings, or Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) and it occurs at the beginning of Week 2 classes.
Important note for Brisbane students who enrol into HM004. HM004 is an online unit, the lecturer is based in Melbourne, you might need to attend the online class one hour earlier than scheduled start time from Monday 7 October 2024.
Key Dates for Trimester 3, 2024
Fee Due Dates for Trimester 3, 2024:
Enrolment opening and closing dates, enrolment application closing dates, class commencement, fee due dates, the census date and the end of Trimester date are also available via the Student Hub Home page.
Outstanding Fees
Students who have an outstanding fee balance from their previous study period will not be permitted to re-enrol or view results if full payment has not been made, Student Portal accounts will be/have been sanctioned. Students who have not enrolled by the enrolment closing date risk of cancellation of their enrolment. Please note that it can take up to 72 hours for payments to be processed by the relevant banks and the sanction removed.
Trimester Break Eligibility Trimester 2, 2024
Refer to your initial Trimester Break Eligibility email sent 16 August 2024. The email provides an indication of your eligibility to take a break next trimester. Attached to the email is your holiday letter for the break between study periods.
Confirmation of your Eligibility to take a Trimester Break will be confirmed following the release of results. Students who may be eligible to take a break need to confirm their decision. Please note that any outstanding fees must be paid in full before Trimester Break leave is officially approved. Students who decline (don't want to take the Trimester Break) need to enrol before the close of enrolment for the study period.
Trimester 2, 2024 Completing Students
Results for Trimester 2, 2024 will be released by 27 September 2024. Student Services will begin creating completion documents after this date. Completion documentation will be prioritised in order of visa expiry dates. Completion documentation cannot be issued to graduands who have outstanding fees, library items on loan or have not applied for or recorded their Unique Student Identifier in their Student Portal.
Completing students do not need to lodge requests for completion documents.
If your visa expires before or on 27 September 2024, please notify Student Services as soon as possible by lodging an enquiry.
Return to ESOS Compliance
With travel restrictions lifted and overseas students able to travel to Australia for study, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) have announced that education providers are expected to return to full compliance with the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Framework by 30 June 2023. This means that classes will continue to be delivered face-to-face on campus with a small number of online classes. Students must not study more than one third of the units in their entire course online. Students who haven't already undertaken the maximum number of permitted online units must enrol into at least one on campus class to ensure adherence with student visa requirements.
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Work restrictions for students studying on a student visa overseas students were reinstated on 1 July 2023. Student visa holders can work no more than 48 hours a fortnight while studying. Student visa holders have no work restrictions when their course of study or training is not in session. For further information click here to view the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Work Restrictions for student visa holders webpage.
Reduced or Increased Study Load Applications for Trimester 3, 2024
The Student Portal requires students to enrol in a full-time load, students may then apply to reduce or increase their study loads via lodging an online application for a Reduced Study Load and Overload. The online application form will be accessible via the Student Hub Forms library/page once results for the previous study period have been released.
Applications to Increase your study load close:
5pm AEST on Friday 27 September 2024.
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Applications to Reduce your study load close:
5pm AEDT on Friday 18 October 2024.
Leave of Absence for Compassionate or Compelling Circumstances
Leave of Absence applications for students who have demonstrated compassionate or compelling circumstances must be submitted by at 5pm AEDT on Friday 27 September 2024 to ensure processing time in advance of the close of enrolment. Please refer to the Compassionate and Compelling Circumstances Guidelines If these circumstances apply to you, please submit a Leave of Absence application which is available via the Student Hub Forms library/page.
The Student Services team wishes you all the very best with your remaining assessment pieces and results for Trimester 2, 2024.