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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 2. March 9 1981

How to be Reasonable

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How to be Reasonable

If your claim is "reasonable" then it will be accepted, if it is not you will get a reduced grant or have to explain your position at length. The catch here is that your reasons may not be accepted by the Department of Education and so you may miss out. It is far easier to quote "reason able" figures which you don't have to try and justify than to give "unreasonable" ones that you do have to justify.

The following guide to filling out your form has been done with this in mind. It is a guide only and not a final directive - you are not encouraged to make false statements, our concern is that you do not over-represent your own position and therefore suffer unfairly as a result!

Office 21 (continued) Vacation expenditure:- Board (rent, food, power) $____ Travel $____ Holiday costa $____ Clothes $____ Repayment of loan, debts, over-draft, etc $_____ Christmas costs $____ Retainer for flat $_____ Other (specify) $____ TOTAL - $______ 22 Did you have to undertake compulsory practical work for your course during the vacation period? YES/NO 23 Where did you spend the last long vacation? 24 Give value and description of any savings or investments not already listed on this form (supply details of savings accounts, shares etc on separate sheet indicating where interest and dividends have been declared as income under question 20). Investment Value ________ $____ ________ $____ ________ $____ ________ $____ 25 Do you own a motor vehicle? YES/NO if YES, give the following details:- Type Make Year of Date of Manufacture Purchase 19 19 Month Year Purchase Price Resale Value $________ $________ 26 Is your vehicle essential? YES/NO If YES, explain why:- 27 List any ASSET purchased within the last three years with a resale value of over $500:- Type of asset Resale Value ________ $___ ________ $___ ________ $___ ________ $___ ________ $___ TOTAL $___ D ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE 28 List items of WEEKLY expenditure you will incur during the academic year:- $ t Rent, Board, Hostel Fee (delete as appropriate) Food Transport coats - residence to and from institution only Other weekly transport cost Heating, lighting, telephone Personal Other (specify) TOTAL WEEKLY EXPENDITURE - office 29 List other expenditure you expect to incur at enrolment and DURING the academic year:- Tuition Fees not covered by your Fees Grant $____ Students Association Fee $____ Medical/Dental/Optical (include Student Health Service Fee) $____ Field trips relating to course $____ Other course related fees $____ Text books $____ Travel costs between hose and institution by cheapest means available (three return trips) $____ Clothes $____ Other (specify) $____ $____ $____ $____ TOTAL ANNUAL EXPENDITURE - $____ 30 Is PUBLIC TRANSPORT available between your term residence and institution? YES/NO If YES, what is the weekly cost $____ of ten one way trips? 31 Please add any further information you wish to be considered in support of your application BY STAPLING an additional sheet to this form. E DECLARATION 32 I hereby declare the above information to be true and correct in every particular, and that no information which would have a material bearing on this application has been withheld. I under take to inform the Tertiary Grants Officer at my institution of any change in my circumstances which would affect an award made as a result of this application. I understand that the making of a false declaration may be an offence under Section 246 of the Crimes Act. Date:__________ Signature of applicant:__________________ To be completed by interviewing officer at the Tertiary Institution:- Date of Interview:______________ Signed: ______________________ To be completed by Institution:- Subject to FULL-TIME enrolment, the applicant is entitled to:- FEES GRANT STUDY GRANT WEEKLY RATE YES/NO YES/NO $ A bursary B bursary Junior Scholarship YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO Apart from INCOME restriction, is applicant eligible for a Study Grant? YES/NO Do student's PARENTS live within reasonable daily TRAVELLING distance of your institution? YES/NO

The form printed below is E6/8 for under 20 year olds, but it is similar enough to E6/8b that you should be able to follow it. Married and de facto students must complete E6/8a and should talk to a Tertiary Grants Officer before doing so.

A table to estimate your likely hardship grant is included for two reasons: (1) You can get some idea of what level the grant will be so that you can screw up the form and start again if it is too low. (2) If, when you get your grant, it is lower than what you expected it to be, you have some information on which to either appeal or go for a re-assessment.

Remember to keep a copy of your application; and don't think just because you got hardship last year you will automatically get it this year either!

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