Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 2. March 9 1981
Retention of the Fees Grant
Retention of the Fees Grant
Prior to 1980 a more liberal system operated. Students were required to pass at least one bursary course (e.g. twelve 100 level credits in order to retain their Fees Bursary).
But the new retention criteria has been considerably tightened, especially in the case of part-time students. It is now much more difficult to retain the fees grant. Full-time students now have their TFG suspended if they fail to pass more than half the work of a full-time programme. Part-time students lose their grant if they fail to pass more than half the papers for which they receive assistance, or one-third of a full-time programme, whichever is the greater. The TFG can only be reinstated by passing one- third of a full-time programme.