6Approved scholarship courses

6 Approved scholarship courses

For subsection 592N(1) of the Act, an approved scholarship course is a course that is specified in Column 1 of the table below and provided by an education institution specified for that course in Column 2 of that table.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Approved scholarship courses</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:52%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Course</span></p></td><td style="width:40%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Education institution</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:52%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>Accredited higher education course</span></p></td><td style="width:40%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>Higher education institution</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:52%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>Preparatory course</span></p></td><td style="width:40%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>Higher education institution</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:52%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:14.2pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-14.2pt; line-height:normal"><span>Accelerator program course</span></p></td><td style="width:40%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>Higher education provider within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Higher Education Support Act 2003</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:52%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>A course that:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">includes an accelerator program course; and</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:12pt; margin-left:35.7pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(b)</span></span><span style="width:6.19pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">includes an undergraduate or postgraduate accredited higher education course at the level of:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.85pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(i)</span></span><span style="width:12.41pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">associate degree; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.75pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.75pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(ii)</span></span><span style="width:9.53pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">associate diploma; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.75pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.75pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(iii)</span></span><span style="width:6.75pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor degree; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.75pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.75pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(iv)</span></span><span style="width:7.31pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">bridging study for overseas</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">‑</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">trained professionals;</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.75pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.75pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(v)</span></span><span style="width:10.09pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">postgraduate bachelor degree; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.75pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.75pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(vi)</span></span><span style="width:7.31pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Masters qualifying course; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:57.75pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.75pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(vii)</span></span><span style="width:4.53pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">any of the following that is not a VET course:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:79pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(A)</span></span><span style="width:7.37pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">diploma;</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:79pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(B)</span></span><span style="width:7.92pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">advanced diploma;</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:79pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(C)</span></span><span style="width:7.92pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">graduate certificate;</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:79pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(D)</span></span><span style="width:7.37pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">graduate diploma; and</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">(c)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">is identified as a combined course in the institution’s handbooks; and</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:normal"><span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">(d)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">does not include a course accredited at Masters</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">level (other than an approved Masters</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">level course specified in the legislative instrument made under section</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5D of the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">Student Assistance Act 1973</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span></p></td><td style="width:40%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:normal"><span>Higher education provider within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Higher Education Support Act 2003</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>