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Health Service (Hawthorn)<br />
Coordinator<br />
Jan Fischer<br />
Room SH107, Laneway behind library<br />
8.45am - 5.00pm (Monday-Friday)<br />
Phone: 9214-8703<br />
Medical practitioners by appointment<br />
Nursing staff available on a 'drop-in' basis<br />
This is a confidential nursing and medical service covering:<br />
Emergencies<br />
Clinical care<br />
Health promotion<br />
It is available to all <strong>Swinburne</strong> students and staff. We <strong>of</strong>fer:<br />
Immunisation/general, overseas<br />
Hearing/vision testing<br />
Asthma management<br />
Full clinical assessment<br />
Health counselling<br />
- nutrition<br />
- contraception<br />
- sexually transmitted diseases<br />
Information programs<br />
Housing & Part-time Employment &<br />
Finance (Hawthorn)<br />
Coordinator (Housing & Part-time Employment)<br />
Gabrielle Rolan, Room 463B203, Phone: 9214-8882<br />
465 Burwood Road, Hawthorn (access via laneway behind<br />
library)<br />
9.00am - 5.OOpm (Monday-Friday)<br />
Coordinator (Finance, Austudy & Student Loans)<br />
Beth Graham, Room 463B204, Phone: 9214-8953<br />
465 Burwood Road, Hawthorn (access via laneway behind<br />
library)<br />
9.00am - 5.00pm (Monday and Thursday)<br />
9.00am - 1.00pm (Wednesday)<br />
1.15pm - 5.00pm (Friday)<br />
This Service <strong>of</strong>fers the following to students and staff:<br />
Independent advice on all aspects <strong>of</strong> housing<br />
Noticeboard <strong>of</strong> housing <strong>of</strong>fers; share, self-contained,<br />
board<br />
Information on tenants'rights<br />
Lists <strong>of</strong> real estate agents <strong>of</strong>fering flats and houses<br />
Noticeboard <strong>of</strong> part-time employment <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
Register for students interested in working part-time<br />
Tutor register for students looking for a tutor or<br />
<strong>of</strong>fering to be a tutor<br />
Information on recommended rates <strong>of</strong> pay and work<br />
agreements<br />
Information and advice on Austudy (we have contacts<br />
within Austudy and can help sort out and speed up<br />
your Austudy application)<br />
Financial counselling, including student loans<br />
Assistance withfees<br />
Information on tax and budgeting<br />
Look under Financial Assistance Schemes for more<br />
information.<br />
Financial Assistance Schemes<br />
AUSTUDY<br />
Austudy provides financial assistance to many students, but<br />
not all students are eligible and not all get the same<br />
amount. Whether you are eligible or how much you get<br />
depends on a lot <strong>of</strong> things, like:<br />
what course you are studying<br />
how many years you have been studying<br />
whether you are full-time or not<br />
whether you need to live away from home<br />
how much you, your parents or partner earn<br />
the value <strong>of</strong> the assets you and your family have when<br />
you applied, etc.<br />
Helpful hints about AUSTUDY<br />
Pick up your application form and information<br />
booklet from Austudy, a CES <strong>of</strong>fice or from Student<br />
Services (financial adviser) on your campus.<br />
Read the information booklet carefully.<br />
If having read the booklet you still have questions,<br />
then seek help from the financial adviser on your<br />
campus.<br />
If your friends, family or family accountant say you are<br />
not eligible, don't assume they are correct - the<br />
eligibility criteria are complex and students'<br />
circumstances vary. IF IN DOUBT PUT IN AN<br />
APPLICATION ANYWAY.<br />
Fill in your application form carefully - mistakes or<br />
omissions will mean delays in receiving your first<br />
payment.<br />
Supply all the documentation requested, otherwise<br />
delays will occur.<br />
Get your application in early - it always takes<br />
Austudy some weeks to process your application.<br />
If applying for first semester get your application in by<br />
31 March, if you want to receive backpay from 1<br />
January.<br />
Don't accept a decision from Austudy if you think it is<br />
inaccurate or unfair. Ask your financial adviser on<br />
campus for assistance.<br />
If your circumstances change at any time throughout<br />
the year, you must let Austudy know immediately.<br />
Some students (including part-time) in receipt <strong>of</strong> certain<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Social Security benefits may also be entitled<br />
to a Pensioner Education Supplement <strong>of</strong> $30 per week.<br />
The Student Homeless Rate may assist students who do<br />
not get any support from their families. Ask the financial<br />
adviser on your campus for more details.<br />
<strong>Swinburne</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> 1997 Handbook 29