Assessment related needs:

Ability to negotiate assessment deadlines based on sporting related travel commitments

Ability to sit exams externally under exam conditions, within the athlete’s environment (e.g. whilst travelling, in their hotel etc)

The minimum attendance at lectures, tutorials or practicals waived where student-athlete unavailable due to sporting commitments 

Ability to:

Tailor academic study load to integrate with sporting commitments.

Negotiate lecture, tutorial and practical timetables to accommodate sporting commitments

Extend minimum time to complete course due to periods of decreased study load

Take several leaves of absence where required due to increased sporting commitments (e.g. Olympic Games year)

Complete cross institutional study options with interstate universities, and flexibility within this policy provided for student athletes

Provision of summer study alternatives and/or ability to swap between distance education mode and on campus mode, depending on sporting commitments

Recognition of credit achieved at interstate universities

Course related needs:

Access to distance education materials, and/or class notes for missed lectures, tutorials or practicals

For athletes to access the support identified within the guiding principles outlined above, they must be identified and recognised by one of the following organisations as an elite athlete:  

Australian Institute of Sport

State Institutes or Academies of Sport

AFL Players’ Association

Australian Cricketers’ Association

Rugby Union Players’ Association

Rugby League Professionals’ Association

Australian Professional Footballers’ Association

National senior squad members from CACE supported sports

If an athlete falls outside of these organisations, they may submit an application for consideration, to the university. The National CACE manager will act as a representative from the Australian Sports Commission to investigate, verify and make a recommendation to the university.