No refunds are payable in respect of a withdrawal from a semester long course where the withdrawal occurs after the relevant census date. No refunds are payable in respect of a withdrawal from a full-year course where the withdrawal occurs after the second semester census date. Deans may, in documented special circumstances, authorise refunds other than those set out above, but may not retrospectively authorise changes to enrolments after the reference dates except within the existing policies that allow Deans to authorise such changes on the grounds of administrative system failures. Later variations to that estimated income will be accommodated by funding adjustments in the following semester. This University-wide policy shall take effect from first semester 1997 .
Deans are responsible for ensuring that advice to given to prospective re-enrolling students.
No University-wide policy has been established and promulgated with respect to local postgraduate fee paying students although advice has been given to some faculties that the rules relating to international students should be applied. A clear policy is therefore required which recognises the costs to the University of students who withdraw subsequent to enrolment while maintaining fair trading practice. The rules established for international students do not translate directly to local fee paying students because local students may enrol on a part-time basis.