SCU's evidence, from a doctor who actually assesses you.
Southern Cross's special consideration page does not mention telehealth or online medical certificates. It asks for a medical certificate from a relevant health practitioner showing the date you were examined and the dates you were impacted.
Start a SCU consult opens on 19 September. We are finishing the doctor-completed forms for every university. Bookmark this page and come back then.
From 12.90 AUD, one-off. Issued on the day you are seen. Certificates carry a verification code.
SCU at a glance
Every certificate links to a verification page showing the consultation record.
What SCU asks for
SCU has no practitioner section. The certificate carries the doctor's opinion, so what it states is what decides the outcome.
What the same evidence is for
Students search for these by name. SCU treats them as one process with different outcomes.
Special consideration covers circumstances beyond your control that affected an assessment task. You lodge a Special Consideration application form with the accompanying documents through MyEnrolment. Once the due date has passed you have two working days to apply.
If you know in advance that you cannot meet a due date, apply at least one day before it. That is a shorter route than a full application after the fact. A dated certificate naming the period you are affected supports the request.
Where illness stopped you sitting an exam, the same special consideration application applies. The certificate has to show the date you were examined by the practitioner and the dates you were impacted, and those dates need to cover the exam. Lodge within two working days after the exam.
Read the source
The pages students land on when they search this topic, as SCU publishes them. Read these before you apply: they are the rules your evidence is judged against.
SCU special consideration pageHow to apply at SCU
See a health practitioner while you are unwell, ideally on the day of the assessment or exam.
Check the certificate records both the date you were examined and the dates you were impacted, because Southern Cross asks for both.
Log in to MyEnrolment at scu.t1cloud.com and open the Special Consideration application form.
Attach the certificate. Do not upload images that could be considered graphic.
Lodge at least one day before the due date if you are asking for an extension, or within two working days after the due date if the task has already passed.
What your certificate carries
Every Doccy certificate links to a verification page. This is what SCU will see when it follows the QR code.
Consultation record
Multi-step telehealth process with voice pre-screening, doctor review, and ongoing patient communication.
The doctor reviews your details and the pre-screening notes, writes the impact statement in their own words, and can message you with questions before issuing.
SCU questions
Answers reflect SCU's published policy on 16 Sept 2026. SCU decides what it accepts.
Southern Cross's special consideration page does not mention telehealth or online medical certificates. It asks for a medical certificate from a relevant health practitioner that shows the date you were examined and the dates you were impacted. Silence on modality is not acceptance, so those two dates need to be clear.
If you are asking for an extension before the task is due, apply at least one day before the due date. If the due date has passed, apply no later than two working days after it. Applications go through MyEnrolment.
Through MyEnrolment at scu.t1cloud.com. You submit a Special Consideration application form with the accompanying documents attached. Southern Cross does not publish a practitioner form, so a medical certificate is what you attach.
It needs the date on which you were examined and a statement of the dates you were impacted. Because there is no practitioner form, the certificate carries the whole of the medical evidence. Ask the doctor to name the assessment period you were affected by.
Yes, but it is then a special consideration application rather than an extension request, and you have two working days after the due date to lodge it. Applying at least one day before the due date is the cleaner route where you can see the problem coming.
Other New South Wales universities
All universitiesVoice pre-screening, AHPRA-registered doctor review, and a certificate that states the dates and impact SCU asks for.
Start a SCU consult opens on 19 September. We are finishing the doctor-completed forms for every university. Bookmark this page and come back then.
Doccy is a telehealth service. Universities decide what evidence they accept. We issue what the doctor's assessment supports.
