University of New England
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate to attach to your UNE application.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my UNE consultUNE's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through AskUNE.
No later than five working days after your last examination. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
UNE's deferred examination guidance does not address telehealth or the modality of the consultation. It asks for medical documents that detail the extent, duration and impact of the illness on your ability to attend or perform during the exam.
The date on which you were consulted. The extent of the condition and its impact on your ability to attend or perform during the exam.
UNE does not require the name or title of the illness. What it requires is the extent, duration and impact, so a certificate that names a diagnosis but omits the impact is the weaker document. The period the certificate covers has to include the exam date. A certificate that starts the day after the exam does not support the application.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at UNE, from its published policy.
Start my UNE consultUNE's guidance does not address telehealth or how the consultation happened. It asks for medical documents detailing the extent, duration and impact of the illness on your ability to attend or perform during the exam. Silence on modality is not acceptance, so make sure the impact statement is in the certificate.
No later than five working days after your last examination. Applications go through the Contact Us tab in AskUNE, or by post or fax using the contact details on the application form.
It is the form you complete to ask for a deferred or special examination. UNE has no practitioner section on it, so the doctor writes an ordinary certificate and you attach it. The certificate has to carry the extent, duration and impact detail the University asks for.
No. UNE states that the certificate does not need to specify the name or title of your illness. What it does need is the date you were consulted, the extent and duration of the condition, and the impact on your ability to attend or perform during the exam.
Yes. The application covers both missing the exam and performing poorly while unwell. In that case the medical document should say how the condition affected your performance on the day. The certificate still has to cover the examination date.
UNE's process, in the order it happens.
A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.
No later than five working days after your last examination.
The medical certificate after a real-time doctor call.
UNE may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.
What the certificate must state, and what gets it refused.
The date on which you were consulted. The extent of the condition and its impact on your ability to attend or perform during the exam. The duration of the condition, covering the examination date. The practitioner's name, registration details and signature.
UNE does not require the name or title of the illness. What it requires is the extent, duration and impact, so a certificate that names a diagnosis but omits the impact is the weaker document. The period the certificate covers has to include the exam date. A certificate that starts the day after the exam does not support the application. Because UNE has no practitioner section on its form, the impact statement has to be written into the certificate itself.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
A special examination, also called a deferred examination, is a second sitting granted where illness or misadventure stopped you attending or performing in a scheduled exam. You lodge the Application for Special Examination through AskUNE with the medical certificate attached.
Where you could not attend the exam at all, apply as soon as the exam period is over rather than waiting for the result. UNE asks for the application within five working days after your last exam.
If you sat the exam but were unwell during it, the same application covers you. The medical document needs to say how the condition affected your performance on the day, not just that you were ill.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate UNE asks you to attach.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
