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HECS Waiver on Selected Undergrad & Post Grad Certificates, Diplomas (Up to 4 Course Units) @ UTAS

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HECS Waiver on Selected Undergrad & Post Grad Certificates, Diplomas (Up to 4 Course Units) @ UTAS
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Ltihir on 16/10/2022 - 14:26 utas.edu.au (4103 clicks)

This deal: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/675872 - is back for 2023. The comments section on that thread are full of good information.

These are the courses you can do:

Diploma of Dementia Care
Diploma of Sustainable Living
Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainable Living
Undergraduate Certificate in Data and Environmental Management
Undergraduate Certificate in Antarctic and Climate Science
Graduate Certificate in Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage

Generally speaking you get 4 subjects fee free (4 subjects = certificate). Accordingly if you do a diploma (8 subjects = diploma) you need to pay for subjects 5-8.

Long story short - it's fee free (to you) if you are entitled to a commonwealth supported place (ie the uni still bills the government for ~50% of what the total fee would ordinarily be - and then waives the other 50% which you would ordinarily have to pay (or put on HECS) if they weren't offering a fee waiver)). If you aren't eligible for a commonwealth supported place you are toast. As a rule of thumb as long as you are an Australian or NZ citizen, live in Australia and haven't had more than 7 years of commonwealth supported study you will probably be eligible for a commonwealth supported place (but check the criteria yourself).

If you pick your subjects carefully you can do it all online. Some courses have optional online tutorials (various times - including outside work hours) - I turned up to one this semester and it was a complete waste of time so haven't bothered again. I've just submitted my final assignments for 2 subjects in the certificate of sustainable living (which I signed up to as a result of the 2022 post and comments). I'm enrolled for 2 more subjects to finish off the certificate starting tomorrow. I was planning on 'upgrading' to the diploma for 2023 (and paying for subjects 5-8) … but now that this deal is back I'll probably just enroll in the Antarctic and Climate Science certificate instead.

There is some really great info in the comments to the 2022 deal thread which you should read if you are interested.

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  • Reveen on 16/10/2022 - 14:31
    +15

    Stackable with Austudy?

    • ColonialBoy on 17/10/2022 - 00:10
      +3

      From memory you need a 75% load to get Austudy, which is 3 subjects per semester. Jobseeker Payment is more than Austudy.

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 17/10/2022 - 01:38
      -4

      Nah, but 'stackable with a love of fishing', Yeah!

      Assuming that the best UTAS unit (hands down) included in the 'Diploma of Sustainable Living' listed above is still on offer (I'd be surprised if it isn't, because it was repeatedly extremely popular), I urge anyone who enjoys fishing and acquiring knowledge to enrol in 'Science if Fishing 001'.

      It's a great introduction to uni-level education, particularly for anyone who is not experienced with such things. Good/enthusiastic/knowledgeable teachers, and good course content. Perhaps most importantly of all, unlike many of these 'soft/leftist/pinko' tax-payer-subsidised UTAS units, this one is focused solely on actual science. That's probably why it is the most popular unit …

  • tomr1111 on 16/10/2022 - 14:34
    +85

    In addition, you can get an edu email.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 16/10/2022 - 14:38
      +42

      Now THATS a dedicated ozbargainer!

    • ChickenDinner123 on 16/10/2022 - 14:42
      +8

      This is the way.

    • tomr1111 on 16/10/2022 - 14:44
      +13

      That means:

      Free Office 365/MS Windows
      Discount on Samsung/Dell/Lenovo products
      Etc.

      • scphotos on 17/10/2022 - 07:09

        O365 - the tenant admins can see all your files if you're using OneDrive.

        • jollibot on 17/10/2022 - 09:15

          Tenant admins?

          • scphotos on 17/10/2022 - 09:41

            @jollibot: The university IT staff (or anyone they delegate permissions to).

            In our P-12 school, teachers can view any student's OneDrive.

      • Dealor on 17/10/2022 - 09:03
        +1

        and Apple MacBook

    • LurvinOZB on 16/10/2022 - 14:52

      Dont UTAS remove the edu account after completion of the free units (unless you have a full diploma/ degree)?

    • starbearer on 16/10/2022 - 14:55
      +20

      The real bargain is always in the comments

    • ntt on 16/10/2022 - 15:13
      +15

      Please don't register just because you want a stupid edu email

      • LuslecGrace on 16/10/2022 - 15:44

        Is there a reason why everyone is going crazy for an edu email?

        • Gaz1 on 16/10/2022 - 15:48
          +1

          See above:
          Free Office 365/MS Windows
          Discount on Samsung/Dell/Lenovo products
          Etc.

        • Magpye on 16/10/2022 - 15:52
          +1

          Student discount, and an edu email proves you are a student

          • LuslecGrace on 16/10/2022 - 18:58

            @Magpye: How much of a discount are we talking?

            • DogeConomy on 16/10/2022 - 20:58

              @LuslecGrace: depends on the percentage set by the specific store/promotion.

            • Magpye on 17/10/2022 - 00:15
              +2

              @LuslecGrace: Differs from vendor to vendor, but can be up to 50%.
              Spotify, for example, offers Premium for $5.99 to students, which is pretty cool for hard up students and also a good marketing strategy for Spotify.
              Other vendors will offer a student version of their software which can be significantly cheaper, but has a reduced functionality set (that wouldn't typically be used by a student).

        • ozbnb on 16/10/2022 - 23:12

          I thought student's email is for STUDENTS, who usually don't have a job to make money.

          or it's just everyone who want's free licenses can be a student?

          edit: I meant people here are already (profanity) rich. why they care to pretend to be a student.

          • ntt on 16/10/2022 - 23:56

            @ozbnb: That's my point, but some greedy and selfish b***tard don't care

            • illogicalerror on 20/10/2022 - 14:17
              -1

              @ntt: Greedy selfish bastards be stealing proft$ off these megacorp$ by being students.

              Outrageous!

          • bio on 17/10/2022 - 12:30
            +1

            @ozbnb: I don't get what is the problem here. I am not doing it, but those who do don't pretend to be a student, they actually are students of UTAS. They also don't harm other students, just get discounts from big corporations. In my opinion this is not different than purchasing your Netflix subscription from another country, for example. Exploiting a price error might be unethical, but not this.

            • ozbnb on 17/10/2022 - 19:28
              +2

              @bio: I think it’s designed for students. If more and more people who are not students try do get it, the company may end up giving too many licenses than they expect and shutdown the education license campaign at all.

              This is what happened for Chinese students and the GitHub education service pack. They request much more strict verification now to give away the education lisence to Chinese students. And that’s caused by some shit company generates edu emails and made that a business to maje money.

              I’m Chinese but I’m not proud of my country people doing it also I don’t enjoy people all over the world doing same shit just because of “saving money”. That’s my point.

              • bio on 18/10/2022 - 10:07
                +1

                @ozbnb:

                that’s caused by some shit company generates edu emails and made that a business to maje money.

                I agree, but that's very different from what is happening here. UTAS is a legitimate university. The Australian government actually checks your HECS eligibility. It's not a scam. People who enroll are real students.

      • justtoreply on 16/10/2022 - 18:57

        Please give me a Student email if they're so stupid

    • hardya on 16/10/2022 - 19:34
      +2

      Also available through Certificate Ii in Basketweaving from your local technical college

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 17/10/2022 - 00:54
      +2

      Re:

      'In addition, you can get an edu email.'

      Perhaps more importantly to some, successfully enrolling in even a single unit of any of these free (for the student; but not the tax-payer) UTAS courses provides you with free and unrestricted access to full-text articles/.PDFs of all medical journals that UTAS is subscribed to for the duration of your enrolment, and in practise substantially beyond that. UTAS has a medical faculty, and as far as I can gather UTAS is subscribed to all the same medical journals that the other mainstream Australian Unis are (UniMelb, UniSyd, etc.).

      Given how easy it is to at least pass any of these units, this is a good way for anyone who is used to having access to 'full-text' versions of virtually all PubMed-indexed journal articles by way of an employer/institutional affiliation, but finds themselves suddenly unable to do so due to a career change/graduation/etc., to maintain such access.

      • DemocracyManifest on 17/10/2022 - 07:50
        +1

        SciHub is way less effort

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 17/10/2022 - 15:35

          SciHub does not provide access to the full-text versions of all published medical articles.

  • abc on 16/10/2022 - 14:35

    OP how many study hours do you think is adequate per week of each course?

    • kerfuffle on 16/10/2022 - 14:40
      +1

      It's usually three hours of study for every hour of class

    • tihir on 16/10/2022 - 15:03
      +8

      Of the two subjects I have done:

      The first allowed you progress to the next lesson as soon as you had done the quiz for the previous lesson. So on a wet weekend in the first week of semester I just powered through all the lessons and quizzes (40%). This just left the group assignment (uggh!) and the final individual assignment. The subject was interesting, well presented and I enjoyed it - but the course wasn't exactly academically taxing. All up I suppose I spent 25-30 hours on the subject.

      The other released a lesson ever other Monday and part of the assessment was to post something on the message boards for each lesson. To keep people honest, they closed the message boards when the next lesson started - so you had to keep up and do the readings and thinking each fortnight to be able to tick off the message board activity. The content was also much less straightforward than the other subject and the assignments required some thought and academic research (google wouldn't cut it). I probably spent upwards of 60 hours on the subject (a large chunk of which was on the final two assignments).

      FWIW I did my uni study 20 years ago so I was a bit rusty on studying in 2022. It took me a little while to get into a groove again. I did quite like taking my kids to the zoo and paying a 'student' rate for me to get in :-)

  • AusEntStudent on 16/10/2022 - 14:43
    +1

    I just finished the UC of Applied Technologies (yesterday) - 4 courses - 1 was garbage, 1 was great, 2 were ok.

    My experience was that you invest 10-25 hours a semester depending on your prior knowledge of the topic, and experience writing academic content.

    • [Deactivated] on 16/10/2022 - 14:47
      +2

      UTAS is subpar, not much reason to study there without discounts, or because you don't want to leave Tas.

      • AusEntStudent on 16/10/2022 - 14:48

        agreed. I certainly didn't need the qualification, but I was bored and it was free.

      • HamWallet on 17/10/2022 - 08:27

        Agree. It's been awful since Rufus Black took over. Zero care about education, all about money making.

    • Crammed on 16/10/2022 - 16:22
      +2

      Let me guess the garbage one.. Designing for Technology and Innovation? Haha

      • AusEntStudent on 16/10/2022 - 16:24

        hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah. yes

        • Crammed on 16/10/2022 - 16:32

          I struggled with the delivery of that unit big time!! I actually laughed out loud when the presenter admitted that they themselves struggled in understanding with the course content.. I’m like, “yeah.. it shows!!” Haha..

          Despite what I said below about enjoying the content, and while I did get some value out of that one, I’m glad I didn’t pay for it..

          • Bargainendorphins on 16/10/2022 - 18:50

            @Crammed: Last assessment for me tomorrow,
            same course.

            The design is definitely the worse one, programming was the best.

            The lecturer for the networking course is pretty amazing though.

  • Sheng on 16/10/2022 - 14:50

    Anyone wanna throw out the entire process to claim and an experience feedback on the "claim process" i.e. a lot of back and forth etc.

    Graduate Certificate in Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage

    seems pretty cool.

  • DRAGON6UK on 16/10/2022 - 14:51

    What other units do this ? Any in Queensland?

  • Korban Dallas on 16/10/2022 - 14:55

    Some diplomas have full 100% hecs waiver.

    So 8 units free.

    • Gaz1 on 16/10/2022 - 15:09
      +3

      Which ones?

    • Klamelb on 16/10/2022 - 15:09

      That’s great!! I had a look but didn’t see it – which ones have 8 free units?

      • Korban Dallas on 16/10/2022 - 19:08
        +1

        Well this was last year. Check the fee subject description

        Higher Learning and Post Grad (Only the first 4 Units are covered by the waiver^)

        Diploma of Dementia Care
        Diploma of Sustainable Living
        Associate Degree in Applied Technologies^
        Associate Degree in Applied Science^
        Graduate Certificate in Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage^

        • shegeloaf on 16/10/2022 - 22:32
          +1

          Any free spanish lessons?

  • Yaren24 on 16/10/2022 - 14:58
    +1

    Hi OP, can you use the free course to boost your GPA?

    • ozbargain2019 on 16/10/2022 - 16:40

      Would love to know this.
      Wonder if it’ll help getting into future masters/MBA courses.

  • Top G on 16/10/2022 - 14:59
    +1

    Is it 100% online?

  • Gaz1 on 16/10/2022 - 15:09
    +1

    It says these are some of the courses with fee waivers - is there a way to get a full list?

  • Daabido on 16/10/2022 - 15:11
    +3

    Is it only me that thinks this is a bit of a waste of time if you are already established in a career and can't stand the idea of more useless study, as well as a waste of three to four thousand dollars of taxpayers' money?

    • Sheng on 16/10/2022 - 15:17
      -3

      if you are already established in a career and can't stand the idea of more useless study, as well as a waste of taxpayers' money?

      if you are already established in a career "and happy" and can't stand the idea of more useless study "which you have to pay", as well as a waste of taxpayers' money? "you pay xx% of your salary to tax".

      Ozbargain way to see it. You pay taxes already probably 38-40% of your income which is around the price of the course so why not if you already technically pay for it?

      • Daabido on 16/10/2022 - 15:27
        +1

        My taxes pay for other things as well as people doing these useless courses, not all of which I agree with either, but it is the price of living in a society. It's a good deal if you want to study and get your cheap Microsoft Office and discount Samsung, but a bad deal for the rest of us, including you.

        • Sheng on 16/10/2022 - 15:30

          Valid points and agree with you. This is technically 50% paid for the Government and the 50% is by the university (funding is another stories - most likely government). What better these courses vs Tafe courses offered for the same value? If it supports keeping UTAS operational it seems fair.

          • greatlamp on 16/10/2022 - 16:33
            +1

            @Sheng: It's 100% paid for by the government, unless you are a UTAS spokesperson, then it's a generous gift provided by the university.

            • tihir on 16/10/2022 - 18:11
              +1

              @greatlamp: In a nutshell UTAS gets about half what they would otherwise get. Normally on a CSP the commonwealth pays ~50% and the student pays the other ~50% (which they can pay later through HECS). What UTAS are doing is waiving the student contribution 50% component. They make up for it by running the courses cheaply. They are online, the content is reused every semester the students are packed in and once the course content is set up the only labour is a postgrad student employed as a casual tutor to police the message boards mark a few essays.

              • greatlamp on 16/10/2022 - 18:47
                +3

                @tihir: I don't disagree, I don't think we should be phrasing it as generosity from UTAS when they are abusing their access to Commonwealth funding and pumping through as many students as possible.

                Universities don't get funded per student (anymore), they get an amount of funding and they decide how to allocate it, and how many student places they can offer. They could offer 1 place in medical school, and use up around 70k of their funding, or offer 10 places in "Certificate of reading the newspaper". There is a very real cost to this waste.

                As a once off, you could say they misallocated their funding and overestimated demand, the fact that they run this "offer" continuously reeks of graft

      • tihir on 16/10/2022 - 16:10
        +1

        I've been doing what I do for over 15 years … it's very specific and not very transferrable. I'm absolutely desperate to get out and do something else. I just don't know what and with 2 kids to pay for I can't go back to an entry level position.

        So as part of a long term plan I'm trying to polish my CV with stuff that might get me into the door to something else. I'm focusing on doing stuff that is as far away from what I currently do as possible. A no cost (to me) undergraduate certificate in sustainability (which is really 1/4 communications, 3/4 science) fits that bill perfectly. The Commonwealth caps the number of years you can have a CSP place - so I don't feel bad utilizing it up to the cap.

        • greatlamp on 16/10/2022 - 16:37
          +2

          Put a price on your limited time and pick a course that will actually get you a job.

          What job are you going to apply for with your "Certificate in Sustainability"?

          If you are serious about changing career, look at nursing, cybersecurity, data analytics, counselling and mental health, just off the top of my head.

          Even 4 units part time is 1 year of nights and weekends working towards a useless Certificate

    • Crow K on 16/10/2022 - 15:30
      +5

      If you are already established in a career ("don't need to study") or can't stand the idea of more study ("don't want to study") then yeah, I think you might not get much value of out "here's some free study courses".

      I had a basically identical experience a few weeks back, at Bunnings they had some sale or something for 4WD roofracks and I was like "I don't even own a 4WD" so I didn't buy it.

      • Daabido on 16/10/2022 - 16:22
        -1

        Except in this situation, you are expected to chip in some money if someone buys the roof racks anyway, even though they don't have a 4WD either.

    • UberIsCool on 16/10/2022 - 15:34
      +5

      Depends if personal development is important to you

      • Ghost47 on 16/10/2022 - 15:38
        +1

        Shots fired!

      • Daabido on 16/10/2022 - 16:17
        -1

        It is.

  • profaner on 16/10/2022 - 15:29
    +1

    Anyone knows, the fastest way of applying to a course listed above, if you are already a student doing another of the free courses? I do not want to fill up all the details again, as UTAS should already have it all on file I assume.
    I am doing an Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainable Living. I have almost completed 3 subjects.
    Each subject spending about 10-20hrs in total per semester, roughly 1 hr per week.
    I only do the assignments/quiz on the day its due and try to cram all the work in couple of hours
    Its a freebie just want to pass. All done 100% online.

    • Daabido on 16/10/2022 - 15:32
      +1

      That's the spirit! We thank you.

  • Daabido on 16/10/2022 - 15:33
    -1

    It actually works out as a $7500 contribution from the taxpayers for your piece of paper, if you compare the Commonwealth supported place with the full domestic fee place.

    • tihir on 16/10/2022 - 18:03
      +1

      Except the full fee isn't what the commonwealth pays - they pay about half that.

  • UberIsCool on 16/10/2022 - 15:38
    +1

    I don’t see how the tourism one of free. From what I see you have to pay $8k for your part of the fees

  • dajackal on 16/10/2022 - 15:41

    Signed up for the Diploma in Sustainable Living in 2022 but decided to finish up with a certificate instead after completing 4 units. Didn't feel it was worth the time investment.

  • 3atc3 on 16/10/2022 - 15:47

    I signed up for the Diploma of Sustainable Living back when it was advertised on OzB in 2020. Having something to work on during successive lockdowns in Melbourne kept me sane. Overall, I thought UTAS was great, and there are definitely student perks (as mentioned above). Keep in mind that it is still part-time uni study, and if I actually had a normal life (i.e. no pandemic) I would have had to make sacrifices regarding my available time outside of my job.

  • Sweet3st on 16/10/2022 - 15:52

    Thanks OP! My question is this. I enrolled in the Grad Cert Sustainable Living this year and have really enjoyed it. Can I upgrade my qual to Diploma and do the remaining 4 subjects free next year?

    • Cookiescream on 16/10/2022 - 21:21

      Thats my plan. Because i enrolled on the Diploma, but too tired and time poor at the moments. So on the second semester of 2023 i will re-enrol and transfer my units and finish the Diploma.

      I did chat to uni to make sure all possible. Althought really i just want to finish in 2024.

    • Sweet3st on 18/10/2022 - 17:28

      I just applied for the Diploma; their advice was apply now for admission, apply for RPL if you get an offer.

  • Crammed on 16/10/2022 - 15:54
    +6

    I have literally just finished my last assignment for the digital applied technologies certificate that I signed up for. I found the course thoroughly enjoyable and well presented. It was 100% online asynchronously, save for one workshop that I did have to attend live and in person to deliver a project proposal.

    One word of advice, taking 4 units while working full time is soul sucking. I had no idea what I was in for when I signed up!!

    • 6079 Smith on 16/10/2022 - 16:17

      I enrolled in that back in Jan then found myself in a new job that was quite demanding so just never went to any of the classes and h enrolled before the census date. I would have liked to have done it but didn’t have the time.

      Also, I probs wouldn’t have flown to Tassie just to deliver a preso

      • Crammed on 16/10/2022 - 16:26
        +2

        This last month in particular hasn’t been fun… work all day, study all night and all weekend. I will admit it took me awhile to get my brain back in the study mode after 20 years out.. this is the first time where I have just been able to sit down and enjoy my day without an assignment hanging over my head..

        Regarding the presentation, didn’t have to fly.. just had to have a one on one zoom meeting with the unit coordinator..

  • [Deactivated] on 16/10/2022 - 16:23
    -5

    "Undergraduate Certificate in Antarctic and Climate Science". Lolz

    • Clear on 16/10/2022 - 16:44
      +5

      Makes sense when you consider Hobart is the closest port in Australia for Antarctica. UTAS are involved big time.

    • Sheng on 16/10/2022 - 16:49

      Weather hub station there probably?

    • entropysbane on 16/10/2022 - 17:26

      You can (or used to) be able to do similar at James Cook in Townsville. It all depends on who has the lecturers. And besides, you can learn a lot about eastern Australia’s prehistory climate all the way up the coast by looking at Antarctic ice cores. There is a strong link between the El Niño Southern Oscillation, eastern Australian rainfall and ice cores. And the beauty of an ice core is you get one every season whereas you mightn’t get sediment layers on the floodplain in El Niño droughts. Coral cores are also good.

      Personally though, UTAS is barely one step up from a Dawkins uni.

  • King Steuart on 16/10/2022 - 17:04
    +17

    I can't remember if I did a diploma of dementia

  • Thommo on 16/10/2022 - 17:06
    +1

    The Graduate Certificate in Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage doesn't have the HECS waiver information on the course page like the other courses.

    That course is on the page that lists the HECS waivers:
    https://www.utas.edu.au/study/scholarships-fees-and-costs/fe…

    Other other course pages explicitly state:

    *Domestic students commencing the Undergraduate Certificate in Semester 1 2023 may be eligible to receive a 100% HECS fee waiver. HECS fee waivers will be automatically applied on enrolment.

    So I'm a little unsure if it is included or not given the other courses explicitly state it on their course pages.

    • Gaz1 on 17/10/2022 - 15:34

      Yes, I would be interested to know too.
      All the other ones mention the fee waiver when you click on them, but not this one.

      • Thommo on 18/10/2022 - 15:51
        +1

        Hi, UTAS confirmed that the fee waiver no longer applies to the Graduate Certificate in Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage emailing me:

        "Although the fee waiver was in place for this year; unfortunately, it is not available for next year. Please also be noted that our next intake is not until the second semester next year.

  • movieman on 16/10/2022 - 17:43

    Do we get a student card if we sign up?

    How many units need to be undertaken at a time to obtain a student card?

    • Bargainendorphins on 16/10/2022 - 18:51
      +1

      Yes

      • movieman on 16/10/2022 - 19:19

        Thanks…

        So a single unit at a time is sufficient to get a student card?

        • Bargainendorphins on 16/10/2022 - 19:43

          Not 100% on that, but when you're a student there you can get a student card.

    • Korban Dallas on 16/10/2022 - 20:51
      +1

      Gets mailed before you start

      • Squeezy on 17/10/2022 - 09:28

        no it doesn't. You need to apply for one and send them through a photo to use. If you dont apply you wont get one. At least that was the case in 2021

        • Korban Dallas on 17/10/2022 - 10:01

          Well yes. You need a photo ID. They just don't randomly send a student ID card. But once you apply it gets mailed to you.

  • noongerz on 16/10/2022 - 17:45

    Are any of these courses even worth spending time on?

    • [Deactivated] on 16/10/2022 - 18:45
      -2

      The undegrade certificates make for good emergency toilet paper.

  • asdasdasd on 16/10/2022 - 17:53
    +2

    Is there a HECS Waiver on the "Undergraduate Certificate in Applied Design" like there was last year? I saw the deal last year but didn't sign up because I didn't have time.. but would love to do it in 2023. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/677836

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