COVID-19 student crisis grants
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Throughout 2021, Monash saw an increasing need to support students as a result of continued stress caused by COVID-19 including lockdowns and loss of employment. Emergency grant payments totalling $306,000 were provided to 630 students, with $297,000 of this assistance provided in emergency payments directly to the students’ bank accounts, and $9000 consisted of food vouchers and payments for emergency accommodation. Our generous Monash alumni contributed more than $30,000 of this assistance as part of donation appeals.
Low socio-economic status (SES) students
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Monash recognises that social and environmental determinants can contribute to inequities in accessing higher education, and offers three targeted Entry Schemes to support talented students whose academic outcomes may have been impaired by difficult life circumstances. These offerings continued in 2020-21, and expanded eligibility criteria this biennium saw an increase in offerings for the Indigenous Entry Scheme, Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) (offered to 1037 and 1677 students in 2020 and 2021 respectively).
Access and participation rates for students from low SES backgrounds increased to 28.4% in 2021 from 28% in 2020 in undergraduate study, and from to 27.2% in 2021 from 26.4% in 2020 in postgraduate study.