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Overview

Once you have read this article you will be able to record Student Scholarship data for all scholarship types. Scholarship payments needs to be added to the Unit Enrolment Screen prior to invoicing. These are considered a Funding Type in the same way an upfront payment or Funding amount (e.g.Fee-Help  / HECS-Help). 

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Page Contents

 

  • Objective

  • Assumptions

  • Key terms and concepts

  • Workflow

  • Further reading

  • Related Pages

Assumptions

  • Scholarships available within your institution

  • Financial implications your institutions Scholarships

  • The reporting requirements both internally and externally for your institutions scholarships

 

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Some of these fields and the information to be recorded in them will be institution specific and the descriptions are only suggestions to the type of data that can be recorded in them to track and record the required information for Scholarships within your institution.

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Brief Overview

Field Name

Brief Overview

Scholarship Id

This is a system allocated number once the record has been saved

Scholarship Type

An institution specific list of the types of Scholarships available with in your institution

Scholarship Code

An Institution Specific list of Codes that correspond to the Scholarship types within your institution

Financial Structure

The Financial structure, amount or percentage to be allocated to this particular scholarship / type

Scholarship Status

  • Active

  • Student Deferred

  • Student Withdrawn

  • Student Completed

  • Revoked

Highest Achievement

 

250 Word Profile

 

Notes

Any notes relating to the Scholarship or scholarship application

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Date Application Received

Date the Student submitted the Scholarship application

Application Fee

The Amount charged to apply for the Scholarship

Application Fee Paid

  • Yes

  • No

Student Application Type

  • New

  • Continuing

Application Status

  • Successful

  • Unsuccessful

Course of Study

The enrolled course of study the Student is in that the Scholarship is paying for

Date Student Commenced

Commencement date of the Course of Study

Date Scholarship Commenced

Commencement date of the Scholarship

Scholarship Score

A transparent rating score for the Student’s Scholarship application. This gives institutions the opportunity to rate Scholarship for allocation on a merit system

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titleHow to Add a Scholarship Payment to a Unit
  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Click on the Action menu next to the Course the unit belongs to that will receive a Scholarship. The Action menu will open

  10. Click on the Academic Record option in the Action menu

  11. Click on the Edit icon next to the Unit to be given a Scholarship

  12. Click on the Subsidy Type drop box and select the Scholarship type

  13. Enter the amount in the Subsidy Amount field

  14. Click on the Save Unit Enrolment button

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titleHow to edit an Amount Paid field for scholarships

These instruction are for If a Scholarship amount wasn't applied and the Invoice needs to be adjusted to be included.

  1. Click on the Accounting tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Scroll down to the the Student Invoice List section

  10. Click on the Action menu next to the Invoice to be updated, the Action menu will open

  11. Click on the Edit Invoice option

  12. Click the Drop box next to the Status option and select the In-Process option

  13. Click the Save Invoice button

  14. Click on the Accounting option the side menu

  15. Click on the Summary option in the side menu

  16. Scroll down to the the Current unit Enrolment section

  17. Click on the Edit icon next to the Unit to be allocated to Scholarship / Edited

  18. The Unit record will now Load

  19. Scroll to the bottom of the page and Click the Edit Fee button

  20. Update the Scholarship  / Subsidy amount 

  21. Update the Scholarship type

  22. Click on the Save Unit Enrolment button

  23. The Unit can be added to the invoice.

 

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titleHow to Apply Internal Discounts (other than Scholarships)
  1. Click on the Student tab in the side menu

  2. Click on the Search option in the side menu

  3. Enter one of the following options in to the relevant search box: Student Number, Student's Family name / Surname

  4. Click on the Search Student button

  5. This will return a list of students that meet the searched criteria

  6. To filter the returned options in this box above the returned results start typing the students First / given name. This will reduce the number of results. 

  7. Click on the blue hyper link on the left side of the required record.

  8. The student's record has now been loaded.

  9. Click on the Action menu next to the Course of study the Unit(s) belong to that will receive a discount. The Action menu will open

  10. Click on the Academic Record option in the Action menu

  11. Click on the Edit icon next to the Unit to be given a discount

  12. Click on the Subsidy Type drop box and select the discount type

  13. Enter the amount in the Subsidy Amount field

  14. Click on the Save Unit Enrolment button

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titleImporting Payments from an External System via the Import Wizard

To import payments in bulk specific information is required as a minimum

  • Id Number (Student Number is preferred

  • Transaction / Payment date

  • Transaction / Payment amount

  • Unique reference for each Transaction / Payment

Additional information maybe helpful / appropriate.

Once this information is available the transactions  / payments can be imported via the Import Wizard within the System.

For more information or how to set up the import profile please contact the Silverband Help desk.

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