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To be eligible to receive benefits under VCES or MRCAETS a student must be:
- undertaking an approved course of study within Australia on a full-time basis (or part-time in certain circumstances see para 2.7.2 and 3.7.1) (see Course coverage); or
- studying overseas in circumstances considered by the Commission to be exceptional (para 2.6.1)(see Overseas students); or
- on an approved formal overseas exchange or scholarship to study overseas for up to 12 months (para 2.6.2), and
- MRCAETS students must not be ordinarily engaged in full time employment on his or her own behalf.