Contact details
You can update your contact details in eStudent:
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Navigate to the 'MyDetails' tab
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select 'Contacts' from the left hand side.
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Click the 'Edit' button against what you would like to change
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If you are missing any of these, click the "Add" button and select.
Preferred name / Title
Contact UConnect by phone or from your University of Tasmania email if you wish to be known by a preferred name (such as a nickname); or, to change your listed title (such as Miss / Mrs / Ms /Dr, etc).
Gender
If you wish to update your gender details, please send a copy of one of the following documents to U.Connect@utas.edu.au, specifying your gender as you would like it to be recorded:
- A valid travel document (e.g. passport);
- An original or re-issued birth certificate;
- A Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages document that recognises a change of gender; or
- A statement from a medical practitioner or a psychologist (on their letterhead with name, contact details, Medical Board of Australia / Psychology Board of Australia registration number, and signature) which specifies the gender you identify with.
Name changes
Email your request, along with supporting documentation to U.Connect@utas.edu.au. Alternatively, you can bring original documents into a UConnect location or see other ways to contact UConnect.
Documents can include a scanned copy or clear photo of one of the following documents that shows your current and full legal name:
Email your request, along with supporting documentation to U.Connect@utas.edu.au. Alternatively, you can bring original documents into a UConnect location or see other ways to contact UConnect.
Documents can include a scanned copy or clear photo of one of the following documents that shows your current and full legal name:
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Australian Drivers Licence
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Passport
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Divorce Decree
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Name Change Certificate (formerly known as Registered Deed Poll)
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Citizenship Papers
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Birth Certificate
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Marriage Certificate (Note: This must be a formal certificate, e.g. from a State's Births Deaths and Marriages department; not a ceremonial document)
We need to have your current and full legal name listed while you study and this is what will appear on your graduation certificate. You may be required to provide the original or certified copies of documents supporting your detail change at a future date.
Citizenship
Update your citizenship details by completing the Change of Residency/Citizenship Status form (or visit the Student portal forms page). Ensure you include any relevant citizenship documents as evidence to support the change in citizenship status.
Update your citizenship details by completing the Change of Residency/Citizenship Status form (or visit the Student portal forms page). Ensure you include any relevant citizenship documents as evidence to support the change in citizenship status.
Important: Updating personal details and implications for fee deferral and Centrelink
If the details you declare do not exactly match those held by government agencies (such as the ATO and Centrelink), there may be issues with your ability to defer fees or receive student support payments. To avoid this ensure you have also updated your details with any relevant government agencies.
Open Universities Australia students
Please make sure you check your details are correct in your Open Universities Australia Student Hub.
