Current Students

General Information

Use Of Personal Information

Your enrollment information, attendance and academic performance may be provided to Australian Commonwealth and State agencies under the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000. Tr4inright is required under Australian law to advise the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of changes to your enrollment or any breach of visa conditions.

Your personal information that is available to the Institute cannot be disclosed to third parties, including your family members, without your written consent. Tr4inright is subject to the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Victoria) and is committed to protecting the privacy of its students and staff alike.

Under the Data Provision Requirements 2012, Tr4inright is required to collect personal information about you and to disclose that personal information to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER).

Your personal information (including the personal information contained on this enrollment form and your training activity data) may be used or disclosed by Tr4inright for statistical, regulatory and research purposes. Tr4inright may disclose your personal information for these purposes to third parties, including, Commonwealth and State or Territory government departments and authorized agencies, NCVER, Organisations conducting student surveys, Researchers.

Personal information disclosed to NCVER may be used or disclosed for Issuing a VET Statement of Attainment or VET Qualification, and populating Authenticated VET Transcripts, facilitating statistics and research relating to education, understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information, Administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation.

You may receive an NCVER student survey which may be administered by an NCVER employee, agent or third party contractor. You may opt out of the survey at the time of being contacted.

NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the VET Data Policy and all NCVER policies and protocols (including those published on NCVER’s website at www.ncver.edu.au).

Student Visa Obligations

The following obligations are conditions on your student visa which must be adhered to:

Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)

International students are required by the Australian Government to join a private health insurance scheme.

You will need to pay the OSHC premium for the duration of your course at the same time as the tuition fees as OSHC must be paid before a student visa is issued. The OSHC entitles you to free hospital cover and 85% of standard doctor’s fees.

Full Time Study

Australian law requires International students to maintain a full time study load. A full-time study load is normally a minimum of 20 hours per week of face to face study time

Attendance

As an International student you are required to maintain a minimum of 80% attendance at classes. If your attendance drops below 80% the Institute is required to contact you to discuss what issues are preventing you from attending classes and remind you of your obligation to ensure you attend 80%. Continued unsatisfactory attendance may result in a report to Department of Home Affairs will may lead to the cancellation of your student visa. Refer to the Attendance Policy available at Downloads (should lead to the policy)

Academic Progress for VET Courses

As an International student you are required to maintain satisfactory academic progress – meaning passing a minimum of 50% of the units studied in two consecutive terms. Unsatisfactory academic progress is defined in the ESOS legislation as failing more than 50% of units in any two consecutive study periods: a study period is one term of the academic year. The academic year consists of a total of four terms (this may differ depending on the course). A failure in more than 50% of units in one study period will trigger a review of academic progress by the Institute and the implementation of an intervention strategy. Failing a unit means being assessed as “Not Yet Competent” for a completed unit. For more details, refer to the Course Progress policy at Downloads (should lead to the policy)

Notification of Address

Upon arriving in Australia, you are required to advise the Institute of your residential address and telephone number and of any subsequent changes to your residential address. Student needs to inform Tr4in Right upon change of their Australian contact details within 7 days. These changes include: mailing address, email address(s), phone and mobile number. Furthermore, students are required to provide their Australian contact details to Tr4in Right upon request and understands that this request will be made at least once every academic term whilst the applicant is enrolled in a course at Tr4in Right.

For more information see the DHA web site at www.immi.gov.au or http://studyinaustralia.gov.au