Australia law supports and protects international students while they study here. The Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) legislation requires institutions that provide education to international students, to meet nationally consistent standards in education delivery, facilities and services. Breaches of the Act are treated seriously, and the penalties can be significant. All institutions wanting to deliver courses to international students in Australia must be registered with the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and meet special registration conditions.
The National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/ provides nationally consistent standards for the conduct of registered providers and the registration of their courses.
The standards set out specifications and procedures to ensure that registered providers of education and training courses can clearly understand and comply with their obligations under the National Code.
Sydney Metropolitan Institute of Technology is required to apply the Student Tuition Protection Service (TPS) through the Commonwealth managed fund known as Overseas Student Assurance Fund (OSTF). The Fund was established to protect the interests of overseas students on student visas or intending overseas students, who are studying or about to study in Australia.
Information that explains your rights as a student studying in Australia under the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 can be found on the Study in Australia website:
The Provider Registration and International Students Management System (PRISMS) is a secure computer system that is the information source for CRICOS.
Education institutions and their courses are listed on PRISMS, as is each student studying in Australia on a student visa. That is because this system interfaces with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) data. Through PRISMS education institutions notify DIBP of each student’s enrolment in a course. This should occur before the student applies for a student visa to study in Australia. The enrolment information generates an electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE) as evidence of enrolment in a registered, full-time course. This eCoE is a key requirement for DIBP to issue a student visa.
Education providers also use PRISMS to notify DIBP of students who may have breached the terms of their student visa.
PRISMS has reduced visa fraud and ensured education institutions keep track of the students in their care.
The ESOS framework protects student rights, including:
The right to know:
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The student responsibilities include:
Sydney Met's campus is located on the unceded territory of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, who are the traditional owners of the land where the campus is situated. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging. We extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia and Indigenous peoples globally who are presently studying, working, or contributing to Sydney Met.