International Student Life
The Carrick Institute of Education endeavours to create a positive learning
environment, free of coercion, unfair treatment or harassment, in which students
can achieve their personal best through the provision of valid learning and
assessment tools and strategies that are most suited to their diverse needs.
Carrick Institute of Education has a fair and open Complaints and Appeals
procedure to address any student complaint or appeal and to provide outcomes
that are recorded in writing. It offers a Credit Transfer (CT) / Recognition of
Prior Learning (RPL) process to all applicants upon enrolment. The institute
provides information and support to enable applicants to gather reliable
evidence to support their claim for recognition of competencies.
All international visitors to Australia under a student visa are required by
law to have Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). Students are required to pay
for this cover before arriving in Australia. Students are covered by the OSHC
from the day they arrive in Australia until the specified cover expires. Carrick
Institute of Education applies access and equity principles and provides timely
and appropriate information, advice and support to assist students to identify
and achieve their desired outcomes.
Training organisations that appear on the CRICOS (Commonwealth Register of
Institutes and Courses for Overseas Students) Register are governed by the ESOS
(Education Services for Overseas Students) Framework. This encompasses the
Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000, and the National Code
of Practice for Registration Authorities and Providers of Education and Training
to Overseas Students 2007. These laws are in place to protect overseas students,
and to uphold high standards of education within private Australian education
institutions.
The Carrick Institute of Education provides a range of services to support
both local and international students during their time at the institute. The
Student Services Department offers personal and friendly assistance to students
in many areas, including an orientation program that assists students to settle
into Australian life and their studies. The Student Services Department can help
students with:
- orientation
- counselling
- airport, train and bus pickup
- cultural adjustment
- student accommodation
- academic support
- job placement assistance.
The Admissions Department can help students with:
- application and enrolment
- articulation into Australian universities
- credit transfer and recognition of prior learning
- career advice.
The institute offers its students the following equipment and learning
resources:
- student resource centre featuring hundreds of computers with free
internet throughout main campuses
- the most up-to-date teaching and learning strategies, incorporating
e-learning and other web-based resources
- virtual language labs
- internet-based language resources
- audio visual aids
- classrooms with TV, DVD and data projectors
- fully-equipped hairdressing salons with up-to-date tools and equipment
to deliver hairdressing qualifications
- fully-equipped commercial kitchens with up-to-date tools and equipment
to deliver commercial cookery and patisserie qualifications
- dedicated computer industry software, e.g. Galileo (travel industry
reservations system) and Fidelio (hotel reservation system) computer
programs
- student intranet site MyCarrick, for easy access to personal
information, course programs, results and relevant government and institute
policies and procedures.
