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Adelaide Pacific International College (APIC), SA

Tuition Assurance Scheme Activation for Adelaide Pacific International College (APIC), SA

 
The Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) was advised on 13 July 2010 of the activation of the Tuition Assurance Scheme (TAS) process for APIC due to the inability of the college to continue delivering courses to students.

It is important for creditors, students and other people affected by the closure of this college that:
  • ACPET is not APIC
  • ACPET is not the Administrator and
  • ACPET does not have any student fees, or other money from APIC.
 
ACPET manages the TAS of which this college was a member.

Academic Records
Under the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) 2010, RTOs are required to have a student management data base that has the capacity to provide the regulatory body with AVETMISS compliant data. ACPET will request from the state regulatory body to supply ACPET with student data to assist us in relocating students to a suitable alternative course.

Relocation
Shortly ACPET will be providing students with information on how they can be assisted via the ACPET TAS. Our priority is to assist students with a suitable alternative placement as soon as possible.

A student meeting has been organised to inform you of your rights and responsibilities under the legislation, see details below. ACPET will inform you at this meeting of the ways ACPET can assist you.
Note: This meeting is for students of this college only.
 
To be allowed entry into this Student Meeting you must bring photo ID (e.g. student ID card).

Note: If you did not have a student ID with the college you will need to bring photo ID (e.g. passport) AND evidence that you were a student of this college (e.g. CoE, receipts).

Student Meeting
Meeting Date:
Thursday 15 July 2010
Registration Time:
10:30am
Meeting Time:
11:30am
Venue Address:
Goyder Mezzanine in the Goyder Pavilion
Adelaide Event and Exhibition Centre (formerly Wayville Showgrounds)
Goodwood Road Wayville
Entrance form Rose Terrace or Goodwood Road (follow the signs)

Contacting ACPET
Students may contact ACPET in writing via:
  • Email: apic [at] acpet [dot] edu [dot] au
  • Fax: 03 9416 1895
  • Post: PO Box 551, East Melbourne, Victoria 8002

Note: Only requests in writing will be responded to.

By collecting information in writing ACPET is better able to respond accurately and quickly to your requests.  Students who phone ACPET will be directed back to this email/fax number. If you email, you will receive an acknowledgement of your email within 2 business days.  ACPET guarantees to reply to you, therefore if you do not receive a reply back please check your Junk Mail folders to see that the email did not get filtered as Junk.

Information ACPET Needs
When contacting, please provide the following information:
  1. Full Name
  2. Date of Birth
  3. Email address
  4. Phone number
  5. Mobile phone number
  6. Postal address
  7. Student number
  8. Full name of course (for example Certificate IV in Financial Services-Insurance Broking)
  9. Commencement of studies date
  10. Expected completion of studies date
  11. Fees paid in advance for tuition that has not yet been received

Visa Issues
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is aware of the closure of your college and will respond to your enquiries.  Please contact Immigration with your queries on visa issues on 13 18 81. A list of immigration offices can be found at: http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/australia/index.htm

If you have specific queries about your visa (for example, if your student visa is due to expire in the next month) or circumstances related to your student visa that DIAC need to be aware of please email: adelaide [dot] student [dot] compliance [at] immi [dot] gov [dot] au

About the ACPET Tuition Assurance Scheme (TAS)
In 1994, the ACPET Board established an Overseas Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (OSTAS). The scheme is in compliance with the requirements of the Commonwealth's Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000.  The purpose of the ESOS Act is to protect the interests of international students studying in Australia on student visas, by providing students whose college has closed a suitable alternative course.

The Scheme ensures that international students displaced from any course conducted by an ACPET member participating in OSTAS, due to the member's inability to continue the course, will be efficiently relocated with minimal disruption to studies in a comparable course with another ACPET member participating in OSTAS or other approved provider.