Student Obligations
February 8, 2024 2024-02-19 12:10Student Obligations
Overseas Student Health Cover
Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) is a health insurance that covers the cost of visits to the doctor, some hospital treatment, ambulance cover, and some pharmaceuticals. International students must have OSHC while in Australia for the duration of their course of study. The OSHC must be paid before a student visa is issued.
MMC can organise your OSHC cover. Contact our Student Services. You can find out more about OSHC at www.health.gov.au or at www.study.vic.gov.au
Full Time Study
Australian law requires international students to undertake a full-time study load. A full-time study load is normally a minimum of 20 hours per week for at least 40 weeks each calendar year or continuous 12-month period.
Attendance
International students studying VET courses are expected to attend all classes to facilitate effective learning. MMC monitors student attendance in accordance with tis Attendance Policy and requires students to attend 80% of their scheduled classes. However, students in VET courses at Melbourne Metro College will be reported to the Department of Home affairs (DHA) only on the basis of unsatisfactory course progress (see Academic Progress).
Academic Progress
If students do not meet academic progress requirements they will be reported to Department of Home affairs (DHA) which may lead to cancellation of their visa. Unsatisfactory progress is defined as not successfully completing or demonstrating competency in at least 50% of the course requirements in that study period. One study period for MMC course is of 10 weeks (term).
A failure in more than 50% of units in one study period will trigger a review of academic progress by MMC and the implementation of an intervention strategy. Failing a unit means being assessed as ‘Not Yet Competent (NYC)’ for a completed unit.
In order to have the best chance of maintaining satisfactory progress you must:
In addition to the above minimum requirement, Melbourne Metro College will implement counselling procedures and an intervention strategy when trainers think the student may be at risk of not meeting the course requirements. If a student is identified as not making satisfactory course progress in a two consecutive study period in a course, Melbourne Metro College will notify the student of its intention to report the student to Department of Home affairs (DHA) for unsatisfactory progress. The provider does this through the written notice.
Please refer course progress policy at www.melbournemetrocollege.edu.au/policies
