Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01182:reg:5:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01182
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 11/20)
Character Range: 45125–48573

Standard 8

 Overseas student visa requirements

Monitoring overseas student progress, attendance and course duration

     8.1               The registered provider must monitor overseas students' course progress and, where applicable, attendance for each course in which the overseas student is enrolled.

     8.2               The expected duration of study specified in the overseas student's CoE must not exceed the CRICOS registered duration.

     8.3               The registered provider must monitor the progress of each overseas student to ensure the overseas student is in a position to complete the course within the expected duration specified on the overseas student's CoE.

     8.4               The registered provider must have and implement documented policies and processes to identify, notify and assist an overseas student at risk of not meeting course progress or attendance requirements where there is evidence from the overseas student's assessment tasks, participation in tuition activities or other indicators of academic progress that the overseas student is at risk of not meeting those requirements.

     8.5               The registered provider must clearly outline and inform the overseas student before they commence the course of the requirements to achieve satisfactory course progress and, where applicable, attendance in each study period.

Schools, ELICOS and Foundation Programs: course progress and attendance requirements

     8.6               The registered provider of a school, ELICOS or Foundation Program course must have and implement a documented policy and process for monitoring and recording attendance of the overseas student, specifying:
          8.6.1         requirements for achieving satisfactory attendance for the course which at a minimum must be 80 per cent—or higher if specified under state or territory legislation or other regulatory requirements—of the scheduled contact hours
          8.6.2         the method for working out minimum attendance under this standard
          8.6.3         processes for recording course attendance
          8.6.4         details of the registered provider's intervention strategy to identify, notify and assist overseas students who have been absent for more than five consecutive days without approval, or who are at risk of not meeting attendance requirements before the overseas student's attendance drops below 80 per cent
          8.6.5         processes for determining the point at which the overseas student has failed to meet satisfactory course attendance.

     8.7               The registered provider must have and implement a documented policy and process for monitoring and recording course progress for the overseas student, specifying:
          8.7.1         requirements for achieving satisfactory course progress for the course
          8.7.2         processes for recording and assessing course progress

          8.7.3         details of the registered provider's intervention strategy to identify, notify and assist students at risk of not meeting course progress requirements in sufficient time for those students to achieve satisfactory course progress
          8.7.4         processes for determining the point at which the student has failed to meet satisfactory course progress.

Higher education: course progress requirements

     8.8               The registered provider of a higher education course