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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 - National Code 2007 (7 March 2007)
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| Accrediting authority | Refers to the organisation designated by or under legislation of the Australian Government or appropriate state or territory government to accredit persons or organisations to offer education or training services to Australian students. |
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| Campus | An education facility or site of the registered provider where classroom-based teaching or off the job training occurs. |
| Compulsory study period | A compulsory study period is one in which the student must enrol unless granted a deferment or suspension from enrolment or leave of absence under Standard 13 (Deferring, suspending or cancelling the student’s enrolment). A compulsory study period does not include periods in which the student can elect to undertake additional studies. See also ‘Study period’. |
| Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) | A document, provided electronically, which is issued by the registered provider to intending overseas students and which must accompany their application for a student visa. It confirms the overseas student’s eligibility to enrol in the particular course of the registered provider. |
| Corrective action | Action to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity or other undesirable situation. |
| Course | A course of education or training as defined in the ESOS Act. |
| Course-related fees | Includes:all course money as defined by section 7 of the ESOS Act, andall optional fees or charges. |
| Course credit | Exemption from enrolment in a particular part of the course as a result of previous study, experience or recognition of a competency currently held. Includes academic credit and recognition of prior learning. |
| Course money | As defined by section 7 of the ESOS Act, means money a provider receives, directly or indirectly, from:an overseas student or intending overseas student, oranother person who pays the money on behalf of an overseas student or intending overseas student,for a course that the provider is providing, or offering to provide, to the overseas student. This includes tuition fees, any amount received by the provider for overseas student health cover, and any other amount that the student had to pay to the provider in order to undertake the course. |
| Course progress | The measure of advancement within a course towards the completion of that course irrespective of whether course completion is identified through academic merit or skill based competencies. |