VET Tuition Assurance

1. Under the provisions of Schedule 1A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) and the associated VET Provider Guidelines Harvest West Bible College Inc. (the First Provider) is required to provide a VET tuition assurance arrangement for Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa who are enrolled in eligible diploma, advanced diploma, graduate certificate and graduate diploma courses it http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/4E884348-34B3-4113-9487-147EDDFBAE31/22530/VETProviderGuidelinessignedPDF.pdf

2. In the event that Harvest West Bible College Inc. ceases to provide a VET course of study in which a student is enrolled the student is entitled to a choice of:

a) an offer of a place in a similar VET course of study with a Second Provider without any requirement to pay the Second Provider any VET tuition fee for any replacement VET units (this is known as the “VET Course Assurance Option”);

OR

b) a refund of his or her up-front VET payments for any VET unit of study that the student commences but does not complete because Harvest West Bible College Inc. ceases to provide the VET course of study of which the VET unit forms part (this is known as the “VET Tuition Fee Repayment Option”)

3. Harvest West Bible College Inc. has met the VET tuition assurance requirements of the HESA through its current membership of the Australian Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) with ACPET. Contact details for ASTAS are:

The Australian Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS)
Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET)
BOC Q1076,
QVB PO
Sydney NSW 2000

4. If Harvest West Bible College Inc. ceases to provide a VET course of study, the Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) will send a student enrolled in the VET course of study a Written VET Tuition Assurance Offer (the Offer) advising the student of the options available under the VET tuition assurance requirements. The Offer will include directions that the student must follow in order to notify the Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) of the choice they have made for each affected VET unit. The Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) will provide this Offer within twenty Business Days after it knows, or should know by reasonable enquiries that Harvest West Bible College Inc. has ceased to provide the VET course of study.

5. The VET course/s of study for which Harvest West Bible College Inc. has Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) membership are:

Diploma of Christian Ministry
Diploma of Christian Ministry (insert specialisation)

6. A student may choose either:

The VET Course Assurance Option:

7. Under the VET course assurance option, a student will be offered a place in a similar VET course of study by Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS). If the student accepts this option, Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) will make all necessary arrangements to ensure a student is able to enrol with the Second Provider in the similar VET course of study. This offered VET course will lead to the same or a comparable qualification without any requirement on the part of the student to pay the Second Provider any VET tuition fee for any replacement VET units (that is, units that the student had commenced but not completed because the VET course ceased to be offered). A student will receive full credit from the Second Provider for any VET units of study successfully completed at Harvest West Bible College Inc.

8. The Second Provider nominated by the Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) may have different VET tuition fees to the fees the student would have paid for VET units of study which were part of the VET course of study the Harvest West Bible College Inc. ceased to provide but which the student had not yet started studying.

9. A student is not obliged to enrol in a VET course of study with a Second Provider offered by the Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) under the VET Course Assurance Option. However, if he/she enrols with any other VET provider there is no obligation on that VET provider to offer full credit transfer for the VET units of study completed with the Harvest West Bible College Inc. or to offer replacement VET unit/s free of charge.

OR

The VET Tuition Fee Repayment Option

10. Under the VET Tuition Fee Repayment Option, the Australian Student Tuition Assurance Scheme (ASTAS) undertakes to pay the student the total of any up-front VET payments already paid by the student for any VET units of study the student has commenced but not completed because the VET course ceased to be offered. Students selecting this option will also have their FEE-HELP balance re-credited for the uncompleted VET units.