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Student services

ANIBT student services staff are responsible for assisting students with their needs while studying at the Institute. The Student Services Department can assist with such issues as personal and academic welfare, travel and accommodation assistance and any other issues that may arise for students.

Student welfare

Learning support strategies

The College provides a range of enrichment and support programs designed to help students optimise their achievement. These include:

• Offering additional individual tutor support, if required;
• Providing explicit instruction in the development of effective study skills;
• Mentoring students to assist them achieve the best possible results;
• Supporting students to gain high-level skills in vocational, information and communication technologies.

School orientation program

All students will take part in an orientation program after enrolment where various staff will assist students to become familiar with the ethos of the Institute. This will take place the week before the course begins. You will meet the academic and administrative staff and particular attention will be given to course details and assessment within your chosen area. The procedure for complaints and grievances, as well as access and equity, will also be explained. Students will have the opportunity to ask further questions about any aspect of the Institute. Students enrolling after the course has commenced will be given an individual orientation program.

ANIBT conducts regular sessions that deal with essential study skills. Students are assisted to reflect on their approach to study, the level of their skills and on how to optimise study skills. Activities likely to be undertaken by students in these sessions include:

• Setting goals;
• Monitoring goal achievement;
• Time management planning;
• Development of organisational skills;
• Taking action to control and organise study, work and recreation;
• Self-assessment tests on a range of study effectiveness topics.

Counselling and pastoral care

Students will have trainers as mentors for pastoral care matters, study management, goal setting activities and career guidance. ANIBT has an established relationship with external counselling services to deal with serious personal issues which is a free service. Please contact Student Services for any further information in this area.

External support services include the following:

PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES

 Students suffering from mental health issues can access free health care with our nominated psychology health counselors. Before utilizing the psychological services you must notify ANIBT student services so follow up and administration of payment by ANIBT is verified.

 The locations of the psychological services are as followed;

 City  - Psychology Melbourne

 Level 2/ 50 Queen Street Melbourne

Ph: 9682 4000

 Albert Park – Victoria Avenue Psychology

 165 Victoria Avenue

Ph: 9629 1001

 All matters concerning psychological services with remain strictly confidential.

International students

The future admission of international students from many different countries into ANIBT will provide cultural diversity, an excellent preparation for all students in the global environment.

Attendance

ANIBT has the expectation that your attendance will be 100%, except in the case of illness that must be verified by an original medical certificate. International students are required by Australian government regulations to be in attendance in a full time course for a minimum of 20 contact hours per week and not less than 36 weeks in an academic year. A student’s attendance is considered unsatisfactory by DIAC if it is below 80% of the hours of delivery in a semester, regardless of the reasons including illness. Should your attendance be unsatisfactory, including absences due to illness, ANIBT must report this to DIAC and advise you to attend an interview at DIAC within 28 days of the report being sent to DIAC and to your address. Your student visa may be cancelled as a result of this interview.

Download the ANIBT Attendance Monitoring Policy.

Academic performance

ANIBT must report unsatisfactory academic performance to DIAC. You will be required to attend an interview at DIAC within 28 days and your visa may be cancelled as a result.

Student well-being

The welfare of students is of paramount importance to ANIBT. A strong feature of ANIBT is its relatively small size and the benefits that flow from students and teachers working within a relatively small teaching and learning community. This means that the task of building connectedness to the school, to staff and to other students is much easier than would be the case in a larger college. However, whilst ANIBT recognises that a small size enhances possibilities for building a harmonious and friendly learning environment, it also recognises the need to implement programs and strategies to ensure that the benefits of this close-knit environment are capitalised upon.

The student welfare support program and strategies consists of the following elements:

• The Director of Education (G.M.) and Student Services is responsible for overseeing welfare initiatives and concerns and will refer students to relevant professionals when necessary;
• Each teacher is responsible for the study and welfare needs of students;
• The ANIBT Director of Studies, Heads of Department, teachers and the Director of Education and Student Services provide:
  • Counselling as required;
  • Peer support mechanisms;
• Students will be interviewed before commencement, to determine the best educational program for their individual needs;
• Linkages have been built with external welfare support agencies and ANIBT has access to community support services.

Further support

ANIBT provides quality support to students in the form of:

• Guidance in selecting an appropriate course;
• Placement assistance.

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