The New Sydney Campus Update!

The New Sydney Campus is nearing completion! The Marketing and Recruitment Team went on a tour of the School last week and were very impressed with the campus interior and facilities.

Located in Surry Hills, only an eight minute walk from Central station it is very convenient for public transport users. The building is Heritage Listed and can cater for a capacity of 1500 students.

As you walk into the front foyer and take the spiral staircase right through to the top level, a colourful garden emerges right before your eyes. This unique building was constructed in the 1960's and has a Contemporary look and great amenities including:

Large classrooms, beautiful gardens, brand new computers and an ideal street location near plenty of restaurants and cafes.

We will advise you of the first intake dates very soon.

For more information, please contact our Marketing and Recruitment team.

Meridian International Hotel School and International Design School

• All students should keep course attendance to 80% minium in a term
• Students whose attendance falls to 90% will be sent their 1st
  warning letter re attendance
• Warning letters and phone calls will continue until they fall
  below 80%
• Students who fall below 80% but not less than 70% and are meeting
  course requirements (passing 50% of their program over a semester) will be sent a letter advising that because they are meeting course requirements (CR) they will not be reported to DIAC at this time.
• For all students any attendance falling below 80% and below 50%
  academic progress- will be sent an Intention to Report letter advising
  they will be reported after 20 working days from date of letter.
• Student has an option to Appeal if they choose
• For Hotel and Design Schools students there are no compassionate
  and compelling grounds appeals
• Student appeals - appeal rejected, student offered 5 further days
  (if 20 days has elapsed) to access external appeal
• External appeal not accessed - student then reported
• External appeal accessed - wait until outcome. If outcome if in
  favour of school - student will be reported.

Meridian International School (High School & ELICOS)

• All students should keep course attendance to 80% minium in a term
  (or for ELICOS the length of their COE)
• Students whose attendance falls to 90% will be sent their 1st warning
  letter re attendance,
• Warning letters and phone calls will continue until they fall below 80%
• For all students whose attendance falls below 80% an Intention to
  Report letter will be sent advising they will be reported after 20 working
  days from date of letter.
• Student has an option to Appeal if they choose
• For ELICOS AND HIGH SCHOOL appeals grounds are compassionate and
  compelling circumstances
• Student appeals, appeal rejected, student offered 5 further days (if
  20 days has elapsed) to access external appeal
• External appeal not accessed - student then reported
• External appeal accessed - wait until outcome. If outcome if in
  favour of school - student will be reported.

In the change over period to the new code standards there was some
leniency. There is now no longer any opportunity for a student to discuss
the issue or any extenuating circumstances with DIAC once the school
reports them. Now once the School reports a student - their visa will be
cancelled.

Congratulations on Your Scholarship!

We are proud to announce that two high school students, Tracy Meng and Xiao Rui, have been selected to join the Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program held by the University of Melbourne. Over 1200 applications were received to join the program from all over Victoria, and students from more than 310 government, independent and Catholic schools have been selected.

The program opens a range of brilliant opportunities for participants including access to the university library and website resources, lectures designed specifically for Year 12 VCE students, and for those who achieve a 95 ENTER score (or 90-plus from underrepresented schools) will gain further privilege of obtaining scholarships.

Industry Placement News

The Industry Placement Program have introduced The STAR reward system
(Study Excellence, Team Work, Attitude and Reliability) to encourage
students for a job well done.

The Placement Office will now recognise ONE outstanding student every six
months who clearly has achieved outstanding results both in their studies
and employment endeavours. Rewards may include movie tickets, discount
vouchers or even the occasional IPOD Shuffle!