Student Privacy Notice – Under the Data Provision Requirements 2012, Newton College Pty Ltd is required to collect personal information and to disclose information to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER Your personal information (including the personal information contained on this enrolment form and your training activity data) may be used or disclosed by NC for statistical, regulatory and research purposes. NC may disclose your personal information for these purposes to third parties, including:
School – if you are a secondary student undertaking VET, including a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship;
Employer – if you are enrolled in training paid by your employer;
Commonwealth and State or Territory government departments and authorized agencies;
Personal information disclosed to NCVER may be used or disclosed for the following purposes:
Issuing a VET Statement of Attainment or VET Qualification, and populating Authenticated VET Transcripts;
Facilitating statistics and research relating to education, including surveys;
Understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information; and
Administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation.
You may receive an NCVER student survey which may be administered by an NCVER employee, agent or third-party contractor. You may opt out of the survey at the time of being contacted.
NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the VET data policy and all NCVER policies and protocols (including those published on NCVER’s website at www.ncver.edu.au)
Training and Assessment – NC will provide quality training resources, to ensure that the student enrolled in a course of study will have the best possible chance of completing the competency requirements with reasonable support and in a timely manner.
NC commits to follow the policies, procedures and the commitments governed by the regulatory requirements
Issue of Certificates – On successful completion of all course work, assessment and full payment of the course fee, NC will issue you the Certificate and Statement of Attainment within 30 days from your course completion date.
Fees – Newton College will not be taking any amount more than $1000 as a prepaid tuition fee. If you course fee is more than $1000, you need to pay your remaining amount of tuition fee in instalment.
Complaints and Appeals – Student complaints and appeals will be taken seriously by NC, and action is commenced within 10 working days after complaints or appeals receipt.
Assessment – Assessment for each unit of competence includes a range of approaches to allow students to demonstrate competence. Assessment will include practical demonstration of competence, written questions, case study, written reports, participation in role plays and classroom activities.
Reassessment – Students will have opportunity to undertake two supplementary assessments in each unit for which they have been deemed Not Yet Competent (NYC All reassessment procedures will be provided to students at no charges. If students deemed NYC during second reassessment they will have to re-enrol in the unit.
The re-enrolment fee = (Total course fee/total hours of the course) x unit hours
Policy and Procedure: Visit Newton College website for all policies and procedures. http://newton.edu.au/Front/Home/news/id/77.html