If you are interested in one of our courses, please complete a Course Application Form and clearly indicate the dates of your attendance.

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• Download Accommodation Application Form

Please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment and at least 10 weeks prior to the course start date.

West Coast College will contact you shortly after your application has been received and provide an Enrolment Agreement, Letter of Offer detailing the costs of the course, and a pre-course task, which confirms your English language level before class placement. You will be notified of acceptance into a course once the task has been received, together with the Enrolment Agreement and your application deposit, which consists of:

• Registration Fee: $200 (which includes the first textbook of the course)
• 10% of Course Fees (no less than $100AU)
• (OSHC Insurance if a Student Visa applicant)
• (DDAP Registration Fee if enrolling for the Dolphin Discovery Assistance Program)

The balance of course fees must be paid at least four weeks prior to the first day of studies or your place may be offered to another candidate.

Contact administration to extend your studies at any time. Any changes to enrolment details must be notified to West Coast College in writing. For details on deferring, suspending or cancelling your studies, please see below

West Coast College reserves the right to increase fees at any time, to change course dates at any time and to cancel a course if necessary.

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 18 (you must be at least 18 years old by the start date of your course)
• Native language literacy and standard of education that would allow entry into upper high school or tertiary education.
• Basic awareness of English (ability to read and write the English alpabet, knowledge of at least 300 simple words, and the ability to use and understand simple greetings)

Course Entry Requirements

• Relevant Australian visa. (Student Visa holders are only eligible for full-time English courses. Any courses with part-time English are not available to these students.)
• Insurance cover for the duration of your studies - you are required to have comprehensive travel insurance before beginning study and student visa holders must have OSHC (Overseas Student Health Cover) insurance as a condition of enrolment.
• Basic stationary including a pen, pencil, eraser, notebook or lecture pad and storage file.
• A dictionary for English and your native language must be purchased before you arrive in Bunbury. You cannot purchase a dictionary in Bunbury, so please contact the 'All Foreign Languages Bookshop' in Perth or at www.allforeignlanguages.com.au

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Deferment, Suspension and Cancellation of Enrolment

All requests for deferment (changing the start date of study), suspension of the course during study or cancellation of enrolment must be done in writing to Administration. Requests for deferment and suspension should be made as early as possible, and for Student Visa holders, these will only be approved for compelling or companionate circumstances. These circumstances include delays in the issuing of a Student Visa, serious illness or injury, financial hardship, or problems with academic performance. For cancellation of enrolment, refund of course fees will be paid as outlined in the Refund Policy.

Refunds

Our refund policy follows the Western Australian Department of Education Services' Policy Guidelines for Registration of Providers of Education Services to International Students and meets the Australian government's Education Services for Overseas Student (ESOS) Act 2000 specifications.

For information on our refund policy please refer to the Refund Policy handout

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Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Legislative Framework

For information on the ESOS Framework, please refer to the ESOS Framework handout

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Agent Information

For information on Agents who represent West Coast College, please refer to the Agent List handout

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