Fees and Charges Policy Sample Clauses

Fees and Charges Policy. HTA ensures: • all information provided in marketing and promotional materials related to the course fees and other charges is accurate and relevant to this Policy. HTA publishes accurate information about fees, charges and refunds in relevant information sources such as HTA’s website, Letter of Offer and Written Agreement, Student Handbook to ensure that students have access to sufficient information enabling them to make an informed decision on their financial commitment to undertake a course/s with HTA. • a thirty (30) day notice is provided in writing to a student where under special circumstances and prior to the student’s enrolment, if HTA made changes to the students’ course fees. HTA will require an acknowledgement from each student prior to any course fee changes in writing. A copy of this acknowledgement will be retained in the overseas student’s file. Where a student does not agree with the revised fees structure and payment arrangements, HTA will allow students to receive a full refund of all unspent tuition fees. • it does not accept any fees and charges from Overseas Students on a Student Visa until such time as the student has accepted the Letter of Offer and signed the written agreement. This can occur concurrently, however. • Detailed fees information is provided to the students prior to enrolment in accordance with Clause 5.3 of the Standards. The letter of offer and the written agreement clearly outlines: o tuition fees a student must pay to undertake the course o the periods the tuition fees relate to o the payment options and due dates e.g. If the student is required to pay term fees in advance or if they can by payment plan (must include the terms of the plan and frequency of the payments) o any non-tuition fees a student may incur o this fees and refunds policy and procedures o the advice in relation to potential for changes to fees over the duration of a course. • that it does not require students to pay more than 50 per cent of their tuition fees before they start the course under the ESOS Act. However, students or the person responsible for paying their tuition fees, may choose to pay more than 50 per cent of their tuition fees before they start their course and express their wish to do so in writing. • all fees and charges by HTA are fair and reasonable. • it retains receipts of all tuition and non-tuition fees for two (2) years after the overseas student ceases to be an accepted student at HTA. • where payment is inadvertently r...