All students at Kaplan Business School are expected to adhere to School rules and policies; treat their own and other people’s property with care and respect; respect others; monitor their own behaviour as a group member and; tolerate different viewpoints and perspectives.

Note: If your enrolment is deferred, suspended or cancelled, your student visa status may be affected. Deferring or temporarily suspending your enrolment Students wishing to defer or temporarily suspend their enrolment may only do so when there are compelling or compassionate circumstances. Compelling or compassionate circumstances may include, but are not limited to:

• Serious illness
• Serious illness or death of a family member necessitating a return to the student’s home country
• Serious injury
• Natural disaster.

Students must submit a form to Administration requesting to defer or temporarily suspend their studies, together with documentary evidence verifying their situation (for example, a medical certificate). Kaplan Business School will assess the application and make a decision within seven business days. If an application for deferral or suspension is approved, Kaplan Business School will notify the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ (DEEWR) reporting system. Suspension or cancellation of enrolment by Kaplan Business School.

Kaplan Business School has the right to cancel or suspend a student’s enrolment in the following circumstances:

• If a student submits fraudulent documents to gain admission to Kaplan Business School
• If a student does not maintain satisfactory course progress in accordance with the Course Progress Policy for international students
• If a student does not maintain satisfactory attendance in accordance with the Attendance Policy for international students
• If the student behaves in a way which could potentially bring the School into disrepute
• If a student behaves in a way that is a threat to their own health and safety and/or a threat to the health and safety of another student or staff member.
• If the student has received two formal warnings from the School for disobeying School rules. A formal warning will be issued if a student:

  1. Disobeys any School rules as set out in the Student Diary
  2. Knowingly engages in material plagiarism, cheating or academic misconduct
  3. Does not abide by the email and internet rules as stipulated by the School and the University of Adelaide
  4. Engages in any form of harassment (racial, sexual or verbal) or bullying towards another student or staff member
  5. Misuses or wilfully damages School facilities, equipment or property.