Closure of Meridian College 關于Meridian學院倒閉的媒體通報
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced that the Global Campus Management Group, a provider of international education in the secondary school, English language and vocational education and training sector, has entered voluntary administration.
澳大利亞聯邦教育部長茱莉亞•吉拉德今天宣布，一家提供國際教育課程的機構―全球校園管理集團（Global Campus Management Group）目前已進入自動破產管理程序，該機構提供包括高中、英語語言以及職業教育與培訓在內的課程。
Included in the Global Campus Management Group are the GCM Fashion Institute, The Meridian International School, Meridian International Hotel School, International Design School, and Meridian College.
全球校園管理集團旗下擁有GCM時裝設計學院、Meridian國際學校、Meridian國際酒店管理學校、國際設計學校和Meridian學院。
Ms Gillard said that the first concern is for the students, particularly those currently undergoing their HSC or VCE examinations, and that the State Governments have already put in place arrangements to ensure those students will be catered for with the minimum of disruption.
吉拉德部長強調，政府當務之急是妥善安置受影響的學生，特別是那些正在參加“新南威爾士州高中證書”（HSC） 或“維多利亞州教育證書”（VCE）高中畢業考試的學生。目前，相關州政府已采取積極措施，以盡量將此事件對學生造成的影響降到最低。
International students studying at the colleges are covered by a comprehensive safety net, with the first preference being a place in another similar course at a different institution if possible.
在上述學校就讀的國際學生都能獲得全面的安全保障，若可能，首選的方案是安排學生轉入其他學校就讀同類課程。
Where a place cannot be found, the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act guarantees the students will receive a refund of their outstanding fees.
若不能安排轉學的話，根據澳大利亞《海外學生教育服務法案》(ESOS)，他們將獲得已支付學費的全額退款。
No student will be left without either a place at a different college, or a refund.
每位學生都將獲得妥善安排，他們將被安置到其他學校繼續學業，或者獲得學費的全額退款。
Meetings have been arranged to brief students affected by the closure. Meetings will be held in Melbourne on Monday 9 November and Sydney later in the week. For further details on these meetings students can check the website www.aei.gov.au/ESOS or call the ESOS Helpline on 1300 363 079.
澳大利亞政府有關部門已就此事安排了會議，向受影響的學生介紹情況。在墨爾本的會議安排在11月9日星期一，在悉尼的會議安排在同一星期晚些時候。學生可以登錄網站www.aei.gov.au/ESOS了解會議的詳情或撥打ESOS求助熱線1300 363 079。
The Government is taking strong steps to ensure we remain a world leader in providing international education services.
澳大利亞聯邦政府正在采取強有力的措施，確保澳大利亞在國際教育服務領域繼續保持世界領先地位。These steps include the recent passage through the House of Representatives of amendments to the ESOS Act that will require re-registration of all providers of international education in Australia.
這些措施包括最近在眾議院通過《海外學生教育服務法案》修正案，該修正案要求所有在澳大利亞從事國際教育的院校和機構進行重新登記。
In addition, a full review of the Act is currently underway under the direction of Mr. Bruce Baird. The Baird Review will look at all aspects of the legislation and will provide an interim report to the Government towards the end of 2009.
此外，布魯斯•貝爾德（Bruce Baird）先生正在全面審查該法案。“貝爾德審查”（The Baird Review）將會審視有關立法工作的各個方面，屆時將在2009年底向政府提交一份臨時報告。
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