students' rights

1. RIGHT TO PRIVACY
All personal information provided to Stirling will be treated in confidence, and only used for the purpose for which it was given. Your file and computer database entries are only accessed by people who are entitled to do so, eg, lecturers having a class list with names and emails. No-one at Stirling is permitted to share your personal information with anyone not entitled to it.

2. RIGHT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
In order to protect the high academic standing of your MCD degree or diploma, all forms of cheating, plagiarism or other academic fraud (including illegitimate use of internet resources) are strictly forbidden, and anyone found engaging in them faces serious consequences. To assist with this, you are required to state on each assignment that it is your own work.

3. RIGHT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY
The right to be treated fairly is applicable to all academic and administrative matters. If you have a grievance about an administrative procedure or academic issue, you have five working days (longer for some serious matters) to lodge a complaint with the Principal, or with the MCD Registrar. You will not be disadvantaged by doing this, and in most cases can expect a resolution within ten working days.

4. RIGHT TO BE SAFE, AND TO FEEL SAFE Students have the right to be and feel and safe at Stirling. Harassment in any form – spiritual, sexual or discriminatory (eg, on the grounds of race, gender, ethnicity, disability, theological outlook) – is wrong, and not permitted. Procedures are in place to deal promptly with situations which may arise.

If anyone should wish to file a complaint they should contact the Principal or the Registrar. Once you have commenced a degree or diploma, you are assured that educational and financial resources are in place to see you through to its completion. If the highly unlikely situation arises that Stirling cannot deliver a course for which you have paid fees, these will be refunded, or you can transfer to another provider, nominated for this purpose by the MCD. Detailed policies and procedures governing these matters can be found on the MCD website (www.mcd.edu.au), under ‘Policies for MCD student wellbeing’.