Student safety and wellbeing

At AIB we understand that it can be difficult to juggle your online studies with other work and family commitments, so we have provided some resources below to help with achieving a healthy work/life balance.

Resources for work/life balance:

• The Australian Government provides advice on its HealthDirect website including some useful resources such as digital Apps, tools, and support services that can help maintain a healthy work / life balance.

• The AIB Blog has some helpful articles about navigating work/life balance, and offers tips and advice on how to stay on track with your studies and achieve the best results you can in your MBA:
  • Balance & wellbeing
  • Study tips

Resources for mental wellbeing:

• If you are feeling overwhelmed, you can reach out at any time to the qualified counsellors at Converge International on 1300 687 327 (within Australia) and +613 8620 5300 (outside Australia) or make an appointment online via this link using the AIB organisation code “AUSTWEYW”
• The Beyond Blue and Heads up websites feature useful information about maintaining your mental wellbeing.
• Lifeline: 13 11 14
• MensLine: 1300 78 99 78

Family and domestic violence is a prevalent issue in society that unfortunately impacts people from all genders and walks of life. AIB has policies and procedures in place to support you during your studies if you are experiencing or have experienced family and domestic violence.

Our student support team will treat student requests for support relating to family and domestic violence, gender-based violence and SASH incidents at face value and with respect, ensuring that any disclosure to AIB remains private (pending legal obligations).

AIB would like our students to know that we have many strategies in place to ensure the safety of our students, including in our online environment. Should an incident ever happen, you can have confidence that we can help and support you.

Resources:

• The Australian Government provides resources for eSafety including in relation to:
  • domestic and family violence
  • gendered violence
  • online risks for women
• Please see our Policy and Procedures Webpage for the following related policies and procedures:
  • Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedure
  • Student Support Policy and Procedure
  • Student Code of Conduct Policy and Procedure

Reporting incidents:

• Please see ‘Reporting critical incidents’ section below’
• Other agencies of which sexual-based crime can be reported or other support agencies include:
  • Domestic and Family Violence Helpline: 1300 338 465
  • The National Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service (1800 RESPECT): 1800 737 732 (24 hours a day / 7 days a week)
  • Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 1800 806 292
  • Yarrow Place (Adelaide, Australia):
    • Toll-free in SA: 1800 817 421
    • Phone during office hourse: 1800 817 721 or (08) 8161 7000
    • After hours: 1800 817 421
    • or email info@yarrowplace.sa.gov.au

You should know that AIB participated in the Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment national student survey which was conducted in 2019 by the Higher Education Private Providers’ Quality Network, and which was based on the 2016 survey conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission across Australian University Students. The 2019 survey findings were that 75% of students enrolled at private providers indicated that they did not experience any form of sexual harassment and 89% of students indicated that they had not experienced any form of sexual assault. In AIB’s context, more than 90% of AIB students indicated that they had not experienced either sexual assault or sexual harassment.

The National Student Ombudsman (NSO) is a free, impartial, and independent service available to prospective, current and former students. This includes AIB’s domestic and international postgraduate students and candidates.
 
You can contact the NSO regarding complaints you haven’t been able to resolve or don’t feel safe talking to AIB about. The NSO can consider complaints on a range of issues, including student safety and wellbeing, racism and racial vilification, discrimination, gender-based violence, course administration, and the fairness and effectiveness of student complaints processes.
 
There are matters the NSO cannot consider including complaints about academic decisions,
such as complaints about academic grades.
 
Please check the NSO website for more information:
https://www.nso.gov.au/making-a-complaint
 
If you aren’t sure if you’re ready to lodge a complaint, call the NSO on 1300 395 775, or go to www.nso.gov.au for more information.