The Department of Home Affairs acknowledges that COVID-19 has created many challenges for both international students and education providers. We appreciate the extent to which providers have supported their students during this unprecedented time.

Now that the borders are open to all visa holders who are fully vaccinated for the purposes of international travel, it is timely to remind education providers that Australia has strict COVID-19 border entry requirements to keep travellers and the Australian community safe. To ensure students do not risk having their visa cancelled on arrival, arriving students need to ensure they meet all the necessary requirements and travel COVID-safe.

Visa holders travelling to Australia must satisfy Australia’s definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ for international travel purposes. Australia’s definition might be different to the ones that apply in the student’s home country and/or transit countries.  The definition of the category ‘fully vaccinated for travel to Australia’ may be found at: Vaccinated travellers | COVID-19 and the border (homeaffairs.gov.au)

Students need to ensure that they have read, understood and met Australia’s entry requirements before they depart. Further details of other travel and border entry requirements can be found at: Preparing to travel to Australia from overseas | COVID-19 and the border (homeaffairs.gov.au)

Griffith College is following the advice of authorities to ensure the health and wellbeing of our students and staff.

The health and wellbeing of our students and staff is of paramount importance and we will continue to follow and apply appropriate physical distancing measures.

Physical distancing will require the College to minimise the number of students in a teaching room, hence the majority of our courses and classes will continue to be delivered online. When activity increases on campus, so too will cleaning of small teaching rooms, computer labs, and student and staff social areas.

We will also continue to offer all of our College Support services remotely, so if you need to make an appointment you can do so by setting up an appointment either face to face or online here.

The College will continue to email you directly with updates as well as provide this information via this website. You can always call us at 07 3735 6900 (Mount Gravatt) / 07 5552 8500 (Gold Coast) or email us at admin@griffithcollege.edu.au

Please ensure you follow the directions of the Australian Government.

That is,

• contact 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) immediately; and
• call ahead to the medical centre or doctor’s surgery, advising of your symptoms (if attending a surgery)

Please make sure you continue your studies while you are at home. You can always email your teachers for help if you need assistance with anything.

Students who have an Allianz OSHC policy should refer to this site for information: allianzassistancehealth.com.au/en/helpcentre/oshc/covid19-coronavirus-oshc/

Students who have OSHC by any other provider, should contact their provider directly.