Abandoned students asked to transfer

Up to 1,000 students, including 800 Chinese students who were left stranded when one of four bankrupt colleges closed, gathered for an emergency meeting at Melbourne Town Hall yesterday.

The Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET), the agency in charge of handling the crisis, organized the meeting to ask students from Meridian Hotel School to sign relocation request forms.

The form allows students a chance to have their studies moved to another institution but without financial compensation. Students who don't sign are ineligible for assistance in transfer by ACPET.