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NSO will be in Darwin 19-23 May
We are excited to announce the NSO is coming to Darwin to take in-person complaints and meet with stakeholders across the higher education sector. Bookings are encouraged and can be made via our online booking form.
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      NSO will be in Darwin 19-23 May
      We are excited to announce the NSO is coming to Darwin to take in-person complaints and meet with stakeholders across the higher education sector. Bookings are encouraged and can be made via our online booking form.


      NSO is coming to Darwin

      We are excited to announce the NSO is coming to Darwin to take in-person complaints and meet with stakeholders across the higher education sector.

      We will be taking in-person complaints from 8.00am to 4.00pm, Tuesday 20 May until Thursday 22 May 2025.

      Bookings are encouraged and can be made via our online booking form.

      We will be located at the Ombudsman NT Office - Level 6, 22 Mitchell St, Darwin (corner of Bennett and Mitchell St).



      Book now or find out more:
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      Who we are and what we do

      The NSO works with students and higher education providers to resolve student complaints. We are independent and impartial with powers to investigate a broad range of issues. For example, we can look into the actions taken by higher education providers relating to:

      • Concerns about student safety and welfare, including situations involving gender-based violence, discrimination, racism, antisemitism and islamophobia
      • Course administration, such as timeliness and accuracy of information provided to students
      • Teaching provision and facilities, such as sufficiency of staffing to meet the needs of students
      • The fairness and effectiveness of student complaints processes
      • Reasonable adjustments for students with disability or experiencing special circumstances

      Our services

      Through our services, we seek to drive system level improvements across the higher education sector.

      We are able to:

      • consider whether decisions and actions taken by higher education providers are unreasonable, unjust, oppressive, discriminatory or otherwise wrong
      • recommend a provider takes specific steps to resolve a complaint
      • share information with relevant regulators for further action
      • promote best practice complaints handling across the higher education sector
      • offer a restorative engagement process between the student and the provider where appropriate, and
      • bring parties together through alternative resolution processes such as conciliation.

      All students, including domestic, international and higher degree research students, can contact the NSO about their higher education provider.






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