From The Australian today: Apologies for strange formatting. What shows up in the preview isn't what you see when I post it.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...673a6e07a81b11
Among [ASQA’s] concerns was misinformation about their course and the aircraft they would be flying, and being made to repeat training procedures which saw their loans exhausted before they had obtained even a recreational pilot’s licence.
The Australian has also obtained a 2019 report on the financial performance of BHI aviation courses, which raised concerns about the financial arrangement with Soar.
Analysis of data at a student level indicates that there have been mismatches between income received for some students and amounts paid to Soar for those same students,” said the report.
“In many instances, this included paying Soar for students that were not enrolled in the associated course cluster. In some cases BHI made payments to Soar in respect to students that had withdrawn from the course, or were invoiced (and paid) multiple times for the same students.
“No material refund or credit has been received from Soar in respect to these mismatches.”
The report went on to say those factors had constrained BHI from achieving the notional gross profit levels contemplated in the contract with Soar (87 per cent and 92 per cent) with actual gross profit of 2 per cent and -2 per cent noted in 2017 and 2018 respectively.