00:03Tessa Coddington is racing to make up for lost time, and her Wagga Wagga Run Club in
00:08regional New South Wales helps manage the stress.
00:11She claims her career as a property valuer has been stalled because the expensive three-year
00:16course she graduated from didn't have professional accreditation.
00:20So much financial strain, to take a pay cut is one thing, but to delay your career is also
00:26another.
00:26It's my day-to-day lots of time in the car.
00:28Instead of a lucrative career in regional real estate, Tessa Coddington says her $45,000
00:34hex debt has left her the lead plaintiff in a class action against the International College
00:39of Management, Sydney.
00:40I was kind of in disbelief.
00:42I was like, what do you mean this property degree doesn't get me what it says it does?
00:49International student Yuvarasi Mutasami has joined the class action.
00:53She works in hospitality because she says the lack of accreditation left her unable to advance.
00:58as a property valuer.
01:00She estimates spending almost $100,000 on the degree and tens of thousands more to move
01:05to Sydney.
01:06There was a bit of guilt because I already spent that much money and my parents paid the course.
01:11It came from them and some of them was alone.
01:15The International College of Management, Sydney declined an interview request, but in a statement
01:19says it denies the allegations and is defending the proceedings.
01:23It also says professional accreditation isn't a legal requirement, but its degree is recognised
01:28by the Australian Valuers Institute.
01:30The students, though, say they're prepared to fight to stop other students experiencing
01:34the same problems.
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