An international student, who was evicted from her accommodation after making ongoing complaints about other noisy students, has been awarded $10,000 in compensation by the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT).

The University of Canberra student lived in UniLodge accommodation, after signing an occupancy agreement earlier this year.

She was evicted after claims she had breached the agreement, when she was alleged to have threatened other students with a knife.

The student emphatically denied the allegation.

Security and police were called at the time, but the ACAT ruling said that "police were unable to substantiate any offences".

Rather, the tribunal found the student was denied procedural fairness, and it was instead the operators of UniLodge that had breached the agreement.

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