Submit an Initiative Proposal
You can submit an Initiative Proposal for a fully costed Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) project. Your project will have clear milestones and outcomes. You'll need to get a SRC review to submit your proposal.
Before you start
Before you complete your Initiative Proposal, you’ll need to:
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Plan out if the project is needed and new chevron_right
- Ensure your proposal isn’t already a way that Charles Sturt University spends SSAF funds or a project under consideration.
- Provide evidence the proposed project is needed by other students and is a priority.
To start with, look at the 2019 SSAF Report [PDF] 2.5MB for spending priorities by students in the SSAF survey. You can also read the full 2019 SSAF Student Survey Report [PDF].
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Ensure your idea fits one or more of these 19 areas chevron_right
In the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Act 2011, the Australian Government identified the 19 areas in which SSAF can be spent:
- Providing food or drink to students on a campus of the higher education provider
- Supporting a sporting or other recreational activity by students
- Supporting the administration of a club most of whose members are students
- Caring for children of students
- Providing legal services to students
- Promoting the health or welfare of students
- Helping students secure accommodation
- Helping students obtain employment or advice on careers
- Helping students with their financial affairs
- Helping students obtain insurance against personal accidents
- Supporting debating by students
- Providing libraries and reading rooms (other than those provided for academic purposes) for students
- Supporting an artistic activity by students
- Supporting the production and dissemination to students of media whose content is provided by students
- Helping students develop skills for study, by means other than undertaking courses of study in which they are enrolled
- Advising on matters arising under the higher education provider’s rules (however described)
- Advocating students’ interests in matters arising under the higher education provider’s rules (however described)
- Giving students information to help them in their orientation
- Helping meet the specific needs of overseas students relating to their welfare, accommodation and employment.
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Seek out tips and support chevron_right
Have a look at the appendix on the template for proposal tips, student survey results, reporting responsibilities and processes for managing SSAF funds.
You can email ssaf@csu.edu.au if you have any questions about completing your proposal.
Steps to submit an Initiative Proposal
Step 1
Prepare your proposal
Download the SSAF Submission Template
You'll need to identify a SSAF Project Manager. They will be responsible for managing the project and reporting on project outcomes (such as the budget). They will be supported by a Charles Sturt staff member.
Step 2
Talk to a staff member
You can get advice on drafting your proposal, budgets and milestones from a Student Liaison Officer by emailing engagement@csu.edu.au.
They can even help with how to approach getting endorsement or answer your questions about the process to submit your proposal.
Step 3
Submit
Submissions are now open for 2020!
Submit your completed Initiative Proposal to ssaf@csu.edu.au by 9am, 28th September 2020.
The SSAF team will then collate all proposals submitted on-time and seek SRC review in a bulk lot before submissions are forwarded to the SSAF Steering Committee for consideration.
All proposals will be notified by December 2020 in time for the projects to begin in 2021.