Starting in 2025, all HDR students, both new and continuing, will be responsible for the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF), regardless of whether their course fees are covered by a scholarship. For our continuing HDR students already on scholarships, the SSAF will be applicable from the 202530 term, with the student being responsible for this payment.
This change is an important step towards enhancing the quality of services and amenities available to all students, ensuring a richer and more supportive academic experience!
We’ll be posting more information over the coming months about how you can get involved in developing projects that can apply for SSAF support.
In 2025, the fee will help provide non-academic support, services and facilities for students, such as IT services, Careers and Skills support, Student Wellbeing Support Line and Counselling, Orientation and much more.
SSAF can also change each year, so to keep up-to-date with SSAF information, please visit this link.
When it comes to paying SSAF, you can either pay upfront at the start of each session or you can defer SSAF with an SA-HELP loan as long as you are eligible. This will put your SSAF onto your HECS (if you have one!).
To do this, look for ‘Request eCAF’ under the ‘My Account’ tab on your student portal.
Here are just a few projects that have been SSAF funded:
- Careers and Skills Festival
- Free food and stationary stations for students in the Library
- Student Wellbeing Support Line
- Orientation Events
- Elite Athlete and Performer Program
- International student support
- LinkedIn Learning
- Netball Courts Lighting on Wagga Wagga campus
- Inclusive and Accessible Pathways Diggings Oval
- Common Area at Bathurst Campus