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Student Services and Amenities Fees (SSAF)

SSAF consultation

SSAF student survey

Each year UOW invites students to give feedback on how SSAF should be spent to enhance the student experience. A survey is sent to the UOWMail of every student who is eligible to pay SSAF. Student feedback directly informs UOW’s spending priorities and helps the university improve the services and amenities provided to students. The categories that are listed are from the approved SSAF criteria set by the Department of Education.

For any questions about SSAF, please email ssa-consultation@uow.edu.au.

2025 survey results

The latest survey took place from 7-21 May, 2025, with 1,182 students providing feedback on how the SSAF should be spent.

You told us...

  • how you’d like your Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) to be spent in 2026
  • that you want to hear more about how SSAF is used and how to access SSAF funded services

A detailed analysis by campus and cohort will be used to inform priorities for future SSAF rounds.

Top 3 services 

1st: Providing food and drink
2nd: Help obtaining employment or career advice
3rd: Promoting health or welfare

Priority area Responses
Providing food or drink to students on a campus of the higher education provider 509
Helping students obtain employment or advice on careers 471
Promoting the health or welfare of students 433
Helping students with their financial affairs 297
Helping students secure accommodation 285
Helping students develop skills for study, by means other than undertaking courses of study in which they are enrolled 227
Providing libraries and reading rooms (other than those provided for academic purposes) for students 183
Supporting a sporting or other recreational activity by students 182
Helping meet the specific needs of overseas students relating to their welfare, accommodation and employment 171
Providing legal services to students 106
Caring for children of students 99
Supporting the administration of a club most of whose members are students 90
Giving students information to help them in their orientation 88
Advocating students' interests in matters arising under the higher education provider's rules (however described) 86
Supporting an artistic activity by students 45
Helping students obtain insurance against personal accidents 27
Supporting the production and dissemination to students of media whose content is provided by students 26
Supporting debating by students 21
Advising on matters arising under the higher education provider's rules (however described) 20

Consultation with Student Advisory Council (SAC) SSAF Subcommittee

The SAC SSAF Subcommittee is a group of elected and appointed student representatives that voice student interests and provide direct input into the allocation of SSAF Fees. The SAC SSAF Subcommittee reviews project submissions and student survey data and then prioritises the importance of the project, providing recommendations to the University  See the Terms of Reference here.