Student Services & Amenities Fee (SSAF) Funding
How the SSAF supports you
At UNSW, the money you contribute to the SSAF is spent to support a whole range of services and amenities of a non-academic nature that help make your student experience the best it can possibly be.
Whether you're a domestic or international student, studying in Australia or overseas, undergraduate or postgraduate, we want to ensure that you make the most of the services and support made possible by SSAF funding.
SSAF is a great way of ensuring that all students have the best student experience they can whilst studying at University. The Arc Board had the opportunity to determine the expenditure of in excess of $5.6 million of direct funding in 2023 to support a range of student support services and engagement opportunities.
It is important that the democratically elected student leaders at UNSW are able to determine where SSAF expenditure is channelled. As a member of the SSAF management committee I (...) will continue to have students' voices heard so that we can genuinely influence better outcomes for students.
Find out more about the SSAF
You can learn more about the details of SSAF supported programs and services through the SSAF Management Committee and Governance and read the full allocation report for each year.
Have questions about how, what or when to pay? Check out our SSAF FAQs.
Key funding areas
Driven by our strategic pillars, see how we are improving the student experience through pivotal initiatives.
Making the most of your student experience
In 2025, SSAF continued to fund major UNSW student support services. Browse through all the initiatives and resources that we contributed to.
2025 updates
In 2025, UNSW continued to strengthen governance and student engagement in SSAF decision-making through the SSAF Management Committee, chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education & Student Experience (DVCESE), Professor Sarah Maddison. The Committee provides oversight of SSAF allocations, governance processes, and student consultation, and met twice during the year. The committee membership compromised of 12 voting members:
Seven staff:
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education & Student Experience
- Chief Executive Officer, Arc @ UNSW Student Life
- Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Success
- Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
- Director, Graduate Research School
- Deputy Rector, UNSW Canberra
- Director of Operations, Education & Student Experience
Five democratically elected student representatives:
- Chair, Arc Board
- President, Student Representative Council (SRC)
- President, Postgraduate Council (PGC)
- Student Elected Representative, Arc Board
- Student Elected Representative, Canberra
The committee met twice in 2025, in July and November, to review student consultation outcomes and confirm SSAF funding priorities and allocations for the following year.
