spillargroove said:
Voluntary Student Unionism will actually come into place in June. However, since students studying at University for Autumn start have already enrolled, we still have to pay the Student Activities fee which applies to all Universities. Until next year, then we don't pay this fee. CSP, you will pay the expenses provided by the Government when your income salary a year is above a minimum set by them. You are a CSP (Commonwealth Supported Place) student Walking_Mushroo because if you weren't, you would be paying your whole University tutition upfront.
i was talking to my aunt who works at the SRC at Usyd and she said there is NO CONFIRMED DATE for the introduction of VSU yet... so don't plan anything around this... plus - depending on the conditions placed on what services will and wont be deemed viable to continue, whether or not you want to pay may change. Plus - there is yet to be any confirmation that the fees will remain the same so best just to wait and see.
And 1st years - you need to remember Union and uni related fees have NOTHING to do with HECS/CSP so VSU will not affect this in any way.. a lot of you seem confused about what money is paid to whom.. you really need to reaed through the information you got at enrollment if you are confused because it explains everything.
Easiest way to tell if you are CSP or not if you aren't sure if you've paid any money yet or not - just look in the enrollment pack you got - the copies you kept of the forms you fille din state on the front cover what 'kind' of student you are.
Plus - just because you're a CSP student - don't forget you can pay off some of the fee - you don't have to leave it all to accumulate, so check through your forms to see what you agreed to and to see if you do want to pay off some of it ahead of time or not.
(btw i rang the uws help-line thing... no help whatsoever *__*)