2027 Global Institute for Students as Partners

Registration and fees

The Global Institute for Students as Partners offers two concurrent pathways: the Institute Conference and the Change Institute. Participants can register for one pathway only, but both groups will come together for shared keynotes, social events and selected activities. Explore your registration options below.

Fees overview

The Global Institute for Students as Partners brings students and staff together to learn, share practice and strengthen student–staff partnership.

We are deliberately keeping student fees substantially lower to support meaningful student participation. The Global Institute is being run on a cost-neutral basis, not as a revenue-generating event. We therefore ask everyone to consider the spirit of these arrangements and select the registration category that best reflects their circumstances.

All fees are in Australian dollars (AUD) and include GST. Unless specifically stated otherwise, registration fees do not include travel, accommodation or other personal expenses.

Student registration eligibility

Meaningful student participation is fundamental to the Global Institute. We have therefore deliberately set student registration fees substantially below staff rates.

The student rate is intended for people who are currently and actively enrolled in higher education and are either:

  • enrolled as a full-time student; or
  • enrolled as a part-time student and working no more than 15 hours per week.

You do not need to be personally paying tuition fees to qualify. Students supported through scholarships, research funding or other funding arrangements remain eligible where they meet the criteria above.

If you are both a staff member and a student and work more than 30 hours per week while studying part-time, please register at the staff rate.

If your circumstances fall between these definitions, we ask you to consider the spirit in which the student discount is offered and choose the category that best reflects your primary role.

Institutional Partnership

$10,000 per institution. Six partnerships available.

The Institutional Partnership is designed for universities wanting to build institutional capability in Students as Partners and engage more deeply with the Global Institute.

Each Institutional Partnership includes:

  • a five-person Change Institute team comprising three staff and two students
  • two additional full Conference registrations
  • seven Pre-Conference Workshop places
  • access to the IJSaP 10th Anniversary Reception for all seven participants
  • access to the Social Dinner for all seven participants, with drinks available for individual purchase at the bar
  • additional access to international mentors before and after the Institute
  • priority access to arrange a visit from one of the international Institute leaders, subject to availability and mutual agreement.

Institutional Partnerships must be confirmed and paid by the partnership deadline. Contact globalinstitute-sap@uow.edu.au to inquiry about Institutional Partnership.

* Travel, accommodation and other personal expenses are not included in the Institutional Partnership fee. If a partner institution arranges a visit from an international Institute leader, the partner institution is responsible for the scholar's domestic travel, accommodation and agreed speaker honorarium.

Change Institute

In-person

The Change Institute is for institutional teams ready to develop, strengthen or advance a Students as Partners initiative. Teams work together with experienced facilitators and mentors to develop an initiative they can take forward within their institution.

Student–staff partnership is fundamental to the Change Institute. Every Change Institute team must include at least two students.

 

Change Institute team Early Bird fee Standard fee
Five people: 3 staff + 2 students $5,250 $6,050
Six people: 3 staff + 3 students $6,000 $6,900
Six people: 4 staff + 2 students $6,500 $7,500

*Travel, accommodation and other personal expenses are not included.

Conference

In-person

Join us in Wollongong for the three-day Global Institute Conference.

Conference registration includes:

  • the full three-day Conference program
  • morning tea and lunch each day
  • the IJSaP 10th Anniversary Reception
  • opportunities to connect with students, educators and Students as Partners colleagues from Australia and internationally.

 

Conference registration Early Bird fee Standard fee
External staff $1,190 $1,450
External student $690 $850
UOW staff $990 $1,190
UOW student $495 $595

*Travel, accommodation and other personal expenses are not included in Conference registration. All fees are in Australian dollars (AUD) and include GST.

Day passes

Can't attend the full three-day Conference? A limited number of one-day and two-day passes are available. Day passes include:

  • access to all Conference sessions scheduled on your selected day or days
  • morning tea and lunch on those days
  • access to the IJSaP 10th Anniversary Reception if it falls on a day covered by your pass.

 

Day pass One day fee Two day fee
External staff $440 $880
External students $255 $510
UOW staff $365 $730
UOW students $185 $370

*The optional Social Dinner is not included and can be purchased separately. Travel, accommodation and other personal expenses are not included. The same student eligibility criteria apply to day-pass registrations.

Pre-conference workshops

Optional

Extend your Global Institute experience through an optional Pre-Conference Workshop.

 

Registration Fee
Staff $200
Student $115

*Pre-Conference Workshops do not include catering. Travel, accommodation and other personal expenses are not included.

Social Dinner

Optional

Join students, staff, facilitators and colleagues for an informal social dinner during the Global Institute.

$60 per person

The ticket includes dinner. Drinks are available for individual purchase at the bar.

The Social Dinner is optional and is not included in standard Conference or Change Institute registration. It is included for the seven participants attending through an Institutional Partnership.

Participate online

Can't join us in Wollongong? A curated online program provides another way to participate in the Global Institute.

Rather than attempting to replicate the entire in-person Conference online, the program will feature selected Global Institute sessions and dedicated opportunities for online participation.

Because the Global Institute is hosted in Wollongong, Australia, session times will not be equally convenient across all international time zones. The online program will clearly identify the sessions available to online participants so you can decide whether the program suits your location and availability.

 

Online registration Early bird fee Standard fee
External staff $295 $350
External student $150 $180
UOW staff $200 $250
UOW student $75 $100

*All online fees are in Australian dollars (AUD) and include GST.The same student eligibility criteria apply to online registration. We have deliberately kept online student rates low to make participation more accessible and ask participants to respect the spirit in which these discounted rates are offered.