Services and Amenities Fee Survey Data report...Helping overseas students relating to their welfare, accommodation and employment. Helping students secure accommodation Caring for

Southern Cross University

Services and Amenities Fee Survey

Data report

August 2016

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ContentsPage

Response statistics 1

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations - overall results 2

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Age Group

<20 3

20-24 4

25-29 5

30-39 6

40-49 7

50-59 8

>60 9

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Gender

Male 10

Female 11

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Primary Campus

None - Distance Education 12

Lismore 13

Coffs Harbour - including NMSC 14

Gold Coast 15

Sydney 16

Melbourne 17

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Student Type

International 18

Domestic 19

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Study Type

Full time 20

Part time 21

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Distance Education

Yes 22

No 23

Service and Amenities fee spending allocations by Degree Level

Undergraduate 24

Postgraduate (coursework) 25

Postgraduate (by research) 26


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Response statisticsn %

Total 792 100%

To which of the following age groups do you belong?

<20 78 9.8%

20-24 156 19.7%

25-29 123 15.5%

30-39 166 21.0%

40-49 156 19.7%

50-59 94 11.9%

>60 17 2.1%

Unspecified 2 0.3%

What is your gender?

Male 186 23.5%

Female 597 75.4%

Neither 6 0.8%

Unspecified 3 0.4%

Which is your primary campus?

None - Distance Education 312 39.4%

Lismore 140 17.7%

Coffs Harbour - including NMSC 77 9.7%

Gold Coast 232 29.3%

Sydney 12 1.5%

Melbourne 16 2.0%

Unspecified 3 0.4%

What type of student are you?

International 68 8.6%

Domestic 719 90.8%

Unspecified 5 0.6%

What is your study load?

Full time 526 66.4%

Part time 263 33.2%

Unspecified 3 0.4%

Yes 537 67.8%

No 250 31.6%

Unspecified 5 0.6%

What is your degree level?

Undergraduate 665 84.0%

Postgraduate (coursework) 111 14.0%

Postgraduate (by research) 14 1.8%

Unspecified 2 0.3%

In the current year have you studied one or more units by Distance Education (Online)?


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Services and Amenities fee spending allocations

Overall - (792 responses)

1.0%

1.2%

1.7%

1.7%

2.9%

2.6%

2.8%

3.9%

3.9%

4.0%

5.2%

4.7%

6.7%

7.1%

8.1%

9.0%

9.6%

10.1%

13.7%

0.8%

1.1%

1.7%

1.9%

2.4%

2.8%

2.9%

3.7%

4.4%

4.7%

5.1%

5.7%

6.3%

7.0%

8.0%

8.4%

10.1%

11.4%

11.7%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%

Supporting debating by students

Helping students obtain insurance against personalaccidents

Supporting the production and dissemination to studentsof media whose content is provided by students

Advising on matters arising from SCU Rules

Supporting the administration of a club most of whosemembers are students

Supporting an artistic activity by students

Advocating students’ interests in matters relating to SCUrules

Helping overseas students relating to their welfare,accommodation and employment.

Giving students information to help them in theirorientation

Providing legal services to students

Supporting sporting or other recreational activities bystudents

Helping students secure accommodation

Helping students with their financial affairs

Providing libraries and reading rooms (other than thoseprovided for academic purposes) for students;

Helping students develop skills for study, by means otherthan undertaking courses of study in which they are…

Caring for children of students

Providing food or drink to students on an SCU campus

Promoting the health or welfare of students

Helping students obtain employment or advice on careers

2016

2013




To which of the following age groups do you belong? - <20 (78 responses)

0.5%

1.1%

1.4%

2.0%

1.5%

1.7%

2.8%

4.6%

3.0%

4.7%

5.1%

6.9%

7.2%

7.9%

6.6%

8.6%

9.9%

13.4%

11.0%

0.6%

0.8%

1.1%

1.2%

1.4%

2.1%

2.5%

4.0%

4.3%

4.3%

5.3%

5.7%

6.2%

7.9%

8.3%

10.1%

10.3%

10.4%

13.3%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




To which of the following age groups do you belong? - 20-24 (156 responses)

0.6%

1.0%

0.5%

1.5%

1.1%

1.7%

2.4%

3.1%

4.6%

3.6%

4.9%

5.7%

7.3%

8.4%

7.7%

9.1%

9.3%

11.9%

15.5%

0.8%

1.1%

1.3%

1.7%

2.0%

2.4%

2.6%

4.0%

4.3%

4.7%

5.9%

5.9%

6.2%

6.9%

6.9%

8.6%

9.7%

12.5%

12.6%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















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1.1%

1.2%

2.3%

1.5%

2.1%

2.9%

2.7%

4.1%

3.7%

2.9%

3.7%

8.6%

3.4%

8.3%

7.0%

7.5%

10.2%

11.7%

15.2%

0.7%

1.1%

1.5%

1.5%

2.1%

2.9%

3.2%

3.7%

4.1%

4.4%

4.6%

5.5%

6.7%

7.1%

8.0%

8.3%

10.5%

10.7%

13.3%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















2016

2013





1.0%

1.2%

1.7%

1.9%

2.8%

2.2%

3.5%

3.5%

5.0%

4.8%

2.8%

3.7%

6.6%

5.1%

7.9%

6.9%

14.1%

14.8%

10.6%

0.6%

0.7%

1.2%

1.6%

1.8%

3.0%

3.2%

3.5%

4.3%

4.5%

5.0%

5.1%

5.5%

6.2%

7.6%

9.0%

11.3%

12.7%

13.2%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















2016

2013





0.8%

0.7%

1.8%

3.0%

2.5%

2.1%

3.8%

3.8%

3.9%

3.9%

8.5%

4.7%

4.8%

4.0%

8.7%

8.4%

11.3%

10.8%

12.4%

0.7%

0.9%

2.3%

2.4%

2.9%

3.1%

3.2%

3.8%

4.0%

4.1%

5.4%

5.7%

6.0%

6.1%

7.8%

8.5%

9.2%

11.3%

12.6%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013





0.9%

2.3%

5.1%

2.7%

3.0%

5.4%

4.1%

5.6%

4.6%

3.7%

4.5%

5.8%

5.5%

3.2%

6.9%

8.4%

12.4%

7.5%

8.6%

0.8%

1.1%

2.5%

2.8%

2.9%

2.9%

3.5%

4.0%

4.2%

4.2%

5.2%

6.0%

6.0%

6.1%

6.8%

8.2%

9.2%

11.4%

12.2%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




To which of the following age groups do you belong? - >60 (17 responses)

1.2%

2.1%

6.0%

3.1%

4.5%

1.9%

2.6%

2.9%

2.6%

13.8%

3.6%

1.9%

10.2%

7.6%

5.2%

3.6%

8.6%

6.0%

12.6%

0.7%

0.7%

0.7%

1.7%

2.3%

2.3%

2.7%

3.0%

3.0%

3.3%

4.3%

4.3%

4.7%

5.0%

6.0%

9.0%

13.3%

14.0%

19.0%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















2016

2013




What is your gender? - Male (186 responses)

1.7%

1.8%

2.1%

2.1%

3.5%

4.3%

2.5%

3.3%

4.5%

5.1%

6.1%

4.3%

6.1%

5.2%

6.5%

6.9%

9.1%

11.0%

13.6%

0.9%

1.6%

1.9%

2.1%

2.1%

3.2%

3.3%

3.5%

4.3%

4.8%

5.4%

6.4%

6.5%

6.6%

6.6%

7.2%

9.9%

10.7%

13.1%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




What is your gender? - Female (597 responses)

0.7%

0.9%

1.6%

1.5%

2.3%

2.6%

2.5%

3.4%

4.7%

4.2%

3.8%

4.9%

7.4%

7.6%

8.6%

10.2%

9.0%

13.8%

10.4%

0.7%

1.0%

1.5%

1.9%

2.1%

2.6%

3.1%

3.4%

4.6%

4.7%

4.8%

5.5%

6.3%

7.5%

8.3%

9.0%

9.9%

11.4%

11.9%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




Which is your primary campus? - None - Distance Education (312 responses)

1.0%

0.9%

1.9%

2.2%

2.5%

2.2%

3.7%

3.8%

3.9%

4.8%

3.9%

5.2%

4.9%

6.4%

5.8%

8.8%

9.5%

11.1%

17.4%

0.7%

0.8%

1.3%

1.5%

2.4%

2.5%

2.8%

3.6%

4.1%

5.2%

5.4%

5.7%

6.0%

6.3%

6.5%

8.7%

9.9%

12.3%

14.2%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















2016

2013




Which is your primary campus? - Lismore (140 responses)

1.2%

1.4%

1.1%

2.3%

2.3%

4.0%

3.7%

4.9%

5.7%

6.4%

4.2%

4.2%

4.6%

6.9%

7.6%

7.2%

10.0%

10.2%

11.8%

1.1%

1.3%

1.8%

3.0%

3.1%

3.6%

4.1%

4.5%

4.7%

5.0%

5.0%

5.1%

5.4%

5.5%

6.5%

7.0%

10.4%

10.9%

12.2%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




Which is your primary campus? - Coffs Harbour - including NMSC (77 responses)

0.7%

1.1%

1.7%

1.4%

2.5%

2.5%

3.6%

3.4%

3.9%

4.6%

4.8%

5.7%

8.8%

5.4%

10.3%

11.6%

7.7%

8.4%

12.1%

0.2%

0.8%

1.3%

1.3%

1.6%

1.8%

2.1%

2.8%

3.3%

4.0%

4.5%

4.9%

6.5%

7.3%

8.6%

8.6%

10.5%

10.7%

19.1%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%




















2016

2013




Which is your primary campus? - Gold Coast (232 responses)

0.7%

1.2%

1.0%

1.0%

1.6%

2.1%

2.4%

3.7%

2.3%

2.9%

4.6%

6.4%

7.5%

6.2%

9.2%

10.8%

13.4%

8.2%

14.4%

0.6%

1.2%

1.3%

1.3%

2.2%

2.3%

2.5%

3.7%

3.7%

3.8%

5.6%

6.4%

6.5%

7.4%

7.8%

9.3%

10.5%

10.7%

12.9%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















2016

2013




Which is your primary campus? - Sydney (12 responses)

2.2%

1.8%

2.2%

1.3%

1.3%

1.3%

3.1%

2.6%

3.5%

5.7%

6.1%

8.8%

7.0%

5.7%

4.4%

9.6%

11.8%

7.5%

14.0%

2.3%

3.2%

3.2%

3.2%

3.2%

3.7%

3.7%

3.7%

4.1%

5.0%

5.0%

5.5%

6.0%

6.0%

6.9%

6.9%

7.3%

8.7%

12.4%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




Which is your primary campus? - Melbourne (16 responses)

1.7%

1.7%

2.0%

2.0%

2.0%

2.7%

3.1%

3.4%

4.4%

4.4%

4.8%

5.1%

6.1%

6.8%

7.5%

8.5%

9.6%

11.6%

12.3%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016




What type of student are you? - International (68 responses)

1.4%

1.0%

0.8%

1.1%

2.6%

3.6%

7.3%

3.3%

3.8%

3.3%

4.3%

7.6%

4.9%

5.5%

6.2%

6.8%

9.0%

13.9%

13.7%

1.5%

1.6%

2.1%

2.4%

2.4%

2.6%

2.9%

3.0%

4.0%

4.4%

5.7%

5.8%

6.7%

6.8%

6.9%

7.4%

9.4%

11.9%

12.6%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




What type of student are you? - Domestic (719 responses)

1.0%

1.0%

1.8%

1.7%

2.9%

2.6%

2.9%

3.2%

3.9%

4.0%

5.1%

4.7%

6.9%

7.2%

8.4%

9.1%

9.3%

10.2%

14.0%

0.7%

1.0%

1.7%

1.8%

2.3%

2.9%

2.9%

2.9%

4.4%

4.8%

4.8%

5.6%

6.3%

6.9%

8.3%

8.8%

9.9%

12.0%

12.0%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




What is your study load? - Full time (526 responses)

0.8%

1.3%

1.0%

1.6%

2.1%

3.2%

2.6%

3.7%

4.0%

3.5%

5.7%

4.9%

7.6%

7.5%

7.5%

7.9%

10.1%

13.8%

11.2%

0.8%

1.2%

1.5%

1.7%

2.5%

2.6%

2.8%

4.0%

4.1%

4.4%

5.5%

6.0%

6.4%

7.4%

7.5%

7.6%

10.7%

11.5%

11.8%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




What is your study load? - Part time (263 responses)

1.5%

0.9%

2.0%

2.3%

2.9%

2.6%

3.4%

4.1%

4.4%

4.4%

4.3%

4.9%

6.5%

5.2%

6.4%

9.3%

11.1%

13.5%

10.2%

0.7%

0.9%

1.5%

2.0%

2.6%

2.8%

3.0%

3.7%

4.1%

5.2%

5.2%

5.3%

6.1%

6.2%

6.6%

9.0%

9.8%

12.2%

13.0%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013





- Yes (537 responses)

0.7%

1.0%

1.8%

2.1%

2.1%

2.8%

3.2%

3.3%

4.6%

4.8%

4.9%

5.4%

6.3%

7.0%

8.4%

8.6%

8.7%

11.8%

12.5%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016





- No (250 responses)

0.8%

1.3%

1.4%

1.4%

2.2%

2.9%

2.9%

3.6%

4.1%

4.8%

6.0%

6.3%

6.3%

6.6%

7.0%

8.2%

10.1%

10.6%

13.4%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016




What is your degree level? - Undergraduate (665 responses)

1.0%

1.2%

1.7%

1.5%

2.7%

2.6%

2.5%

3.6%

3.8%

3.9%

5.3%

4.8%

7.1%

7.2%

8.2%

9.2%

9.9%

10.2%

13.8%

0.8%

1.1%

1.8%

1.8%

2.4%

2.7%

2.9%

3.6%

4.5%

4.5%

5.0%

5.6%

6.3%

7.2%

8.1%

8.6%

10.2%

11.0%

11.8%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0%




















2016

2013




What is your degree level? - Postgraduate (coursework) (111 responses)

0.8%

2.2%

1.1%

3.3%

3.5%

2.7%

4.1%

4.4%

5.6%

4.7%

5.3%

6.2%

4.8%

3.6%

7.8%

8.6%

5.8%

14.7%

10.8%

0.6%

1.0%

1.2%

2.0%

2.3%

2.4%

3.5%

4.3%

4.6%

5.2%

5.6%

6.0%

6.1%

6.5%

7.6%

7.7%

8.8%

11.4%

13.3%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















2016

2013




What is your degree level? - Postgraduate (by research) (14 responses)

2.6%

1.2%

1.8%

2.1%

6.2%

4.9%

3.6%

7.7%

8.5%

3.9%

3.6%

5.5%

6.4%

5.6%

3.3%

4.9%

11.7%

9.0%

7.4%

0.4%

0.8%

1.2%

1.5%

1.9%

2.7%

3.1%

3.1%

3.5%

4.2%

5.0%

5.0%

5.4%

5.8%

6.2%

6.9%

12.7%

15.0%

15.8%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%




















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