Thank you for your interest in sponsoring your staff to become members of, or renew their UQPN membership. As a network whose purpose is to support and empower professional staff at UQ in their personal and career development, we are encouraged and heartened by your desire to support your staff in this endeavour. Please see below for further information and instructions on how to proceed with paying membership fees on behalf of your staff.
Membership fee
When paid using unit funds (UQ funds), the annual UQPN membership fee is $31.82 per staff member. Staff paying our membership fee personally are charged $35.00, as GST must be added. When unit funds are used, we don’t have to charge GST (i.e. when UQ is doing business with UQ).
What do I need to do?
- Work out the number of staff
- Determine how many staff members you will sponsor for UQPN membership fees.
- Calculate the total cost
- Multiply the number of staff by $31.82
- Example: 10 staff × $31.82 = $318.20
- Request the internal transfer
- Contact your local Finance Professional Services team and ask them to journal the amount calculated in Step 2 from your chart string to the UQPN chart string (8431613-01-126-41) using Account 409300 (Memberships and Subs Fees). Request they include the following FFT in the journal:
- UQPN x [number of memberships] [org unit]
- Example: 'UQPN x 25 ITALI' (Note: FFT has a 10-character limit)
- Contact your local Finance Professional Services team and ask them to journal the amount calculated in Step 2 from your chart string to the UQPN chart string (8431613-01-126-41) using Account 409300 (Memberships and Subs Fees). Request they include the following FFT in the journal:
- Send confirmation and staff details
- Forward the confirmation of the internal transfer from your Finance PSt to uqpn@uq.edu.au, including the names of the professional staff you are sponsoring and their UQ email addresses.
That's it! Our team will then determine whether the lucky staff receiving sponsored membership are new or returning members. We’ll email the relevant link to them to register their membership for 2026 and inform them that their organisational unit has paid the fee.
We deeply value the role that professional development plays in enhancing both individual capability and business outcomes. Just as importantly, we recognise how meaningful it is for staff to feel supported in pursuing these opportunities. On behalf of UQPN and the staff who benefit from this support - thank you!