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?
- Determine the number of staff to be included in your sponsorship of UQPN membership fees.
- Multiply the number of staff by $31.82 (e.g. 10 staff x $31.82 = $318.20).
- Contact your local Finance Professional Services team, requesting the amount calculated at step two be journaled from your relevant chart string to the UQPN chart string (8431613-01-126-41). Please ask your Finance PSt to include the following FFT: ‘UQPN x [no. memberships] [org unit]’.
- Forward the confirmation of internal transfer from your Finance PSt via email to uqpn@uq.edu.au, including the names and UQ email addresses of professional staff whose memberships are to be paid using the transferred funds.
- 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 the fee has been paid by your organisational unit.
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!