Subject to the AUC’s rules, eligible individuals and organisations who share the AUC’s objectives are invited to apply for membership.
Individuals who share the AUC’s aims and interests may apply for full membership, for which an annual fee applies.
Eligible organisations have a physical presence in Australia or New Zealand, and include universities or any of their organisational units; secondary and senior secondary schools, TAFE colleges, and similar not-for-profit educational institutions; and public not-for-profit cultural institutions including libraries, museums, and galleries. An annual fee applies to organisational members.
Individuals who are associated with an organisational member as a staff member or student (minimum fifty per cent time fraction or course load) may apply for free associate membership.
Membership Benefits
Becoming a member is a great way to show that you value and wish to support the continued operations of the AUC.
- All members are encouraged to attend AUC General Meetings. Organisational members may nominate one delegate to vote on their behalf on resolutions and in elections to the AUC Executive Council and to any elected committees; individual full members vote on their own behalf. Associate members are most welcome, but do not have a vote.
- Full individual members, and associate members who are staff of the relevant organisational member, can stand for positions on the AUC Executive, provided that they have previously attended at least one General Meeting.
- All members are eligible for discounted member-rate fees for AUC events and programmes for which a fee applies, including /dev/world, X World and CreateWorld.
- Members who present full-length sessions or workshops at our “World” events receive an increased level of travel and accommodation support.
- Individual members who deliver a presentation at an AUC event, and take part in at least one AUC General Meeting in the same calendar year (and as recorded in the minutes) will receive a 50% discount on their next annual membership fee.
- Privileged access to online content from our conferences and other programs. This may include members-only material, or early access to material which is later made available to the public.
- Access to the AUC member-only Discord channel.
- Access to an AUC member portal that provides direct links to current AUC content (e.g., conference sessions, a library of resources that we will sponsor and curate, etc).
- Access to member-only programs (for example, the student support program).
Individual Membership
Individuals who are associated with an organisational member as a staff member or student (minimum fifty per cent time fraction or course load) may apply for free associate membership.
Individuals who are associated with an eligible organisation (whether or not the organisation is a member), or who share the AUC’s aims and interests, may apply for full membership.
| Individual Membership Fees for 2022 | |
| Associate membership | nil |
| Full student membership | $50 |
| Full individual membership | $100 |
Membership lasts 12 months, and falls due for renewal on the anniversary of the individual becoming a member. Associate memberships may be renewed as long as the individual continues to have the required association with an eligible organisation that remains a member.
For membership purposes, a student is a person undertaking for-credit studies and carrying at least 50 per cent of a full-time load, and who is not employed at a fraction greater than 50 per cent.
Organisational Memberships
Eligible organisations have a physical presence in Australia or New Zealand. Eligible organisations include.
- universities or any of their organisational units
- secondary or senior secondary schools
- TAFE colleges
- similar not-for-profit educational institutions
- public not-for-profit cultural institutions including libraries, museums, and galleries.
| Organisational Membership Fees for 2022 | |
| More than 999 full-time staff or equivalent | $1000 |
| 50 to 999 full-time staff or equivalent | $500 |
| Up to 49 full-time staff or equivalent | $250 |
Membership lasts 12 months, and falls due for renewal on the anniversary of the organisation becoming a member.
All staff who are employed by the organisation at least half time are eligible for associate membership, as are students carrying at least a 50 percent course load with the organisation.
Organisational members may nominate a delegate to speak and vote on their behalf at AUC General Meetings.