Student Membership
Terms and Conditions:
From Aug 2021 onwards, all student memberships will be subjected to the following terms and conditions:
Membership Expiry Dates:
End of Academic Year (i.e. Aug of the Following Year) for either 1-Year (recurring) or 4-Year rates.
This will also apply to Graduating Cohort(s) to provide a transition period between typical graduating month (i.e. May of the final Academic Year), short extensions to graduation, and official employment.
Leave of Absence or Extended Graduation:
For those who are not graduating with the rest of their batch mates either due to LOA or need to retake modules, their student membership will be extended based on SAOTSC’s Request for Extension, if the request for extension crosses over to a new Academic Year (i.e. Sept of every year)
This is part of the extended support that SAOT can provide for students who require extra duration for completion of their studies.
*Manual extension will need to be done by SAOT Executive*
Withdrawal of Student Membership:
In the case of withdrawal/termination from SIT Occupational Therapy hons. degree programme, SAOT will allow for a refund of the remaining academic years from the student membership (not including their current year of study).
Each academic year will be priced at $17.50 refund quantum per year.
For example: A Year 2 student with a 4 year student membership and who has withdrawn in July of his/her Year 2 AY, will be refunded $35 for Year 3+4 of his/her studies.
The withdrawing student will need to evidence their approval of termination/withdrawl of studies from SIT to qualify for this withdrawal. SIT faculty will also provide this information during direct quarterly update to SAOTSC and SAOT Executive to facilitate membership update.
This will be done through email, CC Programme Lead, SAOTSC Advisors, & SAOT President & Membership IC.
No other situations will qualify for the withdrawal of student membership, based on existing discussions with faculty and student committee as per 1 March 2021.
SAOT Student Membership Support Fund
To ensure that economical disadvantages do not impede or restrict student’s opportunities and resources, SAOT (through the HOD network) and SIT Faculty have jointly set up a SAOT Student Membership Support Fund. This fund has been set up to encourage students who are:
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Keen to apply for SAOT Student Membership
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Facing financial hardships and therefore requiring financial support for application of SAOT Student Membership
Process for New Applicants in Sept each year:
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Student Applicants will indicate in the online Membership Application Form that they will like to apply for the SAOT Student Membership Support Fund.
For ALL applicants, regardless of application for support fund, they MUST fill in the debit/credit card details.
*Fund for a period of 1 Year only.*
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Renewal of 1-Year Student Memberships:
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Applicable only to students on 1-Year Recurring Model & Student Membership Support Fund.
1 Month Before Date of Expiry
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Students who are on annual renewal (recurring) system and on Student Membership Support Fund will be sent an email reminder about automatic deduction for the upcoming Academic Year
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In the email reminder, students requiring another year of student membership support fund will need to indicate a need through a secured online survey form (hosted by the SIT Faculty Representative).
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Any students who do not do so, will expect a deduction from their debit/credit card based on the recurring charging model
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Closing Date for Indication of Need for Student Membership Support Fund: 15 Aug of Each Year
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The SIT Faculty will compile the list of submissions and send it to SAOT Treasurer and SAOTSC Advisor by 20 Aug of each year.
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By 3rd Week of Aug, SAOTSC Advisor and/or SIT Faculty will need to confirm the approval of the list of submissions and reply to SAOT Executive for backend processing
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Upon approval from SAOTSC Advisor and SIT Faculty Representative and guidance from SAOT Treasurer, to follow the same process for final steps of approval within student membership system as per process for New Applicants
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Date of Renewal to be manually entered as all student members will end on same date (i.e. 31 Aug of Following Year)
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Once manually entered with student membership status approved, student will receive an email for confirmation of new Date of Renewal, and also encouraged to go onto Membership Portal to check that it has been reflected accurately
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Transition from Student Membership to
Ordinary Membership:
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Student memberships will expire on 31 Aug of the graduating year, as per above guidelines.
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As part of an offer to attract student members to convert to ordinary membership, all new graduates will receive a 50% discount (i.e. $40) for their first year of membership.
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This is calculated based on the total discount received by students currently, based on the prevailing (2021) $190 3-year renewal package
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Between May (typical month for graduation) and Aug (last trimester of the graduating year), graduating students can convert to Ordinary Membership, once they have receipt of their AHPC Number.
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This would similarly apply for overseas graduates
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The remaining months of student membership will also be upgraded to Ordinary Membership.
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Example: Student A’s membership expiry date is 31 Aug 2021. Student A pays for Ordinary Membership at 50% discount on 30 Jun 2021. As such, upon approval, Student A’s Ordinary Membership begins from the Date of Approval, and the months between then and end Aug 2021 (i.e. July & Aug 2021) will be converted to Ordinary Membership privileges as a bonus. The next renewal date for this student will be 31 Aug 2022.
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The 50% New Grads’ Promo will be applicable for 6 months after end of student membership, typically from 31 Aug of Year of Grad (end of student membership) to Feb the following year.
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For discussion with vendor: How does student membership look like on the website system and what are the steps to allow for ease of conversion to Ordinary Membership while collecting the AHPC number (and also for the students to edit their email addresses to their personal email addresses rather than SIT email addresses)