To accept your offer please go to the AFTRS Portal by the date indicated on your Offer letter. If you do not accept your offer by that date, your offer will lapse.
If you are thinking of not accepting your offer but would like to talk to someone at AFTRS about any concerns or questions you may have, please contact the Student Centre on +61 2 9805 6444 or email studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au
To access the AFTRS portal you will need the username and password which you set up during the application process.
Once on the AFTRS Portal, you will be able to choose either:
Please note:
Once you have accepted your offer, you will be directed to complete your enrolment online via the AFTRS Portal.
If you have been offered a place in a course, you can defer the commencement of your study by one year if you have a reason why you cannot take up your offer immediately. You will select a reason from the drop down menu available once you select DEFER
Please note:
1. Deferral is for one academic year only
2. A member of the Admissions Team will be in contact with you, via email, regarding your intention to commence study in 2024.
3. Deferral of an offer of a place will only be granted once during your course of study for all programs
4. Deferrals are contingent on course or discipline streams running. AFTRS reserves the right to not run a course or discipline stream. In that event, you will be notified at the earliest practicable stage.
5. It is important that if your email or phone number changes during the year, you send new details to applications@aftrs.edu.au to update.
6. Keep in touch with AFTRS during the year and stay in contact with news and events by signing up to the AFTRS Newsletter.
IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED BUT HAVEN'T YET ENROLLED AND NEED TO CHANGE YOUR DECISION
If you have accepted your place in the course, but before you have enrolled, there are circumstances where you are able to amend your decision and change your acceptance to either defer or decline. Any request for changes must occur as soon as you are aware a change is required.
Please contact the Student Centre to discuss by emailing studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au.
Enrolment is the process in which you confirm your place on a course and is the next step after you have accepted your place in the course.
Once you have enrolled, you are officially a student of AFTRS from the time you enrol until you complete your course requirements and exit the School on your course’s exit date; go on a leave of absence; withdraw from your course; or are excluded from a course of study.
You must complete your enrolment by the due date indicated in your offer letter or you will forfeit your place at AFTRS.
IF YOU ARE A DOMESTIC STUDENT AND HAVE APPLIED FOR A SCHOLARSHIP
All Scholarships will be awarded on Wednesday 20 December 2023.
If you have applied for a scholarship and your enrolment deadline is before the scholarship notification, please call the Student Centre to discuss.
CITIZENSHIP/RESIDENCY STATUS
Successful enrolment in an AFTRS award course requires applicants to
Depending on your situations, you may be asked to provide physical documentation in regards of your citizen / residency status. You will be notified about the specific requirements and how and when to submit by the Student Centre.
If you are under 18 at the start of semester, you must have a parent or guardian complete, sign, and return the Parent/Guardian Consent form to studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au.
If your circumstances change before the start of Semester, then please contact the Student Centre to discuss options.
Census dates are :
Census dates are listed in the yearly Fee Schedule available to view on the website.
Note: Deadlines for payment of fees are before the Census dates.
On the enrolment form, it will ask you to indicate how you are going to pay your fees.
If you have applied for an AFTRS Scholarship or an external scholarship to pay your fees, you will still need to indicate one of the two payment options. Your payment intention can be updated to reflect a fee based Scholarship if successful.
The tuition fees outlined in your letter of offer are the indicative course tuition fees, expressed as both a total course cost and per annum cost. They are reviewed each year and you are liable for the additional tuition costs if the tuition fees rise during the course of your enrolment.
You can read more about AFTRS Fees on our website.
If you selected FEE HELP when you completed the ENROL form, then you will get an email from eCAF once you have been sent out your AFTRS Student Number. You will required to complete your eCAF submission before semester starts. Make sure you have generated your USI number and got your TFN ready by then.
If your address has changed between application and when you recieve your eCAF email, then you will need to let Student Centre know so we can change and re-send your eCAF form as the system will not complete the application until all the details are correct.
If you have elected to pay your fees upfront , then fees are due on 30 January for Semester 1 fees and 30 July for Semester 2 fees or within two weeks of receiving an AFTRS invoice.
Current up-front payment options
Please note:
All AFTRS award courses are FEE-HELP approved. AFTRS is an approved Higher Education Provider and is registered with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
FEE-HELP means you can study without having to pay upfront fees, however if you get a FEE-HELP loan to pay for your undergraduate course, you will have to pay a 20 per cent loan fee on top of your course fees.
Students are financially liable for the FEE HELP loan if they continue to study past Census dates set down for each unit of study each semester.
Detailed information concerning FEE-HELP is available on the Study Assist website or the FEE-HELP fact sheet online.
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR FEE HELP ?
Eligible AFTRS students have the opportunity to apply for the Australian Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme if you meet the citizenship and residency requirements as listed below and on the Study Assist website.
HOW TO APPLY ?
You will indicate on your enrolment form that you wish to pay your fees via FEE-HELP.
Once your student numbers have been issued, you will receive an email from the Department of Education and Training asking you to fill out an eCAF (electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form) to apply for FEE-HELP online.
This must be completed and submitted on eCAF website by the FEE-HELP due date advised in your enrolment email.
WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO APPLY FOR FEE HELPStudents applying for FEE-HELP will need to have a Tax File Number and Unique Student Identifier as these will need to be listed on the eCAF form: Your details must match the information held with the ATO and the USI Registry System.
You have to provide your TFN because your HELP debt is repaid through the Australian tax system.
The most common way to apply for a TFN is via the ATO website or at a participating Australia Post outlet. Once submitted, you will receive a ‘Certificate of Application for a TFN’ from the ATO.
When applying for FEE-HELP via the eCAF online portal, at Section D – Tax File Number:
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient FEE-HELP balance to cover the FEE-HELP amounts for your course.
Go to MyHelpBalance website to check, entering your previous student number/AFTRS Student number and USI or Chessen number.
If there is insufficient loan amount left to cover all of the course fees for the duration of study, then there is the option to pay for units UPFRONT: please call Student Centre to discuss.
All students starting a higher education course need a Unique Student Identifier.
Applying for a USI is fast and free, and you keep the same USI for life. You can apply for a USI in as little as five minutes at usi.gov.au
If you have studied a VET course in the last five years, including while at secondary school, you might already have a USI. Locate it here
USI NAME = LEGAL NAME
When you enter your name on USI, please use the same legal name as provided to AFTRS on Application/Enrolment. If you have indicated a Middle Name, then please enter a middle name.
SEND USI NUMBER TO STUDENT CENTRE
Once you have generated your USI number, please send a copy to studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au
FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN MASTER OF ARTS SCREEN
International students studying in Australia with an Australian education or training provider need a USI. You will need to provide your non- Australian passport (with Australian Visa) as identification. Once you have arrived in Australia and have a postal address, you can apply for a USI. This must be done before the first census date for your course in Semester 1.
We need you to submit a portrait photograph of yourself to use as identification on the Student Management System and AFTRS Security Student Card, which will be provided at start of your course.
Send your photo via email in JPEG format to idphoto@aftrs.edu.au following your enrolment.
The specifications of the photograph are listed below, and save with the following convention: surname.firstname.jpg
These course guides cover all aspects of the AFTRS courses you are enrolling in. The guide provides transparency on the structure of the course, expectations of students and staff and support through to graduation and employability in the industry.
Master of Arts Screen: Business
Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting
You will be able access your first semester subject outlines two weeks before the start of classes and can be viewed from the calendar in Office 365.
The timetable will provide detail on your subjects and your assignments. These will be available through the learning management system Moodle.
| NEW STUDENTS | First Day 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production (Year 1) |
Class Days each week: Tues 10.30am–5.30pm Wed 10.30am–5.30pm Fri 10.30am–5.30pm Thurs Self Directed Learning |
S1: Tues 27 Feb 2024 S2: Tues 23 July 2024 |
| Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production (Year 2) |
Class Days each week: Mon 10am–5pm Tues 10am–5pm Thurs 10am–5pm Wed Self Directed Learning |
S1: Mon 11 March 2024 S2: Mon 5 Aug 2024 |
| Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production (Year 3) |
Class Days each week: Wed 9.30am–4.30pm Thurs 9.30am–4.30pm Fri 9.30am–4.30pm
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S1: Wed 14 Feb 2024 S2: Wed 10 July 2024 |
| Master of Arts Screen (Year 1) |
Class Days each week: Mon 9.30am–5.30pm Tues 9.30am–5.30pm Wed 9.30am–5.30pm |
S1 : Mon 26 Feb 2024 S2: Mon 22 July 2024 |
| Master of Arts Screen (Year 1) |
Seminar every second Thursday Additional Discipline Workshops Thursdays or Fridays 9.30am–5.30pm |
S1: Thurs 29 Feb 2024 S2: Thurs 25 July 2024 |
| Master of Arts Screen: Business |
Blended delivery study load (1-4 subjects per semester) • Online classes weeknights (days dependent on subject selection) • Fri to Sun 10am – 5pm classes delivered online or on-campus (dependent on subject selection) |
S1: Tues 27 Feb 2024 S2: Mon 22 July 2024 |
| Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting - FT and PT |
Study load (3-4 subjects per semester) • Core Subjects: on campus Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm • Elective Subjects : Daytime on campus or evenings online (dependent on subject selection) Study Load (1-2 subjects per semester) • Core subjects: Online weeknight evenings • Elective Subjects : Evenings online with some block attendance (dependent on subject selection) |
S1 : Mon 26 Feb 2024 S2: Mon 22 July 2024 |
You can also email Student Centre studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au with any questions
The course consists of Core units and Elective units and each student will need to complete 8 units to graduate.
4 core units Required first unit is Concepts of Radio & Podcasting
4 electives One elective must be a Collaborative Broadcast Elective of your choice
Your student record and all official certificate documentation, including your testamur and your academic transcript, are in your legal name provided by you at enrolment.
As a registered Higher Education Provider, AFTRS requires students to enrol with their legal name, that is, the name that is used on Commonwealth Government documentation such as birth certificates, passports, and marriage certificates
All official AFTRS documentation will be in your legal name. You are not able to change your name to a stage or writing name unless you provide certified proof of your legal name change.
Students are able to change their first name to a preferred first name for communications to fellow students, lecturers and within AFTRS.
Your preferred first name will be reflected on Moodle, on class lists and your 'name' email can also be changed.
Your legal last name cannot be changed across AFTRS systems.
If there are cultural reasons regarding display of your name, please contact the Student Centre to discuss.
Adding a Preferred name
Please let Student Centre know if you would like to add a preferred first name to your student record.
You can also update your preferred name at any time during your course via the Paradigm Student Portal or by emailing Student Centre.
Pronouns & Cultural Names
AFTRS supports students to self-identify and be recognised with respect. Noting that AFTRS must record a legal name in our Student Management System and in formal correspondence about enrolment, we encourage students to inform us when their legal name is not in alignment with their preferred or cultural names so that it may be reflected in all circumstances that our systems allow. e.g. Class lists, informal correspondence, and other personal communications.
Students are also encouraged to inform us of their preferred pronouns. You may also update this information in the Student Management System.
