Corporate Membership

Institutions and organisations which choose to join ATEM as corporate members are demonstrating their support for ATEM's work to advance the professionalism of tertiary education management.

ATEM's corporate members support their staff to develop their careers in the sector through professional and career development programs offered by ATEM and in collaboration with other organisations such as the L H Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management.

Corporate Membership

Corporate membership aims to build a strong link between ATEM and institutions, with a number of senior staff nominated as full members, and a range of benefits available to all staff. ATEM offers a tiered model of corporate membership that caters for organisations of varying sizes, and also to sub-units of larger institutions. Corporate members include:

educational institutions,
professional associations,
government departments,
educational agencies, and
commercial organisations.

The tables below outline the four tiers of membership and benefits of corporate membership.

Classes of Membership
Level 1 Premium	A large tertiary education institution; a medium to large commercial organisation; a government department. As a guide, enrolments of more than 10,000 EFTSL. Entitles institution to 20 individual memberships.
Level 1	A large tertiary education institution; a medium to large commercial organisation; a government department. As a guide, enrolments of more than 10,000 EFTSL.
Level 2	A medium tertiary education institution; a smaller commercial organisation; a section of a government department; an educational agency. As a guide, enrolments of less than 10,000 EFTSL.
Level 3	A division, Faculty or school within a large educational institution; a small tertiary education institution. As a guide, enrolments of less than 5,000 EFTSL (academic unit) or staff of less than 50 EFT (administrative unit).
Level 4	An administrative or academic department, within an educational institution; a very small tertiary education institution. As a guide, enrolments of less than 500 EFTSL (academic unit) or staff of less than 20 EFT (administrative unit).

Membership for government and commercial organisations is restricted to Levels 1 & 2. Restrictions applying to a category are according to size as indicated (the institution can choose a higher level on the scale).

Corporate Membership Benefits
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Full Free Individual Membership (senior staff)	5	4	3	2
Nominated senior staff receive (as full members)	√	√	√	√
Discounted rates for Professional Development / conferences	√	√	√	√
Annual subscription to the Journal	√	√	√	√
Access to ATEM grants	√	√	√	√
Weekly e-mail updates	√	√	√	√
Networking opportunities	√	√	√	√
Professional development program discount for non-members*	10%	10%	10%	10%
Free listing of postgraduate courses on Education & Training page of the ATEM website	√	√	√	√
Listing on the ATEM website as a corporate sponsor, with a link to own website	√	√	√	√
Job ads on Job Vacancies page	Free	Free	Free	Free
Discount on trade display at TEM Conference	5%	Nil	N/A	N/A
Free trade display at Regional Conferences	√	√	N/A	N/A
Commercial corporate members – one-off profile included in ATEM Matters newsletter	√	√	N/A	N/A
Discounted advertising space in ATEM Matters newsletter	50% discount	25% discount	Nil	Nil

*Applied at the institutional level – if the ‘parent’ institution is a corporate member, the PD discount applies to any staff participating in PD programs.

Nominated individual memberships

Corporate membership include a specified number of individual memberships for senior staff. These are intended to raise awareness of and involvement with ATEM by senior managers within the sector. The following guide is provided to assist institutions in determining recipients (with appropriate modification for sub-units or non-educational corporate members):

the Chief Executive Officer (Vice-Chancellor or equivalent),
the most senior member of the professional staff,
the Director of Professional Development/Organisational Development, and
the Director of Human Resources.

Corporate Membership Fees (+GST in Australia)

Member Type	Fee (in local currency)
Level 1 Premium	$4,000.00 per year + 20 nominated memberships
Level 1	$1,750.00 per year + 5 nominated memberships
Level 2	$1,400.00 per year + 4 nominated memberships
Level 3	$1,050.00 per year + 3 nominated memberships
Level 4	$700.00 per year + 2 nominated memberships