14 December 2020
Rawiri Piahana
By email:
[FYI request #14158 email]
Dear Rawiri
Official information request for Total Student printing income for print
contracts
I refer to your requests for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated
18 November 2020.
Each of your requests, and the University’s response, is set out below.
“This request covers income from student printing, I understand there is a cost
difference between what it costs to print (contracts involved in printing) and
what students are charged.
For 2019 can you tell me what the total difference was, and what this difference
was spent on, other than if it was spent on the general university funds. is it used
to cover a service/wages specifically?”
The difference was $115,777. This difference funds the costs of delivering and supporting
the student print service. This includes staff to respond to student print queries and
issues, administrators to manage the print systems environment, the cost of running the
printing infrastructure and the cost of backup and disaster recovery services to ensure
service continuity.
“Also what does the university do with unclaimed printing funds, what is the
policy or process for money remaining associated with students who are no
longer enrolled?”
Unclaimed student printing funds are used to support the ongoing delivery of the student
printing service.
Students who are no longer enrolled are able to obtain a refund. The process for when
students request a refund is as follows:
1. Students contact Digital Solutions to request a refund and complete the required
form.
2. Digital Solutions signs the form authorising a refund and forwards this to Finance
for payment.
3. Finance arranges payment to the student.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email]. Yours sincerely
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington