Posted on May 21, 2012 by ED
Dear colleagues and students,
ITD will be performing maintenance on University systems and services this Saturday, 26th May. The half-day maintenance will commence from 6am and will complete by midday, as a result, a number of systems and services will be unavailable during this period.
For all Students
- There will be brief outages for some UNE systems throughout the morning.
- Moodle / Learning Studio will be affected and will be unavailable for brief periods throughout the morning.
For Staff and on-campus students
- Various systems will be unavailable for brief periods during the morning as updates are applied.
- The on-campus network will be unavailable for brief periods during the morning as changes are applied.
We realise that this is the last weekend before the start of exams and we will aim to keep interruptions to the online learning systems to a minimum. However, we recommend that you – wherever possible – download offline copies of your materials for revision during the maintenance. IT Service Desk support will be available throughout the whole weekend (9am–5pm Saturday on Sunday).
This event is one of ITD’s scheduled maintenance windows, during which essential work is carried out to enhance and improve University systems. The schedule of maintenance windows for 2012 is on the ITD website (http://www.une.edu.au/it-services/policies/ ). Please check these dates before planning any events that may require I.T. services or support.
Schedule times may vary to cater for important events, such as, residential schools – Notices regarding the schedule of maintenance windows will be posted on the ITD Services Announcements web page before each scheduled window.
Please check the ITD service announcements web page regularly for information relating to ITD services interruptions and planned events. http://blog.une.edu.au/serviceannounce/category/itd-announcements/
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Posted on May 25, 2012 by ED
Please be sure that you take only NON PROGRAMMABLE calculators to your examinations, if you are found using a programmable calculator this will be confiscated by the supervisor, there is no provision for you to be supplied with a replacement calculator if a calculator is permissible in your examination. Please read the note below found in your examination instructions on page three (3) sent when you are advised about your online examination time table (for this semester 20/4/2011).
CALCULATORS: Where a candidate is permitted the use of a calculator in an examination (see relevant section on the front page of the examination paper) certain restrictions on the type of calculator apply. Namely, the calculator should be a hand-held silent type and must not include an alphabetical keyboard.
Oh and don’t forget to ensure you have fresh batteries before the exam!
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Posted on May 25, 2012 by ED
Here’s a bunch resources from Counselling, the Academic Skills Office, Library and the Exams Unit about preparing for and getting the best from your Exams:
And here’s the official page from the Examinations Unit. If I’ve missed anything or you’ve found funky and effective resources elsewhere please let me know via the comments on this post.
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Posted on May 25, 2012 by ED
This year the National Union of Students (NUS) is running the second biennial Education Quality Survey. This survey is run by students, for students. The aim of the survey is to collect students’ opinions of the quality of their educational experience.
NUS will publish a report detailing the results of the Survey in August. This report will be publicly available for download on our website, and hard copies of it will be provided to our affiliates. NUS will be using the data we collect to assess national trends in higher education, and to lobby the Government for increased funding to higher education. Affiliates will be provided with the data to assist them in understanding how issues affecting their university are unfolding at other universities across the country. The data collected is anonymous, and we do not believe that there is any risk of students’ privacy being compromised in any way by completing the survey.
The link to the survey is http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NUSQualitySurvey, and it will close on the 15th of June.
Via Donherra Walmsley, National President.
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Posted on May 25, 2012 by Blake
Here’s our Top 6 on the pre-Exam To Do List:
- Check your Exam timetable, location etc. Don’t assume you Exam location is the same as last year/last Semester. Make sure you check. If you haven’t been to an Exam Centre previously, now’s probably a good time to check out where it is, how long it takes to get there etc
- Read “Dealing with Exams” fact sheet from the Academic Skills Office - download it here
- Take your UNE Student ID (or a drivers licence or passport – has to be photo ID)
- Remember to turn your mobile phone off! Mobile devices (including iPods, iPads etc) are not permitted in Exams so leave them in your bag/car/at home
- Pack your bag the day before. Make sure you’ve got everything you need (pens, pencils, eraser etc) and have a few backups. Remember to take your texts if it’s an Open Book Exam
- Relax. Yep, I know it’s difficult to relax at exam time, but you’ll perform better!
Got some other tips we should know about? Let us know via Comments on this post.
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Posted on May 24, 2012 by ED
Posted on May 23, 2012 by ED
The Moodle Team has changed the colour of links in your online units (to bold green). What do you think? Comment on this post and we’ll pass it on or email the Team via servicedesk@une.edu.au and let them know.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 by ED
Dear students,
You may have noticed the introduction of a new podcast system which makes available a video and audio recording of internal lectures. This system has been installed in 30 lecture theatres and will continue to be rolled out during Trimester 2. A survey has been developed to gauge the level of usage and satisfaction from students. The information will assist with making adjustments and improvements in order to provide the best possible solution.
Brian Landrigan - Associate Lecturer in Academic Development
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Posted on May 21, 2012 by ED
The Rhodes Scholarships are postgraduate awards supporting exceptional all-round students from diverse countries to study at the University of Oxford. There’s loads more info here and the Application Form is here – check it out and get your application in today.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 by ED
You’ve probably seen the name around a bit over the past month or so but it’s now official, Student Central is the official name of the old Student Centre and Student Assist (where Counselling is currently located).
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Posted on May 14, 2012 by ED
Here’s our Top 6 on the pre-Exam To Do List:
- Check your Exam timetable, location etc. Don’t assume you Exam location is the same as last year/last Semester. Make sure you check. If you haven’t been to an Exam Centre previously, now’s probably a good time to check out where it is, how long it takes to get there etc
- Read “Dealing with Exams” fact sheet from the Academic Skills Office - download it here
- Take your UNE Student ID (or a drivers licence or passport – has to be photo ID)
- Remember to turn your mobile phone off! Mobile devices (including iPods, iPads etc) are not permitted in Exams so leave them in your bag/car/at home
- Pack your bag the day before. Make sure you’ve got everything you need (pens, pencils, eraser etc) and have a few backups. Remember to take your texts if it’s an Open Book Exam
- Relax. Yep, I know it’s difficult to relax at exam time, but you’ll perform better!
Got some other tips we should know about? Let us know via Comments on this post.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 by ED
From the Director of Student Administration and Services, Greg Balcombe: “Notification of the Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN) arrived late into student email inboxes (yesterday) - Student Accounts will honour the 14 day dispute period, so the new deadline will be May 25″.
So folks, go and check your Commonwealth Assistance Notice today and if you have a problem, get in contact with Student Finance via AskUNE asap. NOTE: It is the notification only – check myUNE > myEnrol >Commonwealth Assistance Notice for the actual statement.
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Posted on May 9, 2012 by ED
If you’ve got a couple of hours to spare, check out this info night at being run by Harvey World Travel (Armidale) focussing on Intrepid Tours … and get into the drat to win an 8 Day Thailand Discovery Trip! Download the flyer here.
Tues May 15 / Booloominbah / 6pm RSVP by May 11 to armidale@harveyworld.com.au
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Posted on May 7, 2012 by ED
Over on our Facebook page we’ve had some questions so here’s the lowdown on Tri 2 dates:
- Online unit sites open: 12 June, 2012
- Teaching commences: 25 June, 2012
- Last day to withdraw without HECS/Financial liability: 31 July, 2012
- Mid trimester break & Intensive schools: 11 August – 26 August, 2012
- Examinations: 2 October – 15 October, 2012
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Posted on May 7, 2012 by ED
UPDATE: The issue is not fixed but there’s a quick and dirty workaround: ‘if you do want to check, the old TII self-check in our previous submission system is still available at http://tlcadmin.une.edu.au/esubmission/check and can be used as an alternative.’
The fine folks over at IT (our friend Martina) just rang to say there’s issues with Turnitin for students trying to self check. Hang tight, they’re working on it. If you have an assignment to submit, get in contact with your Unit Coord asap and let them know 
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