REMINDER - INTERNET OUTAGE SUNDAY (22/11/09 @ 8am-4pm)

Just a reminder the link between UNE and the world is being severed on Sunday by Transgrid so they can do some fibre optic repair work … full details here.

YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO GET THE UNE SITE, MYUNE, E-RESERVE ETC ETC FOR THE DURATION
SO GRAB WHAT YOU NEED TO ON SATURDAY!

TEXTS: Update from UCB; waiting on stock

Chris Hietbrink who manages the United Campus Bookshop just emailed to say they’re in the process of ordering texts for Units in Law, Health, Education, BEPP, Rural Medicine and TRAX so keep your eyes on the site - www.ucb.net.au. They’re also waiting on a bunch of stock from publishers to fill current orders.
She also asked [...]

TIP: best times to call the Student Centre

The Student Support Team sits right next to the folks who answer student calls and things have certainly become hectic over the past week or so with enrolments/exams/Grad etc.

TEXTBOOKS: Sell your old texts; make $$

At this time of year when the majority of you are packing up and taking a break till early February you might want to lighten the load and gain a few $$ - why not sell your books at Services UNE’s 2nd Hand Bookshop. Here’s the details from Wayne:

EXAMS: Funniest letter to exam ever!

Last night on the Ed UNE facebook account we noticed a post from Erik (an undergrad student at UNE) … thanks for letting us share it with everyone Erik, it’s too funny!
Dear Politics Exam,
I know we’ve been thru some rough patches but u weren’t nice to me at the start of our relationship. I hope [...]

ADVANCED STANDING: podcast; things you need to know

At this time of year the Student Centre gets an amazing number of calls relating to Advanced Standing … so we caught up with Sam from the Customer Service Team …  FAQ’s anyone?
AUDIO: ADVANCED STANDING

For more go to the Student Centre pages on Advanced Standing or contact the Student Centre via phone on 02 6773 [...]

SUMMER UNITS: Law units full except LS391

UPDATE - The following Units are full: LS220, LS264, LS281, LS320, LS364 …  some places in LS391. Same advice applies, lodge your enquiry via AskUNE for the Units currently at capacity otherwise enrol.

IT: unplanned network outage; Sun Nov 22; 8am-4pm

The Director of IT at UNE has just advised the Student Support Team that there will be an unplanned outage of the UNE network this Sunday due to damage to the fibre optic network between Armidale and Tamworth (emergency repairs are needed). During the outage (8-4pm Sunday November 22) the connection between UNE and the [...]

SITE NEWS: Christmas break plans; updates as usual; support team on deck (mostly)

With exams close to being wrapped up and the enrolment process fully underway it can only mean one thing … the Christmas break is right around the corner.
But there’s still plenty of things happening on campus: (a) Summer Units; (b) Exam Results; (c) Orientation; (d) watching the 1st Test of the Summer etc etc. The [...]

ORIENTATION 2010: draft program; feedback welcome

Hi folks, here’s a brief rundown of the Draft 2010 Orientation Program so far:

Fri Feb 5 - International Orientation Begins
Sun Feb 7 - College Students arrive + Town Students Welcome
Mon Feb 8 - Lifesaver Day, International Fair, Official Welcome
Tue Feb 9 - Toolkit for Success, Network Connect Sessions
Wed Feb 10 - Compulsory Academic Program
Thur Feb [...]

TIP: setting up a new system; looking at a new ISP?

If you’re new to UNE (or you’re an existing student) and you’re setting up/contemplating shelling out some hard earned cash on a new PC/Mac/Netbook and Internet Connection for 2010 or summer Units there’s a couple of things you need to consider:

ENROLMENT: Tips from week 1; things you need to know

The first week of enrolment for 2010 (and summer units) is done and dusted so here’s what we learnt and the tips you need to know:

WORKSHOP: tUNEup from Home FREE online course

New to UNE in 2010 or coming to the end of your first year? Looking for a bit of extra academic help and some useful hints & tips?? The Academic Skills Office will be running a free 3 week online workshop a couple of times over the summer break that may be perfect for [...]

GRADUATION: update for April 2010; what to do

The Student Support Team is caught up in Exams, Enrolment and Orientation at the moment but we know there’s a whole bunch of students who are sitting their final exams (congrats to all of you) who are starting to think about Graduating next April. So we caught up with Steve who looks after the whole [...]

ORIENTATION 2010: What do you want to see/know/understand?

The Student Support Team is right in the middle of pulling together plans for Orientation 2010 and one of the things we flagged is what we need to provide to off campus students who don’t/can’t attend the on-campus Orientation program …