Over at the Student Support Team’s Twitter account we’ve been posting a bunch of tips for new students as we think of them, so here they are: There’s 4000+ new students who are feeling just as nervous – it’s OK, we’re here to help Make sure you score an Earle Page discount card during Orientation [...]
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/pHLR2rpHjZg" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Parking Permits for the 2012 parking calendar year (1st March 2012 to 28th February 2013) are now available for purchase from the UNE Cashier in the New England Mutual Office (Services UNE building C018).
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Each year our friends over at Services UNE produce a free Student Diary and Wallplanner for students. If you’re on campus and haven’t got your copy yet, head on over to the Services UNE office near TUNE!FM in the top courtyard and track Alex Dunn down and grab your free copies. If you’re an off [...]
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Frances and I spent last week on the road, meeting students all over the place and presenting a couple of getting started sessions in both Tamworth and Taree. I was also in Sydney on Friday night for the New Student Welcome (thanks to UNEG – the Undergrad Guild – for organising that and paying for [...]
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With the help of a bunch of students and fellow staff across the campus, we’ve put together (what we think is) a funky weekly roadmap for students about the enter their first Semester. We’re going to mail them out to all new off-campus students during the first week of lectures. It’s an a2 poster and [...]
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If you’re just starting out at UNE head on over to the New Student Guide which has just been updated (thanks Blake) – there’s loads of info to get your teeth into! We know it can be frustrating when you’re keen to get started on your studies and have to wait until lectures start on [...]
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Back in November we asked students to give us their top 5 tips and now’s a great time to repost – jump down to the comments on this post and have a look through everyone’s recommendations … and here’s the original post: OK folks, we need your help! What’s the Top 5 things you wish [...]
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New to UNE in Semester 2 or finishing your first semester? Looking for a bit of extra academic help and some useful hints & tips?? The Academic Skills Office is once again running our free 3 week online workshop…
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If you haven’t got your copy of the ‘New Student Guide’ prepared by the Student Support Team, we thought we’d upload and PDF version of it for you – we’ll be emailing it out to all new students later this week but just in case, grab your copy now. New Student Guide (pdf) Download
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When you’re starting at UNE there’s a whole bunch of core academic skills you’ll need to pick up to progress your studies which is one of the reasons the Academic Skills Office exists. Located on campus between the Student Centre and Lazenby Hall, off campus students can access services via the site, email and phone [...]
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If you’re heading to campus for Orientation make sure you check out campus radio TUNE! FM – it’s run by students and is great for your communications skills/confidence so get involved. Go here to have a listen to the live streams and visit the new site. And keep your eyes out for the new studios [...]
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One of the places you’ll need to get to know is Dixson Library – if you’re an off campus student go here to find out about all the services they offer and go here for on campus and local student info. For on campus students (and anyone attending an Intensive School on Campus) we also [...]
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If you’re starting to think about what to pack and what you might need if you’re going to be living in College in 2010, here’s a great place to start. This week Farrah Correy (who looks after marketing for the Residential System on campus) sent through a pretty comprehensive checklist of things you’ll need once [...]
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Here’s the lucky last in our series of interviews with our First Year Advisors and this time it’s Winifred Belmont who looks after first year on campus students in Arts, Humanities and Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences. Winifred Belmont’s Top 5 Tips for New Students
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Here’s the third (out of four) in our series of interviews with our First Year Advisors and this time it’s Di Kelton-Chambers giving us her top 5 tips for new students. She looks after Education, Health and Rural Medicine (JMP) students … have a listen. Di Kelton Chambers’ Top 5 Tips for New Students
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