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University of Queensland

Student Services

Student Services @ Herston

● Student Counselling

● Disability Support

● Learning Support

● Student Adviser (International Students/welfare concerns)

and more at St Lucia (Accommodation, Peer Mentoring, Mates @ UQ, etc)

Student Counsellors

…can help with:

Improving overall wellbeing, and

• Coping with stress, relationships and mental health issues

• Personal circumstances impacting on studies

Free and confidential

Counsellor

Herston:

Rita Mesch is available Monday-Wednesdays for:

• Face-to-face appointment

• Skype

• Phone appointment

• Online Counselling

St Lucia:

Team of counsellors are available offering a range of dates/times

Groups/programs

St Lucia:

Mindfulness Yoga:

Develop your mindfulness skills and adapt yoga practices in a supportive learning

environment (register on-line)

Freedom from your cage:

Break free from your body image

Groups for health:

Help provide you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to increase your social

connectedness

Mondays: 16:30-17:30 (Week 1-week 13)not 11

Venue: OHC 0883-4315-register via Studenthub

Self-help resources (online)

DA can assist with

• Develop a Student Access Plan (SAPD)

• Discuss possible exam adjustments

• Coordinating equipment for students with disabilities:

We require updated and relevant medical documents

Disability Advisor

Herston:

Tania Kapp is available Monday and Thursday for:


• Skype

• Phone appointment

St Lucia:

Team of DA are available offering a range of dates/times

Learning Advisor

“ I study for hours and don't seem to remember anything?

LA can assist with:

• Concentrations

• Manage time effectively

• Assignment writing

• Exam prep, etc

Learning Advisor

Herston:

Kevan Jones is the Learning Advisor at Herston and is available on Tuesdays.


• Learning workshops

St Lucia:

Team of LA are available offering a range of dates/times

Online learning guides

Student Adviser (International students and welfare

issues)

…can help you:

• Understanding university processes

• International and domestic students with families

• Transition to living in Brisbane and Australia

• Accommodation issues and homelessness

• Financial, welfare and health issues

• English language, OSHC, and understanding student visas

Workshops

• Getting Started

• Health & Safety

• Stress Management

• Aussie Culture

• Missing Home

• International Students with families

• Budgeting

……..and many more

Student Advisor

Herston:

Diana Earl is the Student Adviser at Herston and is available on Thursdays for:

• Face-to-face appointments

• Workshops

St Lucia:

Team of Student Advisers are available offering a range of dates/times

February HDR SS workshops-book now

Tuesday 20th of February 2:00pm –3:30pm

Room 418 (Level 4, School of Public Health Building)

“Time management for HDR candidates”

An introduction to time management for research students.

Zoom meeting link:

https://uqz.zoom.us/j/205407818

Thursday 22nd of February 11:00am –12:00pm

Room 418 (Level 4, SPH Building)

“International Students with Families”

Are you planning on bringing your family over? Get information about spousal work, finances, school-aged children and other topics related to having your family with you.

Zoom meeting link:




And there’s more to come March 5

15

20th

15:00-16:00

11:00-12:00

14:00-15:30

Mindfulness –Yasuyo Uehara

(Counsellor)

Aussie Culture-Diana Earl (Student

Advisor: International Students and

Welfare Concerns)

Selecting and managing your

readings- Kevan Jones (Learning

Advisor)

Do you find it hard to switch off your restless mind? If you want to learn how

to hit the pause button on your brain and be more present, then this

mindfulness workshop are for you. Come and learn techniques to support

greater resilience and improve wellbeing.

Learn about Australian culture in this interactive workshop!

This workshop will explore some strategies to help you read efficiently.

This introductory workshop will explore some basic strategies to find sources,

read more efficiently, and manage your readings.

April 17th

26

14:00-15:30

11:00-12:00

Writing a literature review-Kevan

Jones (Learning Advisor)

Resilience and wellbeing-Tania Kapp

(Disability Advisor)

This workshop outlines a process to use when reading for and writing your lit

review. It focuses on critical reading and examines the unique features of a

literature review as a frame for your research.

How to not only survive but thrive. Looking at wellbeing holistically and

strategies to increase resilience.

May 9

16

17

22nd

11:00-12:00

11:00-12:00

11:00-12:00

14:00-15:30

Managing and balancing life and

studies - Rita Mesch (Counsellor)

Supervisory relationship-Rita Mesch

(Counsellor)

Missing home - Diana Earl (Student


Welfare Concerns)

Oral presentations, posters & the 3MT-

Kevan Jones (Learning Advisor)

Creating life and study/work balance is integral to achieve your goals

successfully. Strategies and activities that support this process will be provided.

The relationship with your advisor is one of the most important relationship in

your HDR journey. This workshop is going to discuss skills and strategies to

manage and negotiate within this relationship in order to maximise outcomes.

Tips and strategies to cope with missing home and culture shock.

This workshop covers the fundamentals of postgraduate level oral

presentations and poster development.

June 7

19th

26

11:00-12:00

14:00-15:30

11:00-12:00

Budget: Want to know about Living on

a Student Budget - Diana Earl (Student


Welfare Concerns

Writing a confirmation document-


Stress management-Rita Mesch

(Counsellor)

This workshop will help you to cope with the costs of living as a student in Australia. You may also have some questions regarding paying fees and living costs

This workshop outlines the key purposes and characteristics of a confirmation

document.

Stress and resulting mental health issues are 25% prevalent in university

students than in the general public, making stress management a priority for

students.

July 24th 14:00-15:30 Basic statistical ideas for researchers


This workshop gives a broad conceptual overview of statistical ideas relating to

research design, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. It is aimed at

students who have not done statistics before or haven’t done any for a long

time and wish to obtain some foundations for further reading.

August 2

6

21st

23

11:00-12:00

15:00-16:00

14:00-15:30

11:00-12:00

Motivation-Tania Kapp (Disability

Advisor)

Mindfulness -Yasuyo Uehara

(Counsellor)

Using concept mapping to plan your

thesis Kevan Jones (Learning

Advisor)

International Students with

Families-Diana Earl (Student


Welfare Concerns))

Understanding motivation and how it can impact your studies-for better

or worse.

Do you find it hard to switch off your restless mind? If you want to learn

how to hit the pause button on your brain and be more present, then this

mindfulness workshop are for you. Come and learn techniques to support

greater resilience and improve wellbeing.

This workshop focuses on how to concept map effectively and explore

ways in which concept mapping can be used to help you plan and write

your thesis.

Are you planning on bringing your family over? Get information about

spousal work, finances, school-aged children and other topics related to

having your family with you.

September 6

18th

11:00-12:00

14:00-15:30

Missing Home-Diana Earl (Student


Welfare Concerns)

Incorporating tables and figures

effectively in your writing - Kevan

Jones (Learning Advisor)

Tips and strategies to cope with missing home and culture shock.

Tables and figures play a key role in highlighting the findings of many

types of research but are often presented and incorporated much less

effectively than they could be. Learn in this session some common

mistakes to watch out for and what to do if you want your readers to

easily grasp the key messages in your data.

October 23rd 14:00-15:30 Editing and proof reading your

thesis Kevan Jones (Learning

Advisor)

This workshop introduces proofreading and editing strategies and

resources that aim to promote clear, concise and cohesive research

writing. There will be an opportunity to practice some of the strategies

during the workshop.

November 7

14

20th

28

11:00-12:00

11:00-12:00

14:00-15:30

11:00-12:00

Managing and balancing life-

studies-Rita Mesch (Counsellor)

Supervisory relationship-Rita Mesch

(Counsellor)

Cohesion, linking and flow in your

writing - Kevan Jones (Learning

Advisor)

Perfectionism-Rita Mesch

(Counsellor)

Creating life and study/work balance is integral to achieve your goals

successfully. Strategies and activities that support this process will be

provided.

The relationship with your advisor is one of the most important

relationship in your HDR journey. This workshop is going to discuss skills

and strategies to manage and negotiate within this relationship in order to

maximise outcomes.

This introductory workshop examines some strategies which should help

you to make clear connections between ideas in sections, paragraphs and

sentences in your writing.

Perfectionism is a debilitating thinking pattern that promotes the notion

that you are not good enough, that nothing is good enough. It establishes

unrelenting standards that are hard or nearly impossible to achieve.

Learning to deal with that pattern is essential for growth and success.

December 5 11:00-12:00 Stress management-Rita Mesch

(Counsellor)

Stress and resulting mental health issues are 25% prevalent in university

students than in the general public, making stress management a priority

for students.

Accommodation

https://my.uq.edu.au/student-support/accommodation

https://my.uq.edu.au/student-support/accommodation

Join UQ’s new social network!

• “Meet new friends and connect with like-minded students that share your interests

through chat groups and facilitated on & off campus meetups.

• Whether you are into food, drinks, arts, culture, fitness, games or study - find your

circle online at UQ Mates.

Join the network now à my.uq.edu.au/uqmates”

How to make an appointment

IES Careers Market May 2015

Herston Oral Health Centre, level 5

Student Lounge, check in at reception

Student Centre - 61

St Lucia

Student Services

Building 21 C & D

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