By now, I’m sure you have received countless emails and letters from UON, full of information on the new study experience you are about to begin! Within these would have been information on O-Week (Orientation Week) at the University. In my experience of studying abroad, O-Week was a great way to get to know the …
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In Pursuit of Success: EQ vs GPA
Heart thumping. Mind racing. Hands shaking. You’re facing the beast. With a mighty click of your mouse, the beast emerges from its den. It looms larger than life. Smirking on a cold lifeless screen lies a grade holding testament to your academic efforts. This string of daunting grades seems to be an unforgiving gauge of …
What is Microsoft Teams, and why should you use it?
Most careers are built on collaboration, and in uni world this translates into the oft-dreaded ‘group work’. Any uni student will tell you this: working by yourself in our connected, collaborative day and age is truly rare, and working in groups can sometimes be a pain. Whether it’s working on five different platforms for five …
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Study Jams: Should you listen to music while studying?
It’s taken me three years of unproductive library bludges and mile-a-minute deadline scrambles to realise that half of the studying game is ‘getting in the zone’. Some spend their whole degree searching for this elusive state of mind, where all else melts away except you and your 1315-page Constitutional Law textbook (rare to say the …
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Don’t drive yourself (crazy)
Uni is baaaaaaaaaaaack, and with its return comes a fresh new round of everyone’s favourite lark, Car Park Wars. For those who are new to our leafy campus, parking a car at Callaghan is akin to being a contestant on a post-apocalyptic gameshow, a hybrid of Survivor and Mad Max. For those of us who …
Why summer is the perfect time to start your self-care routine
At the time of writing this, I’ve been off campus for well over four weeks and I’m terribly depressed. Not because my marks were bad, mind you, but because I’ve been so focussed on uni that its absence has become something of a niggling void, like poking your gum where a tooth used to be, …
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5 Questions with Christy Mullen
The Campus Life Awards were held on the 26th of October 2017, rewarding and celebrating those students who go above and beyond to contribute to campus life at UON. These awards recognise students who have made an outstanding commitment to the student experience at UON. These experiences can be anything from working with student clubs, …
Why you should look into a job at UON
This year I transitioned from off -campus retail employment to a job on campus and it’s honestly the best decision I’ve ever made. I have gained experience, friendships and more importantly an income. Here’s 5 reasons why you should look at getting an on-campus job. $$$ Put that ‘poor uni student’ stereotype to rest. Money …
7 secrets to exam success
It’s officially exam season, which means students are currently burying themselves in their course resources, desperately trying to remember how to hold a pen, or sipping an iced coffee by the beach. If you are, however, not one with the miraculous luck of studying a non-exam degree – or even if you’re preparing for an …
Playlist: Relaxation
Take some me time to unwind.